Ballea

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballea, from 60 m² to 320,026 m² (32 ha, 79.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballea 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.

• 29 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the construction of farm shed (including housing of cattle, feeds, dungstead and seepage pit) together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1748

• 28 May 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for construction of farm shed (including housing of cattle, feeds, dungstead and seepage pit) together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1426

• 1 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  We, Roadstone Ltd., intend to apply to Cork County Council for a 30-year planning permission for the development of a vertical extension at this site, the existing Ballygarvan Quarry in the townlands of Killanully, Kilnahone and Ballygarvan, Co. Cork. The proposed development consists of: • Development of a vertical extension to the existing quarry comprising extraction, processing and washing of limestone and soil from an area measuring approximately 5.4ha and will allow for the extraction of approximately 1,303,798m3 of material; • Construction of an aggregate washing plant (including filter press, water supply tank, and water management network); • Construction of a quarantine area comprising a concrete foundation slab and inspection shed (gross floor area of 625m2); • Infilling and restoration of the existing and future quarry void over an area of approximately 14.7ha. It is proposed to fill the void with soil and stone by-product (i.e. essentially virgin soil or equivalent to virgin soil and stone) which will be notified to the EPA as an Article 27 by-product. There will be a phased restoration of the quarry void working from the base of the void vertically building up soil and stone. Following completion of the infilling works, natural colonisation of plant species will occur from the seedbank within the redistributed soil; • Continued use of existing operational infrastructure including weighbridge, office, wheel-wash facility, maintenance workshop, lime shed, water storage tanks, refuelling area and plant and machinery storage area; • Continued use of existing site access via the existing entrance off the R613; • All associated site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0819

• 19 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  We, Roadstone Ltd., intend to apply to Cork County Council for a 30-year planning permission for the development of a vertical extension at this site, the existing Ballygarvan Quarry in the townlands of Killanully, Kilnahone and Ballygarvan, Co. Cork. The proposed development consists of: • Development of a vertical extension to the existing quarry comprising extraction, processing and washing of limestone and soil from an area measuring approximately 5.4ha and will allow for the extraction of approximately 1,303,798m3 of material; • Construction of an aggregate washing plant (including filter press, water supply tank, and water management network); • Construction of a quarantine area comprising a concrete foundation slab and inspection shed (gross floor area of 625m2); • Infilling and restoration of the existing and future quarry void over an area of approximately 14.7ha. It is proposed to fill the void with soil and stone by-product (i.e. essentially virgin soil or equivalent to virgin soil and stone) which will be notified to the EPA as an Article 27 by-product. There will be a phased restoration of the quarry void working from the base of the void vertically building up soil and stone. Following completion of the infilling works, natural colonisation of plant species will occur from the seedbank within the redistributed soil; • Continued use of existing operational infrastructure including weighbridge, office, wheel-wash facility, maintenance workshop, lime shed, water storage tanks, refuelling area and plant and machinery storage area; • Continued use of existing site access via the existing entrance off the R613; • All associated site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0404

• 15 Jan 2026Refused

  Permission for a) construction of two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works, b) retention of mobile home, septic tank, container (domestic use) detached domestic garage with car port.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0058

• 16 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6814

• 15 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  We, Roadstone Ltd., intend to apply for a 30-year planning permission for a vertical extension at this site, the existing Ballygarvan Quarry in the townlands of Killanully, Kilnahone and Ballygarvan, Co. Cork. The development consists of: Provision of an extension to the existing quarry comprising extraction, processing and washing of limestone and soil from an area measuring approximately 5.4ha and will allow for the extraction of approximately 1,303,798m3 of material; Construction of an aggregate washing plant (including filter press, water supply tank, and water management network); Construction of a quarantine area comprising a concrete foundation slab and inspection shed (gross floor area of 625m2); Provision of infilling and restoration of an existing and future quarry void over an area of approximately 14.7ha. It is proposed to fill the void with soil and stone by-product (i.e. essentially virgin soil or equivalent to virgin soil and stone) which will be notified to the EPA as an Article 27 by-product. There will be a phased restoration of the quarry void working from the base of the void vertically building up soil and stone. Following completion of the infilling works, natural colonisation of plant species will occur from the seedbank within the redistributed soil; Continued use of existing operational infrastructure including weighbridge and office, wheel-wash facility, maintenance workshop, lime shed and plant, water storage tanks, refuelling area and plant and machinery storage area; Continued use of existing site access arrangements via the existing entrance off the R613; All associated site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6797

