Templemichael
Templemichael is a townland in the civil parish of St. Michael's, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Teampall Mhichíl.
- Area
- 219.7 ha
- 543 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 2,882 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- service did not answer
- Planning
- —
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templemichael, from 14 m² to 383,786 m² (38.38 ha, 94.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
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Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
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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 Templemichael.
Recorded monuments
- CO052-040 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. 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
- CO052-041 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Shown as semicircular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as curve in WNW-ESE field fence on 1902 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; faint traces of line of field fence visible. Site of standing stone (CO052-040---) to N. 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
- CO063-028001 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Shown as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) surrounding church (CO063-028002-) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low circular rise visible (max. H 1.1m). To SE and SW, low remains of banks run from the enclosure S into field fence. 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
- CO063-028002 Church
Description
Rectangular church shown within circular enclosure (CO063-028001-) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; enclosure now levelled. In 1700 described as 'almost 50 foot long....the walls are half of them down....a partition with an arch runs through the middle of it....a ditch about the churchyard....no sign of any graves' (Lunham 1909, 23). Anciently church of St. Michael's parish, called 'Teampuilín' according to Power (1923, 193). 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
- CO063-098 Bridge
Description
Substantial road bridge (Wth 6.35m) straddling deep overgrown ravine containing Glashaboy river and mill race of Coole mill (CO063-099---).Three tall segmental arches with roughly cut voussoirs; tall bluntly pointed breakwaters; buttresses noted on upstream side. 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
- Templemichael Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Triple-arch rubble limestone bridge, built c. 1820, carrying road over Glashaboy River. Vertical coping stones to parapet walls. Segmental arches with roughly dressed voussoirs, triangular cutwater to north and south.
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 Templemichael, 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 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 Templemichael.
- 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 Templemichael with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Templemichael · Teampall Mhichíl
- Area
- 2,197,091 m² (219.71 ha, 542.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Michael's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Killeagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 688 people lived in 213 households in the Killeagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvriskig, Ballyskerdane, Coole East, Coole West, Coolgreen, Dunbulloge, Knockboy, Templeusque
- Placenames
- Templemichael 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.