Moanroe
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyclogh, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Mhóin Rua
- Area
- 82.3 ha
- 203 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 2,765 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moanroe, from 3 m² to 222,052 m² (22.21 ha, 54.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 2023Conditional
Planning permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5686
8 Mar 2021Conditional
To construct a new single storey domestic garage/home office and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4576
24 Sept 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6086
9 Dec 2019Refused
To construct a new dwelling house, entrance walls, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6931
15 Nov 2019Incompleted application
Construct a dwellinghouse, entrance walls, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6708
21 Apr 2010Conditional
Dwelling and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4947
21 Apr 2010Conditional
Dwelling and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4948
20 May 2009Withdrawn
Two-storey dwelling house & associated single storey detached domestic garage, septic tank & soil percolation system, new entrance with walls & piers & associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/5627
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 Moanroe.
Recorded monuments
- CO024-243 Burnt mound
Description
On level ground in a recently planted forest. A spread (8m N-S; 4.2m E-W; D 0.3m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. An E-W drain cuts through the centre of the spread. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO032-239001 Burnt mound
Description
In level scrubland, recently planted with trees. A roughly circular mound (8m E-W; 7.5m N-S; H 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. A NW-SE drain cuts across the centre of the mound exposing the mound material in section. Two possible burnt mounds (CO032-239002-, CO032-239003-) lie c. 45m to the SSE and ENE, respectively. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO032-239002 Burnt mound
Description
In level scrubland, recently planted with trees. A layer (L c. 6m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil has been exposed in the sides and base of a NE-SW forest drain. The layer is c. 0.15-0.2m below present ground level. A burnt mound (CO032-239001-) lies c. 45m to the NNW and a possible burnt mound (CO032-239003-) lies c. 45m to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO032-239003 Burnt mound
Description
In level pasture, in an area recently planted with trees. An irregularly shaped spread (c. 9m N-S; c. 6m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil truncated by a NE-SW drain. A burnt mound (CO032-239001-) lies c. 45m to the WSW and a possible burnt mound (CO032-239002-) lies c. 40m to the SSW. 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 Moanroe.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_919 (ZIP).
- 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 Moanroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Moanroe · An Mhóin Rua
- Area
- 823,078 m² (82.31 ha, 203.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyclogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Ballyclogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyclogh electoral division: 794 people in 256 households; 94% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dromdowney Upper, Gortnagross, Killagrohan, Mountnorth
- Placenames
- Moanroe 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.