Ballyhoolahan Middle

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhoolahan Middle, from 288 m² to 390,351 m² (39.04 ha, 96.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Ballyhoolahan Middle 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct extension, alterations and carport to front of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6875

• 17 Nov 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission to construct extension, alterations and car port to front of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6494

• 26 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for extension, carport and associated site works to front of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6031

• 18 Aug 2025Invalid - case closed

  Construct extension, alterations and carport to front of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5654

• 23 Dec 2014Conditional

  Retention of first floor study and rooflights to rear elevation of dwelling and permission to install additional rooflight to rear elevation of same

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6796

• 7 May 2014Unconditional

  Retention of demolition of original farm building (cattle shed/hay barn) and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4924

• 19 Feb 2014Conditional

  (1) Permission for retention of stables including toilet, exercise/training area, proprietary foul water treatment system, and polishing filter. (2)Permission to improve sight lines on the public roadway and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4321

• 31 Oct 2013Withdrawn

  (1) Retention of stables including toilet, exercise/training area, internal farm tracks, proprietary foul water treatment system, polishing filter, and (2) permission for construction of equine sheds to include loose housing pens with paddocks, stables with fodder/machinery store, covered dungstead with holding tank, hardstanding area, horse training ring area with sand surface and realignment of existing farm entrance to improve sight lines on the public roadway and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6072

• 14 May 2013Withdrawn

  Construction of equine sheds to include loose housing pens with paddocks, stables with fodder/machinery store, covered dungstead with holding tank, hardstanding area, horse exercising area with woodchip surface with post and rail fencing and horse rail fencing and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4894

• 27 Oct 2011Conditional

  Retention of sunroom to front of dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 11/6298

• 9 Jun 2008Conditional

  Construction of vehicular entrance, installation of waste water treatment unit and retention and completion of bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7164

• 10 Aug 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6301

• 26 Apr 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/2803

• 6 Aug 2003Conditional

  Agricultural entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3927

• 26 May 2003Conditional

  Erection of a polytunnel and domestic wind generator

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2495

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

• CO022-147003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; circular area (c. 35m E-W) defined by low rise (H 0.3m) N->W; low scarp elsewhere. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 492) as single-ramparted fort (diam. 35yd; bank H c. 4ft) on H. O'Connor's land, with interior higher than outside field level. One of a group of five ringforts (CO022-151---; CO022-152---; CO022-153---; CO022-155---) in five adjoining fields. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-147004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on E bank of stream. Partially overgrown irregular mound of burnt material (c. 17.3m E-W; c. 15.2m N-S; H 0.15m). Second fulacht fiadh (10300) c. 10m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-147005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on E side of stream. Semicircular mound of burnt material (c. 13.85m N-S; c. 7.6m E-W; H 0.2m); opening faces SE. Second fulacht fiadh (10299) c. 10m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-148 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-149 Fulacht fia
  Description

  According to local information, spread of burnt material noted when field was ploughed. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-151 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low rise to E and S may mark line of levelled bank. According to local information, site of fort. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 492) as 'levelled, single-ramparted' fort (diam. c. 29yd) on H. O'Connor's land. One of a group of five ringforts (CO022-14703-; CO022-152---; CO022-153---; CO022-155---) in five adjoining fields. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope of E-W ridge. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Roughly circular, saucer-shaped area (c. 39.5m N-S; c. 34.5m E-W) enclosed by low rise (H 0.4m); shallow depression to W indicates remains of external fosse. According to local information, levelled c. 1970. Bowman (1934, 491) recorded fort on H. O'Connor's land, as single-ramparted (bank c. 7ft H; diam. 43yd), with interior c. 4ft higher than level of surrounding field. One of a group of five ringforts (CO022-14703-; CO022-151---; CO022-153---; CO022-155---) in five adjoining fields. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-153 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; lime kiln in SE bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured bank replaced to SE by straight line on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1981. Levelled bank survives as low rise NE->SE; also defined by band of yellow grass which survives all round enclosing circular area (26.7m E-W; 25.3m N-S). Break in cropmark to SSE (Wth c. 2.6m) may mark entrance. Bank visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 491) as single-ramparted oval enclosure (dims. 25yd by 22yd; bank H c. 5ft), with interior c. 3ft higher than surrounding field level. One of a group of five ringforts (CO022-14703-; CO022-151---; CO022-152---; CO022-155---) in five adjoining fields. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-154 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 40m NW of spring. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (15.3m N-S; 14.2m E-W; H 0.85m); opening (Wth c. 6m) faces ENE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-155 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope of E-W ridge. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (c. 31.5m E-W; c. 30.5m N-S) enclosed by low rise (H 0.4m); shallow external fosse visible to E. Circular enclosure visible as shadow site of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). Cultivation ridges visible as cropmarks crossing field and enclosure on N-S axis also visible in aerial photograph (CASAP). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 491-2) as single-ramparted fort (dims. 36yd by 31yd; bank c. 7ft H) on H. O'Connor's land, with one-third of circuit levelled; interior c. 4ft higher than outside field level. One of a group of five ringforts (CO022-14703-; CO022-151---; CO022-152---; CO022-153---) in five adjoining fields. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-156 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture c. 10m N of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to local information, mound levelled c. 1974. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five bay single-storey house, built c. 1800, having two dormer attic windows to façade, and having single-bay single-storey flat-roof and pitched-roof extensions to south, and pitched roof return to rear. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks with some terracotta chimney pots. Rendered walls with render quoins. Pitched slate roofs to dormers. Square-headed window openings to dormers having replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed window openings to ground floor having nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, double sash windows flanking entrance doorway, with tooled limestone sills. Diminutive square-headed window openings to rear having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, one being eaves window to attic. Square-headed opening having timber casement window to return. Square-headed front doorway with replacement timber panelled door, and overlight. Single-storey and lofted outbuildings to rear, with pitched slate roofs, painted coursed rubble stone walls, square-headed window and door openings, and with loop openings facing road. Outbuilding to west with barrel corrugated-iron roof, painted coursed rubble walls and square-headed openings. Painted rendered boundary walls having render recessed panels, terminating in square-profile piers with wrought-iron gates, and pedestrian gateway having rendered square-profile piers with pyramidal caps and decoratuve wrought-iron gate. Round-headed arch set boundary wall to north of house.

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 10 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 Ballyhoolahan Middle.

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

Name

Ballyhoolahan Middle · Baile Uí Uallacháin Láir

Area

1,685,513 m² (168.55 ha, 416.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Ballyhoolahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyhoolahan electoral division: 295 people in 102 households; 92% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaneenagh, Ballyhoolahan East, Ballyhoolahan West, Derrishal, Dromanarrigle, Farrangeel

Placenames

Ballyhoolahan Middle 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.