Monalahy

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monalahy, from 240 m² to 327,737 m² (32.77 ha, 80.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Monalahy 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.

• 13 Aug 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of domestic garage and retention of domestic storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2134

• 29 Jun 2026Grant with conditions

  To construct a Cubicle House with Slatted Tanks, Milking Parlour with Drafting Area, upgrade existing entrance and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1742

• 26 Jun 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house and the installation of a new waste treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1713

• 13 Feb 2026Clarification of f.i. consultees/awaiting recomme

  Permission for retention for 2 no. detached domestic sheds all as constructed on site and mobile home as situated on site. Planning permission is also being sought for temporary use of mobile home as habitable accommodation during the construction of the proposed extension. Planning permission is also being sought for a new extension and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0343

• 12 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention for 2 no. detached domestic sheds all as constructed onsite and mobile home as situated onsite. Planning permission is also being sought for temporary use of mobile home as habitable accommodation during the construction of the proposed extension. Planning permission is also being sought for a new extension and alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0042

• 16 Dec 2025Refused

  Permission for construction of a single storey dwelling house and the installation of a new waste treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6825

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for new 2 storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5289

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6112

• 30 May 2024Refused

  Permission for new 2 storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4990

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6373

• 12 Jun 2019Conditional

  Installation of a cattle underpass incorporating a soiled water storage tank and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5541

• 15 Jun 2018Refused

  Retain the position of septic tank and percolation area serving existing dwellinghouse which was granted under Pl. Reg. No. 11/5070 in an alternative location

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5560

• 10 Apr 2015Refused

  Permission for retention and completion of two-storey dwellinghouse incorporating basement and car port and amendments to site layout including septic tank and percolation area as previously permitted under planning register number 13/04218

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4709

• 11 Feb 2013Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area and construction of entrance from access road (previously permitted under Planning Reg. No. 08/7080)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4218

• 16 Jan 2013Incompleted application

  Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area and construction of entrance from access road (previously permitted under planning Ref. No. 08/7080)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4064

• 7 Sept 2011Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension complete with habitable roof space and associated site works to existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5925

• 29 Aug 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling complete with habitable attic space and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5856

• 3 Jun 2011Refused

  Construction of two storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and construction of entrance from access road previously permitted under Planning Ref. no. 08/7080 to serve this dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5198

• 18 May 2011Conditional

  Modifying existing bungalow including elevational alterations and raising of roof to provide first floor livng accomodation including velux windows to the front and rear of new roof, a porch is to be built to the front and a septic tank is to be installed to the rear of site, plus demolition of side extension.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5070

• 27 Apr 2011Incompleted application

  Modifying existing bungalow including elevation alterations and raising of roof to provide first floor living accommodation including velux windows to the front and rear of new roof

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4902

• 8 Dec 2010Conditional

  Alterations and extension to existing dwellinghouse (consisting of four bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, utility and lounge) and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8666

• 19 Mar 2010Conditional

  Two-storey dwelling house & proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, extension to access road already granted under planning ref.no. 08/7080 to serve dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4623

• 24 Feb 2010Incompleted application

  Two-storey dwelling house along with proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, & extension to access road granted under planning ref.no. 08/7080 to serve dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4398

• 4 Aug 2009Refused

  Two-storey dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit, percolation area, bored well and associated site and landscaping works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6601

• 2 Jul 2009Conditional

  Construction of single storey extension and one and half storey domestic garage to rear of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6193

The 25 most recent of 43 applications.

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 Monalahy.

Recorded monuments

• CO051-098 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on W-facing slope. Stone (H 1.45m; 0.72m x 0.54m) is rectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO051-124001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). Arc (C 33.5m) formed by earthen bank (H 1.1m) survives NNE->SSW. Interior forms garden of bungalow built in NW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO062-037 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on E side of field fence. Overgrown mound of burnt material (H c. 1m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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

• Farm house, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, having two-storey flat-roofed extension to rear (west). Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render sills. Three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows throughout with timber casements to rear extension. Square-headed door opening to front (east) elevation, having moulded render surround with corbels and replacement glazed timber door. Two-storey outbuilding to west with pitched corrugated-iron roof and roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with corrugated-iron door. Rendered enclosing wall with square-profile gate piers to front of site with wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Square-profile piers to yard with wrought-iron gates. Set within own grounds near roadside.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Monalahy.

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

Name

Monalahy · Móin na Lathaí

Area

850,403 m² (85.04 ha, 210.14 acres)

Civil parish

Grenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Barretts

Electoral division

Greenfort, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Greenfort electoral division: 807 people in 256 households; 94% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfadeen Beg, Ballyfadeen More, Ballymorisheen, Courtbrack, Garryadeen, Newcastle

Placenames

Monalahy 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.