Ballybrassil
Ballybrassil is a townland in the civil parish of Templerobin, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Bhreasail.
- Area
- 90.5 ha
- 224 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 3,710 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 51
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrassil, from 56 m² to 292,454 m² (29.25 ha, 72.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Ballybrassil 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
19 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission to construct a dwelling and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2172
15 Dec 2025Application withdrawn
Permission to construct a dwelling and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6790
29 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for a) demolition of the existing garage to side of the dwelling, b) demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling, c) construction of new two-storey extension to side of dwelling, d) construction of new two-storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5522
16 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct, part dormer, part storey and a half dwellinghouse with site entrance, detached domestic garage, driveway and domestic effluent treatment plant together with all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5146
31 Jul 2023Conditional
Alterations to dwelling house consisting of a first floor extension, rear infill ground floor infill extension with part roofed terrace, elevational changes including roof over entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5557
5 May 2023Conditional
A) Demolition of the existing garage to side of dwelling. B) Demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling. C) Construction of new single-storey extension to side of dwelling. D) Construction of new two-storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4885
24 Aug 2021Conditional
Construction of first floor extension, including provision of a balcony, over existing single storey annex to existing two storey dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6329
22 Jul 2021Incompleted application
Construction of first floor extension over existing single storey annex to existing two storey dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6025
10 Jun 2021Conditional
Construction of a first floor extension and elevational modifications to existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5616
9 Jul 2020Refused
1) The construction of a single storey dwellinghouse & associated site works, 2) Retention of; i) the existing mobile home [26.1m2] – located on the site - eircode P24 T265 – as habitable purposes on a temporary basis until such time as the proposed dwelling is occupied, ii) the existing on-site domestic wastewater treatment & disposal system, iii) existing bored well & iv) existing vehicular entrance. * The existing uncompleted storage structure (granted Planning – Ref.No. 3310/1982) is to be demolished and the proposed dwellinghouse is to take its place.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5437
30 Jul 2019Refused
To construct a single storey dwelling and detached garage, with external canopy link between dwelling and garage, install a waste water treatment plant and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5918
10 Jul 2018Conditional
Construction of a domestic garage to front of existing dwelling house and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5800
2 May 2018Conditional
Retention of a boathouse in a revised location from the permitted location in Planning Reg. No. 06/9872 and associated works
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5109
15 Jun 2017Unconditional permission
Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, installation of a waste water treatment unit and ancillary site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No.12/5441
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/5492
7 Dec 2016Refused
Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, on-site domestic wastewater treatment and disposal system, bored well, vehicular entrance and associated site works. The existing storage structure (granted under Planning Reg. No. 3310/1982) is to be incorporated into the future design of dwellinghouse.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 16/7056
2 Sept 2016Conditional
A) Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and outbuilding, B) Construction of two storey dwellinghouse and site entrance, C) Installation of new waste water treatment system, and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6211
4 Jul 2016Conditional
The demolition of an existing single-storey cottage and garage, the construction of a two-storey passive house dwelling, a new domestic shed, a new septic tank and percolation area to replace existing, changes to vehicular and pedestrian access, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5648
10 Sept 2015Refused
Construction of a single storey dwelling, bio-treatment unit, new vehicular entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6032
27 Nov 2013Conditional
Construction of extension to front and rear of exisitng dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6241
12 Nov 2013Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to the front of the existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6152
27 Jun 2013Conditional
Side & rear extensions to permitted dwelling together with associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5234
28 Jan 2013Unconditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and ancillary outbuilding and construction of dwellinghouse and associated site works including wastewater treatment unit, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/6522
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4121
3 Jul 2012Conditional permission
Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, installation of a waste water treatment unit and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5441
18 Jan 2012Unconditional
Completion of demolition of existing cottage, construction of two storey dwellinghouse and renovation and extension to existing boathouse as permitted under planning reg 06/9872
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4052
28 Sept 2010Withdrawn
Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, installation of a wastewater treatment unit and ancillary siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8070
The 25 most recent of 51 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 Ballybrassil.
Recorded monuments
- CO088-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on S-facing slope. Circular ara (c. 33m N-S; c. 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m), with shallow external fosse to S. Area of fosse heavily overgrown to W, N and E. 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 Ballybrassil.
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 Ballybrassil, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Ballybrassil.
- 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 Ballybrassil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybrassil · Baile Uí Bhreasail
- Area
- 905,300 m² (90.53 ha, 223.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templerobin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Cobh Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 9,050 people lived in 2,954 households in the Cobh Rural electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydaniel More, Currabally, Walterstown
- Placenames
- Ballybrassil 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.