Slieveowen

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slieveowen, from 2,656 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) to 339,015 m² (33.9 ha, 83.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Slieveowen 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.

• 23 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for the following works to existing two storey dwelling: 1) demolish existing single storey extension, 2) single storey extensions to front & rear of existing dwelling, 3) internal & external alterations to existing dwelling, 4) new sewerage system to replace existing septic tank and 5) all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0715

• 23 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the following works to existing two storey dwelling: 1) demolish existing single storey extension, 2) single storey extensions to front & rear of existing dwelling, 3) internal & external alterations to existing dwelling, 4) new sewerage system to replace existing septic tank and 5) all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0434

• 3 Dec 2021Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling and a domestic garage.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7260

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  (a)To demolish existing ground floor extension at side of dwelling house, (b) to construct new ground floor extension to side and 2 storey extension to rear of dwelling house, (c) retention of detached domestic garage, (d) to install new sewerage treatment system and de-commission existing septic tank and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5604

• 10 May 2021Incompleted application

  (a) To demolish existing ground floor extension at side of dwelling house, (b) to construct new ground floor extension to side and 2 storey extension to rear of dwelling house, (c) retention of detached domestic garage, (d) to install new sewerage treatment system and de-commission existing septic tank and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5256

• 26 Apr 2013Unconditional

  Construction of two storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/247

• 18 Oct 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, septic tank, waste water system, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/638

• 29 Sept 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, septic tank, waste water system, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/601

• 18 Apr 2008Conditional

  Retention of two storey extension to rear of dwelling; Permission for two storey extension to side of same dwelling and new treatment unit to replace existing septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/697

• 11 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Retention of two storey extension to rear of dwelling; permission for two storey extension to side of same dwelling and proposed new treatment unit to replace existing septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/453

• 30 Oct 2007Conditional

  Construction of two-storey dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2763

• 17 Nov 2006Conditional

  Bungalow dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2420

• 12 Oct 2006Incompleted application

  Bungalow dwelling and and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2098

• 15 Sept 2006Incompleted application

  Bungalow dwellinghouse and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1859

• 4 Aug 2006Incompleted application

  Bungalow dwellinghouse and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1530

• 28 Jul 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse, septic tank with reed bed percolatio area and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/1478

• 13 Jan 2006Refused

  Construct a dwelling & domestic garage with asssociated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/30

• 23 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9809

• 25 Nov 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage (change of layout)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8714

• 24 Jan 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/260

• 15 Apr 2002Conditional

  Bungalow with effluent treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1416

• 10 May 2001Refused

  Dormer bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2632

• 29 Mar 2001Conditional

  Dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1660

• 14 Jun 1999Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/3220

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 Slieveowen.

Recorded monuments

• CO094-022 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On level bog-covered platform, on N side Slieveowen Hill. Comprises wedge-shaped gallery (L 3.7m; Wth 1.35m at W, 0.3m at E end) aligned ESE-WNW, represented by four sidestones to N and S. Two buttress-stones stand to S and one to N of gallery sides; three outer-wall stones are exposed beyond E end. Hole at gallery entrance; spoil from this forms low mound to W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 32-3, Co. 45) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• CO094-023 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as single stone in field named 'Parkeenagallaun'. In pasture, on SW-facing slope. According to local information, removed c. 1977. 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

• CO094-024001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular raised area (58.2m E-W; 56.6m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks with deep intervening fosse SW->SE; scarp on line of inner bank to S. Inner bank (max. int. H 1.9m) highest on N side and decreasing in height around to the W and E. Fosse waterlogged to E. Outer bank (H 1.2m) lowest on E side where it varies between 0.4m and 1m in height. Breaks in inner bank to N and SE. Interior level; raised area inside SE bank; possible souterrain (9112) to N of centre. 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

• CO094-024002 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (8595). Area of collapsed ground to N of centre may indicate presence of souterrain. 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

• CO094-111 Mound
  Description

  Shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as hachured oval area (c. 50m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) with smaller oval area (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE) forming 'tail' at SW end. Area now heavily forested and no archaeological features noted. Probably same site as that described by Windele in 1843 (O'Mahony 1909,214): 'The hillock is about 30 or 40 feet high, of a long oval form,whether artifical or otherwise, we could not determine'. He also noted a flagstone at the summit which, according to local information, led 'to extensive crypts and passages beneath' (ibid.). 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

• CO094-131 Field boundary
  Description

  In a mature coniferous forest, in an area of cutaway bog, on a hill to the N of Capeen. According to local information, the remains of possible relict field boundaries were uncovered 'three to four spades down' when turf was cut in this area in the past. The ground surface, which was disturbed during planting, is now obscured by a thick covering of forest debris, making it impossible to find traces of the possible field boundaries. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO094-133 Enclosure
  Description

  In a small clearing in a coniferous forest, on a gentle N-facing slope. A circular area (13.5m E-W; 12m N-S) is defined by a low earth and stone bank (int. H 0.94m; ext. H 0.84m). The bank is covered with moss and heather and there are numerous gaps in it. The surface of the interior is uneven and also covered with moss and heather. Trees have been planted immediately outside the bank of the enclosure. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Slieveowen.

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

At the centre of the townland of Slieveowen, about 1 in 5 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 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 Slieveowen.

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.

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

Name

Slieveowen · Sliabh Eoghain

Area

1,352,899 m² (135.29 ha, 334.31 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmichael, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Carrigboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

536 people lived in 174 households in the Carrigboy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clashbredane, Mallow, Moneygaff East, Moneygaff West, Reanacaheragh, Shanacashel

Placenames

Slieveowen 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.