Ballinvologe
Ballinvologe is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyfoyle, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an Bhulbhaigh.
- Area
- 90 ha
- 222 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 6,349 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvologe, from 1,025 m² to 414,076 m² (41.41 ha, 102.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Ballinvologe 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
14 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response
The construction of a new two-bedroom holiday let unit on the footprint of a previously permitted farm workshop (planning reference no. 25/04496); the change of use and conversion of an existing disused milking parlour to provide two self-catering holiday let units, including the raising of the eaves and roof by approximately 900mm and application of external wall insulation; the change of use of an existing farm storage shed to a multi-purpose farm experience space including provision of toilet facilities; demolition of an existing farm workshop; and all associated site works including car parking, wastewater treatment system and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1276
13 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for horse walker.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0920
21 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the demolition of an existing farm workshop and the construction of a new building for the purpose of a new farm workshop and the storage of vintage machinery and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4496
17 Feb 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the demolition of an existing farm workshop and the construction of a new building for the purposes of a farm workshop and the storage of vintage machinery and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4234
19 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for alterations & extension to dwelling house consisting of; a two-storey front extension, elevational changes, and associated site works along with retention of existing infill front porch extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5375
27 Jan 2023Conditional
To construct a domestic garage incorporating a first floor home office and gym, along with associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4106
23 Sept 2022Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6153
18 Jan 2022Conditional
Retention of existing extension to pool house attached to existing dwelling and existing covered area.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4061
22 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Permission for retention of existing extension to pool house and existing outdoor covered area.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7148
1 Jun 2021Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, provision of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5531
6 Aug 2020Conditional
The construction of an agricultural storage shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5673
27 Feb 2017Conditional
The construction of a two-storey dwelling house (change of design granted under planning Reference No. 08/5153) along with new entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4429
2 May 2013Incompleted application
Change of site boundaries for dwelling permitted under Reg. No. 07/6116, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/5716
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4808
28 Jan 2013Conditional
Construction of agricultural shed with an underground slatted tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4131
31 Oct 2012Unconditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank, extension of duration to permission granted under planning ref.no. 08/5153
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6251
28 Mar 2008Conditional
Change of site boundaries for dwelling permitted under Reg. No. 07/6116
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5716
3 Mar 2008Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5153
2 Oct 2007Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of waste water treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11382
12 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Two-storey dwellinghouse, detached garage with store over, wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10964
16 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6116
14 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted unit extension to shed with underground slatted tank and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6047
3 Nov 2006Conditional
Installation of rooflight to front of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11990
20 Sept 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10755
9 Mar 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5397
11 Nov 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8304
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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 Ballinvologe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinvologe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinvologe.
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 Ballinvologe, 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 Ballinvologe.
- 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 Ballinvologe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinvologe · Baile an Bhulbhaigh
- Area
- 899,786 m² (89.98 ha, 222.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyfoyle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Ballyfoyle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 404 people lived in 133 households in the Ballyfoyle electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindeasig, Ballyfoyle, Farranbrien East, Knocknamanagh, Reagrove
- Placenames
- Ballinvologe 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.