Lisrobin West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Lios Roibín Thiar
- Area
- 212.6 ha
- 525 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 10,172 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisrobin West, from 140 m² to 328,879 m² (32.89 ha, 81.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisrobin West in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Mar 2020Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4501
2 Aug 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of replacement two storey dwelling with waste water treatment plant and polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5679
3 Aug 2010Conditional
Two storey dwelling with entrance, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5956
30 Jul 2007Conditional
Demolition of milking parlour and construction of milking parlour, covered collecting yard, flow channel and soil water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9946
13 Jun 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8611
23 Apr 2007Conditional
Construction of underground effluent/slurry tank and 2 no. underground parlour effluent/slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7229
13 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Construction of underground effluent slurry tank and 2 no. underground parlour effluent/slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5978
20 Dec 2006Refused
3 no. dwellinghouses
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13536
11 Apr 2006Conditional
Construction of silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6297
2 Feb 2005Conditional
Extension to cattle shed and construction of slatted tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/478
20 Feb 2004Conditional
Retention of porch and extension to dwelling, septic tank and new access
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1007
19 Dec 2003Withdrawn
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/6598
17 Apr 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/1832
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- CO022-006001 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Penannular area (diam. 18.8m N-S) formed by low rise (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) SSE->SW, with slight scarped edge SW->NE. Interior wet and supports some rush growth. According to local information, surface of site very stony when ploughed; known locally as site of fort. 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
- CO022-006002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Barely perceptible mound containing dark soil. According to local information, burnt material noted here when field was ploughed. Earthwork (13612) c. 60m 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
- CO022-007 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to SE of spring (now dry). Low mound of burnt material (16.5m N-S; 16m E-W; H 0.35m). According to local information, mound formerly horseshoe-shaped with opening facing N. 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
- CO022-008 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 60m E of stream. Roughly L-shaped mound (12.8m E-W; 7.8m N-S; H 1.2m); W end of mound wider than E. 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
- CO022-009 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (7.5m N-S; 9.5m E-W) enclosed by shallow fosse with low external bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). E-W field fence skirts N side of site. Two stones in centre 0.85m apart; upright stone (H 1.27m; 1.36m x 0.8m) is roughly rectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW; second stone (L 1.34m; 0.68m x 0.66m) is prostrate. 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
- CO022-010 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 20m N of stream. Mound of burnt material (8m N-S; 18.6m E-W; H 1.3m). Spread of burnt material extends S from mound to N bank of stream. 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
- CO022-011 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low, horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (16m WNW-ESE; 6m NNE-SSW; H 0.25m); opening (Wth 5.4m) faces S. According to local information, mound partially levelled c. 1974. 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
- CO022-012001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (c. 62.5m E-W; 62m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (int. H 2m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (H 1.05m); shallow external fosse (D 0.45m) to N, E and S. Break in inner bank to SE (max. Wth 4.7m) and to SSW (Wth 3.3m); bank continues as faint rise across both breaks. Intervening fosse waterlogged to N with stream flowing N from it; W half very overgrown. Berm on inner face of outer bank all round, to E and S appears to be due to slippage. Outer bank very low to N. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges; shallow depression inside base of bank S->SW, ends in a mound (H 0.6m). Souterrain (CO022-01202-) in interior. Aerial photograph (CASAP) taken September 1991 shows outer bank levelled. 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
- CO022-012002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO022-01201-). Bowman (1934, 470) recorded 'a depression on the South side [of the fort], c. 6 yds. in diam. This shows the site of a Souterrain'. 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
- CO022-264 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Arc (C c. 20.2m) formed by low rise survives N->S on E side of townland boundary (Lisrobin West); no visible surface trace of site on W side of townland boundary (Reanagashel). Probably site recorded by Bowman (1934, 457) as single-ramparted fort (bank H c. 5ft; diam. c. 32yd) 'in C. Shine's, on boundary between Meens [sic] and Lisrobbin'. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisrobin West.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisrobin West.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisrobin West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lisrobin West · Lios Roibín Thiar
- Area
- 2,126,035 m² (212.6 ha, 525.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Meens, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Meens electoral division: 457 people in 176 households; 88% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnacurra, Blueford, Glantaunmacarthy, Knocklagh, Lisrobin East, Meens, Reanagashel
- Placenames
- Lisrobin West 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.