# Paal East, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Páil Thoir. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,009,343 m² (100.93 ha, 249.41 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,537 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilmeen-kanturk-ra.md - Barony: Duhallow - Electoral division: Kanturk, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kanturk electoral division: 2,287 people in 909 households; 59% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10659 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44598 - Centre: latitude 52.165343, longitude -8.910455 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Paal East, from 6 m² to 325,376 m² (32.54 ha, 80.4 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5999313: 325,376 m² (32.54 ha, 80.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5999313.md - Parcel 2201913: 127,208 m² (12.72 ha, 31.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201913.md - Parcel 2201921: 88,980 m² (8.9 ha, 21.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201921.md - Parcel 2286487: 74,863 m² (7.49 ha, 18.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286487.md - Parcel 6185536: 57,948 m² (5.79 ha, 14.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185536.md - Parcel 2379089: 57,422 m² (5.74 ha, 14.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2379089.md - Parcel 2286480: 43,116 m² (4.31 ha, 10.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286480.md - Parcel 2201911: 33,826 m² (3.38 ha, 8.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201911.md - Parcel 2286485: 33,488 m² (3.35 ha, 8.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286485.md - Parcel 2201910: 19,783 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201910.md - Parcel 2336428: 17,278 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336428.md - Parcel 2201919: 15,078 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201919.md - Parcel 6191207: 13,897 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6191207.md - Parcel 6069819: 11,144 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6069819.md - Parcel 2641786: 8,679 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2641786.md - Parcel 2286486: 6,733 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286486.md - Parcel 2336420: 5,661 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336420.md - Parcel 6185483: 5,538 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185483.md - Parcel 6185449: 4,884 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185449.md - Parcel 2201912: 4,608 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201912.md - Parcel 4394582: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4394582.md - Parcel 5330026: 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5330026.md - Parcel 2201914: 2,338 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201914.md - Parcel 5246216: 2,029 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246216.md - Parcel 2286484: 1,868 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286484.md - Parcel 2286489: 1,857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286489.md - Parcel 2201923: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201923.md - Parcel 2201920: 1,592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201920.md - Parcel 2201924: 1,537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201924.md - Parcel 2286481: 1,376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286481.md - Parcel 6013782: 1,357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6013782.md - Parcel 2201916: 1,356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201916.md - Parcel 2379090: 1,172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2379090.md - Parcel 5162131: 990 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5162131.md - Parcel 2286491: 859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286491.md - Parcel 2201925: 859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201925.md - Parcel 2286490: 850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286490.md - Parcel 2201927: 832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201927.md - Parcel 2201918: 792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201918.md - Parcel 2286483: 758 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286483.md - Parcel 3452931: 757 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3452931.md - Parcel 5329491: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5329491.md - Parcel 2286479: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286479.md - Parcel 2201928: 614 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201928.md - Parcel 2201917: 539 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201917.md - Parcel 5246164: 534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246164.md - Parcel 2286488: 497 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286488.md - Parcel 2487168: 492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487168.md - Parcel 2117256: 455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2117256.md - Parcel 2286482: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2286482.md - Parcel 2487157: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487157.md - Parcel 5246165: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246165.md - Parcel 5330025: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5330025.md - Parcel 2201915: 101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201915.md - Parcel 2201922: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2201922.md - Parcel 5246163: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246163.md - Parcel 5329458: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5329458.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 68 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf - G1 Green Infrastructure (Open space, park): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf - G3 Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 14 applications, newest first. - 15 Jul 2026, Cork County Council 26/1886: Awaiting f.i. response. Permission. Planning permission sought for (1) the decommissioning the existing septic tank and soakaway, (2) the construction of an advanced domestic waste water treatment system and (3) all associated site works at The Lodge, Paal East, Kanturk, Co Cork P51 Y2W8. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/1886 - 5 Jul 2019, Cork County Council 19/5708: Conditional. Permission. Provision of a pedestrian footpath including public lighting, installation of rock armour/gabions and all associated services from entrance to Kanturk Castle (Paal East) along R579 to the junction fronting North Cork Co-op Stores (Dromalour).