Mahanagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbrin, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Meathánach
- Area
- 54.7 ha
- 135 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 3,398 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mahanagh, from 235 m² to 510,622 m² (51.06 ha, 126.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Mahanagh 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 May 2024Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4848
19 Apr 2022Conditional
Dwelling house, garage, septic tank and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4889
18 Jan 2022Incompleted application
Permission is sought for dwelling house, garage, septic tank and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4058
11 Jun 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of house plan and layout and revised site boundaries of that permitted under 05/8623), installation of treatment unit and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7214
14 May 2008Incompleted application
Change of house plan and revision of boundaries with entrance and ancillary works as granted under Pl. Reg. .No. 05/8623
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6713
8 Dec 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13107
20 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/12448
23 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8623
27 Oct 2005Conditional
Retention of dwelling and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7894
3 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5540
9 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6852
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mahanagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO016-140 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough grazing land, broken by marshy ground, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; arc formed by low rise (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth 6m) survives W->NNE; bank levelled elsewhere and appears to be pushed outwards to E and S giving the site overall dimensions of 22m N-S and 20m E-W. Interior slopes down to E; flat-topped mound (diam. c. 3.3m; H 0.2m) in N half of interior. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 379) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 25yd) on C. O'Reilly's land; site c. 2ft higher than surrounding field. 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
- CO016-243 Standing stone
Description
This is one of four 'dallans' (CO016-242----, CO016-244----, CO016-245----) recorded by Bowman (2000, 181) in 'Mr. O'Reilly's' in Mahanagh townland. Bowman (ibid.) describes this stone as '(b) 30 yards [27.43m] west of (a) [CO016-242----]. 9" [0.23m] over ground, 6' 7" [2m] girth'. The location of this stone was pointed out by the present landowner. The stone was removed from this location in recent times. It may be one of two stones now lying in the SE corner of the field. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO016-244 Standing stone
Description
This is one of four 'dallans' (CO016-242----, CO016-243----, CO016-245----) recorded by Bowman (2000, 181) in 'Mr. O'Reilly's' in Mahanagh townland. Bowman (ibid.) describes this stone as '(c) 500 yards [457m] (c). South of (a). 2' [0.6m] high, 13' 3" [4.03m] in girth'. The location of this stone was pointed out by the present landowner. The stone was removed from this location in recent times. It may be one of two stones now lying in the SE corner of the field. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO016-245 Standing stone
Description
This is one of four 'dallans' (CO016-242----, CO016-243----, CO016-244----) recorded by Bowman (2000, 181) in 'Mr. O'Reilly's' in Mahanagh townland. Bowman (ibid.) describes this stone as '(d) about 400 yards [366m] west of (a). 3' [0.91m] high. 11' 2" [3.4m] in girth.'. The location of this stone was pointed out by the present landowner. The stone was removed from this location in recent times. It may be a stone that now lies near the N boundary of this field. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO016-247 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy pasture. Kidney-shaped mound (11.2m N-S; 7.4m E-W; H 0.65m) containing very dark soil; opening (Wth 5m) faces W. Cattletrack cuts across N end of mound. Probably one of two fulachta fiadh (11418) recorded by Bowman (1934, 379) on Mr O'Reilly's land. 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
- CO016-248 Ringfort - rath
Description
In marshy ground, atop hillock. Depicted as small irregular-shaped field (c. 45m E-W; c. 45m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Roughly circular slightly raised area (34m N-S), adjoining field fence to S, defined by low scarp with shallow fosse (D 0.22m) NE->SSE; very slight scarp, much interfered with, SSW->NNW. Interior bisected by modern drain running N-S; flat-bottomed pit (D 0.7m; Wth at top 1m; Wth at bottom 0.4m), containing charcoal, visible in E-facing section. Locally known as fort. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 379) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 65yd) on C. O' Reilly's land, with two-thirds of rampart levelled and remainder c. 6ft high forming field boundary. 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 Mahanagh.
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 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 Mahanagh.
- 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 Mahanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mahanagh · Meathánach
- Area
- 546,844 m² (54.68 ha, 135.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbrin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Kilbrin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbrin electoral division: 365 people in 132 households; 85% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybane, Knockalohert, Lackeel, Rathnagard, Rossnanarney
- Placenames
- Mahanagh 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.