Ballydahin

987 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydahin, from 1 m² to 110,765 m² (11.08 ha, 27.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 977 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industry (General industry)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 Aug 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the change of unit type of 2 no. units [from end of terrace to mid-terrace] as permitted under planning permission reference number 22/6225 and Permission for the construction of 2 no. additional residential units to form part of the previously permitted scheme comprising of 1 no. ground floor 2 bed unit and 1 no. 3 bed duplex unit. Permission for the development described herein, car parking, and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2244

• 14 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for change of use and refurbishment of the ground floor of the existing building to provide:- 1) A restaurant measuring 62m2, 2) A barber shop measuring 17m2, 3) One ground floor apartment measuring 62m2 together with associated internal alterations, external works and site development works. The existing open garage/car-parking area of approximately 26m2 is separate from the proposed ground-floor apartment and does not form part of the apartment floor area. No works are proposed to the existing first floor apartment as part of this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2147

• 24 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed

  planning permission to demolish the existing covered bar area to the rear of the existing public bar building and to construct a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing public bar building with all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1689

• 18 May 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for retention of existing porch extension to front of existing dwelling as constructed and all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1306

• 16 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of existing porch extension to front of existing dwelling as constructed and all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0955

• 8 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to relocate the existing domestic site entrance, blocking up of existing domestic site entrance, revised site boundaries and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0875

• 24 Feb 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission to construct a two-storey infill dwelling at the side of existing dwelling, demolition of front boundary wall, construction of rear patio and steps and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0448

• 15 Dec 2025Prepare invalid letter

  Permission to construct a two-storey infill dwelling at the side of existing dwelling, demolition of front boundary wall, construction of rear patio and steps and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6805

• 10 Dec 2025Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for retention for conversion of attic of existing dwelling for use as bedroom and bathroom and the installation of 3 no. velux roof lights to rear of dwelling all as constructed on site

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6738

• 13 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the development will consist of high-power electric vehicle charging points and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: 1) installation of 8 no. electric vehicle charging bays with 8 no. Tesla illuminated charging units and associated signage, 2) installation of proposed Tesla supercharger power cabinet equipment, 3) installation of proposed modular substation, 4) erection of associated EV signage, 5) all associated site development works including lighting & line marking.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6157

• 9 Sept 2025Prepare invalid site notice letter

  Permission to construct a two-storey infill dwelling at the side of existing dwelling, demolition of front boundary wall, construction of rear patio and steps and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5838

• 13 Aug 2025Incompleted application

  Permission to construct a two-storey infill dwelling at the side of existing dwelling and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5625

• 23 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a single storey extension to rear of existing retail shop to accommodate the relocation of the existing deli counter and food prep area, new cold storage, toilet and staff facilities, minor alterations to existing northern elevations, new signage on northern and eastern elevation and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4976

• 15 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for alterations to the external elevations of existing dwelling, to block up existing site entrance serving same dwelling, and to construct a new site entrance to serve same dwelling and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4688

• 6 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission to convert existing attic of dwelling house to habitable accommodation, 2 no. dormer windows to front elevation, 3 no. rooflights to rear elevation and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6099

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for change of use / conversion of existing two storey dwelling to 2 no. apartments, consisting of a 2 bedroom apartment on the ground floor and a 2 bedroom apartment on the first floor, as well as carrying out associated changes to the building elevations.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6046

• 22 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention for increasing the width of the existing front vehicular entrance and for Permission to install a storm water drain to the existing front vehicular entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5590

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for Retention of a single storey pavilion structure (floor area 203 sq.m) and will consist of two proposed acoustic lobbies (floor area 16.2 sq.m) which are located in the existing car park at the rear of The Arches Bar and Restaurant premises. The use of the pavilion structure is ancillary to the existing bar and restaurant use on the site. Permanent permission is being sought for the pavilion structure.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5052

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for alterations to front and side of existing dwelling and for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of same dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4795

