Ballygirriha

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygirriha, from 91 m² to 427,218 m² (42.72 ha, 105.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballygirriha 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.

• 10 Jun 2025Refused

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling with associated single storey detached garage, a new site entrance, a new wastewater treatment unit, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5121

• 2 May 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling with associated single storey detached garage, a new site entrance, a new wastewater treatment unit, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4832

• 29 Apr 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission for first floor extension above existing front porch, retention permission for new window on the ground floor west elevation and new rooflight on north elevation and retention permission for alterations to ground floor windows & rooflights to south elevation to dwelling granted under 18/5344.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4792

• 12 Mar 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for first floor above existing existing front porch, retention permission for new window on the ground floor West elevation and new rooflight on the North elevation and retention permission for alterations to ground floor windows & rooflights to South elevation to dwelling granted under 18/5344

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4427

• 31 Jan 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling house and domestic garage, installation of a bored well, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, creation of a new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4116

• 29 Nov 2023Refused

  Construct 5 no dwellings with associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/4732

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/6394

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  The construction of a single storey detached dwelling with associated single storey detached garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6413

• 18 Jul 2022Conditional

  Construction of two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, splayed entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5689

• 3 May 2022Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house (storey and a half), detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4995

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  Construction of a detached dwelling, effluent treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7446

• 26 May 2021Conditional

  To remove existing roof and build new roof with raised ridge line to accommodate new first floor development with new dormer roof windows and velux roof windows at front north east facing elevation, new velux roof windows at rear south west facing elevation, new porch at front, new natural stone cladding at front facing gable, new window at first floor at front north east facing gable, new window at ground floor at north west facing elevation, new single storey extension at rear, minor change in window configuration at front elevation of dwelling house, new detached garage for domestic use, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5460

• 26 Apr 2021Incompleted application

  To remove existing roof and build new roof with raised ridge line to accommodate new first floor development with new dormer roof windows and velux roof windows at front north east facing elevation, new velux roof windows at rear south west facing elevation, new porch at front, new natural stone cladding at front facing gable, new window at first floor at front north east facing gable, new window at ground floor at north west facing elevation, new single storey extension at rear, minor change in window configuration at front elevation, new detached garage for domestic use, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5097

• 1 Dec 2020Conditional

  The construction of a new single storey dwelling house, provision of a secondary waste water treatment unit with associated polishing filter and new vehicular entrance onto the public road, with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6691

• 19 Jun 2020Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5256

• 16 Apr 2020Conditional

  To construct an apartment, (granny flat) attached to western side of existing dwelling house, to form ancillary family residential unit, decommission exiting septic tank, and install a wastewater treatment unit, percolation area to server existing dwelling house and proposed apartment, and for the retention of existing domestic garage, with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4764

• 13 Dec 2019Refused

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6968

• 11 Dec 2019Refused

  Retention of domestic garage, and permission to construct an apartment attached to western side of existing dwellinghhouse, decommission existing septic tank, install a wastewater treatment unit, percolation area to serve existing dwellinghouse and proposed apartment, and raise road boundary block wall to a max height of 1.8m with all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 19/6942

• 14 Jun 2019Withdrawn

  To construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5565

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  Demolish existing rear extension and construct new two storey extension to dwelling house at rear (north facing side), minor alterations including new canopy over front door and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5532

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse with related site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5382

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5344

• 26 Mar 2018Conditional

  Construct 5 no dwellings with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4732

• 13 Mar 2018Conditional

  Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Reg. Ref. 17/4713) for development consisting of the construction of dwelling house, waste water treatment system, site entrance and associated works.

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 18/4607

• 24 Jan 2018Incompleted application

  Construct 5 no. dwellings with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4181

• 29 Nov 2017Withdrawn

  Permission Consequent on the Grant of Outline Permission: Ref 17/4713. Construction of dwelling house, waste water treatment system, site entrance and associated works.

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 17/7108

The 25 most recent of 57 applications.

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 Ballygirriha.

Recorded monuments

• CO050-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (diam. 26.8m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.5m). Bank stone-faced externally. Roadway to N respects site. 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

• CO061-040 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In bogland. Stone (H 0.96m; 0.52m x 0.2m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis ENE-WSW. 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

• CO061-041 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Shown as single stone on 1903 OS 6-inch map. Removed; no visible surface trace. According to Hartnett (1939, 172), the field in which it stood was known locally as 'Pairc a Dallain'. 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

• CO061-042 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture. Removed. According to Hartnett (1939, 172) 'grey sandstone standing obliquely (H 84ins; 10ins x 46ins)'. 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

• CO061-043001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 39m) defined by earthen bank (H 2m); levelled NNE->E; destroyed to SE by line of NE-SW avenue. Limekiln depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map outside E bank; no visible surface trace. According to Hartnett (1939, 172), 'to the east outside the fort is a spring well'. Souterrain (CO061-043002-) 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

• CO061-043002 Souterrain
  Description

  In SW quadrant of ringfort (CO061-043001-). Discovered in 1988 during ploughing. Small opening revealed stone-lined passage roofed with stone lintels visible for 1.3m; much collapsed beyond this point. According to local information, earlier collapse (c. 1938) occurred in SE quadrant of ringfort revealing "several rooms". 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

• CO061-044001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on E side of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (CO061-044002-) c. 40m 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

• CO061-044002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, to E of stream. Low, circular mound of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (CO061-044001-) c. 40m to N. 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

• CO061-045 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing, to E of stream. Spread of burnt material noted. 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

• CO061-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (diam. 30.1m) defined by earthen bank (H 2.6m). According to landowner, depressions in NE quadrant due to recent digging-up of surface. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygirriha.

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 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 Ballygirriha.

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 Ballygirriha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballygirriha · Baile Uí Dhorchaí

Area

2,771,232 m² (277.12 ha, 684.79 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Gowlane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gowlane electoral division: 1,326 people in 436 households; 84% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycunningham, Ballyhennessy, Carhue, Fornaght, Knockanare, Lackabane, Reagrellagh, Scarteen

Placenames

Ballygirriha 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.