Killeen
Killeen is a townland in the civil parish of Matehy, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Coillín.
Parcel 2299734
- Area
- 235,281 m² (23.53 ha, 58.14 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,878 m².
- Zoning
- P5 City Hinterland (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
- Townland
- Killeen
Planning applications on this parcel
30 Jun 2021Conditional
The construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5814
15 Oct 2018Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork City Council, 186730
2 Aug 2013Conditional
Construction of extensions to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5518
20 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted unit with 2 no. internal tanks, soiled water tank and effluent storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12428
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- CO062-113 Standing stone
Description
According to Condon (1916, 137) 'gallán in the middle of each one of four successive fields parallel to the road. These are reddish stone (H 3-4ft; c. 1ft x c. 6ins)'. Removed. 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
- CO062-223 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage, to N of stream. Spread of burnt material (15m x 20m) noted by Triona Buckley (UCC) in April 1993. 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
- CO062-234 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low, roughly circular mound of burnt material (diam. c. 9m). Second fulacht fiadh (7509) in adjoining field, c. 50m to SSW. 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
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 100.6 ha
- 248 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 2,343 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- City Hinterland
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeen, from 205 m² to 257,965 m² (25.8 ha, 63.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation), Cork City · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Institutions and Community (Community facilities)
Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation), Cork City · 1 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
20 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling. Scope of works as follows:- 1) Single storey pitched roof extension to the rear, 2) Elevational alterations to the existing dwelling including new and modified front and side external openings, the replacement of the existing flat roof and a new canopy at the entrance door and 3) all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0691
24 Sept 2025Awaiting f.i. response
Permission to construct dwelling house, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6014
16 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5554
16 Sept 2021Conditional
Permission for the following development at their dwelling house, namely; conversion of existing cottage / dwelling house to function as granny flat, build new two storey and single storey extension at rear of cottage / dwelling house to function as main dwelling house for applicants’, install new onsite treatment unit and percolation area, build new site entrance from public road, build new stone wall with pedestrian access gate at front boundary facing public road, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6550
30 Jun 2021Conditional
The construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5814
24 Jun 2021Conditional
The construction of dwellinghouse and attached domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works (with changes in design and layout to that granted under Planning Reference No. 18/5167).
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5757
7 Sept 2020Refused
Permission for change of use of existing 56 no. holiday cottages to private residential dwellings, including site development works consisting of provision of public and private open space, residential car parking and revisions to internal roadways and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork City Council, 2039523
17 Aug 2018Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6180
9 May 2018Conditional
Construction of a dormer bungalow with attic development, waste water treatment system, consisting of a P6 Bioprocess Treatment Plant pumped to a raised soil polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5167
18 Sept 2017Withdrawn
Construct a dormer style bungalow with attic development, to include a waste water treatment system, consisting of P6 Bioprocess Treatment Plant pumped to a raised soil polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6405
3 Aug 2017Incompleted application
Construct a dormer style bungalow with attic development to include a waste water treatment system consisting of P6 Bioprocess Treatment Plant pumped to a raised soil polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6030
4 Jul 2017Refused
To construct dwelling and associated site works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 17/5690
10 Mar 2015Conditional
Permission for retention of extension to rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4469
30 Jan 2015Conditional
Retention of domestic garage/store as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4156
2 Aug 2013Conditional
Construction of extensions to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5518
13 Jul 2012Conditional
Construction of a single storey living room/sunroom extension to the side of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5536
24 May 2012Conditional
Retention of farm building for housing of cattle including slatted underground tank and farm machinery shed and entrance. Permission for extension to existing farm building for housing of cattle and provision of slatted underground slurry tank, and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5107
16 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Retention of farm building for housing of cattle including slatted underground tank, farm machinery shed and entrance, permission for extension to existing farm building for housing of cattle and provision of slatted underground slurry tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4762
13 Sept 2010Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 10/6287
16 Sept 2009Conditional
Construction of two-storey extension to side and rear of existing two-storey dormer dwelling and to link existing garage to dwelling, minor facade alterations and construction of 2 no. single storey entrance porches, replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area with a proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, relocation of existing entrance gates, associated site works and retention of single storey detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7070
23 Dec 2008Withdrawn
Construction of two-storey extension to rear and side of existing two-storey dormer bungalow and single storey garage to include new stone finish to existing external walls, new slate roof finish, 2 no. single storey entrance porches and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10350
5 Mar 2008Conditional
Demolition of sunroom to rear and construction of two storey extension to rear and single storey sunroom extension to side of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5228
20 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted unit with 2 no. internal tanks, soiled water tank and effluent storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12428
16 Aug 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse, biocycle unit and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6243
8 Dec 2003Conditional
Demolition of farm building and construction of a workshop to include office and staff facilities at ground floor level and store at first floor level and upgrading of entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6261
The 25 most recent of 26 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Shournagh Valley 000103
Recorded monuments
- CO062-111 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, adjacent to well. Oval mound of burnt material (L 14.6m; Wth 10.1m; H 0.75m). 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
- CO062-112 Standing stone
Description
In pasture. Stone (H 1.6m; 0.39m x 0.2m) is rectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. 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
- CO062-113 Standing stone
Description
According to Condon (1916, 137) 'gallán in the middle of each one of four successive fields parallel to the road. These are reddish stone (H 3-4ft; c. 1ft x c. 6ins)'. Removed. 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
- CO062-114 Standing stone
Description
According to Condon (1916, 137) 'gallán of red stone (H 48ins; 41ins x 12ins)'. Removed. 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
- CO062-115001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to E of spring. Spread of burnt material noted. Two other fulachta fiadh close by to S (CO062-115002-; CO062-115003-). 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
- CO062-115002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, close to spring. Low semicircular mound of burnt material (L 14.1m; Wth 17.3m; H 0.3m). Two other fulachta fiadh to N (CO062-115001-) and S (CO062-115003-). 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
- CO062-115003 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, close to spring. Spread of burnt material noted. Two other fulachta fiadh to N (CO062-115001-; CO062-115002-). 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
- CO062-116 Standing stone
Description
In pasture. According to Hartnett (PJH), stone stood here. Removed; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO062-223 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage, to N of stream. Spread of burnt material (15m x 20m) noted by Triona Buckley (UCC) in April 1993. 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
- CO062-234 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low, roughly circular mound of burnt material (diam. c. 9m). Second fulacht fiadh (7509) in adjoining field, c. 50m to SSW. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killeen.
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 Killeen, 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 Killeen.
- 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 Killeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killeen · An Coillín
- Area
- 1,005,504 m² (100.55 ha, 248.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Matehy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Matehy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,518 people lived in 495 households in the Matehy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghroe, Gortdonaghmore
- Placenames
- Killeen 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.