Mountinfant
Mountinfant is a townland in the civil parish of Nohavaldaly, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Naíonáin.
- Area
- 126.8 ha
- 313 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 7,817 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountinfant, from 63 m² to 261,991 m² (26.2 ha, 64.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mountinfant 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
13 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of new operations yard (17654 sqm) for the storage of materials associated with the manufacturing of windows and doors, complete with an attenuation drainage system, lighting and landscaping works at the Gairdini facility. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is included with this planning application
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0629
3 Dec 2025Prepare invalid letter
Permission for the construction of a new operations yard (17,654sqm) for the storage of materials associated with the manufacturing of windows and doors, complete with an attenuation drainage system, lighting and landscaping works at the Gairdini facility located in Mountinfant, Ballydesmond, Co.Cork. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is included with this planning application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6656
31 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for the construction of a new operations yard (12690 sq.m) for the storage of materials associated with the manufacturing of windows and doors, complete with an attenuation drainage system, lighting and landscaping works at the Gairdini facility. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is included with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6356
6 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit & sand polishing filter area
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6106
17 May 2021Conditional
A single storey slatted unit complete with storage area having a total area of 482m2 complete with ancillary works. The development will require the demolition of existing dilapidated farm buildings with a total area of 315m2.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5328
20 Dec 2018Conditional
The construction of an open yard (8,234 sq.m) for operations relating to the manufacturing of doors and windows complete with storm water attenuation tank, interceptor, 2.4m high perimeter security fence, landscaping and ancillary services located in both townlands Mountinfant and Lackanastooka. A Natura impact statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7396
8 Feb 2018Conditional
The construction of an 8,120sq.m storage yard for the storage of profiles for the manufacture of doors and windows complete with storm water attenuation tank, interceptor, 2.4m high perimeter security fence, landscaping and ancillary services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4324
15 Jan 2018Incompleted application
The construction of an 8,120sq.m storage yard for the storage of profiles for the manufacture of doors and windows complete with storm water attenuation tank, interceptor, 2.4m high perimeter security fence, landscaping and ancillary services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4065
21 Dec 2017Incompleted application
Construction of 8,120sqm storage yard for the storage of profiles for the manufacture of doors and windows complete with storm water attenuation tank, interceptor, 2.4m high perimeter security fence, landscaping and ancillary services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7381
6 Dec 2017Incompleted application
The construction of an 8,120sq.m storage yard for the storage of profiles for the manufacture of doors and windows complete with storm water attenuation tank, interceptor, 2.4m high perimeter security fence, landscaping and ancillary services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7187
23 Dec 2015Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, mechanical aeration system and stratified sand polishing filter, with front boundary entrance walls with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6994
3 Oct 2014Conditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit, sand polishing filter with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6129
19 Dec 2008Conditional
Construction of single storey softwood storage building for storage of softwood timber in stacks in a controlled environment, construction of new parking facility for 400 no. car parking spaces, 6 no. bus parking spaces, personnel access tunnel to existing plant with necessary drainage, hydrocarbon interceptors, footpaths, weather canopy's and lighting standards
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10253
14 Oct 2008Conditional
Construction of 285sqm new timber storage building to to store timber for further processing
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9257
1 Aug 2008Conditional
Construction of weights saw building to be used for cutting counter weights for window manufacturing
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8230
27 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of four storey office building comprising of reception, offices, file storage room and toilets , canteen , open plan offices, storage room and file storage rooms and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5050
7 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Construction of four storey office building comprising of reception, offices, file storage room and toilets on ground floor, canteen and toilets on first floor, open plan offices, storage room and toilets on second floor and open plan offices and file storage rooms on third floor
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4624
24 Jan 2008Withdrawn
Construction of parking facility providing 400 no. car parking spaces, 6 no. bus parking spaces, personnel access tunnel to existing plant, drainage, hydrocarbon interceptors, footpaths, weather canopy's and lighting standards
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4333
2 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Construction of parking facility providing 400 no. car parking spaces and 6 no. bus parking spaces, personnel access tunnel to existing plant, drainage, hydrocarbon interceptors, footpaths, weather carnopys and lighting standards
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4003
5 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to existing glass manufacturing building for increase in production
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5654
20 Oct 2006Incompleted application
2 no. wind turbines (80m hub height and 80m blade diameter) with overall height not exceeding 125m high, 2 no. transformers, site track and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11641
13 Jun 2006Conditional
Alteration and extension of existing waste water treatment plant with buried discharge pipeline at window and door manufacturing facility
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8052
6 Jun 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse and two storey domestic shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7825
11 Apr 2006Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse and two storey domestic shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6305
5 Oct 2005Conditional
Extension to the aluminium building for the purpose of increasing the production line capability
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7257
The 25 most recent of 28 applications.
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
Recorded monuments
- CO029-203 Kiln - lime
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountinfant.
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
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountinfant.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Mountinfant with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mountinfant · Cnoc an Naíonáin
- Area
- 1,267,895 m² (126.79 ha, 313.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Nohavaldaly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Knocknagree, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 610 people lived in 257 households in the Knocknagree electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carhoonoe (Co. Kerry), Knockyhena, Lackanastooka, Reanasup (Co. Kerry), Tooreenreaghy
- Placenames
- Mountinfant 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.