Nursetown More
Townland in the civil parish of Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile na Banaltran Mór
- Area
- 144.1 ha
- 356 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 4,369 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nursetown More, from 114 m² to 156,021 m² (15.6 ha, 38.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Nursetown More 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
9 Sept 2020Conditional
The construction of a single floor extension to the rear of the existing 1½ storey dwellinghouse and a 1st floor extension of the existing dwelling, for alterations to the layout and design of the existing dwelling associated with the construction of the extensions, for the construction of a roof light on the front side of the existing roof and for all ancillary site and landscaping works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5950
15 Mar 2017Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4618
25 Aug 2016Conditional
Slatted tank, bulk feed storage bin, change of use of existing shed granted under Planning Reg. No. 15/5699 from machinery & straw store to milking parlour, collection yard, feeding passage with feeding barrier and to extend shed roof to cover existing soiled yard.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6138
25 Nov 2015Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, well entrance, driveway, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6672
30 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of agricultural shed for use as machinery and straw store
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5699
9 Dec 2014Conditional
Construction of dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6642
15 Sept 2014Conditional
Construction of detached dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5970
4 Dec 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage, entrance, septic tank, bored well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7836
27 May 2008Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6945
23 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage and wastewater treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6256
26 Oct 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11977
18 Jun 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8768
21 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/13693
4 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12947
17 Nov 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12374
7 Apr 2006Conditional
Retention of alterations to dwelling and repositioning of septic tank and bored well
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6179
9 Mar 2006Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to dwelling and relocation of septic tank and well
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5395
22 Dec 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9645
16 Nov 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8427
12 Oct 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7461
28 Sept 2005Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7037
19 Sept 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6787
18 Jul 2005Conditional
Extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5128
29 Jun 2005Incompleted application
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4587
1 Dec 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8824
The 25 most recent of 30 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 Nursetown More.
Recorded monuments
- CO041-015 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On S bank of River Lyre. Well now dry and densely overgrown. Possibly 'Tubbereentoneanodrough Well' referred to by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 340) as possessing 'the power of curing diseases, but only few resort to it to try its effects'. 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
- CO041-107 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. No visible surface trace. According to local information, burnt material removed from site c. 1920s to make farm trackway. Recorded as levelled by Bowman (1934, 563). 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
- CO041-108 Standing stone
Description
In level pasture. Stone (H 2.65m; 1.7m x 0.6m) is subrectangular in plan and leaning to N; long axis NE-SW. Some packing stones at base. One large and numerous small natural depressions on surface, said to be ' the impression of the Giant's head and hands who erected it' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, 334). Second stone (L 2m; 1.15m x 0.4m) lies 1.4m to N. According to Grove White (ibid., vol. 4, 143), skull 'larger than a "weight pot", thick and heavy, with the socket only for one eye in the middle of the forehead' was found c. 1850, under a rock in a glen near the 'gallaun'. Sword also said to be found with the skull. 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
- CO041-177 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 130m S of River Lyre and c. 30m SW of well (now drained). According to local information, mound of burnt material levelled in 1986. Soil in area of site darker than surrounding field but no burnt stones were identified. 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 Nursetown More.
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
- 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 Nursetown More.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Nursetown More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Nursetown More · Baile na Banaltran Mór
- Area
- 1,440,966 m² (144.1 ha, 356.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilshannig, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Dromore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dromore electoral division: 3,061 people in 953 households; 82% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballysimon, Carrigcleena More, Drommahane, Kilpadder South, Knockdrislagh, Nursetown Beg
- Placenames
- Nursetown More 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.