Myross
Myross is a townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Míros.
- Area
- 91.7 ha
- 227 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 880 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Myross, from 5 m² to 207,678 m² (20.77 ha, 51.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 2 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
No zone of a development plan covers Myross 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Feb 2025Refused
Change of use of a stone storage shed to use as a dwellinghouse including an extension to same and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/87
17 Jan 2025Conditional
Permission to demolish exising straw bedded cattle house and ruined hay shed, permission to construct a replacement cattle house with slatted slurry tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/12
15 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Change of use of the existing stone outhouse including permission to add an extension to the outhouse with a view to construct a 3 bedroom single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/554
30 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Change of use of the existing stone outhouse including permission to add an extension to the outhouse with a view to construct a 3 bedroom single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/416
26 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Construction of 1 single storey dwelling. The proposal retains the existing stone outhouse with the addition of a single storey side extension consisting of No. 3 bedrooms (one ensuite), utility room with linking corridor. The view from the road will consist of a gable end with one long centrally positioned window. The proposed finish is to be a painted plaster. The overall height will match the existing stone building. Parking will be located where the existing parking is currently located to the front of the structure.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/141
31 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of alterations to dwelling house and garage permitted under planning reference number 4450/97 and also for permission for retention of workshop
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/178
14 Jan 2020Conditional
Construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/7
31 May 2017Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/338
28 Apr 2017Incompleted application
Construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/245
19 Apr 2017Incompleted application
The development consists of the construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works at Myross, Union Hall, Cork
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/220
15 Mar 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/150
21 Mar 2013Refused
Construction of an extension to a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/166
8 Mar 2013Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/137
7 Jan 2013Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/2
21 Dec 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/787
1 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of extension consisting of study, lounge, three bedrooms and ancillary rooms and external works together with alterations to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/181
2 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Construction of subterranean extension consisting of study, lounge, three bedrooms and ancillary rooms and external works with alterations to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4
9 Jan 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/50
8 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2651
28 Mar 2006Refused
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/527
3 Feb 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, treatment unit & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/121
16 Sept 2005Refused
Dwelling with attached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6759
29 Oct 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse & Garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8057
27 Jan 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/383
19 Mar 2003Refused
Demolition of derelict cottage and construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1214
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.
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 Myross.
Recorded monuments
- CO151-024001 Graveyard
Description
On top of a ridge overlooking coastline to E, roughly rectangular graveyard enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank. Many rows of low, uninscribed headstones; two chest tombs to E of church (CO151-024002-); earliest inscriptions date to 1760s. Pyramidal grave marker in SW quadrant; six gabled tombs to W of church. Still in occasional use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO151-024002 Church
Description
Rectangular late-medieval church (int. 14.16m E-W; int. 6.73m N-S) in N half of graveyard (CO151-024001-). West gable (missing its point) and W end of N and S walls in poor repair but E gable retains pointed top. Central E window has segmented arch over splayed embrasure with single ogee-headed light; lintelled window embrasure near E end of S wall missing light. Door missing surround but doorway covered by segmented, plank-centred vault. Blocked wall-press at S end of E wall. Two stoup and font stones lie on ground inside door. Church of Myross in repair in 1615 but in ruins by 1699 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 536). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO151-058 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
In rough pasture, on a promontory projecting E, with high cliffs on three sides, and with views S to High Island and Low Island. Near its W end, the promontory is defended by the remains of an earthen bank (L 6m N-S; Wth 2.1m; H 0.55m) both ends of which are being eroded by the sea. There is an outer fosse (L 6m N-S; Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m) as well as traces of a possible inner fosse (L 6m N-S; Wth 1m; D 0.1m). The interior narrows and slopes gently to the E for a distance of c. 25m. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO151-061 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Myross.
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 Myross, about 1 in 10 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 Myross.
- 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 Myross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Myross · Míros
- Area
- 917,086 m² (91.71 ha, 226.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 818 people lived in 321 households in the Myross electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinatona, Cooscroneen
- Placenames
- Myross 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.