Ballybrack
Townland in the civil parish of Dunbulloge, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish An Baile Breac
- Area
- 456.6 ha
- 1,128 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 3,738 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 88
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrack, from 206 m² to 400,039 m² (40 ha, 98.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Ballybrack 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
30 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling with part habitable attic accommodation, domestic lofted garage, septic tank and percolation area, site development works including entrance, driveway, hard standing and borehole well.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2021
13 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission to:- (a) Demolish existing house and construct a new dwelling house, (b) Decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and install a new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, (c) Construct a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0915
19 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission to:- (a) Demolish existing house and construct a new dwelling house, (b) Decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and install a new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, (c) Construct a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0401
13 Apr 2023Conditional
To erect a dwelling house together with an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 23/4706
5 Apr 2023Conditional
Permission to construct an agricultural entrance and associated site works for access to lands.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4655
15 Mar 2023Incompleted application
To erect a dwelling house together with an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 23/4474
21 Oct 2022Conditional
Construct a bungalow, new site entrance, installation of proprietary treatment unit and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6389
17 Aug 2022Conditional
Construction of an extension to the north east elevation of the existing dwelling house and to convert part of the existing dwelling house to be used as a granny flat along with all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5901
10 Jan 2022Conditional
To erect a dwelling house, together with an on-site sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 22/4013
9 Aug 2021Conditional
To construct (I) Cubicle shed with slatted tanks and loose area (II) Collecting yard (III) Silage slab (IV) Calf shed extension and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6189
12 Apr 2021Conditional
Construction of a cubicle house over an existing open tank, slatted tank, covered collecting yard, slatted tank extension and external bulk milk tank, demolition of part of existing covered easyfeed, feed bin and existing external bulk milk tank and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4944
1 Sept 2020Withdrawn
To construct a single storey dwellinghouse together with a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works, including new site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5894
17 Apr 2020Conditional
Construction of 2 no. cattle underpasses, pathways, retaining walls and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4767
24 Jul 2019Incompleted application
1. Construction of single storey detached granny flat rear extension plus site ancillary works, 2. Retention of detached side garage incorporating existing base of garage permitted under planning Reg. No. 08/10210
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5861
3 Apr 2018Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4797
14 Mar 2018Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4626
7 Mar 2018Incompleted application
Construction of a dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4562
29 Jan 2018Conditional
Construction of two storey extension to stables including living accommodation at first floor, ground floor use in association with stables (veterinary products, tac. rooms), sewerage treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4222
26 Sept 2017Refused
To construct a dwelling house and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6489
23 Dec 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7297
9 May 2016Conditional
Construction of a poultry/storage shed and dungstead and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5088
21 Apr 2016Conditional
Retention of milking parlour building incorporating slatted tanks, collecting yard and storage area and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4899
20 Apr 2016Incompleted application
Construction of a poultry/storage shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4882
23 Feb 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and detached domestic garage along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4407
19 Nov 2015Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6605
The 25 most recent of 88 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO052-006 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On ESE-facing slope to E of river. Enclosed in cement-covered stone wall; roofed with lintel. Stone with roughly inscribed cross atop lintel. Supports centre of stone-slab "pediment". Front damed by concrete blocks. According to O'Donoghue (1914) 'few votive offerings showing...well is still visited....' 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 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
- CO052-012 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as triangular area defined by hachures on two sides; field fence on third. Sub-oval area (15m NW-SE; 21.8m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m) S->SE; stone field fence SE->S. Interior level with raised strip (Wth c. 5m) along inside of field fence. Low oval mound (L 14m; Wth 10m) adjoins outer edge of bank on SW. 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
- CO052-039005 Ritual site - holy well
Description
At crossroads, inside railings. Stream to rear. Enclosed in stone-built structure; roofed with cross-inscribed lintel; recess in wall within. Numerous other roughly engraved crosses on inside and outside of wall. Rectangular enclosure (CO052-03902-) c. 130m to W. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybrack.
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 5 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 Ballybrack.
- 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 Ballybrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybrack · An Baile Breac
- Area
- 4,565,853 m² (456.59 ha, 1,128.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunbulloge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Ballynaglogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballynaglogh electoral division: 420 people in 137 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnageehy West, Ballynabortagh, Ballynaglogh East, Ballynamaddree, Graigue East, Knockboy, Lackendarragh South, Pouladown
- Placenames
- Ballybrack 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.