Meadstown
Meadstown is a townland in the civil parish of Liscleary, barony of Kerrycurrihy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an Mhígh.
Parcel 2323765
- Area
- 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 166 m².
- 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
- Meadstown
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 10 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, 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
- 398 ha
- 984 acres
- Land parcels
- 89
- registered freehold, median 3,436 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 80
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meadstown, from 215 m² to 412,586 m² (41.26 ha, 101.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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
No zone of a development plan covers Meadstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1615
3 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the importation of clean inert soil & stone for raising of an agricultural field to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a wheel wash, new temporary haul road and widening of the entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5306
20 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the importation of clean inert soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a wheel wash, temporary haul road and widening of the entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5196
9 Aug 2024Refused
Permission for the importation of clean inert soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a wheel wash, new temporary haul road and widening of the entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5504
25 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the importation of clean inert soil & stone for raising of an agricultural field to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a wheel wash, new temporary haul road and widening of the entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5428
1 Dec 2023Conditional
1) Permission to revise site boundaries from those permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 12/4519, 2) Permission to retain existing vehicular entrance, 3) Permission to retain existing hard surface area used for parking of applicant's recreational/leisure vehicles, 4) Permission to construct a domestic garage/shed for private recreational/leisure use ancillary to family dwelling house and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6409
17 Nov 2023Incompleted application
1) permission to revise site boundaries from those permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 12/4519, 2) permission to retain existing vehicular entrance, 3) permission to retain existing hard surface area used for parking of applicant's recreational/leisure vehicles, 4) permission to construct a domestic garage/shed for private recreational/leisure use ancillary to family dwelling house and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6308
31 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6183
13 Jul 2023Incompleted application
1) Permission to retain existing vehicular entrance and existing hard surface area, 2) Full planning permission to construct a domestic garage/shed for private recreational/leisure use ancillary to his family dwelling house and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5449
30 Jan 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a single dwelling, along with all the associated site works, including the installation of a wastewater treatment facility, the installation of a bored well for the supply of potable water and the creation of a new vehicular entrance onto the public road; along with the landscaping of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4121
27 Jan 2023Withdrawn
To construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4110
5 Dec 2022Refused
Permission to construct a shed/store for domestic use only and retention of hard surface area
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6692
4 Nov 2022Incompleted application
Permission to construct a shed/store for domestic use only and retention of hard surface area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6480
3 Nov 2022Conditional
Retention of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6467
4 Jul 2022Withdrawn
Permission to construct a single dwelling, along with all the associated site works, including the installation of a wastewater treatment facility, the installation of a bored well for the supply of potable water and the creation of a new vehicular entrance onto the public road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5565
10 Jun 2022Incompleted application
Permission to construct a single dwelling, along with all the associated site works, including the installation of a wastewater treatment facility, the installation of a bored well for the supply of potable water and the creation of a new vehicular entrance onto the public road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5355
16 Nov 2021Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7093
22 Dec 2020Conditional
The construction of a 2 storey garage with ancillary accommodation and all associated site works (change of plan from permitted planning reg. no. 20/5368).
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6965
18 Nov 2020Incompleted application
The construction of a 2-storey garage with ancillary accommodation and all associated site works (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 20/5368).
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6551
18 Sept 2020Refused
The construction of a new dwellinghouse; a detached domestic garage and hard and soft landscaping. Permission is also sought for a new sewage treatment system and all associated site and development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6037
7 Aug 2020Incompleted application
The construction of a new dwelling with detached domestic garage and all associated site works including the provision of a new sewage treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5693
2 Jul 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5368
19 Jun 2020Conditional
To construct a dwelling, detached garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5264
3 Apr 2020Conditional
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary new haul road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4699
21 Feb 2020Withdrawn
To construct a dwelling, detached garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4341
The 25 most recent of 80 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Meadstown.
Recorded monuments
- CO086-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on W-facing slope overlooking Owenboy river valley to NW. Levelled; circular area (diam. 32.5m) defined by low rise (int. H 0.4m; max. ext. H 1.6m). Slight trace of fosse to E and W. Gallán (CO086-041---) c. 70m to S. 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
- CO086-041 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.35m; 1m x 0.75m), leaning slightly to E, long axis E-W. 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
- CO086-042001 Graveyard
Description
On S side of road; rectangular graveyard (c. 35m E-W; 45m N-S), bounded by stone wall, road to N. Heavily overgrown but in use. Earliest noted headstone dates from 1796. Ruins of Liscleary parish church (CO086-04202-) just to S of centre. 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
- CO086-042002 Church
Description
Just to S of centre of graveyard (CO086-04201-). Only standing portion part of ivy-clad N wall (L 2m; H 2.5m), but sod-covered foundation courses of rectangular church (c. 16.3m E-W; c. 5.7m N-S) can be made out. Burials in interior. Liscleary parish church, in repair 1639 but in ruins by 1693 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 204-5). 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
- CO098-007001 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO098-007002 Castle - unclassified
Description
Marked 'site of' on all editions of OS 6-inch map. Two-storey, gabled farm building (11.8m x 7m) of 19th-century appearance with projecting chimney stack (Wth 3.1m; projecting 1.15m at ground level) on S gable; stack probably of 17th-century date. Fireplace (Wth 1.5m; D1.2m), with iron crane, covered by wooden lintel; stack projects inside (0.4m) at 1st-floor level. Outside stack has 'bottle-shaped' profile, topped by two brick courses. Below present roof level two 'flashing' stones project from either side of stack, possibly indicating earlier roofline. Built by Meade family (Healy 1988, 276). 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 Meadstown.
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 Meadstown, about 1 in 20 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 Meadstown.
- 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 Meadstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Meadstown · Baile an Mhígh
- Area
- 3,980,463 m² (398.05 ha, 983.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Liscleary, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kerrycurrihy
- Electoral division
- Liscleary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,124 people lived in 1,620 households in the Liscleary electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballea, Ballinphelic, Ballyduhig South, Ballygarvan, Ballyginnane, Glinny, Piercetown, Shanagraigue
- Placenames
- Meadstown 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.