Knockgriffin (Barrymore)

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockgriffin (Barrymore), from 2 m² to 171,677 m² (17.17 ha, 42.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1High Technology Campus Development (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3High Technology Campus Development (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Jun 2026Refused

  The development to be retained consists of (1) the erection of 2no. modified shipping containers for use as a drive-thru coffee kiosk, with ancillary storage and staff facilities; (2) modifications to the existing vehicular entrance granted planning permission under application ref. 21/4057; (3) the laying of hardstanding, internal roadways and 4no. car spaces for staff use; (4) signage; (5) the provision of a well and soakaway and (6) all ancillary site development works. Planning permission is sought for the (1) use as a drive-thru coffee kiosk; (2) the decommissioning of the onsite septic tank, (3) connection to the existing foul sewer located on the Northen Relief Road, and (4) all ancillary site development works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1644

• 11 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  We, Bluemont Developments (Midleton) Limited, intend to apply for permission on lands at Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Knockgriffin (Barrymore) and Water Rock, Midleton, Co. Cork. Permission is sought for amendments to part of the development previously permitted under planning reference 21/7265, to consist of the construction of 97 no. residential units in 2 no. blocks ranging in height from 3-7 storeys. The application site is generally bounded by Northern Relief Road to the north, CGI Food Park to the south and agricultural land to the west. The proposed development will consist of the following: Block A: a 7-storey apartment building comprising 75 units (36 no. 1 bedroom units, 27 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units and 12 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with associated private balconies to the east and west elevations; bin store; plant and switch room; green roofs and pv panels at roof level. Block D: a 3-storey duplex/apartment building comprising 22 units (11 no. 1 bedroom units and 11 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with balconies/terraces to the southern elevation. The development will also consist of a total of 79 no. car parking spaces (23 no. surface level and 56 no. undercroft/courtyard level, 19 no. spaces are within the application red line boundary but are to serve apartment Blocks B&C); 172 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 4 no. cargo spaces); landscaping, communal and public open space, boundary treatment; public lighting; as well as all associated site and infrastructural development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1555

• 11 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  We, Bluemont Developments (Midleton) Limited, intend to apply for permission on lands at Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Knockgriffin (Barrymore) and Water Rock, Midleton, Co. Cork. Permission is sought for amendments to part of the development previously permitted under planning reference 21/7265, to consist of the construction of 97 no. residential units and 1 no. childcare facility in 2 no. blocks ranging in height from 1-6 storeys. The application site is generally bounded by Northern Relief Road to the north, CGI Food Park to the south and agricultural land to the west. The proposed development will consist of the following: Block B: a 6-storey apartment building comprising 54 units (18 no. 1 bedroom units, 24 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units and 12 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with associated private balconies to the north and south elevations; bin store; plant and switch room. Block C: a 5-storey apartment building comprising 43 units (35 no. 1 bedroom units and 8 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units), with associated private balconies to the eastern, southern and western elevations, and 1 no. childcare facility and associated external play area at ground floor level; bin store; plant; ESB substation and switch room. The development will also consist of a total of 75 no. car parking spaces (24 no. surface level and 51 no. undercroft/courtyard level. 28 no. spaces are within the application red line boundary but are to serve apartment Blocks A&D) and 1 no. drop-off space; 192 no. bicycle parking spaces (144 no. secure, undercroft spaces; 42 no. surface level spaces; and 6 no. cargo spaces); landscaping, communal and public open space, boundary treatment; public lighting; as well as all associated site and infrastructural development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1556

• 23 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  We, Bluemont Developments (Midleton) Limited, intend to apply for permission on lands at Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Knockgriffin (Barrymore) and Water Rock, Midleton, Co. Cork. Permission is sought for amendments to part of the development previously permitted under planning reference 21/7265, to consist of the construction of 185 no. residential units and 1 no. childcare facility in 4 no. blocks ranging in height from 3-7 storeys. The application site is generally bounded by Northern Relief Road to the north, CGI Food Park to the south and agricultural land to the west. The proposed development will consist of the following: Block A: a 7-storey apartment building comprising 75 units (36 no. 1 bedroom units, 27 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units and 12 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with associated private balconies to the east and west elevations; bin store; plant and switch room; green roofs and pv panels at roof level. Block B: a 6-storey apartment building comprising 45 units (15 no. 1 bedroom units, 25 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units and 5 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with associated private balconies to the north and south elevations; bin store; plant and switch room; green roofs and pv panels at roof level. Block C: a 5-storey apartment building comprising 43 units (35 no. 1 bedroom units and 8 no. 2 bedroom/3 person units), with associated private balconies to the eastern, southern and western elevations, and 1 no. childcare facility and associated external play area at ground floor level; bin store; plant; ESB substation and switch room; green roofs and pv panels at roof level. Block D: a 3-storey duplex/apartment building comprising 22 units (11 no. 1 bedroom units and 11 no. 2 bedroom/4 person units), with balconies/terraces to the southern elevation. The development will also consist of a total of 107 no. car parking spaces (40 no. surface level and 67 no. undercroft/courtyard level); 364 no. bicycle parking spaces (312 no. secure, undercroft spaces; 42 no. surface level spaces; and 10 no. cargo spaces); landscaping, communal and public open space, boundary treatment; public lighting; as well as all associated site and infrastructural development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6969