• 26 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission (change of plan from that granted under planning reference no. 23/4252) for a two-storey extension to the side of dwelling, replace existing septic tank with a secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4735

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house including alterations with all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4593

• 23 Feb 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for retention of the change of use of the domestic bedroom with en-suite to commercial use as a hairdressing salon with wash-room and ancillary services with all associated sire works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4314

• 12 Jan 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for change of use of the domestic bedroom with en-suite to commercial use as a hairdressing salon with wash-room and ancillary services with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4035

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for the installation of a free standing 1.62m x 0.87m x 0.5m (H x W x D) gas pressure reduction unit, with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5900

• 18 Aug 2023Withdrawn

  Permission for 1) demolition of an existing derelict garage, derelict funeral home and 3 no. derelict and disused storage buildings, 2) construction of a total of 5 no. dwellings, consisting of 2 no. two storey semi-detached dwellings facing onto the street/Ballydaheen road and construction of 3 no. two storey terraced dwellings within the site, 3) provision of 15 parking spaces within the site to serve the proposed dwellings, as well as to serve other existing residential properties owned by the applicant in the immediate area, 4) carry out all associated site and boundary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5684

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO033-136 Railway bridge
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, with gable-fronted timber porch to front elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof with render copings and rendered chimneystack. Decorative timber bargeboards and finial to porch. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, cut-stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed fixed timber windows to porch. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement timber door, moulded timber architrave, and having timber sheeting to gable above. Rendered boundary walls with render copings and square-profile rendered piers to pedestrian entrance with cast-iron gate. Single-storey lean-to concrete built outbuilding attached to east elevation.

• Spring Cottage, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c. 1860, having three-bay two-storey rear and side elevations, two additions to rear, both two-storey, one with pitched and hipped roof with rendered chimneystack, and one two-bay flat-roofed, with lean-to single-storey attached to former. Hipped slate roof to main block with overhanging sheeted eaves, rendered chimneystacks, moulded render cornice, dentillated to front elevation, and terracotta ridge tiles. Painted rendered walls with rounded corners to front elevation having render pilasters with floral motifs to capitals. Dog-tooth course between floors of front elevation of three-pane addition. Square-headed window openings to main block and to three-bay addition, other addition having round-headed windows to first floor of rear elevation. Front elevation and east bay of south elevation have timber casement windows with decorative oblong panes and first floor windows of three-bay addition are timber fixed and casement windows with decorative glazing. Other windows are timber sliding sash, those to first floor of main block being six-over-six pane, and those to additions being varied, with three-over-six pane, six-over-three pane, bipartite two-over-two pane and eight-over-eight pane, all with painted stone sills. Round-headed openings have one-over-one pane windows. Square-headed openings to first floor of front elevation of block to north with decorative paned timber casement windows and painted stone sills and decorative render sill course. Square-headed openings to rear of block to north with six-over-three, three-over-six and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Elliptical-headed door opening to front elevation with moulded render surround, timber panelled door with doorcase comprising timber panelled pilasters with fluted console brackets and caps, sidelights, timber cornice and fanlight. Approached by flight of dressed limestone steps with cast-iron railings. Camber-headed door openings to three-bay addition, one with timber battened door, approached by flight of concrete steps and both with paned overlights. Camber-headed carriage entrance between these doors with timber battened double-leaf door. Access to garden at rear via entrance to south with square-profile rubble stone piers with cast-iron double-leaf gates and decorative cast-iron arch above. Rubble limestone boundary walls to roadside with render copings and square-profile rendered piers with rectangular panels, render caps and decorative cast-iron double-leaf gates.

• Blackrock Viaduct, viaduct, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding eight-span railway viaduct, built c. 1925, spanning River Blackwater, comprising steel box-girder structure with steel parapet railings and having concrete piers to river with V-cutwaters, and steel supports to land with cross braces.

