Monee West
Townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Muiní Thiar
- Area
- 174.3 ha
- 431 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monee West, from 1,320 m² to 577,182 m² (57.72 ha, 142.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Monee West 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
4 Jun 2020Unconditional
(a) Demolition of existing milking parlour, dairy, plant room, store and roofed waiting yard, (b) demolition of existing cubicle housing and silage pit, (c) construction of 1 no. agricultural building to include milking parlour, dairy, plant room, livestock handling facilities, waiting yard and straw bedded livestock housing and slatted slurry storage, (d) erection of meal bin and 1 no. water storage tank, (e) construction of silage pit and apron, and (f) construction of cubicle livestock housing with slatted slurry storage along with associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 15/04528
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/5120
22 May 2019Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse with related site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5303
18 Mar 2015Conditional
(a) Demolition of existing milking parlour, dairy, plant room, store and roofed waiting yard, (b) demolition of existing cubicle housing and silage pit, (c) construction of 1 no. agricultural building to include milking parlour, dairy, plant room, livestock handling facilities, waiting yard and straw bedded livestock housing and slatted slurry storage, (d) erection of meal bin and 1 no. water storage tank, (e) construction of silage pit and apron, and (f) construction of cubicle livestock housing with slatted slurry storage along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4528
11 Feb 2009Conditional
Alterations to the roof and facade of an existing dwelling and conversion of a domestic garage to a family room
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4408
21 Jan 2009Incompleted application
Alterations to roof and facade of existing dwelling and conversion of family garage to a family room
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4119
2 Oct 2008Refused
Alterations to facade and roof of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9125
20 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Alterations to an existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8476
24 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4332
29 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Construction of slatted house with creep area and construction of slatted shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9175
17 Nov 2006Conditional
Extension to cattle shed, slurry tank, silage slab, receptor tank, concrete apron and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12394
25 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Construction of extension to shed, effluent storage tank and silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11741
18 Oct 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted unit and extensions to existing cubicles and calving shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11533
23 Sept 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6927
8 May 2003Conditional
Construction of sunlounge extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2163
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 Monee West.
Recorded monuments
- CO042-018 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, c. 20m N of stream. According to local information, burnt material uncovered here. Area heavily overgrown and burnt material was not identified 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
- CO042-019001 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, on W side of drain. According to local information, mound levelled c. 1980. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (25.3m E-W; 21m N-S); burnt material visible in section on both sides of drain (L 30m on E side). Second fulacht fiadh (11483) c. 80m 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
- CO042-019002 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, adjacent to spring. Spread of burnt material noted. Second fulacht fiadh (11482) c. 80m 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
- CO042-020001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Burnt material recently uncovered during digging of well. 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
- CO042-020002 Kiln - lime
Description
On W side of road. Random-rubble walls retain earthen core. Front elevation faces W; arched recess (H 2.25m; Wth 2.7m; D 1.8m). Infilled funnel, oval in plan (1.6m x 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
- CO042-100 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Semicircular spread of burnt material (7.6m N-S; 7.4m E-W). West side truncated by field fence. 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
- CO042-103 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pasture, on S-facing slope. According to local information, field called the 'fort field'; stoney area at S corner of field, next to area of ground cut back from stream, is now locally thought to be location of ringfort. Stoney surface may be as a result of gravel quarrying; ideally, site of ringfort would have been higher up in field. 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 Monee West.
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 5 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 Monee West.
- 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 Monee West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Monee West · Muiní Thiar
- Area
- 1,742,551 m² (174.26 ha, 430.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Rahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rahan electoral division: 926 people in 320 households; 95% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvuskig East, Ballinvuskig West, Clogheen, Greenhill, Island, Knockbrack, Monee East
- Placenames
- Monee West 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.