Mullenroe
Mullenroe is a townland in the civil parish of Clondrohid, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Muileann Rua.
- Area
- 279.3 ha
- 690 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 5,668 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullenroe, from 1,027 m² to 402,939 m² (40.29 ha, 99.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 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
12 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5901
6 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6336
23 Jun 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of; a) the retention of existing agricultural building comprising of livestock cubicle housing, feeding area, livestock slatted housing and slatted slurry storage tanks, b) the retention of an extension to existing agricultural buildings comprising livestock cubicle housing and slatted slurry storage, c) the retention of an extension to an existing agricultural building comprising livestock cubicle housing, and d) all associated site work
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5296
6 May 2021Conditional
a) the retention of an existing agricultural building comprising of a dry store, b) the construction of an agricultural building comprising of calf housing, c) the construction of an agricultural building comprising of livestock cubicle housing, feeding area, livestock slatted housing and slatted slurry storage tanks and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5223
14 Aug 2020Conditional
The demolition of existing habitable dwellinghouse, construction of dwellinghouse in lieu thereof, domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5739
3 Mar 2015Conditional
Permission for the following: (a) retention of a slatted slurry storage tank, (b) demolition of existing out of use dwelling house, and (c) construction of (1) a livestock cubicle housing and slatted slurry storage, (2) extension to an existing livestock house to replace existing calves house, (3) 2 no. silage pits, and (4) an animal isolation house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4411
24 Mar 2011Conditional
Renovations and extensions to disused dwelling for use as dwellinghouse to include removal of existing two storey extension, alterations and construction of ground floor conservatory and first floor bedroom extension and installation of septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4590
2 Mar 2011Incompleted application
Remove two storey 80's extension from front of farmhouse and replace same with a single storey conservatory and raise tin roof section to allow addition of single room on the first floor
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4406
31 Oct 2007Conditional
Alterations and extension to existing milking parlour, construction of extension to existing cubicle house and construction of underground effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12026
2 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Construction of extension to existing milking parlour, extension to existing cubicle house and construction of underground effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11364
8 May 2007Conditional
Constuction of porch, one and half storey extension and single storey conservatory extension to dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7612
8 Sept 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10423
24 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8638
30 May 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3709
27 Apr 2005Conditional
Retention of existing ground floor extension and raising of ridge height to provide attic acommodation with velux roof lights and side windows to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2776
4 Feb 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/578
17 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9310
15 Nov 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8414
11 Oct 2004Conditional
Dwelling with garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7648
1 Oct 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7445
14 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1138
10 Mar 2003Conditional
Slatted cubicle house with effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1008
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 Mullenroe.
Recorded monuments
- CO059-135 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Circular area (39m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.3m) with external fosse (D 0.5m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 2.6m) to E, defined by stone facing on each side; gap to SSE. Fosse waterlogged in parts. 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
- CO059-137 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (26m N-S) defined by earthen bank, highest to W (max. int. H 2.4m). Height of inner bank face decreases gradually until to E slight lip remains above external stone-faced scarp (H 2.6m). Entrance (Wth 4m) to E. Fosse area inaccessible due to overgrowth. Old laneway skirts site on NW side. Interior heavily overgrown. 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
- CO059-138 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In level pasture, above SW-facing slope. Stone (H 2.3m; 1.9m x 0.25m) is irregular in plan, with slim profile and rounded top; 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
- CO059-139 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, beside spring. Levelled during field fence clearance. No visible surface trace. Second fulacht fiadh (CO059-140---) c. 100m to 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
- CO059-140 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, beside spring. Levelled during field fence clearance. No visible surface trace. Second possible fulacht fiadh (CO059-139---) c. 100m to NE. 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
- CO059-141 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Burnt material visible in section in drainage channel. 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
- CO059-142 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Stone (H 1.97m; 1.4m x 0.46m) is irregular in plan, long axis NNE-SSW. 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
- CO059-143 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Levelled during drainage/reclamation. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO059-144 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Stone (H 1.5m; 1.4m x 0.7m) is trapezoidal 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
- CO059-145 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1m). Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis. 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
- CO059-146001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.7m); external fosse (D 0.3m) WNW->ENE. Immediately inside and concentric with bank is dump of stone material (Wth 1.5m). Entrance (Wth 3.4m) to SE. Interior raised on SSE side to compensate for hillslope; souterrain (8922) at centre. 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
- CO059-146002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (8525). Three areas of collapse extend in a line NNW-SSE through centre for distance of c. 14m. Collapse at SE end reveals section of silted-up stone-lined passage roofed with lintels. 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 Mullenroe.
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 Mullenroe, 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 Mullenroe.
- 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 Mullenroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Mullenroe · An Muileann Rua
- Area
- 2,793,052 m² (279.31 ha, 690.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondrohid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Clondrohid, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 894 people lived in 325 households in the Clondrohid electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnacrushy, Ballymacorcoran, Cackanode, Caherbirrane, Garranenagappul, Gortavranner, Kilboultragh, Scrahanard
- Placenames
- Mullenroe 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.