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5708 - 17 May 2019, Cork County Council 19/5249: Incompleted application. Permission. Provision of a pedestrian footpath including public lighting, installation of rock armour/gabions and all associated services from entrance to Kanturk Castle (Paal East) along R579 to the junction fronting North Cork Co-op Stores (Dromalour).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5249 - 10 Apr 2019, Cork County Council 19/4886: Incompleted application. Permission. The provision of a pedestrian footpath and all associated services from entrance to Kanturk Castle (Paal East) along R579 to the junction fronting North Cork Co-Op stores (Dromalour).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/4886 - 13 Mar 2009, Cork County Council 09/4785: Conditional. Permission. Construction of 250m banked inner cycling track, a 400m outer training track and access road and ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/4785 - 7 Dec 2007, Cork County Council 07/12932: Refused. Permission. Construction of single storey office building, new entrance, car park and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/12932 - 31 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/12028: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of single storey office building, car park and asociated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/12028 - 23 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/7217: Conditional. Permission. Two storey dormer style extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7217 - 13 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9228: Refused. Permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9228 - 20 Jun 2005, Cork County Council 05/4321: Refused. Permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/4321 - 29 Apr 2005, Cork County Council 05/2846: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/2846 - 18 Apr 2005, Cork County Council 05/2460: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/2460 - 24 Oct 2003, Cork County Council 03/5276: Conditional. Permission. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/5276 - 19 Jun 2003, Cork County Council 03/3030: Conditional. Permission. Construction of new entrance to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3030 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC, site code 002170, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002170 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO023-119001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-119001-. In grounds of Castle Park house. Bowman (1934, 502) recorded fort in K.G. Priestly's, 'single-rampart, only one-sixth of the circuit now stands, this portion being c. 14 feet high, and c. 22 feet wide at base'. Very faint outline of penannular circle (diam. c. 40m) NNE->W, defined by dotted line (doubled S->WSW), surrounds Castle Park house on 1842 OS 6-inch map ; may indicate former extent of ringfort. Arc formed by earthen bank survives to SW of house. Bank (int. H 2.75m; ext. H 1.35m) forms part of rockery; stone faced to S. House appears to be built in N half of enclosure. 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 - CO023-119002: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-119002-. Early 19th-century 2-storey house over basement; occupied. Entrance front (SE) of 5 bays, central 1-bay recess, central large round-headed door ope with Ionic portico of cut limestone pillars with brick entablature. Two bays on either side of central recess have plaster pediments. Side elevations 3 bays deep. Rear elevation has central round-headed stairway window; shallow hipped projection at NE end of rear. Hipped roof with central valley, also covers projection to rear. U-shaped range of farm buildings around courtyard to W. 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 - CO023-120: House - fortified house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-120----. On land sloping gently down to the Brogeen River to the SE; the Allow River flows a short distance to the E. This fortified house was built by the MacDonagh MacCarthys. A number of legends are associated with the building of Kanturk (see Kelly 1896), but its exact date of construction is conjectural; Craig (1982, 117), following Leask (1941, 126), suggests before 1609, though the 3rd-floor fireplace in the E wall is similar in style to the fireplace in Monkstown castle (CO087-028----), which bears the date 1636, suggesting a somewhat later date. However, the house was never completed: the machicolations were never finished and it was never roofed. According to tradition, when news of the ongoing construction reached the Privy Council in England, the Crown became suspicious of the MacCarthys' motives for building such a large, fortified house, and ordered that work should stop (Kelly 1896, 258). Dermot MacCarthy later mortgaged the castle to Sir Philip Perceval during the 1641 rebellion, but by 1667 the estate had legally passed to Sir Philip's grandson (Lewis 1837, 33). The castle has stood unchanged ever since. The remains consist in a 4-storey rectangular block (27.7m N-S; 11.3m E-W) with a 5-storey square flanking tower (8.5m x 8.5m) at each corner (see plan in Leask 1941, 128). The main entrance is a 1st-floor doorway in the centre of the W wall. It has a limestone door surround with a round arch with a pilaster on either side supporting a frieze and cornice (see photograph in de Breffny 1977, 144), which reflects influences from the European Renaissance. Directly beneath the latter is the ground-floor doorway, almost completely ruined; the second ground-floor doorway in the centre of the E wall has a door surround with a pointed arch, twist-carved moulding, and yett holes. The interior had wooden floors throughout, now marked by opposing lines of joist sockets. All floors well lit by symmetrically arranged windows; the ground floor has single rounded or semi-elliptically arched lights, but the other floors have larger rectangular lights with mullion and transom divisions, covered by hood mouldings. Most window embrasures have had original flat-arched roofs replaced by concrete lintels. The house contains numerous fireplaces; those in the main block are positioned near either end of both side walls, whilst most floors in corner towers have their own fireplace - except for the NE stairway tower. Most fireplace surrounds have a flat arch and a shallow mantle; however, the surround of the fireplace near the S end of the E wall, at 3rd-floor level, has a mantle carved with 'bold frieze and cornice' in the same fashion as the entrance door. The largest fireplace is near the N end of the E wall, on the ground floor; the lintel is missing; there are the remains of a domed bread oven on the S side, suggesting this was the