Mountnorth

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountnorth, from 1,691 m² to 479,433 m² (47.94 ha, 118.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Mountnorth 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.

• 1 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to erect single storey extensions to both sides of an existing single storey dwelling house, remove existing chimney and make elevational changes to windows and doors, install velux window front and rear, change grey brick to smooth plaster finish, install new secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, construct new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5568

• 31 May 2023Incompleted application

  Erect single storey extensions to both sides of an existing single storey dwelling house, remove existing chimney and make elevational changes to windows and doors, install velux window front and rear, change grey brick to smooth plaster finish, install new secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, construct new site entrance and all associates site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5103

• 26 Nov 2021Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house and garage with related site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7194

• 4 Nov 2021Incompleted application

  To construct a dwelling house and garage with related site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6993

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention of the existing domestic garage as constructed with all associated site and ancillary works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5827

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6652

• 28 Aug 2020Refused

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5873

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  To (i) Construct a new easy feed slatted live stock unit adjacent to existing farm building. Proposed livestock unit to incorporate crush and associated underground slurry storage tank with 2 external agitation points and ancillary external concrete (ii) A new canopy on existing shed and ancillary concrete. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4535

• 8 Mar 2018Unconditional

  Dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 12/6563

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/4563

• 9 Oct 2015Conditional

  Conversion of existing bungalow to a two-storey dwelling house by raising the roof height and the addition of a second floor level for living accommodation, construction of a single storey extension to the South-Eastern elevation and upgrading effluent treatment system by installing a bio mechanical unit and polishing filter and to continue the use of the existing front entrance to service the dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6256

• 29 Nov 2013Conditional

  Demolition of an existing single storey sun room and the erection of a new two storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse, with alterations to existing windows and doors, and the construction of a new garage, all with associated landscaping and drainage alterations

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6265

• 17 Dec 2012Conditional

  Dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6563

• 23 Nov 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6409

• 3 Jun 2010Conditional

  Retention of garage/store, & retention & completion of conservatory on to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5376

• 2 Sept 2009Conditional

  Construction of domestic garage with first floor storage space and retention of conversion of attic space with provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6888

• 25 Aug 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of a domestic garage with first floor storage space, and retention of the conversion of attic space with the provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6803

• 5 Aug 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of domestic garage & retention of conversion of attic space with the provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6612

• 18 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construction of hay barn

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8757

• 30 May 2007Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8263

• 18 Apr 2007Incompleted application

  Alterations and re-roofing of existing extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7106

• 13 Apr 2007Refused

  Dormer style dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7005

• 4 Dec 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12940

• 24 Nov 2006Conditional

  Retention of entrance to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12672

• 30 Aug 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of slatted house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10159

• 3 Feb 2006Refused

  Dormer bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4541

The 25 most recent of 32 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 Mountnorth.

Recorded monuments

• CO024-145 Country house
  Description

  Fragmentary remains of house, indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular structure (long axis E-W), named 'Mountnorth Court (in ruins)', with two wings free-standing at right angles on either side of S elevation. Main house no longer survives except for remains of basement wall with shallow brick-arched recesses (H. 1.1m; D c. 0.18m). Ruined ivy-clad shell of W wing survives, walls rise from shallow plinth the top of which level with window sills: rectangular in plan (long axis N-S): W elevation 6-bays wide, 1-storey; narrow S elevation (facing house) of cut-limestone ashlar, 2-bays wide. By 1905 OS 6-inch map, E wing (long axis N-S) replaced by long rectangular structure (long axis E-W) which survives as residential 2-storey house of 19th-century appearance built of ashlar limestone construction reusing stone from earlier house: entrance front 5-bay, central door with block and start surround surmounted by wide pediment; known as 'Steward's House'. House shown in this vicinity on Down Survey (1655-6) barony map. Smith described house here in 1750 (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 319) as 'square building with two wings...fronting the house is a noble canal well stocked with fish.' House was already a ruin 'for many years' in 1837 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 118). 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

• CO024-146 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Covered over and incorporated into Cork County Council water supply scheme; no longer visible. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 140), OS Field Book of 1840 records 'Tubberhuwhen, Joanna's well' as holy well' though he adds that it is not locally known as a holy well now (ibid.). 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

• CO024-147 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. According to local information, spread of red/black soil noted here. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO024-148001 Standing stone
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope c. 77m WNW of possible standing stone (10190). According to local information, stone, c. 4-5ft high, removed c. 1972; regarded as 'scratching stone'. 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

• CO024-148002 Standing stone
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope c. 77m ESE of possible standing stone (10189). Removed c. 1972. Regarded locally as 'scratching stone c. 4-5ft high'. 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

• CO024-149 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; appears to be incorporated into field fence system to W. According to local information, 'fort' levelled c. 1967. Bivallate circular enclosure, truncated to W by N-S field boundary, visible as cropmark of fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP); slight curve in N-S field fence (H 1m, with stone footings exposed at base) corresponds with location of W side but does not appear to follow line of bank. 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

• CO024-150 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (28m N-S; 12m E-W). 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

• CO024-220 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of arc of fosse (N->SSE) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Linear cropmarks to E in same field may be levelled field fences. 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 Mountnorth.

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 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 Mountnorth.

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

Name

Mountnorth · Ard ó Thuaidh

Area

2,167,104 m² (216.71 ha, 535.5 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyclogh, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

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

Ballykitt, Croughta, Curraghalehane, Dromdowney Lower, Dromdowney Upper, Gortnagross, Lisleagh, Moanroe, Rathnee

Placenames

Mountnorth 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.