Liscarroll

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Liscarroll, from 44 m² to 165,991 m² (16.6 ha, 41.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling, demolition of annex at rear of dwelling and for demolition of outhouses at rear of dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4108

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for (1) The construction of a two storey dwelling house, (2) the construction of a garage, (3) the construction of private on-site wastewater treatment system, (4) alterations to existing entrance to the property and (5) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5889

• 2 Feb 2023Withdrawn

  (1) The construction of a two storey dwelling house, (2) the construction of a garage, (3) the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system (4) alterations to existing entrance and (5) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4151

• 23 Dec 2022Incompleted application

  (1)The Construction of a two storey dwelling house, (2) the construction of a garage, (3) the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system and (4) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6887

• 21 Nov 2022Conditional

  (a) Construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, (b) alterations to existing dwelling including the provision of rear dormer windows at first floor, removal of chimney stack on east side and internal layout changes, (d) demolition of existing sheds to rear of property and (e) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6597

• 10 Nov 2021Conditional

  To (a) construct a new standalone single storey building for the provision of child care facilities which will include two main playrooms, ancillary staff accommodation and toilets, (b) the provision of car parking spaces and (c) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7043

• 16 Jun 2021Refused

  (1) The construction of an extension to existing factory, (2) alterations to existing northern entrance, (3) construction of a new hardstand surface and (4) all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5662

• 10 Oct 2018Conditional

  (A) Demolition of 1 no. donkey housing sheds, (B) Construction of 1 no. donkey housing sheds, (C) Construction of lean-to extension onto existing donkey housing shed, (D) Construction of shed over existing concrete yard and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6676

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  Construct a single storey extension to the south east of the existing childcare facility, Retention of alterations to existing elevations, the provision of additional car parking spaces and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4548

• 5 Dec 2017Conditional

  Demolish the existing extension to the rear of the dwelling and erect a one and a half storey extension and a single storey extension to rear of dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7171

• 29 Sept 2017Incompleted application

  Erection of one and a half storey extension and a single storey extension to rear of dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6520

• 8 Sept 2017Incompleted application

  Erection of one and a half storey extension and a single storey extension to rear of dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6330

• 27 Oct 2010Conditional

  Alterations to the front and rear elevations of existing community centre, to construct access ramp to the front of existing building and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8317

• 25 Feb 2009Conditional

  5no. floodlights on southern side of pitch & new boundary fences. Retention of 5no. existing floodlights on northern side of pitch

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4578

• 7 Jul 2008Conditional

  Erection of security walls and railings on site of proposed care centre and creche permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/3473

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7716

• 10 Aug 2006Refused

  Single storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9635

• 3 Jul 2006Conditional

  14 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8565

• 18 May 2006Refused

  Single storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7282

• 12 Apr 2006Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of a storey and a half type dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6350

• 30 Mar 2006Incompleted application

  Single storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5972

• 1 Oct 2004Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7457

• 31 Aug 2004Conditional

  2 no. dwellinghouses, entrance and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6638

• 27 Jul 2004Incompleted application

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5759

• 19 May 2004Conditional

  Construction of 10 No. community dwellings, community care centre and creche and site deveopment works for 7 no. dwellings

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3473

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Liscarroll.

