Ballincourcey
Ballincourcey is a townland in the civil parish of Templequinlan, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an Chúrsaigh.
- Area
- 78.8 ha
- 195 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 3,134 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballincourcey, from 300 m² to 247,186 m² (24.72 ha, 61.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Ballincourcey 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
28 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for the closing the existing site entrance and the construction of a new site entrance to the aforementioned property
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6401
2 Nov 2023Incompleted application
Permission for the blocking up of the existing site entrance and the construction of a new site entrance to the aforementioned property.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6209
28 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, part bungalow, part two storey and garage, conventional septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/509
31 Jul 2018Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house, part bungalow, part two storey and garage, conventional septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/454
11 May 2007Conditional
Construction of traditional style dwelling, domestic garage, 1no. horse stable for domestic purposes, installation of proprietary treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1232
11 Oct 2006Conditional
Construct dwellinghouse, garage and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2092
27 Sept 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling, domestic garage, 1no. horse stable, installation of proprietary treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1961
4 Sept 2006Conditional
Conversion of attic space for use as part of dwelling; install dormer windows and rooflights and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1777
5 Jul 2006Conditional
Extension to existing dwelling and alterations to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1272
1 Sept 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4347
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 Ballincourcey.
Recorded monuments
- CO136-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (36m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 2m), with shallow external fosse (max. D 0.5m). Gap in bank to NNE (Wth 0.8m) and SSW (Wth 1m), modern break to NW (Wth 1.2m). Slight scarp crosses W half of interior on E-W axis. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO136-010 Burial ground
Description
In pasture on S-facing slope. Irregular area (L 50m; Wth 30m) enclosed by dry stone wall (H 0.8m). Interior undulating; possible grave markers. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO136-120 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CO136-120001 Souterrain
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballincourcey.
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 Ballincourcey, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballincourcey.
- 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 Ballincourcey with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballincourcey · Baile an Chúrsaigh
- Area
- 787,525 m² (78.75 ha, 194.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templequinlan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Templeomalus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 786 people lived in 271 households in the Templeomalus electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghafore, Barryshall, Cloghgriffin, Maulmacredmond
- Placenames
- Ballincourcey 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.