Ballycraheen

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycraheen, from 127 m² to 425,305 m² (42.53 ha, 105.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballycraheen 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.

• 26 May 2026Application withdrawn

  Permission for the demolition of existing two storey rear extension, demolition of existing first floor level, eaves and ridge levels of existing dwelling, alterations to internal layout of existing dwelling, new first floor level, new eaves and ridge levels to existing dwelling, alterations to existing first floor window heights to front elevation, existing dwelling to be wrapped with new external insulation with render finish, new single storey front extension with natural stone finish, new two storey rear extension, new single storey side extension with roof light, new bored well and waste water treatment system and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1396

• 5 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for change of design of previously granted planning (Pl. Ref. 22/04840) for construction of an agricultural shed consisting of handling and drafting area and underground slatted soiled water storage tank and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5081

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4674

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  Modifications to previously granted planning (Pl. Ref: 21/05600) for construction of an agricultural livestock shed consisting of cubicles, straw bedded calving area, handling & drafting area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4840

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  Construction of an agricultural livestock shed consisting of cubicles and underground slatted slurry storage tanks, 2 no. silage pits and a maize pit in place of existing silage slab and roofed handling & drafting area adjacent to existing livestock shed and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5600

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6225

• 2 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construct 15 no. two storey dwellings consisting of 11 no. detached dwellings and 4 no. semi-detached dwellings, site entrance to serve development and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4800

• 10 Feb 2015Unconditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage, septic tank and vehicular entrance, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/7109

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4225

• 16 Apr 2014Unconditional

  Dwellinghouse, septic tank and all associated site works, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 09/6536

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4762

• 8 Feb 2013Conditional

  Retention and completion of the following comprising: the completion of alterations to site levels to provide additional external storage area for concrete products, equipment and machinery and all associated works including landscaping, screening, revised boundary treatments, retaining walls, interceptor tank, soak pit and other ancillary development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4206

• 23 Jan 2012Conditional

  Permission to extend existing cow housing, install effluent tank and retain and complete existing effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4067

• 18 Apr 2011Conditional

  Detached dormer style dwelling with detached garage, proprietary treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4798

• 21 Sept 2009Conditional

  Two storey dwellnghouse, detached garage, septic tank and vehicular entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7109

• 9 Sept 2009Incompleted application

  Two-storey detached dwelling, detached garage, septic tank, vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6986

• 29 Jul 2009Conditional

  Dwelling house, septic tank & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6536

• 27 Jun 2008Refused

  Dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7537

• 7 Nov 2007Conditional

  Demolition and construction of two storey dormer type dwellinghouse with car port

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12222

• 22 Oct 2007Incompleted application

  Demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse and car port

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11844

• 30 Mar 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6686

• 22 Jun 2006Conditional

  Retention of dwelling, garden shed, wastewater treatment unit and entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8281

• 26 Apr 2006Incompleted application

  Retention of dwelling, garden shed, treatment unit and entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6665

• 30 Jan 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4413

• 4 Feb 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/555

• 16 Aug 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6252

• 23 Dec 2003Unconditional

  Construction of a one and a half storey extension to bungalow and retention of conservatory

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6892

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycraheen.

Recorded monuments

• CO062-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 36m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.4m) ESE->NNW, with external fosse (D 0.8m); levelled elsewhere. Bank planted with deciduous trees; stone-faced in parts. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO062-019 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Almost square stone (H 1.2m; 0.55m x 0.42m), leaning slightly to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO062-020001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop hillock to W of Fiddler's Brook which flows S to join the Shournagh River. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to landowner, levelled in stages, finalised c. 1976; hillock on which enclosure stood also lowered. Possible souterrain (8948) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO062-020002 Souterrain
  Description

  In possible ringfort (8628). According to local information, earth-cut passage and circular chambers found after collapse due to heavy machinery. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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

• Courtbrack Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-span road bridge, built c.1820, spanning Fiddler's Brook. Rubble stone walls with segmental-arches having dressed stone voussoirs. V-concrete cutwater to upstream (north) elevation with weir to downstream (south) elevation. Solider stone capping to parapet.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballycraheen, 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 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 Ballycraheen.

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.

No address of the register names Ballycraheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballycraheen · Baile Chraithín

Area

1,045,446 m² (104.54 ha, 258.34 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Barretts

Electoral division

Firmount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

735 people lived in 236 households in the Firmount electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Courtbrack, Garraun South, Gilcagh, Knockane

Placenames

Ballycraheen 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.