Recorded monuments

• CO016-014001 Earthwork
  Description

  This earthwork was referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 520-21) under the entry (no. 14335) for Liscarroll Castle (CO016-015001-). The reference to the earthwork in the entry is as follows: 'Rectangular area (c. 150m N-S; c. 165m E-W) adjoining N side of curtain wall marked 'Hugard' on 1937 OS 6-inch map; defined by hachured fosse to E, drain to N and field fence to W.' The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-014002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, in NW quadrant of enclosure named 'Hugard' (see 14335), and c. 140m to N of Liscarroll Castle (14335). Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map and named '(site of) Liscarroll'; marked 'Liscarroll (site of)' on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-015001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  On a limestone outcrop, overlooking flat rolling countryside to the N; Liscarroll village immediately to the S. This castle consist of a quadrangular ward (c. 62m N-S; c. 50m E-W) enclosed by curtain walls (H c. 7m), with a circular flanking tower at each corner, a central gate tower in the S wall and rectangular towers projecting from the N and W walls; all stand to full height except the SE corner tower. It is built of rubble limestone, with a pronounced low base batter. Recent repairs are evident throughout the castle (see plan in Leask 1937, opp. 93). The castle was built by the Barrys, and was dated by Leask (1937, 92, 94) to the late 13th century, with subsequent 16th-century additions. It was acquired by Sir Philip Percival in 1625 and held until recent times by his descendants (ibid., 92). It was the site of several 17th-century battles (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 28-9). The gate tower is a long rectangular structure projecting c. 2m from the external face of the curtain wall and c. 8.5m into the ward. The stairs tower at the NE corner, projecting from the E face of the gate tower, is entered from within the ward. The entrance passage (L 10.4m N-S; Wth 2.8m E-W) is roofed by a high barrel-vault with plank centering; there are slightly higher segmental vaults at either end, over the gates. On each side of the apex of the main vault is a row of four rectangular shafts (c. 0.25m x 0.2m) running obliquely up through the vault; their purpose is unclear; Leask (1937, 94) notes two and calls them 'murdering holes'. The position of the outer gate is marked by damaged vertical recesses (Wth 0.4m) on each side of the passage (1.56m inward from S face). There are also vertical recesses (Wth 0.2m) on each side of the passage (6.75m in from S face), with an E-W slot in the vault overhead, marking the position of portcullis. The passage walls, 8.55m from the S face, are set back creating a rebate for the inner gate. To the N of the latter, the original passage has been narrowed by a later infill with a lintelled door (Wth 0.95m) on the E side, a lintelled slit window to the W and a wider lintelled window above the door. The ground-floor door in the stairs tower leads from the castle ward to spiral stairs giving access to the 1st-floor chamber (9m N-S; 3.9m E-W) over the entrance passage. The S end of the chamber (3.4m N-S) is roofed by a barrel vault with wicker centering, above which is a small 2nd-floor chamber; both the 1st and 2nd floors are late-medieval additions. The 1st-floor chamber is entered from the stairs tower via a door at the N end of the E wall. The northern end of the chamber is now unroofed but the flashing for the gabled roof is visible on the N face of the turret. A round-arched window embrasure in the E wall has a double-ogee-headed light, and a central mullion missing; the arched window embrasure in the S wall has an identical light, with mullion, but the sill and lower jambs are missing. The window embrasure in the N wall has a single ogee-headed light. Mural stairs lead from the E ingoing of the latter embrasure to a small chamber at the top of the stairs tower, the upper levels of which have collapsed; a blocked ope in the N wall suggests a possible machicolation guarding the entrance to the stairs tower; the chamber may also have led into the wall walk. A rebuilt door at the N end of the W wall of the 1st-floor chamber must have led to a structure, now missing, within the ward. Doors at the S ends of the E and W walls lead to wall-walks on the S curtain wall; a door on the W side is set in a lintelled embrasure, from the N ingoing of which spiral stairs lead to pointed arch doors into a garderobe chamber (1.5m x 1.5m) to the S at mezzanine level, a 2nd-floor chamber to the E and a wall walk over the N part of the 1st-floor chamber; the stairs continue up to wall-walk level over the 2nd-floor chamber. The latter has a fireplace spanning the SE corner with a pyramidal hood tapering back into the corner at ceiling level. The window embrasures in the E and S walls have single round-headed lights; mural stairs lead from the W ingoing of the latter embrasure to a lintelled chamber (2m N-S; 1.5m E-W) above. Leask noted two sandstone heads on the S elevation of the gate tower at 1st-floor level on either side of the window; westernmost is now eroded and flush with the wall face, unidentifiable as a head; easternmost is also badly eroded, but appears to be an animal head. The rectangular tower (3.4m N-S; 8.3m E-W) projecting from the external face of the N curtain wall contains a shaft (1.3m N-S; 2.2m E-W) extending from ground- to wall-walk level; the section of the tower above this level appears to be a later addition. There is a wide breach in the interior wall at ground level, and it is uncertain if there was originally access to the shaft from within the ward. The function of the shaft is uncertain; it was possibly for '...hoisting munitions to the wall-walk level...' (Leask 1937, 93) or '...a large latrine...' (McNeill 1997, 139), though it has no exit chute. There is access to the shaft from the floor of the chamber at wall-walk level; the latter chamber (4.85m E-W; 2.9m N-S) is roofed by a barrel vault, and entirely re-pointed in recent times. Access to the chamber is via a lintelled door from the wall-walk on the W side; a narrow door on the E side is extensively rebuilt. The external stairs on the W side lead to the upper level of the tower. A single chamber (4.7m E-W; 3.2m N-S) at this level is unroofed; the walls have collapsed to c. 0.8m H; only traces of embrasures in the N and S walls remain. A ruined rectangular tower (4m N-S) projects 0.9m from the external face of the W curtain wall towards its N end; the outer (W) and inner (E) walls of the tower are badly collapsed; the chamber, now inaccessible, at the level of the 1st floor of the nearby NW corner tower may have been a garderobe; the chamber is roofed by a segmental vault with plank centring; there is a lintelled slit window in W wall. Broken projecting masonry at the S end of the same wall may be remains of a similar tower. The surviving corner towers are identical in style: each are three storeys high, entered at ground- and 1st-floor levels from within the castle ward; spiral stairs inside the 1st-floor door give access to the upper levels and wall-walks; tall narrow arrow loops (H 1.85m; Wth 0.08m) on the 1st- and 2nd-floor levels are set in wide embrasures spanned by plank-centred segmental vaults. External corbels near the top of the SW tower suggest a projecting parapet or machicoulis. Internal ground-floor diameters vary from 3m in the SW tower to 3.75 in the NW tower. What little survives of the SE flanking tower is now partially obscured by dumped rubble. According to Leask (ibid., 93), this contained a well. A Fosse (Wth 8.6m; D 2.1m) with external bank (H 0.65m) outside the N curtain wall and extending c. 30m S along the W wall probably represents the levelling of the high ground on these sides to prepare the site for the castle; it is not evident on the E side, where the ground slopes to the E. A rectangular area (c. 150m N-S; c. 165m E-W) adjoining the N side of the curtain wall is marked 'Hugard' on the 1937 OS 6-inch map (CO016-014001-); it is defined by a hachured fosse to the E, a drain to the N and a field fence to the W. There is a circular enclosure (CO016-014002-) in the NW quadrant of the rectangular enclosure. This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 333) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached photographs CO016-015001-_01: Aerial view of the castle from N. CO016-015001-_02: Exterior view of gate tower, from SE. CO016-015001-_03: Exterior view of SW tower and curtain walls from SW. CO016-015001-_0

