Meens

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meens, from 227 m² to 105,270 m² (10.53 ha, 26.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Meens 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.

• 21 Jul 2021Conditional

  I)Permission to demolish domestic garage attached to the existing dwelling and II) Permission to construct extension the sides and the rear of the existing dwelling house and changes to the front elevation, increase the height of the walls and roof of the existing dwelling to accommodate 1st floor, domestic garage, entrance and secondary treatment system with polishing filter and all associated services and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6013

• 24 Aug 2016Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6127

• 5 May 2016Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and new entrance together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5066

• 13 Jun 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8611

• 30 Mar 2007Conditional

  Demolition of existing cubicles and construction of roof over existing slatted tank, roof over existing effluent tank and open yard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6699

• 20 Dec 2006Refused

  3 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13536

• 2 Feb 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/510

• 24 May 2004Conditional

  Demolition of derelict dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3581

• 20 Feb 2004Conditional

  Retention of porch and extension to dwelling, septic tank and new access

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1007

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 Meens.

Recorded monuments

• CO021-021 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing. Roughly horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (9m N-S; 6.5m E-W; H c. 0.5m); opening (Wth c. 5m) faces W. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (11460, 11461) recorded in the townland by Bowman (1934, 457). 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

• CO022-003 Standing stone
  Description

  Depicted but not named on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.5m; 1.34m x 0.63m) is roughly rectangular in plan and section, long axis NE-SW. Packing stones noted at base. 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

• CO022-004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, immediately E of spring. Irregular mound of burnt material (14m N-S; 15m E-W; H 0.8m); several depressions in mound may be result of recent digging. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (11459, 11460) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 457). 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

• CO022-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of arc of fosse (S->NNE) of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R726, May 1977); curving field fence (NNE->S) may incorporate remaining bank of enclosure. 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 Meens.

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 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 Meens.

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 Meens with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Meens · Na Mínte

Area

1,314,353 m² (131.44 ha, 324.78 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Meens, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Meens electoral division: 457 people in 176 households; 88% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glantaunmacarthy, Illaunknocknanagh, Knocknacurragh, Knocknanagh East, Lisrobin West, Rea-Allen, Reanagashel, Reandallane

Placenames

Meens 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.