Knocknabooly
Knocknabooly is a townland in the civil parish of Gortroe, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na Buaile.
Parcel 2156886
- Area
- 178 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Knocknabooly
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1288 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 58.4 ha
- 144 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 1,348 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknabooly, from 51 m² to 383,185 m² (38.32 ha, 94.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of 3 no. detached two-storey dwellings and associated detached domestic garages together with all services and site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1352
23 Oct 2024Unconditional
The Construction of 23 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary site development works to include the provision of a pedestrian footpath along the L1520 public road and through lands to the north west at Beechpark. The proposed development lies within the curtilage of Beech Park (the Old Rectory), Protected structure RPS reference number 00331. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/6561
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/6009
27 Jun 2022Conditional
Permission for 3 no. detached storey and a half dwellings, separate vehicular entrances, connection to existing public services and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5508
24 Jun 2021Conditional
The construction of 23 no dwelling houses (revised house plans from that permitted under 18/6561). The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS reference number 00331.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5740
20 May 2021Incompleted application
Modifications to proposed house types (all 23 No.) A,B,C & D granted under Planning Ref: 18/6561 namely as follows: House Type A (i) increase in floor area from 167.9m2 to 170.7m2, (ii) ground floor hall window replaced with sidelight to door and repositioned and lounge window reduced in height-all front elevation. House Type B (i) increase in floor area from 175.3m2 to 180.0m2, (ii) ground floor hall window replaced with sidelight to door and repositioned and lounge window reduced in height – all front elevation and (iii) one number first floor window omitted on side elevation – bedroom 4. House Type C (i) floor area reduced from 113.8m2 to 108.6m2 (ii) ground floor living room window reduced in height – front elevation and (iii) ground floor kitchen/dining room window and patio door reversed – rear elevation. House Type D (i) floor area reduced from 139.2m2 to 130.0m2, (ii) ground floor living room window reduced in height – front elevation and (iii) ground floor kitchen/dining room door and window replaced by larger window – side elevation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5386
1 Oct 2018Conditional
Residential development - Construction of 23 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary site development works to include the provision of a pedestrian footpath along the L1520 public road and through lands to the north west at Beechpark. The proposed development lies within the curtilage of Beech Park (The Old Rectory), Protected Structure RPS reference number 00331.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6561
27 Jan 2016Conditional
Construction of 2 no. cattle sheds with slatted tanks, feeding passage with slatted tank, extensions to storage shed and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4123
3 Dec 2008Conditional
Residential development consisting of 10no. two-storey semi-detached houses, 9no. two-storey detached houses, 7no. serviced residential sites ranging from 530sqm to 344sqm, modifications to the existing vehicular access, the removal of existing haulage business surface car parking areas & all associated ancillary haulage yard activity within the site's curtilage, and all associated car parking, open space, landscaping & ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9955
25 Jun 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment system, shared vehicular entrance, and upgrading of septic tank serving existing dwelling to proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7487
26 Mar 2008Conditional
Domestic garage with storage area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5667
4 Sept 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10738
3 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10078
28 May 2007Conditional
Construction of site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8174
25 May 2007Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8127
11 May 2007Refused
Removal of existing surface car park and construction of residential development of 50 no. dwellinghouses, vehicular access, associated car parking, open space, landscaping and ancillary site development works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7746
1 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7415
26 Apr 2007Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7327
14 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6027
15 Dec 2006Withdrawn
Mixed use development comprising of the removal of existing surface car park and the construction of 1 no. retail unit, 1 no. creche and 74 no. dwellinghouses to include a mix of townhouses, duplex townhouses and detached units, new vehicular access and all associated car parking, open space, landscaping and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13355
11 Apr 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6294
2 Mar 2006Conditional
Construction of single storey and two storey dormer style extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5201
22 Dec 2003Conditional
9 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6698
8 Sept 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4504
1 Sept 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4375
16 Jun 2003Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2962
The 25 most recent of 28 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO044-036 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front (N) of 6-bays; off-central door to left. Hipped roof: thatched at front, corrugated iron at rear; central chimney. Front wall bulges outwards between 3rd and 4th bays. Occupied. 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 Knocknabooly.
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 Knocknabooly, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1288 (ZIP).
- 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 Knocknabooly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknabooly · Cnoc na Buaile
- Area
- 583,735 m² (58.37 ha, 144.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gortroe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Gortroe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 815 people lived in 273 households in the Gortroe electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinterry, Bridgeland East, Clykeel North, Kilshannig Upper, Rathcormack
- Placenames
- Knocknabooly 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.