# Muckridge Demesne, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Youghal, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Diméin Mhucrois. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 557,053 m² (55.71 ha, 137.65 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 21,063 m² (2.11 ha, 5.2 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Green Infrastructure, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Youghal, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/youghal.md - Barony: Imokilly - Electoral division: Youghal Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Youghal Rural electoral division: 1,367 people in 486 households; 78% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13708 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44524 - Centre: latitude 51.967681, longitude -7.870376 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muckridge Demesne, from 552 m² to 415,375 m² (41.54 ha, 102.64 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5432218: 415,375 m² (41.54 ha, 102.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5432218.md - Parcel 5112153: 21,063 m² (2.11 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5112153.md - Parcel 2322978: 552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2322978.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf - R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf - M4 Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf - G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf - G4 Green Infrastructure (Active open space): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf - C6 Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 31 Oct 2025, Cork County Council 25/6363: Grant with conditions. Permission. Permission for construction of a single storey side extension to a dwelling for use as a granny-flat, construction of front porch, construction of replacement septic-tank wastewater treatment system & associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6363 - 12 Sept 2025, Cork County Council 25/5906: Invalid - case closed. Permission. Permission for the construction of single-storey side extension for use as a granny-flat, construction of front porch, construction of replacement septic-tank wastewater treatment system & associated works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5906 - 27 Feb 2020, Cork County Council 20/4407: Conditional. Permission. A 10 year planning permission for a 2.57ha extension to the solar PV farm permitted under Cork County Council planning permission reference number 17/05245 and will involve the incorporation of a 2.2 ha portion of the field to the north east of the permitted site on which approximately 5,016 additional photovoltaic panels on ground mounted galvanised steel frames will be installed. Associated works proposed include; 1 no CCTV security camera mounted on 4m high pole, internal access roads and perimeter security fencing (2m high). In addition, an alternative grid connection to the previously permitted on-site grid connection is proposed involving a connection to the existing Foxhall ESB substation and associated works via the R634 and private lands. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4407 - 19 May 2017, Cork County Council 17/5245: Conditional. Permission. Construction of an upto 5MW solar PV farm, with an export capacity of 4MW, comprising approximately 14,000 no. photovoltaic panels on ground mounted galvanized steel frames within a site of 5.44ha and all associated development including; 4 no. transformer stations, 4 no. auxiliary transformer stations, 4 no inverters, 1 no. client side substation, 1 no. single storey storage building, 1 no. single storey communications building, 1 no. single storey DNO substation building, 3 no. CCTV security cameras mounted on 4m high poles, upgraded vehicular access from the public road, site access gate, perimeter security fencing (2m high).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5245 - 30 May 2013, Cork County Council 13/5017: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of demolition of existing stone workshop and steel framed workshop and construction of funeral home with ancillary accommodation to include garage and construction of commercial workshop and display premises for the manufacture and sale of stone and marble headstones and fireplaces, installation of water treatment plant, improvements to existing site entrance, provision of car parking, landscaping, fencing, lighting, external signage and associated site works - Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/5273. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5017 - 26 Mar 2010, Cork County Council 10/4691: Conditional. Permission. Erection of a 30 metre high free lattice type communications structure, carrying antennae and communication dishes to be shared with third party operators with a 2.4 metre high palisade compound. Works to include the decommissioning of the existing 30 metre high lattice communication structure Pl. Reg. No. 03/3695. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/4691 - 24 Feb 2010, Cork County Council 10/4399: Incompleted application. Permission. Erection of a 30m high, free lattice type communications structure, carrying antennae & communication dishes, with associated ground mounted equipment cabinets to be shared with third party operators, within a 2.4m high palisade compound. Works to include the decommissioning of the existing 30m high lattice communication structure ref.no. 03/3695. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/4399 - 7 Mar 2008, Cork County Council 08/5273: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of existing stone workshop and steel framed workshop and construction of funeral home with ancillary accommodation to include garage and construction of commercial workshop and display premises for the manufacture and sale of stone and marble headstones and fireplaces, installation of water treatment plant, improvements to existing site entrance, provision of car parking, landscaping, fencing, lighting, external signage and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/5273 - 14 Feb 2008, Cork County Council 08/4758: Incompleted application. Permission. Demolition of existing stone workshop and steel framed workshop and construction of 1 no. funeral home with all ancillary accommodation including garage and construction of commercial workshop and display premises, installation of foul water treatment plant, improvements to existing site entrance, provision of car parking, landscaping, fencing, lighting, external signage and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/4758 - 15 Jul 2004, Cork County Council 04/5442: Refused. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5442 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Muckridge Demesne. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO067-008: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO067-008----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Muckridge House, country house, 1800–1820, Regional interest, registry number 20906721, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20906721. Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former country house with full-height bowed end-bays, built c. 1810, now in use as private house. Single-bay two-storey extension to north elevation. Rendered parapet, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with cornice below parapet. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and limestone sills. Venetian door surround, comprising round-headed door opening flanked by sidelights, having rusticated render surround and moulded cornice. Stained glass fanlight and timber panelled and glazed door, with recent uPVC glazing to sidelights. Approached by tapering flight of limestone steps. Retaining interior features. Wrought-iron gates with cast-iron piers to north-east. Outbuildings to rear (west). ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1682, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1682.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/muckridge-demesne.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/muckridge-demesne.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/muckridge-demesne.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Muckridge Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cock-And-The-Bull: https://everytownland.com/cork/cock-and-the-bull.md - Copperalley: https://everytownland.com/cork/copperalley.md - Foxhole: https://everytownland.com/cork/foxhole.md - Greencloyne: https://everytownland.com/cork/greencloyne.md - Muckridge: https://everytownland.com/cork/muckridge.md - Youghal Mudlands: https://everytownland.com/cork/youghal-mudlands.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/muckridge-demesne - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/muckridge-demesne