Ballyhesty

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhesty, from 59 m² to 240,487 m² (24.05 ha, 59.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  The construction of a ground floor and first floor extension to rear of dwelling house (change of design to Planning No. 19/04629), the alterations of elevations to rear of dwelling. Also permission to alter canopy to side of dwelling house from a hip roof to a flat roof.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6899

• 6 Jul 2021Conditional permission

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5846

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  The construction of a single storey dwelling and detached single storey domestic garage, the provision of a wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, the provision of a new recessed entrance and driveway and ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5561

• 13 Mar 2019Conditional

  Construction of a ground floor and first floor extension to rear of dwelling house and the alterations of elevations to dwelling and retention for canopy to side of dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4629

• 21 Oct 2013Conditional

  Extension to sun room to side of dwellinghouse and retention of conversion of attic for storage and installation of 3 no. rooflights and retention of stone finish to dwelling and front of garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6005

• 10 Oct 2013Incompleted application

  Permission for extension to sunroom to side of dwelling and retention of conversion of attic for storage and installation of 3no. rooflights and retention of stone finish to dwelling and front of garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5947

• 12 Jun 2013Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and associated site development works including new entrance and waste water treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5106

• 18 Jul 2011Conditional

  Alterations to elevations and roof and construction of a one storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5554

• 7 Jul 2011Unconditional

  Completion of 3 no. detached dwellings and 1 no. detached domestic garage/store building containing 3 no. garages permitted under Planning Reg No. 06/7783

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5465

• 22 Dec 2009Withdrawn

  Construction of 4no. dwelling houses & associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8029

• 11 Dec 2009Incompleted application

  4 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7876

• 17 Jan 2008Conditional

  Alterations and single storey extensions to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4186

• 1 Jun 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8347

• 2 Jun 2006Conditional

  3 no. detached dwellings and 1 no. detached domestic garage/store building containing 3 no. garages

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7783

• 20 Oct 2005Refused

  3 no. detached two storey dwellings with 1no. detached garage/store building

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7699

• 20 May 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3457

• 11 Jan 2005Refused

  3 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/64

• 7 Oct 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/7595

• 11 Dec 2003Refused

  Dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6345

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 Ballyhesty.

