Ballyfoyle
Ballyfoyle is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyfoyle, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Béal an Phoill.
- Area
- 156 ha
- 385 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 4,485 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfoyle, from 24 m² to 357,424 m² (35.74 ha, 88.32 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 Ballyfoyle 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
23 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4742
23 Sept 2022Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6153
29 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Construction of bungalow, with new entrance, water treatment plant and associated services. - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/04486
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/4668
27 Aug 2021Refused
To construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6362
11 Oct 2018Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6696
24 Nov 2017Refused
Construction of a dwelling house, vehicular entrance, proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7050
2 Mar 2017Conditional
Construction of bungalow, with new entrance, water treatment plant and associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4486
11 May 2016Conditional
To construct a two storey extension to side and carry out alterations to dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5131
7 Aug 2015Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, installation of a proprietary treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5769
13 Mar 2015Unconditional
Retention of conversion of attic space to habitable accommodation, permission for 2 no. velux windows to replace existing velux windows in existing dwellinghouse roof and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4497
11 Sept 2014Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage for domestic purpose, installation of proprietary treatment unit and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5940
31 Jul 2014Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5649
22 May 2014Conditional
Demolition of existing two-storey dwellinghouse and construction of two-storey dwellinghouse, including waste water treatment system, adjustments to the existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5070
4 Jul 2013Unconditional
Construction of a storey and a half dwellinghouse and installation of a proprietary treatment unit, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/7594
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5277
4 Oct 2012Unconditional
Dwelling, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg 06/9176
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6102
30 Jun 2008Conditional
Construction of a storey and a half dwellinghouse and installation of a proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7594
4 Jun 2008Incompleted application
One and half storey dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7089
25 Apr 2008Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and wastewawater treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6305
26 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of dairy unit with slurry storage, milking parlour, calf house, silage pits and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5404
24 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9176
16 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/8136
12 Jan 2006Conditional
Construction of bungalow and septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4093
11 Jan 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4079
3 May 2005Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/2910
15 Sept 2004Conditional
Construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7004
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Ballyfoyle.
Recorded monuments
- CO113-011001 Graveyard
Description
On SE side of road; trapezoidal area (c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by stone wall; interior slopes down gently to S. Many low uninscribed grave markers in S half; headstone dated 1782 in SE corner; another stone (H0.6m; 0.25m x 0.16m) has simple Latin cross (H 0.2m; Wth 0.14m) incised on W face. Vault of Roberts family with date 1838 in NE corner. Still in use. No visible surface trace of Ballyfoyle parish church which stood to N of centre (site indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map); in repair 1615 but ruinous by 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 354-5). 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
- CO113-011002 Church
Description
This church is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 2 East and South Cork' (1994, 257) under the entry (no. 5685) for a graveyard (CO113-011002-). The reference to the church in the entry reads: 'No visible surface trace of Ballyfoyle parish church which stood to N of centre (site indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map); in repair 1615 but ruinous by 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 354-5). 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
- CO113-012001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Semi-circular arc (33.2m NE-SW) formed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) with external fosse (D 0.2m). Interior delimited on SE side by field fence running NE-SW. No visible surface trace of enclosure on SE side of field fence. Raised, roughly oval-shaped annexe (40m N-S; 28m E-W) (CO113-012002-) adjoins arc to NNE, defined by scarp (max. H 2m); interior slopes down to N. 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
- CO113-012002 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Semi-circular arc (33.2m NE-SW) formed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) with external fosse (D 0.2m). Interior delimited on SE side by field fence running NE-SW. No visible surface trace of enclosure on SE side of field fence. Raised, roughly oval-shaped annexe (40m N-S; 28m E-W) (CO113-012002-) adjoins arc to NNE, defined by scarp (max. H 2m); interior slopes down to N. 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
- CO113-044 Promontory fort - coastal
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyfoyle.
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 Ballyfoyle, 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 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 Ballyfoyle.
- 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 Ballyfoyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyfoyle · Béal an Phoill
- Area
- 1,559,787 m² (155.98 ha, 385.43 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
- Ballinvologe, Britfieldstown, Knocknamanagh, Reagrove
- Placenames
- Ballyfoyle 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.