Mountmusic
Mountmusic is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmichael, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc Amhráin.
- Area
- 202.8 ha
- 501 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 7,799 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountmusic, from 175 m² to 317,102 m² (31.71 ha, 78.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 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
2 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for the subdivision of a site and the extension and conversion of an existing domestic garage into a dwellinghouse including the removal of an existing wastewater treatment system, the installation of 2 No. new waste-water treatment systems (1 No. for existing dwelling and 1 No. for the proposed dwelling.) and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5480
8 Dec 2021Conditional
To construct a two-storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7279
1 Oct 2021Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6676
29 Jun 2021Withdrawn
To construct two storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5801
6 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a) dwelling house, b) domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/81
9 Jul 2013Conditional
Permission for slatted house (with underground tanks) and ancillary concrete apron works and permission for retention of calf shed and silage slab at Mountmusic, Tooms, Macroom.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/401
14 Jun 2013Incompleted application
Slatted house (with underground tanks) and ancillary concrete apron works and retention of calf shed and silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/338
29 Apr 2010Conditional
Construction of detached granny flat ancillary to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5023
5 Jun 2008Conditional
Construction of Extension to existiong dwelling house and associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1055
30 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Construction of extension to existing dwelling house and associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/828
25 Jan 2008Conditional
Retention of garage, conversion of attic to habitable rooms and elevational alterations to dwellinghouse permitted under Reg. No. 05/5389
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4365
3 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Retention of (1) attic conversion and alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse and (2) detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12799
16 Apr 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1034
23 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/538
16 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/2136
3 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/2019
27 Jul 2005Conditional
Construction of detached garage and alterations and extension to dwellinghouse under construction
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5389
30 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7383
2 Jun 2004Conditional
Slatted house (with underground tank and ancillary concrete apron works)
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3960
8 Nov 2002Refused
2 no. dwellings
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 02/4926
12 Nov 2001Conditional
Agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6184
12 Apr 2001Conditional
Retention of mobile home
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2069
21 Mar 2001Conditional
Agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1429
28 Sept 2000Conditional
Installation of treatment plant to serve existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5867
27 Apr 1999Conditional
Construction of vehicular entrance & installation of septic tank & percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/2091
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 Mountmusic.
Recorded monuments
- CO082-027 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on lower W slopes of Mullaghroe Hill. Stone (H 1.1m; 1.1m x 0.6m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NW-SE. 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
- CO082-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NW-facing slope of Mullaghroe Hill. Circular raised area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.9m; ext. H 2.2m); external fosse (D 0.9m) SSE->WSW. Break (Wth 4m) in bank to N; drop of 1m from interior to exterior in gap faced with large boulders. Scatter of boulders outside bank to NNE, some well embedded in bank face. Fosse used as dump for field clearance material. Faint trace of cultivation ridges crosses interior on N-S axis; large stone protrudes above ground near centre of interior. Standing stone (CO082-030----) 60m to SSW; ringfort (CO082-026----) visible on high ground to NW. 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
- CO082-029 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on lower NW slopes of Mullaghroe Hill. Stone (H 1.2m; 0.85m x 0.75m) is almost square in plan; long axis not measurable due to shape of stone. 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
- CO082-030 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on SW slope of Mullaghroe Hill. Stone (H 1.5m; 0.95m x 0.3m) is roughly 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
- CO082-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on lower SE-facing slope of Mullaghroe Hill. Circular area (33m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 1.4m) N->E with external fosse (D 0.6m); scarp (H 2.25m) E->SSW; low grass-covered rise (max. H 0.6m) elsewhere. Bank incorporated into field fence system. Interior slopes gently down to SE. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountmusic.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Mountmusic, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountmusic.
- 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 Mountmusic with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mountmusic · Cnoc Amhráin
- Area
- 2,028,046 m² (202.8 ha, 501.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmichael, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Teerelton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 650 people lived in 220 households in the Teerelton electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballina, Gortacurrig, Kilnarovanagh, Teerelton, Tooms East, Tooms West
- Placenames
- Mountmusic 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.