Meeneeshal

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meeneeshal, from 560 m² to 448,371 m² (44.84 ha, 110.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Meeneeshal 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.

• 17 Feb 2009Conditional

  Retention of a cattle shed constructed over a slurry storage tank already granted under planning ref.no. 07/4372

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4461

• 27 Jan 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of cattle shed constructed over slurry storage tank previously granted under planning ref.no. 07/4372

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4213

• 15 Feb 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of straw bedded calf shed and retention of farm buildings for housing of cattle, machinery shed, dog kennels and stables

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5094

• 23 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construction of slurry storage tank with silage slab

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4372

• 14 Dec 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of slurry storage tank, silage slab with dairy washing and collection yard effluent tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13310

• 3 Dec 2004Conditional

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8886

• 14 Apr 2004Conditional

  Alterations, 3 no. dormer windows, porch and conservatory extensions to dwellinghouse and detached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2481

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 Meeneeshal.

Recorded monuments

• CO014-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Semicircular area (C 40m) of rough ground, overgrown with thistles, on N side of E-W field boundary; locally known as site of ringfort. No visible surface trace of site to S of field boundary. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 132) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 28yd) on Ml. Duane'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

• CO014-025 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough grazing, on S side of stream valley. Stone removed in 1975 and dumped in nearby field fence with other stones. According to Bowman (1934, 132), stone was '2ft 6in high, 14ft girth'. 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

• CO014-026001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on E bank of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. One of two fulachta fiadh (11436) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on P. Duane's land. Second fulacht fiadh (11435) c. 20m to S. 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

• CO014-026002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on E bank of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (11434) c. 20m to N. Not recorded by Bowman. 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

• CO014-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; surface uneven in area of site. According to local information, known as site of fort; area never ploughed. 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

• CO014-028 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In coniferous forest. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (19m x 18m; H 1.7m); opening (Wth 4m) faces N. Surface of mound planted with trees. One of two fulachta fiadh (11434) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on P. Duane'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

• CO014-029 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map as mound. Access to site not gained. Second fulacht fiadh (11438) c. 80m to SE. One of two fulachta fiadh (11438) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on W. McAuliffe'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

• CO014-030 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map as mound c. 90m E of stream. Access to site not gained. Second fulacht fiadh (11437) c. 80m to NW. One of two fulachta fiadh (11437) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on W. McAuliffe'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

• CO014-031 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to local information, mound levelled c. 1977. One of two fulachta fiadh (11440) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on B. O'Doherty'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

• CO014-032 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Oval mound of burnt material (12.3m N-S; 8.5m E-W; H 0.6m). According to local information, spring located to W of mound was drained c. 1985. One of two fulachta fiadh (11439) recorded by Bowman (1934, 133) on B. O'Doherty'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

• CO014-157 Burnt mound
  Description

  In boggy ground, on a gentle S-facing slope and to the N of a stream. A mound of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was noted here during tree-planting in 2001 (pers. comm. John Roche). The mound is almost completely overgrown with gorse and briars, making measurements impossible. The area immediately around the burnt mound has been recently planted with trees. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO014-158 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In boggy ground, on a gentle S-facing slope. A small possible fulacht fia was noted here during tree planting in 2001 (pers. comm. John Roche). This could not be located in 2005. 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 Meeneeshal.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Meeneeshal.

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.

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

Name

Meeneeshal · An Mhín Íseal

Area

2,775,239 m² (277.52 ha, 685.78 acres)

Civil parish

Clonfert, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Barleyhill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Barleyhill electoral division: 561 people in 193 households; 87% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barleyhill, Clashroe, Gooseberryhill, Knockduff Lower, Knockduff Upper, Meenroe, Mountkeeffe

Placenames

Meeneeshal 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.