• 31 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct an agricultural building to incorporate stables and fodder storage with ancillary concrete apron and to carry out all assocaited site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6355

• 22 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  1) Permission for retention of existing 15m telecommunications support structure carrying antenna and dishes, communications cabinets and associated site works within a chain-link fenced compound previously granted under Pl.Reg.No. 08/9652. 2) Permission to install additional antenna, dish equipment to the support structure including ground equipment cabinets and associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5689

• 26 Jun 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5244

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling consisting of; a single storey side extension for use as ancillary accommodation unit, minor alterations to the existing dwelling including elevational changes & all associated site works and services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5102

• 21 May 2025Refused

  Permission to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4955

• 7 May 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling consisting of:- A single storey side extension for use as ancillary accommodation, minor alterations to the existing dwelling including elevational changes, retention of existing upgraded waste water treatment system, along with all associated site works and services.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4855

• 7 Feb 2025Withdrawn

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4173

• 7 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission to extend existing slatted tank and enclose with portal frame shed as Building 3, for use as cubicle shed. Building 2; enclose with portal frame shed over existing slatted tank and Building 1; enclose over existing slatted tank with a portal frame shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5881

• 12 Sept 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to extend existing slatted tank and enclose with a portal frame shed as building 3, building 2, enclose with a portal frame shed over an existing slatted tank and building 2, enclose existing slatted tank with a portal frame shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5725

• 24 Jul 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to extend existing slatted tank and enclose with a portal frame shed as building 3, building 2, enclose with a portal frame shed over an existing slatted tank and building 1, enclose existing slatted tank with a portal frame shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5403

• 8 May 2023Withdrawn

  (A) Construction of two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment system and associated site works. (B) Retention of mobile home and septic tank. (C) Retention of shed and covered area for storage and repairs of landscaping/garden maintenance machinery. (D) Retention of 5 No. containers for storage of machinery parts, plants and shrubs, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4906

• 11 Jul 2022Withdrawn

  Construction of dwelling house (story and a half), detached domestic garage, splayed entrance and sewerage treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5611

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, detached garage for domestic use, wastewater treatment unit, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4695

• 5 Feb 2020Conditional

  Domestic vehicular entrance to serve existing farmhouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4189

• 17 Jan 2020Incompleted application

  Vehicular entrance to serve existing farmhouse and outbuildings.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4043

• 11 Apr 2019Incompleted application

  Retention of an existing 15m high telecommunications installation carrying antennae and link dish, associated equipment units, and security fence.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4893

• 11 Dec 2018Incompleted application

  Retention of an existing 15m high telecommunications installation carrying antennae and link dish, associated equipment units, and security fence.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/7249

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  Construction of a detached dwellinghouse, new site entrance, new effluent treatment system, new bored well and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4848

The 25 most recent of 75 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 Ballea.

Recorded monuments

• CO086-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope of E-W ridge, overlooking Owenboy river. Roughly circular, slightly raised area (46.7m N-S; 37.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 4m); external fosse (D 2m) NE->SW. Bank stone faced internally to E. Entrance (Wth 3.4m) to S, with causeway across fosse. Laneway skirts bank SW->NW. 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

• CO086-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope of E-W ridge. Roughly circular area (50m N-S; 46.7m E-W) enclosed by low inner bank (int. H 0.5m); fosse (D c. 1.8m); substantial outer bank (max. ext. H 3.2m) with berm on terrace (Wth 4m) on inner face. Entrance to S, with causeway across fosse; break in outer bank to NNW. Bank to W modified to incorporate limekiln (CO086-050001-). Interior saucer-shaped. 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

• CO086-050001 Kiln - lime
  Description

  This limekiln is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 2 East and South Cork' (1994, 79) under the entry (no. 4331) for a rath (CO086-050----). It is mentioned in the entry as follows: 'Bank to W modified to incorporate limekiln (CO086-050001-).' 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