• Bellevue House, house, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1852, with canted bay windows and flat-roofed porch to front elevation, gabled single-bay full-height projections to rear and south elevations, and having lower four-bay two-storey pitched-roof block to south-west corner. Hipped artificial slate roof to main block with cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves with timber brackets and decorative moulded render cornice with chevron motifs. Pitched artificial slate roofs to gables, with same cornice work as elsewhere, with timber bargeboards forming open-bed pediments. Lead tent roofs with ornate render ridge cresting, and decoratively-carved timber valences to bay windows. Render urn finials to porch. Pitched artificial slate roof to south block with rendered chimneystacks, render bracketed eaves and decorative render eaves course to overhanging eaves. Painted rules and lined rendered walls to front and south elevations of main block, all elevations of both blocks having carved limestone plinth, vermiculated render quoins and cut limestone sill course to first floor, with cut limestone pilasters to all corners, including gabled projections. Exposed coursed rubble limestone walls to rear and to south block. Timber sliding sash windows throughout. Round-headed openings to gabled projections with red brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds and margined one-over-one pane windows, that to first floor of rear projection altered with timber casement window to lower sash. Square-headed openings elsewhere to main block with render reveals. First floor has two-over-two pane windows. Ground floor of north and south elevations have margined one-over-one pane windows with moulded render surrounds comprising moulded architraves, friezes with floral motifs to centre, moulded cornices, and moulded limestone sills. Bay windows have tripartite margined one-over-one pane windows, lights being divided by panelled timber pilasters, with friezes having decorative detail, and carved limestone sills. Camber-headed window openings to south block with moulded render reveals and two-over-two pane windows. Porch has square-headed door opening approached by flight of dressed limestone steps, with timber panelled half-glazed double-leaf door and overlight, set behind fluted columns with plinths and decorative capitals flanked by pilasters and supporting render entablature with render architrave, frieze and dentillated cornice. Square-headed recessed panels between pilasters and columns with render decoration. Round-headed window openings to sides of porch with fixed timber coloured glass windows and render hood-mouldings. Square-headed opening to north elevation of rear projection with timber panelled door having panel with margined glazing and dressed stone voussoirs.

• Catholic Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, church/chapel, 1965–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, dated 1966, facing north, having three-stage square-plan entrance tower, gables to arcaded side elevations, and canted-plan single-bay single-storey blocks to side elevations, that to west having gabled dressed limestone projection to west side. Semi-hexagonal-plan to south elevation with semi-hexagonal-plan five-bay single-storey flat-roofed sacristy addition. Three-bay single-storey flat-roofed additions to east and west elevations with gabled central bays and flat-roofed canopies to south bays. Pitched copper roofs, with cross finial to tower. Channelled concrete walls to main part of church, with dressed and snecked sandstone facing with concrete quoins to upper stages of tower, to canted additions to tower and to flat-roofed additions to east and west elevations and to sacristy. Carved limestone plaque to north-west side of west canted addition. Cruciform panel to south elevation. Tall triangular-headed window opening to tower with stained-glass and having concrete transoms and mullions. Window openings to flanking bays of north elevation have heads following slope of roof, stained glass, and concrete transoms and mullions. Square-headed window opening to west canted addition with concrete mullions and sill and stained glass. Triangular-headed window openings to east and west side elevations with concrete mullions and sills and stained glass. Square-headed window openings to sacristy with concrete mullions, fixed timber windows and concrete sills. Arcaded triangular-headed door openings to front elevation with flanking banded concrete piers and triangular-headed openings within having timber battened doors and banded concrete surrounds. Triangular-headed openings to east and west elevations with concrete surrounds and timber battened doors. Square-headed door opening to sacristy with timber battened door, concrete surround and approached by flight of concrete steps.