kitchen fireplace. The chimney stacks on the side walls of the main block project externally at either end of the front face of these walls; stacks do not survive above wall level. The NE tower formerly contained wooden stairs, probably with landing at each corner, judging by position of windows, joist holes and plaster-shadow on inside wall faces. Doorways at N end of E wall of main block give entry to stairs from four main floors. Similarly positioned doorways, at S end of E wall and at either end of W wall, give entry to chambers in other three corner towers. Tower defended by series of splayed gun loops at ground-floor level, one on each face of SE and NE towers and one on E face of NW and SW towers; loops positioned under window lights; front opening is circular. Lack of loops on W side suggests existence of former bawn on that side. Base batter on all external walls except main W face and W and inside faces of SW and NW towers, which have vertical face. Continuous string course marks floor levels, except that between ground and 1st floor, on all exterior walls. Row of tapering corbels, formerly supporting continuous machicolations, survive atop each wall face. This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 517). 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. See also Heritage Castles of County Cork (Heritage Unit of Cork County Council, 2017): https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-10/heritage_castles_of_county_cork_2017.pdf See attached photographs CO023-120----_01: View of the W façade with main entrance in the centre. CO023-120----_02: View of exterior from W. CO023-120----_03: View of exterior from SW. CO023-120----_04: View of interior. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Date of last revision: 28 April 2023 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) - Castlepark House, country house, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 20902319, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20902319. Detached two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1800. Façade has recessed entrance bay with portico to front, flanked by pedimented ends having two-bay first floors and tripartite window arrangements to ground floors. Three-bay two-storey over half-basement side elevations. North bay of rear elevation projects slightly. Hipped slate roof, pitched to pedimented bays, with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course, and having timber brackets to eaves. Rendered walls with cut limestone quoins and plinth course. Roughcast rendered walls to rear. Timber sliding sash windows throughout with limestone sills, round-headed to first floor of rear middle bay with margined six-over-four pane window having traceried top, square-headed elsewhere and having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor, nine-over-six pane to ground floor, tripartite windows being flanked by six-over-four pane sidelights. Replacement uPVC window to basement. Round-headed opening to rear with Y-tracery six-over-four pane margin timber sliding sash window, having render sill. Narrow six-over-four pane windows to south end of rear wall. Round-headed entrance doorway with carved timber panelled Ionic-style pilasters with limestone plinths, moulded archivolt, elaborate spoked timber fanlight and timber panelled door flanked by margined sidelights. Limestone threshold to entrance. Carved limestone prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico, surmounted by stepped painted brick entablature with ball finial, and having flight of limestone steps. Square-profile rendered piers to road entrance, with wrought-iron vehicular gate. - Castlepark House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1800–1820, Regional interest, registry number 20902322, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20902322. Entrance gateway to Castlepark House, erected c. 1810, with gate lodge to north-west. Vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian entrances, all with square-profile cut limestone piers, those to middle piers being slightly higher, with moulded plinths, moulded cornices and flat caps and courses having decorative cast-iron gates, double-leaf to middle entrance, all set to curved rubble limestone sweep walls with render copings and plinth courses. Doorless cast-iron post box to walling at northmost pier. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1810, now in use as private house, and having two-bay lean-to at rear, hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, painted rendered walls with render plinth course, and square-headed door and window openings with render label-mouldings, replacement timber casement windows with painted render sills, and timber panelled door with decoratively glazed overlight, approached by rendered steps. Painted rendered boundary walls with square-profile rendered piers and cast-metal garden gate. - Castlepark House, farmyard complex, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 20902323, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20902323. Farmyard complex, built c. 1770, comprising two-storey four-bay west and south ranges and five-bay north range, having corrugated-iron roofs, pitched to west and north ranges and half-hipped to south, with rubble sandstone walls and square-headed door and window openings with rubble sandstone voussoirs and corrugated-iron fittings. West and north ranges have elliptical-headed arches, partly blocked up to west range. North range has recent lean-to to south elevation. South range has timber battened doors and three-bay two-storey extension to east elevation, with half-hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, and painted rendered walls. Rubble sandstone masonry boundary walls to site. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_607, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_607.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/paal-east.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/paal-east.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/paal-east.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Paal East 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) - Coolacoosane: https://everytownland.com/cork/coolacoosane-41696.md - Dromalour: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromalour.md - Gurteenard: https://everytownland.com/cork/gurteenard.md - Kanturk: https://everytownland.com/cork/kanturk.md - Kilcaskan North: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilcaskan-north.md - Paal West: https://everytownland.com/cork/paal-west.md - Pulleen: https://everytownland.com/cork/pulleen.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/paal-east - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/paal-east