Recorded monuments

• CO052-062 Bridge
  Description

  S of Carrignavar village, c. 20m downriver from c. 1820 bridge in use today. Remains of possible 17th-century bridge, crossing the Cloghnagashee river, which serves as the boundary between Carrignavar and Ballyhesty townlands, so that the N half of the bridge is in Carrignavar, and the S half of the bridge is in Ballyhesty. The bridge was first reported to NMS by Mary Ryan.   The bridge is oriented NNE-SSW. It is in a ruinous state and currently used as a footbridge, but it used to be the main bridge crossing, and is locally known as ‘the old bridge’. The new bridge was built in the 1820s, together with a new road going in a hairpin shape around the hill to the S of the river, known as ‘Chapel Hill’, which is also where the old village was located (Ó Donnchadha 1946). When the new bridge was built in the early 19th century, a new village developed to the N of the river, with a new church, school and constabulary barracks. According to Mary Ryan (pers. comm.) the old bridge was the link with the old castle and mansion house of the McCarthys of Carrignavar, which was part of the vast estates of the McCarthys, Lords of Muskerry and Earls of Clancarty. A ‘Court of Poetry’ flourished in the area during the first half of the 18th century, under the patronage of the Spáinneach McCarthys, and  across the ‘Old Bridge’ was the tavern of Seán Ó Broin, where the Court of Poetry is said to have convened.   The remains of the bridge consist of a triple-arched structure (L 10m; Wth 5.62m). The arches survive almost complete, though sections of the central arch to the E and W have collapsed, and the bridge carriageway from the top of the arches, including the parapets, is all but gone. Only a narrow, relatively overgrown path now allows access across the bridge. In the spring and summer time, the vegetation along the banks of the river make the bridge elevations almost completely invisible, and the bridge isn’t visible at all down from the new bridge, as it is during winter time. This dense vegetation, if it is not brought under control, may cause further collapse of masonry.   The bridge is built of roughly coursed rubble masonry. It has triangular but uncapped cutwaters upriver (Wth 0.76m; H 0.94 to 0.96m), while there is none downriver, though rectangular stone bases visible in the water indicate that they may have existed downriver too. The river level is very low, but it is relatively fast flowing, and the triangular upriver cutwaters, together with the visible quality of the work (despite the use of uncut stones), support the view that this was a bridge intended to last and to support substantial traffic, which would have been the case if it was part of a local route to and from Cork city. The relatively large width of the bridge is another indication of its – at least local – significance: while the carriageway does not survive, the piers are 5.62m wide; allowing for parapets between 0.50 to 1m (though they are unlikely to have been that wide) in width, the road itself would have been between 3.62 and 4.62m wide. The average width of bridges in Ireland in the 17th century was 4m, increasing to 5.5m in the 18th century (O’Keeffe and Simington, revised edition 2016, 98) – Carrignavar could have therefore been on the larger side, and may have allowed for traffic of single-horse drawn carriages coming from both direction to cross at the same time. Another indication of the existence of the bridge at least in the early 18th century and the relative importance of the road and crossing there is its inclusion on the Moll map of 1714, which shows the ‘principal roads’ of Ireland.   The bridge’s three arches are semi-circular; the central arch (H 2.71m; Wth c. 3.84m) is taller and wider than the arches on either side (H c. 2m; Wth 2.33m), indicating that the carriageway was hump-backed. The fact that nothing survive of the parapets and of the road itself, however, make it difficult to judge how pronounced the hump would have been. The arches rest on low piers (H c. 0.95m), the top of which is offset by c. 005 to 0.008m, creating a narrow ledge that continues on all around the central piers and along the side piers. Sections of the central arches have collapsed; to the W, a section of the S half of the arch (c. 1.20m NS by 1.90m EW), and to the E, a larger portion of the N half of the arch (2.5m NS by c. 2m EW) as well as most of the voussoirs (except at the springing points) are gone. The arches voussoirs are thin, uncut and set on edge, and, together with the higher central arch, suggest a 17th-century date for the construction of the bridge. Mary Ryan (pers. comm.) proposes that it is similar in construction to the Cromwell bridges of the late 16th and 17th century, such as Glengariffe bridge, which was originally a five-arched bridge, but of which only a single arch survives. According to local information, Carrignavar bridge is believed to have originally had five arches too. While it was not possible to determine whether further arches did exist due to vegetation and moss, the E face of the bridge at the S end continues on and suggests it is at least possible a further arch existed.   There is no evidence that the structure as it stands was ever widened. However, a wall extending off the bridge at the N end, clearly abutting the structure, and wall footing at S end, both on the downriver side, could have supported an extension, which may have been added at some point before it was finally decided to build a larger new bridge upriver. To the S of the bridge, an overgrown length of wall extends in a SSE direction, which may have been originally supporting the road coming onto the bridge from the Chapell Hill, where the village was located, and continuing S towards Cork city.   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye

• CO063-021 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  On ridge on E side of Glashaboy river valley. One stone lies prostrate. Conlon (1916) recorded both stones as then erect and the former presence of a third stone. Erect stone, aligned ENE-WSW, is 1.55m L, 0.55m T and 2.7m H. Prostrate slab stood 1.9m to W. It is 1.25m L, 0.3m T and stood 2.85m H. (Conlon 1916, 59-60; O Nualláin 1988, 244, No. 100) 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 Ballyhesty.

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

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Ballyhesty · Baile Hoiste

Area

1,014,308 m² (101.43 ha, 250.64 acres)

Civil parish

Dunbulloge, and its townlands

Barony

Cork

Electoral division

Whitechurch, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,050 people lived in 646 households in the Whitechurch electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycaskin, Carrignavar, Coole West, Dunbulloge, Killavarrig, Knockaneag

Placenames

Ballyhesty 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.