• Brookside, house, 1750–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1855, having gabled porch to front elevation, two-storey block to rear and outbuildings to north. Canted-bay window to south gable. Hipped slate roofs with overhanging eaves to front block, and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Timber sliding sash windows, ripartite nine-over-six pane to front elevation with three-over-two pane sidelights, tripartite six-over-six pane to rear block and bipartite timber one-over-one pane with small-paned overlights to side elevations of front block, all with limestone sills. Double-leaf glazed timber panelled door, having glazed timber porch to front with cresting and finial to ridge and glazed timber panelled door. Two-storey outbuildings to north having pitched slate roofs, rendered chimneystack and rendered walls, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window and having square-headed vehicular entrance. Pedestrian entrance to road has decorative cast-iron railings and gate set to rendered walls having piers with panel detailing.

• House, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited attached L-plan two-bay two-storey house, dated 1854, with timber pubfronts to ground floor of front elevation and north gable. Now also in use as pub. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted ruled and lined rendered walls with render quoins and plinth course. Render lettering and panel with lettering to north gable. Square-headed window openings throughout with timber sliding sash windows with painted stone sills, six-over-six pane to front elevation and north gable, and two-over-two pane one a double window to rest of north elevation. Timber shopfront to front elevation comprising timber pilasters with caps and fascia, square-headed plate glass display window with timber sill and cast-iron protective railing, and square-headed door opening with timber panelled double-leaf door. Shopfront to north gable has timber pilasters having caps and fascia flanking replacement timber display window to one end with timber sill and cast-iron protective railing, and square-headed door opening to other end with timber panelled double-leaf doors.

• Bellevue House, walled garden, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, built c. 1855, with rubble limestone walls having curved north-west and south-east corners and dressed limestone copings. Segmental-headed pedestrian entrance to north with stepped render surround and decorative cast-iron gate. Square-headed pedestrian entrance to south with red brick voussoirs and surround and decorative cast-iron gate. Two-bay single-storey lean-to green house to north with brick plinth walls, corrugated plastic cladding and roofing and square-headed fixed timber windows. Gabled structure to north with petal slate pitched roof having decorative timber bargeboards and finial to front, and rubble limestone walls.

• Bellevue House, farmyard complex, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of outbuildings, built c. 1855, comprising three-bay two-storey block to west, thirteen-bay single-storey stable block to east and four-bay single-storey block to south. West block has hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and dressed limestone eaves course, rubble limestone walls with dressed and tooled quoins, replacement uPVC windows to square-headed window openings having red brick block-and-start surrounds to front elevation and dressed limestone voussoirs elsewhere, with cut limestone sills, segmental-arched former carriage entrance to front elevation having dressed limestone quoins and replacement uPVC windows, and square-headed door opening to rear with replacement uPVC door and dressed limestone voussoirs. Four-bay single-storey block to south with pitched slate roof having dressed limestone eaves course and with timber bargeboards to gables, rubble stone walls with cut limestone quoins, square-headed window openings with brick surrounds, cut limestone sills and timber fittings, and having square-headed doorways to front elevation with timber battened doors and carriage entrance to west gable. Stable block to east has pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and dressed limestone eaves course, rubble limestone walls with cut limestone quoins, square-headed window openings with cut limestone voussoirs and timber fittings, pair of infilled elliptical carriage entrances to centre with cut limestone voussoirs, and having square-headed door openings with timber battened doors and boarded up square-headed window openings. Entrance to south-west with square-profile dressed limestone piers with carved caps and corrugated-iron gate.

• Bellevue House, gates/railings/walls, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding rubble limestone boundary walls, built c. 1855, with limestone copings. Rendered sweep walls to entrance gates with dressed limestone and render copings surmounted by decorative cast-iron railings. Square-profile carved limestone piers with chamfered corners, recessed panels, plinths and decorative carved caps having double-leaf decorative cast-iron gates with floral motifs.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_943 (ZIP).

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.

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

Name

Ballydahin · Baile Dáithín

Area

1,152,325 m² (115.23 ha, 284.75 acres)

Civil parish

Mallow, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Mallow South Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mallow South Urban electoral division: 2,879 people in 1,210 households; 65% of households own their home; 7% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bearforest Lower, Carhookeal, Castlelands, Gooldshill, Killetra, Quartertown Lower

Placenames

Ballydahin 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.