Mallowgaton
Mallowgaton is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbrogan, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Mala Géitinn.
- Area
- 132.3 ha
- 327 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,852 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mallowgaton, from 132 m² to 457,089 m² (45.71 ha, 112.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mallowgaton 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
8 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the change of house plan and revised site boundaries from that permitted under Pl.Reg.No 25/5014, the new single storey dwelling will be served by the domestic garage, site entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works as permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 25/05014.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1511
24 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for the change of house plan and revised site boundaries from that permitted under planning register No. 25/05014, the new single storey dwelling will be served by the domestic garage, site entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works as permitted under planning register No. 25/05014.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1053
16 Jul 2013Conditional
Construction of a cattle house with slatted slurry tank, 2 no. concrete aprons, calving house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5365
16 May 2008Conditional
Installation of 4 no. rooflights and extension to bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6763
1 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellnghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10225
24 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5825
28 Nov 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8764
4 Jun 2004Conditional
Retention of store/outbuilding
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4018
4 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4066
10 Dec 2003Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6303
12 May 2003Conditional
Porch extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2230
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 Mallowgaton.
Recorded monuments
- CO095-094 Ringfort - rath
Description
Roughly circular area (34m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.2m); silted-up fosse to E and S. Gap in bank to SSE (Wth 3m). Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO095-095 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO096-060001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, atop shoulder NE-SW ridge. 'A fine bivallate ringfort', levelled 1979 (Hurley and Hurley 1979, 50-51). Souterrain (CO096-06002-) in interior. Portion of SW bank may survive in field fence system (H 1.3m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO096-060002 Souterrain
Description
Discovered in 1979 following levelling of ringfort (096-06001-). The souterrain had been subject to considerable collapse and proved impossible to survey fully. Stone-built passage of uprights (H 0.8m; Wth 0.7m) roofed by lintels, extended 3m in N-S direction; blocked at S end but N end led to circular earth-cut chamber. (Hurley and Hurley 1979, 50-1). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO096-061001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Levelled ringfort, originally consisting of two earthen banks with intervening fosse and slight trace outer fosse (Hurley and Hurley 1979, 51). Souterrain (CO096-06102-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO096-061002 Souterrain
Description
Discovered in 1975 in levelled ringfort (096-06101-). Two oval chambers with rock-cut base; air vent and backfilled construction shaft (Ó Drisceoil and Hurley 1978, 76). Opening in ground is still evident. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO096-092 Burnt mound
Description
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A spread (c. 20m x c. 20m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil c. 100m SW of the Ballymahane River. 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 Mallowgaton.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Mallowgaton, 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 Mallowgaton.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mallowgaton with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mallowgaton · Mala Géitinn
- Area
- 1,322,954 m² (132.3 ha, 326.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbrogan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Kilbrogan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,902 people lived in 975 households in the Kilbrogan electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 54% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carhoon West, Farranalough, Laragh, Roughgrove West, Tullyglass, Tullyglass
- Placenames
- Mallowgaton 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.