Russelhill

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russelhill, from 28 m² to 433,068 m² (43.31 ha, 107.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Russelhill 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.

• 29 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1107

• 28 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5005

• 21 Jan 2022Conditional

  To demolish existing derelict dwelling house, to construct a dwelling house, install domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4087

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  Construction of storey and a half style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system, polishing filter and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5595

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the proposed dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the existing dwelling house on site, to construct a new vehicular entrance and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5148

• 15 May 2020Incompleted application

  To construct a dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the proposed dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the existing dwelling house on site, to construct a new vehicular entrance and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4973

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4701

• 28 Feb 2020Incompleted application

  To construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4423

• 2 Aug 2018Withdrawn

  Demolition of existing extension, 2 no. outhouses and steel shed to rear of cottage, construct new extension and attached granny flat to rear of cottage, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6050

• 23 Mar 2018Withdrawn

  Demolish existing extension and 2 no. outhouses to rear of cottage, Permission to construct new extension and granny flat to rear of cottage new vehicular entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4727

• 24 Mar 2017Incompleted application

  Demolition existing rear extension and two no. outhouses to rear of cottage/dwelling and to construct a two storey extension to rear of cottage/dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4712

• 8 Feb 2016Conditional

  Demolition of an existing dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4216

• 21 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of a 2 storey split level dwelling, garage with attic storage, septic tank with percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6365

• 12 Oct 2012Conditional

  Alterations to existing single storey dwelling including: (a) 2 no. single storey extensions to rear, (b) raising of existing main roof level and provision of dormer roof including roof including first floor extension and 3 no. rooflights to front elevation. (c) single storey porch extension to front elevation, and (d) new effluent treatment plant and percolation area replacing existing system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6150

• 14 Jul 2010Conditional

  Extension to dwellinghouse (alterations to design from that granted under Pl. Reg. No. 08/6651) and construction of garage with external stair and loft overhead

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5761

• 11 Jun 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, detached garage and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5915

• 12 May 2008Conditional

  Extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6651

• 27 Feb 2008Conditional

  Bungalow with waste water treatment system and installation of waste water treatment system to serve existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5053

• 1 Feb 2008Conditional

  Erection of flood lighting to illuminate entrance porch/belfry comprising of 1 no. light on existing pole and erection of 1 no. new pole with floodlight

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4491

• 26 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Bungalow and wastewater treatment unit and installation of wastewater treatment unit to serve existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12634

• 23 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of boiler house extension to Church, upgrading and replacing of existing roof glazing with new heritage roof glazing to north western roof, relocation of door to entrance porch/belfry permitted under reg. No. 06/5565

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5387

• 5 Jul 2006Conditional

  Construction of double garage with link to existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8643

• 15 Mar 2006Conditional

  Demolish existing porch/bell tower and to construct new entrance porch/belfry to front of church, to demolish exisitng porch to side of church, to undertake significant improvements and refurbishments to exising church buildings, both internally and externally, to construct new boundary wall and entrance from roadside along with landscaping works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5565

• 13 Feb 2006Incompleted application

  Demolition of porch/bell tower and construction of new entrance porch/belfry and refurbishment existing church buildings and construction of new boundary wall and entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4751

• 6 Feb 2006Conditional

  Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4568

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Russelhill.

Recorded monuments

• CO084-114 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture. Depicted only on 1842 OS 6-inch map; marked as hachured square enclosure (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE). According to local information, levelled c. 1972. Slight rise visible in area of site. 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

• CO096-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop N end of sand ridge. Depicted as hachured subrectangular area (c. 35m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as raised oval area (c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) incorporated into field fence system S->N on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low undulations in area of site. According to Hartnett (1939, 267), fort was oval in plan (130ft x 100ft) raised 5 to 6ft above surrounding ground level to N, E and S, with boundary fence built on W edge. 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

• CO096-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Field boundary running NW-SE bisects area of site, with forestry on NE side and pasture land 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

• CO096-066 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture, with commanding view to N. Stone (H 1.25m; 0.87m x 0.42m) is lozenge-shaped 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

• CO096-067 Boulder-burial
  Description

  In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Large sandstone boulder incorporated transversely in field fence. W side of boulder visible (measuring 1.18m x 1.1m); underneath V-shaped with support stones visible to NNW and SSE. 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 Russelhill.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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 Russelhill.

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.

No address of the register names Russelhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Russelhill · Cnoc an Ruiséalaigh

Area

2,652,157 m² (265.22 ha, 655.36 acres)

Civil parish

Knockavilly, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Knockavilly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockavilly electoral division: 477 people in 145 households; 89% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhandle, Brinny, Clashanimud, Garryhankard, Kill, Kilnagnady, Knockaphreaghane, Lissanisky, Raheen, Tuocusheen

Placenames

Russelhill 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.