Maulinward
Maulinward is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Meall an Bhaird.
- Area
- 86.6 ha
- 214 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 2,181 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maulinward, from 523 m² to 180,090 m² (18.01 ha, 44.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Maulinward 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
16 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
permission for (i) demolition of existing outbuilding, (ii) construction of new detached building in lieu of same consisting of granny flat ancillary in use to existing dwelling house, (iii) construction of detached domestic garage, (iv) improvement works to existing entrance and parking area and (v) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2416
7 Oct 2019Conditional permission
(i) Demolition of existing outbuilding, (ii) Construction of new detached building in lieu of same consisting of granny flat ancillary in use to existing dwelling house , (iii) Construction of detached domestic garage, (iv) improvement works to existing entrance and parking area and (v) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/646
23 Jul 2015Conditional
Importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the re-use of suitable topsoil from the site at other locations for the duration of the soil recovery activity
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/423
7 Oct 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of new detached building in lieu of same consisting of granny flat ancillary in use to existing dwelling house, improvement works to existing entrance and parking area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/566
20 Sept 2013Incompleted application
Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of new detached building in lieu of same consisting of granny flat ancillary in use to existing dwelling house an all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/540
23 Apr 2008Conditional
Raising levels of poor land to improve agricultural land, by placing on site of surplus construction materials, ie. inert soil/rock and topsoil
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/737
21 Dec 2005Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse, demolition of outbuilding and construction of separate dwelling ancillary in use to main dwelling and partial demolition of storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9559
9 Nov 2004Conditional
Construction of porch and extension to dwellinghouse and new entrance to site
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8300
1 Aug 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3434
25 Jan 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/256
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 Maulinward.
Recorded monuments
- CO131-007001 Graveyard
Description
In pasture, atop Cow hill. Triangular area enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank; gate to N gives access to yard, still in use. Lines of low uninscribed stones on N-S axis; a few 19th and 20th century headstones; one family burial vault. Ruins of Durrus Church (CO131-007002-) at N end; also contains cross inscribed stone (CO131-007003-). 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
- CO131-007002 Church
Description
At N end of graveyard (CO131-007001-) ruins of medieval parish church (L 21.85m, Wth 7.9m). Top of W gable fallen and all walls ivy-clad. Door near W end of S wall missing cover. Two windows in S wall missing lights. Central E window has round-headed light with rebate on outside and splayed embrasure with splayed arched head. Brick burial vault in NW corner of church. Small stoup stone in S wall. Church in repair in 1639 but in ruins by 1699 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 92-4). 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
- CO131-007003 Cross-slab
Description
Upright stone (H 0.7m; 0.23m x 0.13m) in graveyard (CO131-007002-). Simple linear ringed cross (H 0.35m; Wth 0.19m; diam. c. 0.15m), incised on E face; arms extend outside ring. Shaft terminates in crosslets. Many grooves on W face suggesting used for sharpening. 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
- CO131-007005 Bullaun stone
Description
A smooth, sub-rectangular stone (0.25m x 0.3m) with a small bowl shaped bullaun (diam. 0.13m; D 0.05m) at its centre which has been set into a gap in the southern wall of Durrus Church CO131-007002), now in ruins. This bullaun is still venerated and it is full of coins deposited in its bowl. There are also some religious statues, a cross and a rosary. Immediately next to it is a fragment of cranium also used for offerings. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload: 6 February 2015
- CO131-008001 Cairn - unclassified
Description
In pasture on N bank of Mile Water River, 2m to N of stone row (CO131-008002-). Arc of 6 stones averaging (H 0.25m; L 0.7m; Wth 0.6m) forms S kerb of cairn. According to O Nualláin (1988, 237) some loose stones within arc may be disturbed cairn material. 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
- CO131-008002 Stone row
Description
On flat pasture in valley and 100m NW of Durrus river. Row of three stones, aligned NE-SW, 4.2m in overall length. NE stone is 0.7m L, 0.4m T and 0.6m H. A loose stone, 1.5m in maximum dimension, lies beside it at NW. Next stone, 1.2m to the SW, is 0.7m L, 0.5m T and 0.75m H. The SW stone, 1.15m from last, is 0.9m L, 0.5m T and 0.75m H. Cairn (CO131-008001-) 2m to N. (O Nualláin 1988, 237, no. 52) 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Maulinward.
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 Maulinward, about 1 in 10 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 Maulinward.
- 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 Maulinward with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Maulinward · Meall an Bhaird
- Area
- 865,601 m² (86.56 ha, 213.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Scart, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 331 people lived in 114 households in the Scart electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycommane, Cloonee, Letterlicky West, Parkana
- Placenames
- Maulinward 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.