Ballagh
Ballagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tullylease, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Bealach.
- Area
- 219.5 ha
- 542 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 20,216 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballagh, from 159 m² to 407,640 m² (40.76 ha, 100.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Ballagh 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
11 Jun 2020Refused
Construction of an extension to existing dwelling house for use as a separate dwelling unit.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5193
21 Jul 2016Conditional
Retention of existing timber frame dwelling and septic tank
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5828
29 Mar 2016Refused
Retention of existing timber frame dwelling and septic tank and all associated works
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4683
15 Feb 2010Conditional
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4299
12 Jan 2010Incompleted application
Demolition of derelict cottage and construction of dwellinghouse connected to dwelling on planning ref.no. 08/6955
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4035
2 Dec 2009Incompleted application
Demolition of existing derelict cottage and construction of a new building to original cottage detail connected to dwelling granted under Pl. Reg. No. 08/6955
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7808
27 May 2008Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse incorporating existing derelict dwelling, detached garage and installation proprietary treatment unt
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6955
1 May 2008Incompleted application
Extension & refurbishment to existing derelict dwelling, including new treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6444
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Bovine slatted shed & underground effluent tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9214
29 May 2007Refused
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8218
31 Jan 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4645
23 Aug 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6085
11 Jan 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/69
19 Nov 2003Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/5739
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO006-038 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on W side of stream. Overgrown, partially levelled mound of burnt material (5m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.9m). Probably one of five fulachta fiadh (see 10226) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 711). 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
- CO006-039 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Penannular mound of burnt material (17.3m N-S; 15.5m ENE-WSW; H 1.2m); opening (Wth 0.5m) faces ENE. Probably one of five fulachta fiadh (see 10226) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 711). 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
- CO006-040001 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on W side of stream. Heavily overgrown mound of burnt material (L c. 12m; Wth c. 12m; H 1.8m). Probably one of five fulachta fiadh (see 10226) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 711). Second fulacht fiadh (10225) 13m to S. 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
- CO006-040002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on W side of stream. Heavily overgrown mound of burnt material (c. 7m x c. 5m; H 1m). According to local information, some mound material was removed in the past and a pottery 'crock' found which was accidentally broken. Probably one of five fulachta fiadh (see 10226) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 711). Second fulacht fiadh (10224) 13m to N. 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 Ballagh.
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 Ballagh, 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, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_601 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballagh · An Bealach
- Area
- 2,194,809 m² (219.48 ha, 542.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullylease, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Tullylease, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 412 people lived in 162 households in the Tullylease electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ballagh 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.