• CO016-016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On top of a hill, with view of Liscarroll in valley to W. Indicated on 1937 OS 6-inch map as pair of concentric broken lines, enclosing a circular area (min. diam. c. 25m; max. diam. c. 35m). Roughly circular area (int. diam: 27.7m N-S; 20.3m E-W, ext. diam: 46m N-S; 40.7m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered collapsed stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). Bank partially overgrown with bushes. No entrance noted; bank lower to N and S (Wth 2.6m) where used as entrance by machinery. Interior surface level; rough due to stones scattered across surface; W half overgrown with low bushes. Possible souterrain (CO016-287---) in NW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Subcircular area (38m E-W; 31.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m) SE->WSW; bank levelled elsewhere, visible as band (Wth 2m) of dark green grass with numerous stones on its surface. Remains of stone facing noted on surviving bank. Interior raised to S to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-256 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, bounded on two sides by streams. Irregular mound of burnt material (18.2m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.5m); two openings facing W (N ope: Wth 2m; S ope: Wth 2.2m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-259 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In level waterlogged, rough grazing land c. 20m E of a stream. A grass-covered oval mound (8m WNW-ESE; 6m NNE-SSW; H c. 0.25m) of burnt material. Another fulacht fiadh (11342) lies c. 230m to the NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-287 Souterrain
  Description

  In NW quadrant of cashel (CO016-016---).In NW quadrant of cashel (CO016-016---). Partially overgrown stone-filled depression (6.8m N-S; 3.6m E-W) close to stone bank at NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-291 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy rough grazing land, between two drainage channels. A barely discernible kidney-shaped mound (10m N-S; 10m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 4m) faces W and is full of reeds. The surface of the mound is concave as if some material has been removed from it. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Liscarroll.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Liscarroll, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Liscarroll.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Liscarroll with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Liscarroll · Lios Cearúill

Area

477,974 m² (47.8 ha, 118.11 acres)

Civil parish

Liscarroll, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Liscarroll, the unit of the census

Census 2022

627 people lived in 237 households in the Liscarroll electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolbane, Knockardbane, Lackaroe, Rockspring, Sally Park, Sunfort

Placenames

Liscarroll on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.