• CO086-051 Castle - tower house
  Description

  At edge of steep descent, on E side of Owenboy river valley; L-shaped 3-storey tower (14.2m N-S; 15.2m E-W; W side projects 6.6m; S side projects 5.6m), extensively renovated and modernised; one-storey annexe to N, of 19th/20th century date. W side may be an addition to original rectangular block; internal wall between two sections same width as external walls (c. 2m); possibly added to contain stairs, as it does today. At E end of S wall of extension to W, is cut-stone door with semi-elliptical arch, in two plain orders. Hinged from E side of door is iron grille or gate; until recently closed by chain through yett hole in W jamb of door (Lunham 1883, 51-2; Coleman 1915, 58-9). At NW and SE corners of house sets of five masonry corbels, formerly supported bartizans. Moulded limestone slabs, including a number of stepped hood-moulding terminals and sill of mullioned window, of 17th century appearance and removed from tower when renovated, now on ground in vicinity of tower. To W of tower, door into walled garden has re-set cut-stone door, now facing house, with semi-elliptical arch and multi-grooved chamfer terminating in pointed stop. All above features probably of late 16th/early 17th century, indicating likelihood that rectangular 15th century tower house later converted into 'L' shaped fortified house. Ballea changed hands a number of times in late medieval period; according to O Murchadha (1985, 58) 'recovered by Earls of Desmond in the 16th century but not before the Mac Carthys had built there the castle'; Mac Carthys continued to occupy property on and off until late 17th century (Coleman ibid). By 1750 'a large ruin' (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 209) but later rebuilt by Hodder family as country house (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 281) and renovated and extended in recent times (Bence-Jones 1978, 16); now occupied as private residence. 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

• CO086-052 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture on S-facing slope. Ballea Castle (CO086-051---) stands nearby to S on other side of narrow valley. Shown on OS 6-inch maps as field fences defining circular area with straight narrow leg running S from it downhill to roadway to meet entrance to Ballea castle almost directly across road. Circular area (diam. 56.5m) enclosed by field fences W->SE; field fence defines E side of leg running S from site. Perhaps estate feature associated with Ballea house. 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

• CO086-063 Mill - corn
  Description

  Two corn mills indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map on opposite bank of Owenboy river. Only fragmentary remains of mill on N bank. Mill on S bank survives as rectangular structure (int.:14.8m E-W; 6m N-S); 5-bay, 4-storey with attic windows in gable ends. Wheel-pit (Wth 3.05m) on W side housed undershot waterwheel. S wall of mill removed and structure extended further by addition of similar gable-ended structure. Addition has brick-lined wheel-pit on W side which housed breastshot waterwheel. Head race (dry )brick lined. Footbridge across river to N. 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

• CO086-064 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: 29 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• Ballea Castle, castle/fortified house, 1660–1700 · National interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-bay three-storey over basement fortified tower house, built c.1680, with attached flat-roofed single and two-storey castellated additions to rear (north), built c.1970. Pitched slate roofs with rendered castellated parapets, rendered gables and chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with rendered bartizans to south-east and north-west corners and pointed finials to gabledt corners. Square-headed window openings with replacement concrete sills and limestone lintels, having some limestone label mouldings. Replacement timber casement windows. Camber-headed door opening with hollow chamfered limestone surround with carved limestone label moulding. Replacement timber battened door with cast-iron lattice gate. Rubble limestone enclosing walls with square-profile limestone gate piers on carved plinths surmounted by stepped cornice with round finials having replacement cast-iron gates.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballea.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballea · Baile Aodha

Area

3,758,980 m² (375.9 ha, 928.86 acres)

Civil parish

Liscleary, and its townlands

Barony

Kerrycurrihy

Electoral division

Liscleary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Liscleary electoral division: 5,124 people in 1,620 households; 81% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinrea South, Ballinreeshig, Ballyduhig South, Carrigaline West, Killanully, Kilmoney, Kilnahone, Knockmore, Meadstown, Shanagraigue

Placenames

Ballea 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.