• 22 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for change of use of 7 no. existing warehousing units from warehousing to light industrial with ancillary retail use and any associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6258

• 8 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for Retention of 1) first floor attic area over the attached domestic garage converted to storage/study area, 2) rooflight to front elevation, dormer window to rear elevation, 3) permission to alter the existing vehicular entrance and install a roller sliding gate and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5832

• 13 Aug 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of :- 1) First floor attic area over the attached domestic garage converted to storage/study area. 2) Roof light to front elevation, dormer window to rear elevation. 3) Permission to alter the existing vehicular entrance and install a roller sliding gate and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5624

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission to extend an existing two-storey dwelling by the conversion of an existing attached single-storey outhouse to a two-storey habitable space with a single storey extension to the front , elevational changes to the existing to include 1 no. new roof light as well as all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6072

• 14 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the Midleton Wastewater Loading Diversion Project which will consist of the provision of a new foul pumping station and rising main connection to Water-Rock wwps. The works include: 1. New foul pumping station (Midleton South) located within the existing Bailick No.1 wastewater pumping station site, to include wet well, valve chamber, flowmeter chamber, mcc kiosk, wash water kiosk, lighting, vent stack and all necessary mechanical and civil works to accommodate the proposal. 2. Alterations to the existing site access at Bailick No.1 wwps site will require removal of sections of the existing wall / hedgerow. To be replaced with a new fence behind the visibility lines. 3. Approximately 1,800m of rising main connecting the Midleton South WwPS to the Water-Rock wwps, to include air / scoure valve chambers and 6m vent stack at Kennedy Park. The route will travel along Bailick Road, Kennedy Park and Riverside Way. Adjacent to Midleton Gyratory, the route will cross the Owenacurra river using trenchless methods and run along Market Green Plaza to Market Green. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the relevant planning authority.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5937

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to extend the existing Gateway Business Centre with 6 additional warehouse/light industrial units (no. 2,3,4,21, 22 & 23) with ancillary internal 2 storey offices and signage on the southern elevation. The units will consist of 2 no. of 178.3m.sq and 4 no. units of 93m.sq. Permission is also sought for decommissioning of existing on-site temporary effluent treatment plant permitted under planning reg no. 06/11708.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4568

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  Planning permission for the demolition of existing sheds and construction of a residential development of 12no. dwelling houses. The works consist of i) demolition of existing sheds to the rear of existing dwelling, ii) construction of 12no. 2-storey dwelling houses comprising of 6no. terraced units, 2no. semi-detached units, and 4no. detached units, iii) associated road layout with pedestrian entrance to north of site, iv) new connection to public foul & surface water drains, and all other associated landscaping and ancillary site works at Knocklaun, Cork Road, Midleton, Co. Cork Eircode P25K497.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5744

• 22 Aug 2023Withdrawn

  Permission for change of use of an existing retail car showroom to allow for use as a restaurant/café, the erection of new signage, external seating area and associated site work

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5702

• 19 Jul 2023Conditional

  Alterations to existing dwelling house and construction of new site entrance. The work will consist of 1) partial demolition of existing single storey extension and sheds to rear of house, 2) construction of single storey extension to side and rear of house, 3) alterations to existing elevations, 4) demolition of existing boundary wall to front of house and construction of new site entrance & roadway to accommodate residential development which will be subject to a separate planning application and, 5) all associated landscaping and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5479

• 27 Jun 2023Refused

  Development of Drive Thru Café comprised of a prefabricated kiosk/converted shipping container, toilets, bin store, external seating, car parking and food services area with stands to accommodate 12 no. "food vans" for food consumption on site or take away, temporary on site waste water treatment plant (a "Bio Cycle pending permanent connection to Irish Water Foul Sewer) and associated access provisions to the Northern Relief Road all on a site of 0.64 Ha adjoining the Northern Relief Road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5321

• 2 Jun 2023Incompleted application

  Full planning permission for the development of Drive Thru Cafe comprised of a prefabricated kiosk/converted shipping container, toilets, bin store, external seating, car parking and food services area with stands to accommodate 12 No. 'Food Vans' for food consumption on site or take away, temporary wastewater treatment plant (a 'Bio Cycle' pending permanent connection to Irish water fowl sewer) and associated access provisions to the Northern Relief Road. All on a site of (0.64Ha).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5132

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  Demolish industrial buildings and erect 4 no. light industrial units and adapt existing office building for light industrial use (Unit 5).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4734

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional

  1) permission for retention of an open store area providing for the storage of articles and materials (site of 0.57 Ha), 2) permission for an extension to the same yard (for which retention permission is sought) to allow for the open store area providing for the storage of articles and materials (area of extension 1.21 Ha), 3) a 5 year temporary planning permission for the duration of the above use/works for the combined retained and extended yard (combined areas of 1.79 Ha). The articles and materials in the combined open store area include temporary parking of vehicles and parking of cars for local garages during sales periods so as to accommodate new car deliveries and vehicle trades; overall site area of 1.79 Ha. The storage of materials will not provide for the storage of hazardous material (incl. flammable liquids).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4505

