Meengorman
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Mín Uí Ghormáin
- Area
- 199.9 ha
- 494 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 147,027 m² (14.7 ha, 36.33 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meengorman, from 2,471 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 384,741 m² (38.47 ha, 95.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Meengorman 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
18 Aug 2017Withdrawn
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6141
19 Oct 2016Refused
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6601
9 Mar 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwelling and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/9741
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4454
20 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of straw bedded house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8852
3 Apr 2007Conditional
Extension to existing cattle house with integrated underground storage tank and construction of livestock building to cover existing soiled yards
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6783
7 Feb 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4836
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of 2 no. agricultural buildings and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13906
19 Oct 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11563
11 May 2006Conditional
Erection of 7.95km overhead electricity transmission line of single circuit 110kV
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7114
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9741
20 Oct 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/7849
12 Feb 2004Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/785
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
- CO014-047 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on E-facing slope overlooking Dalua River valley. Stone (H 1.15m; 0.9m x 0.7m) is conglomerate, irregular in plan with no particular orientation. 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
- CO014-048 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material cut by drain along W side. Burnt material visible in section in drain. Well, shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map immediately to SE, no longer survives. One of two levelled fulachta fiadh (11443) recorded by Bowman (1934, 123) on P. Brown'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
- CO014-049 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, beside a well. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Possibly the fulacht fiadh mentioned by Bowman (1934, 123) on J. Guiney'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
- CO014-050 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, immediately W of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (9m WSW-ENE; 5m NNW-SSE; H 0.3m). Probably the fulacht fiadh recorded by Bowman on M. Linehan's. Second fulacht fiadh (11446) c. 70m to SE. 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
- CO014-051 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Oval mound of burnt material (L 14.6m; Wth 11m; H 1.55m). Second fulacht fiadh (11445) c. 70m to NW. 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
- CO014-140 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on S side of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (10.8m E-W; 8.6m N-S; H 0.5m). Possibly the fulacht fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934,123) on P. Cotter'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
- CO014-150001 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In level wet pasture c. 17m NNW of ringbarrow (15287). Circular area (diam. 3.5m) enclosed by shallow fosse, best preserved NW->NE. 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
- CO014-150002 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In level wet pasture c. 17m SSE of ringbarrow (15286). Circular area (diam. 3.8m) enclosed by fosse (D 0.2m) with external bank (H c. 0.2m). 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 Meengorman.
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 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 Meengorman.
- 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 Meengorman with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Meengorman · Mín Uí Ghormáin
- Area
- 1,999,397 m² (199.94 ha, 494.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Glenlara, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glenlara electoral division: 429 people in 147 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commons South, Knockduff Lower, Knockduff Upper, Meens, Tooreennaguppoge, Tooreennamire
- Placenames
- Meengorman 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.