Cahermone

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermone, from 74 m² to 123,542 m² (12.35 ha, 30.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• CO076-027001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Overlooking Dungourney river to N; remains of rectangular tower (14m N-S; 11m E-W) now standing to 4 storeys but originally higher, and fragmentary remains of 17th-century range on N side, heavily overgrown. Tower entered at ground floor levels by door with pointed arch, in N wall. Ground floor chamber lit by central window opes in E, S and W walls. Directly above ground floor door similar door at 1st floor level. This gives access through lobby to door into main 1st floor chamber, and also to base of spiral stairs rising in NW corner, giving access to upper floors. At base of this stairs, door with pointed arch leads S into straight stairs descending towards ground floor window in W wall, lower part of stairs gone. First floor lit by central window ope in S wall; chamber covered by rounded wicker-centred vault (N-S axis). Second floor entered by door in NE corner from stairwell; lit by central windows in E, S and W walls; window in W wall has flat-headed light, chamfered on outside edge. Also at this level, and entered from stairwell, garderobe chamber in N wall, covered by segmental vault; murder-hole in floor covers 1st floor doorway. Inserted fireplace in SW corner. Very little of 3rd floor walls remain but E and W walls incline inwards indicating former covering vault (axis N-S). Only part of E wall and NW corner now stand of annex range abutting tower on N side; ivy-clad. Main features visible are fireplaces on E wall feeding tall rectangular chimney stack; also a number of gun loops. Structure has early 17th-century appearance. In farmyard to S inscribed arch stone (CO076-081----) from door is preserved, with inscription 'I.E.G. 1579'; these are initials of John Fitz-Edmond Fitzgerald, who may have renovated existing house at that date (Coleman 1915, 165-7); high enclosing walls on W side are more likely of 18th/19th-century date and associated with Cahermone House which stood short distance to SE (now demolished) . 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

• CO076-028 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In quarry, built against rock. Front (H c. 6m; Wth c. 6m) N-facing; recess (H 1.9m; Wth 2m; D 2.5m) corbelled, rear formed by large slab, stoking-hole evident. Recess arch filled by masonry; formerly supported by wooden lintel. Brick-lined funnel, infilled. Top of kiln enclosed by stone wall. 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

• CO076-081 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In the farmyard to the S of Cahermone Castle (CO076-027001-) an inscribed arch stone from a door of the castle is preserved, with the inscription 'I.E.G. 1579'; these are the initials of John Fitz-Edmond Fitzgerald, who may have renovated the existing house at that date (Coleman 1915, 165-7). 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 Cahermone.

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 Cahermone, 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cahermone.

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.

• Cahermone, Midleton5 sales

Name

Cahermone · Cathair Móna

Area

693,825 m² (69.38 ha, 171.45 acres)

Civil parish

Middleton, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Midleton Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

10,049 people lived in 3,372 households in the Midleton Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigshane, Castleredmond, Dunsfort, Killeagh, Park North, Park South, Roxborough

Placenames

Cahermone 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.