• 16 Mar 2023Incompleted application

  Permission to demolish their industrial buildings, and to erect 4 no. light industrials units, and to adapt their existing office building for light industrial use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4499

• 22 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  5 year temporary planning permission for an extension (1.21 Ha) to an open store area providing for the storage of articles and materials at Knockgriffin, Midleton, Co. Cork and to retain the use of the existing open store (1.79 Ha) as part of the extension. The articles and materials include temporary parking of vehicles and parking of cars for local garages during sales periods so as to accommodate new car deliveries and vehicle trades; all on a site of 3Ha. The storage of materials will not provide for the storage of hazardous material (incl. flammable liquids).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4311

• 5 Jan 2023Conditional

  Retention of 2 no. portacabins which are to be used as changing rooms and related showers and toilets for use ancillary to existing facilities.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4003

• 7 Dec 2022Incompleted application

  Retention of 2 no. portacabins which are to be used as changing rooms and related showers and toilets for use of ancillary to existing facilities

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6707

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  Permission to demolish existing showroom as well as storage annex to existing office building at rear of "Farran House" , and to construct part storey and half, part single storey dwelling house with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6246

• 23 Sept 2022Refused

  Permission for an extension to an open store area providing for the storage of articles and materials. The articles and materials include temporary parking of cars for local garages during sales periods so as to accommodate new car deliveries and vehicle trades all on a site of 0.5 Ha.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6128

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission to demolish an existing covered stand, permission to construct a new facility building ( to include dressing rooms, meeting rooms, ancillary accommodation and solar panels) and a new covered stand, permission for amendments to the fencing layouts granted under planning permission 21/4154 and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6116

• 7 Sept 2022Incompleted application

  Permission to demolish existing showroom as well as storage annex to existing office building at rear of "Farran house" and to construct part storey and half, part single storey, dwelling house with all associated site development works in same location

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6018

The 25 most recent of 84 applications.

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 the townland of Knockgriffin (Barrymore).

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockgriffin (Barrymore).

Architectural heritage

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c. 1910, having gabled windbreak to front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having single and paired two-over-four pane timber sliding sash window and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to windbreak with timber battened door. Rubble dry stone boundary walls to site having single-leaf timber gate.

• Woodview, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan four-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c. 1900, having full-height gabled projecting bay to front (south) elevation, with roof projecting over full height canted bay window, gablets and flat-roofed multiple-bay porch with recent conservatory extension to front elevation, two over three-bay west side elevation with two-bay flat-roofed bay window and gabled dormer window, two-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) elevation of east return, flat-roofed canted bay window to east elevation of front block, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed porch and flat-roofed dormer window to east elevation of return, and single-bay gable-fronted garage extension to rear. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, rooflight to garage, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods, render cornices to flat roofs. Roughcast rendered walls to first floor, smooth rendered walls to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, bipartite one-over-one pane to east elevation, bipartite, triple and single one-over-one pane to west elevation, bipartite flanked by single one-over-one pane to breakfront, one-over-one and six-over-two to front elevation, two-over-one and six-over-two to rear elevation, replacement uPVC windows to bay window to east elevation. Render sill courses to bay windows and projecting bay. Square-headed opening with replacement uPVC door to front elevation. Rendered boundary walls with two vehicular entrances having square-profile piers, wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular gates to west entrance, pedestrian entrance to east entrance.

• Denisfield, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, with five-bay single-storey projection to front (south) elevation and two-bay two-storey block to rear (north). Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered chimneystacks and terracotta ridge capping. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with cut stone sills. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front projection and bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to rear block. Square-headed opening to front projection with timber panelled half-glazed door and fixed pane overlights and sidelights. Rendered red brick square-profile piers to entrance with cast-iron double-leaf gates. Rendered rubble stone boundary walls with pedestrian entrance with rendered square-profile piers with chamfered corners and cast-iron gate.

• Knocklawn, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having central gabled single-bay glazed porch to front (south) elevation and two-storey return and flat-roofed two-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof with timber bargeboards and finial to porch. Roughcast rendered walls, smooth render walls to porch. Square-headed openings with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor front elevation, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor front elevation and to side elevations. Timber framed fixed windows to porch with coloured glass overlights, square-headed door opening to porch with replacement half-glazed timber panelled door with coloured glass overlight, round-headed door opening within porch with plain overlight and half-glazed timber panelled door. Outbuilding to rear of site with pitched slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods and roughcast rendered walls. Rendered boundary walls with chamfered square-profile piers with double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gate and wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

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 Knockgriffin (Barrymore), 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockgriffin (Barrymore).

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 Knockgriffin (Barrymore) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockgriffin (Barrymore) · Cnocán Ghrífín

Area

352,232 m² (35.22 ha, 87.04 acres)

Civil parish

Mogeesha, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

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

Baneshane, Garryduff, Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Oatencake

Placenames

Knockgriffin (Barrymore) 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.