Slievegallane
Slievegallane is a townland in the civil parish of Leighmoney, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Sliabh Gallán.
- Area
- 186 ha
- 460 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 3,496 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 34
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slievegallane, from 1,848 m² to 456,747 m² (45.67 ha, 112.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Slievegallane 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 Jul 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, garage and associated site works on site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1846
21 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Construction of a proposed new detached dwelling house, detached garage, provision of a wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works at Slievegallane, Innishannon, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0425
2 May 2018Conditional
Dwellinghouse, treatment system, associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5087
3 Apr 2018Incompleted application
A dwellinghouse, detached garage, euro bio treatment system, associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4785
22 Jan 2018Conditional
Construction of stone front boundary wall and entrance walls.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4157
20 Dec 2017Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7350
13 Jan 2017Conditional
Two storey dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4047
5 Oct 2016Conditional
Construction of extensions and modifications to an existing dwellinghouse and installation of a septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6460
26 Sept 2016Incompleted application
The construction of extensions and modifications to an existing dwellinghouse and installation of a septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6371
11 Oct 2011Refused
Construction of dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 11/6178
9 Jul 2010Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage and associated site works including new site entrance and installation of new septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5723
21 Jan 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 04/4817)
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4122
22 Dec 2008Conditional
Dwelling, garage, entrance and sewerage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10268
22 Dec 2008Conditional
Dwelling, entrance and sewerage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10299
8 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse- change of plan from that previously permitted under planning ref.no. 04/4817 to include single storey extension to side of dwelling not yet under construction
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10001
17 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwelling, garage, septic tank & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11029
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of loose straw house/cattle shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6677
20 Feb 2007Conditional
Retention of conversion of attic to living accommodation to include installation of 2 no. rooflights to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5238
11 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/13134
1 Dec 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12885
13 Oct 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11445
11 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10511
21 Aug 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9912
18 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7631
20 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4287
The 25 most recent of 34 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 Slievegallane.
Recorded monuments
- CO097-057 Moated site
Description
On NW-facing slope. Shown as damaged on OS 6-inch map (1942); c. 40m E-W. Levelled; differential soil colour indicates position of bank. Moated site (CO097-058---) to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO097-058 Moated site
Description
On platform; N side of E-W ridge. Rectangular area (38.5m E-W; 30m N-S) defined to N and E by overgrown double banks (max. ext. H 2.9m; max. int. H 2.2m) and intervening ditch (D 0.6m); to W by double banks and ditches, waterlogged. Single bank and trace of ditch to S; partially levelled.Triangular-shaped platform within SW corner; NW corner stone-faced internally with concentration of stones on ground. Moated site (CO097-057---) to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO111-013001 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on S-facing slope. Standing stone (CO111-013002-) c. 20m to N. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO111-013002 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on S-facing slope, c. 20m to N of possible standing stone (CO111-013001-). Irregular stone (H 1m; 1.2m x 1.2m - all max. measurements) with concave top rising to maximum height (1m) on E side. Long axis N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Slievegallane.
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 Slievegallane, 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 Slievegallane.
- 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 Slievegallane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Slievegallane · Sliabh Gallán
- Area
- 1,860,131 m² (186.01 ha, 459.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Leighmoney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Leighmoney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 814 people lived in 259 households in the Leighmoney electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydonaghy, Clouracaun, Coolmoreen, Derrynagasha, Lissheeda, Skanagore
- Placenames
- Slievegallane 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.