Ballinluig West
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyfeard, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Lúigh Thiar
- Area
- 135.4 ha
- 334 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 75,998 m² (7.6 ha, 18.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinluig West, from 1,548 m² to 528,829 m² (52.88 ha, 130.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinluig West 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
2 May 2026Awaiting clarification f.i. response
Permission to construct a calf shed with associated site works, all to his farm.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1151
14 Sept 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a cow shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6077
12 Apr 2021Conditional
(i) Demolish existing shed, (ii) construct new calf shed and (iii) associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4945
2 Mar 2015Conditional
Cattle shed with slatted underground tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4401
19 Nov 2013Unconditional
Construction of new porch extension to front elevation, dormer extension to rear to provide 1st floor living accommodation and elevational changes to the rear, front and side to incorporate extra glazing and 2 no. larger windows to dwelling, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/6321
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6189
1 Jun 2012Conditional
Construction of a granny flat with attached boiler house, upgrading of existing septic tank to treatment unit to serve existing dwelling and proposed granny flat along with ancillary site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5205
18 Nov 2011Conditional
Erection of an agricultural fodder storage shed within the existing farm yard complex
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6428
12 Oct 2010Refused
Completion of office building, lubricant oil store building and relocation of truck pump to rear of site granted under planning reg. no. 05/4154
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/8197
13 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of new porch extension to front elevation, dormer extension to rear to provide 1st floor living accommodation and elevational changes to the rear, front and side to incorporate extra glazing and 2 no. larger windows to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6321
24 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit & associated site works including new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9435
19 Dec 2007Conditional
Construction of two storey and single storey extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13224
14 Dec 2007Conditional
leisure facility to include sporting clay pigeon shooting, falconry and archery and construction of building for use as office/reception area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13091
21 Jun 2007Withdrawn
Construction of clay pigeon shooting range with 7 no. electric clay traps and erection of prefabricated building for use as office/reception area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8871
18 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted house for animal accommodation and slatted slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13440
11 Sept 2006Conditional
Two storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10491
7 Jul 2006Conditional
Retention of flat roof balcony and french doors to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8715
14 Jun 2005Conditional
Construction of office building, lubricant oil store building, relocation of truck pump to rear of site (change of layout and design from that permitted under Reg. No. 03/1982)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4154
4 Mar 2005Incompleted application
Construction of office building, store buildings, relocation of truck pump to rear of site (change of layout and design to that permitted under 03/1982)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1289
23 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Construction of office building and store building, relocation of the truck pump from the front of the site to the rear of the site(change of layout and design to that permitted under pl. reg. no. 03/1982)
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9671
17 Sept 2003Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4662
8 Aug 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/3962
28 Apr 2003Conditional
Filling station & oil depot, Shop/offices, forecourt, signage, car wash,store,bunded tank farm, covered gantry & associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1982
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 Ballinluig West.
Recorded monuments
- CO098-053 Country house
Description
Nineteenth century 2-storey house. Entrance front (SE) of 3 bays; central recessed round-headed doorway with plaster surround; tripartite windows on ground floor. Roof gabled with end chimneys. Additions to rear. Inscribed plaque, now in front wall of house (removed from garden wall c. 1973), inscribed 'John Roche Fitzpatrick & Clara his wife built this house in the year 1687'. 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
- CO098-061 Cist
Description
Atkinson (1879-82) records that, in 1862, removal of a capstone (2 feet square) revealed 'a small cavity or kistvaen, containing three or four little cups, and a bronze ring which was placed in the middle'. Cups were subsequently smashed and ring retained by landowner; as no mention of bones in report, Waddell (1990, 58) wonders if 'burial or hoard'. 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
- CO112-012 Milling complex
Description
Mill complex immediately NW of Ballyfeard, on W side of stream. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch maps as 'Flour and Carding Mill' and 'Tuck mill'. Gable ended 3-storey, 3-bay flour mill; rectangular in plan (int.: 5.55m E-W; 6.6m N-S). Wheel-pit along N wall, not visible. Interior ground floor used as store. Wooden clasp arm pit wheel (diam. 2.8m) at N end with iron cogs. Powered line shaft along W wall which transmitted power to a pair of millstones at 1st floor level which are still in situ. Wooden 1st floor collapsing. Stone built additions attached to SE and W one of which may have housed carding mill. Tuck mill c. 30m to NW; gable ended, 2-storey, 3-bay structure; rectangular in plan (9.7m E-W; 6m N-S); built into W slope. Wheel-pit (Wth c. 1.33m) along N wall W end. Used as store. 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
- CO112-013001 Graveyard
Description
On S side of Ballyfeard village, sub-rectangular (50m E-W; 40m N-S) graveyard enclosed by stone wall to W and N (part of N wall recently removed) and by stone-faced earthen bank to E and S, bank curves at SE corner. Still in use, earliest noted headstones date to 1860s. Plaque on gateway in N wall with date 1783 but writing illegible (see similar plaque CO112-04201- & CO112-00501-). Once contained parish church of Ballyfeard which was in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 27) and described as 'almost level with the ground' in 1704 (ibid., 28), by 1860 there was no trace of it in the graveyard (ibid., 29). 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
- CO112-013002 Church
Description
This church was referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 2 East and South Cork' (1994, 256-7) under the entry (no. 5680) for a graveyard (CO112-013002-). The reference to the church in the entry reads'….. contained parish church of Ballyfeard which was in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 27) and described as 'almost level with the ground' in 1704 (ibid, 28), by 1860 there was no trace of it in the graveyard (ibid, 29).' 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 Ballinluig West.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Ballinluig West.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballinluig West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinluig West · Baile an Lúigh Thiar
- Area
- 1,353,630 m² (135.36 ha, 334.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyfeard, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Ballyfeard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyfeard electoral division: 408 people in 138 households; 88% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingarry East, Ballinluig East, Ballyhamsane, Ballynoe, Farranbrien West, Farraneen, Kilboy
- Placenames
- Ballinluig West 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.