Mountrivers

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountrivers, from 2,510 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres) to 64,900 m² (6.49 ha, 16.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional permission

  Within County Cork, the proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to 39.3km of overhead line, 14 no. steel towers and 204 no. wooden polesets. These lie between Knockraha Substation, in the townland of Ballynenelagh, and the border with County Tipperary in the townland of Glenduff, crossing the County Cork townlands of : Ballynanelagh, Knockraha East, Meeleen, Shanballyreagh, Barnetstown, Mitchellsfort, Meenane, Skahanagh South, Skahanagh North, Coolquane, Scartbarry, Ballyready, Ballyda, Baneena South, Lackabeha East, Hollyhill, Ballinterry, Clykeel South, Ballynanelagh, Clykeel North, Knockauduff, Ballinvarrig West, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Strawhall, Ballyvadona, Carrigabrick, Gearagh, Carrigatoortane, Mountrivers, Moorepark, Ballyderown, Knockanohill, Glansheskin, Kilclogh, Macroney Upper, Castlecooke, Coolaneague, Curraghanolomer, Ballard, Curraghavoe, and Glenduff. The proposed development includes 4 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Moorepark, Ballinvarrig West, Barnetstown, and Skeheen. The works in County Cork will consist of: the replacement ('restringing') of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 7 no. towers and 82 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of 5 no. new towers and 1 new no. poleset at Barrymore Substation and the removal of 2 no. towers; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment/strengthening and recapping/clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 4 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6468

• 10 Apr 2024Refused

  The retention of a single storey detached home office use building. Permission for construction of additional external walls to the south elevation of this building. Permission for proposed landscape works and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4613

• 30 Mar 2022Withdrawn

  Retention of existing stand-alone timber frame home office, and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4687

• 25 Aug 2021Refused

  Retention for existing erected stand-alone timber frame home office, also planning permission to block up existing eastern boundary site entrance.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6345

• 4 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5450

• 10 Oct 2007Conditional

  Construction of soiled water lagoon and out wintering pad

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11558

• 10 Oct 2007Conditional

  Construction of pig manure tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11574

• 21 Sept 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of pig manure tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11136

• 1 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of slatted unit incorporating slatted tank, covered dairy washings tank, straw bedded area, canopy and associated concrete works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4684

• 29 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construction of two storey extension to laboratory facility to include laboratories, offices, toilets, ancillary accomodation with ancillary infrastructure and partially enclosed couryard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4571

• 2 Nov 2004Conditional

  Domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8120

• 26 Jul 2004Incompleted application

  Domestic garage/store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5736

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Special Protection Area: Blackwater Callows SPA 004094
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River Callows 000073

Recorded monuments

• CO036-050 Earthwork
  Description

  In level pasture, at confluence of Funshion and Blackwater Rivers. Slightly raised, circular area (21.2m E-W; 18.5m N-S) enclosed by scarp to W, N and E, with short drop down to Blackwater River on S side. Bank (ext. H 0.9m to base of fosse) and outer fosse curve around site SSW->N, separated from interior by wide intervening fosse (min. Wth 12.6m at WSW; max. Wth 20m at N). On E side, raised interior and narrow intervening fosse separated from Funshion River by low linear bank (H 0.25m). Gap at N between curving bank to W and linear bank to E may be remains of entrance. Subrectangular hollow (2.65m E-W x 3.35m N-S; D 0.25m) at centre; according to local information, was larger and deeper but now partially filled with field-clearance stones. Rectangular area (14m E-W; 6.2m N-S) cut out of river bank on S side. 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

• Mount Rivers, gates/railings/walls, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway to Mount Rivers, erected c. 1820, comprising square-profile cut limestone piers with plinths and pyramidal caps to vehicular and pedestrian entrances, having similar outer piers, connected by curving coursed rubble limestone walls with limestone copings. Decorative wrought-iron gates, double-leaf to vehicular entrance.

• Mount Rivers, country house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1800, but possibly earlier, facing east and having full-height bows to side elevations, slightly recessed from front elevation, two-bay porch of c. 1870 to front, two-bay returns beyond bows, single-bay two-storey addition to south end of rear elevation and flat-roofed addition towards north end of rear. Slate roof, hipped and overhanging to front and sides and having three gables to rear, with cut limestone and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack to addition and flat roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls with painted render plinth course. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, and limestone sills. Round-headed window opening to middle of rear elevation with fixed timber fifteen-pane window with fanlight and limestone sill. Porch comprising heavy cornice over entablature, with moulded render string course and square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows with recessed panels below and flanked by fluted pilasters. Square-headed door openings to sides of porch, with timber panelled door flanked by fluted pilasters. Square-profile piers with decorative wrought-iron railings to yard at rear.

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1323 (ZIP).

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

Name

Mountrivers · Mount Rivers

Area

631,353 m² (63.14 ha, 156.01 acres)

Civil parish

Clondulane, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Fermoy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Fermoy Rural electoral division: 4,971 people in 1,766 households; 60% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyderown, Carrigatoortane, Gearagh, Licklash, Moorepark, Shanacloon

Placenames

Mountrivers 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.