Meennaraheeny

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meennaraheeny, from 33 m² to 397,623 m² (39.76 ha, 98.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 Meennaraheeny 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.

• 24 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  a) Permission to retain 2 no. Polytunnels, b) Permission for 6 no. proposed polytunnels; all for commercial horticultural business.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5482

• 26 Jun 2025Grant with conditions

  a) Demolish existing side extension. b) Replace the existing thatched roof and replace with fibre cement slate. c) Construct single-storey extensions to both sides of the existing dwelling, including all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5243

• 27 May 2025Incompleted application

  Permission to A) replace the existing thatched roof with fiber cement slate, B) demolish an existing extension to the side and c) to construct a new single storey extension to the side and rear including all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4994

• 22 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission for retention for conversion of original out building to dwelling house and for permission to construct new front boundary entrance, connection to existing septic tank system with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4522

• 22 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  (A) Permission for retention of conversion of original out building to domestic use. (B) Permission to decommission existing septic tank and install new onsite Mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system, new front boundary entrance with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4301

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  Permission to install new onsite mechanical aeriation unit with polishing filter system with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4300

• 31 Oct 2018Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse and garage with related site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6871

• 24 Aug 2018Conditional

  A one and a half storey extension to existing single storey dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6230

• 6 Jul 2018Incompleted application

  A one and a half storey extension to existing single storey dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and installation of a wastewater treatment system and all other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5782

• 11 Jun 2018Incompleted application

  Construct a one and a half storey extension to existing single storey dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5516

• 9 Feb 2018Withdrawn

  A one and half storey extension to existing single storey dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4339

• 19 Jan 2018Incompleted application

  A dormer style extension to side of dwelling including renovations and alterations to existing dwelling and installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4126

• 6 May 2015Conditional

  Construction of two-storey dwelling, a detached single storey domestic garage, a domestic wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4927

• 7 Feb 2012Unconditional

  Completion of one and a half storey dwellinghouse and garage as permitted under planning reg 06/8300

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4171

• 29 Sept 2010Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, entrance and boundary walls

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8081

• 28 Jul 2010Conditional

  Construction of storey and a half style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, proprietary effluent treatment system & soil polishing filter with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5908

• 29 Jan 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, detached garage & wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4243

• 3 Dec 2007Conditional

  Dormer style dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12822

• 23 May 2007Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/8039

• 3 May 2007Conditional

  Dormer style dwellinghouse and detached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7489

• 26 Mar 2007Incompleted application

  Bungalow and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/6428

• 1 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of extension to cubicle house, underground slatted tanks and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4692

• 25 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construction of slatted house with associated tank, cubicle house, silage slab and associated underground effluent storage tank and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4444

• 14 Dec 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of slatted house and associated tank, cubicle house, silage slab and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13288

• 14 Dec 2006Conditional

  Alterations and extension to cubicle house and construction of underground slatted tanks and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13314

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.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• CO004-001 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014

• CO004-002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on N side of drain and field fence. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (14.8m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW; H 1.3m); central depression (6.2m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW; D 1.5m), possibly due to removal of mound material. Bowman (1934, 81) recorded that 'a great part of the burned stones have been removed from the surface'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO004-003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough grazing, on S-facing slope. Entire monument is circular (10.3m E-W; 9.3m N-S) in plan and built with stones of type used in cairns. Circular area (5.1m N-S; 6.1m E-W; H 0.45m) enclosed by fosse (D 0.45m) with external bank of stone (H 0.6m). Stone bank low to E for short section. Fosse shallow due to collapse from bank and interior; completely infilled ESE->SSE. Numerous hollows noted on surface of interior where stones have been removed. Site covered by light layer of peat. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO004-035 Kiln - lime
  Description

  On SW side of road. Random-rubble sandstone construction. Front elevation faces SW; flat segmental-arched recess (H c. 1.7m; Wth c. 1.8m), second lower inner arch. Access to kiln not gained due to overgrowth and flooding. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO004-040 Enclosure
  Description

  Depicted as trapezoidal enclosure (c. 30m NW-SE; max. L c. 25m NE-SW) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, immediately to N of quarry. Levelled; scarp forming SW (L c. 22m) and SE (L c. 15m) sides defines level area of interior; N half of interior incorporated into grounds of bungalow. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 81) as fort on summit of small hill on Mr Murphy's land: 'an irregular quadrangle, the sides being 28 yards, 26 yards, 19 yards and 18 yards'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO004-051 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. According to local information, tradition of circular fort here. Land reclaimed and field fences removed; no visible surface trace of site. Faint trace of circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R659). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Meennaraheeny.

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 Meennaraheeny, 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 Meennaraheeny.

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 Meennaraheeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Meennaraheeny · Moing na Ráithíní

Area

3,295,170 m² (329.52 ha, 814.25 acres)

Civil parish

Clonfert, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Knockatooan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

323 people lived in 124 households in the Knockatooan electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acres (Co. Limerick), Ahaun (Co. Kerry), Knockahorrea West, Knockatooan, Knockcoolkeare (Co. Limerick), Milleenboy

Placenames

Meennaraheeny 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.