Ballymackean

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymackean, from 17 m² to 238,503 m² (23.85 ha, 58.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballymackean 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.

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage/workshop and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5748

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of two new extensions to a dwelling house, the modifications to all elevations and layout and all associated site works including the relocation of the existing secondary wastewater treatment unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6488

• 3 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, a new detached domestic garage and all associated site works (change of design and layout to that previously granted under planning reg. no. 20/4619).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6302

• 2 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for i) the demolition of existing temporary structures on the site and the removal of the existing on-site wastewater treatment plant, ii) the construction of a single storey L-shaped museum measuring (641m2) partially below ground level incorporating an exhibition space, café, staff facilities, visitor bathrooms, gift shop, lift, plant and storeroom, iii) alterations to the existing vehicular entrance, relocation of existing parking and the provision of new-car parking, iv) installation of a new wastewater treatment system and well with associated works, v) all associated landscaping and ancillary site development works. The Old Head Signal Tower is a Recorded Protected Structure (RPS Ref; no.00772) within the Cork County Development Plan

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5660

• 25 May 2023Unconditional

  Erection of standing stone monument and associated works within the grounds of the Lusitania Museum and Old Head Signal Tower. The Signal Tower is a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. No. 772).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5056

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct (i) Loose shed with crush and effluent tank. (ii) Agricultural storage shed and concrete yard area. (iii) Upgrading existing farm entrance with hardcore roadway and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5032

• 17 Apr 2023Incompleted application

  Construct (i) loose shed with crush and effluent tank, (ii) agricultural storage shed and concrete yard area, (iii) upgrading existing farm entrance with hardcore roadway and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4737

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of planning permission to (1) demolish existing extensions to existing dwelling house, (2) to construct new ground and first floor extensions to existing dwelling house, (3) to construct a new roof light, (4) to alter and modify existing doors and windows openings of existing dwelling house, (5) to construct a new detached domestic garage, (6) to construct a waste water treatment unit and percolation area, (7) new rainwater soak pits, (8) with ancillary works, and (9) all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6684

• 18 Nov 2022Conditional

  Construct a new vehicular entrance and alterations to site boundaries from those previously granted under Pl.Reg.No. 13/5681.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6581

• 19 Oct 2022Refused

  Permission to construct (i) loose shed with crush and effluent tank (ii) agricultural storage shed and concrete yard (iii) upgrading existing farm entrance with hardcore roadway and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6366

• 28 Jul 2022Conditional

  (1) The demolition of a farmhouse dwelling, agricultural buildings and walls; (2) the construction of 4 no. single storey “farmhouse” apartment units, each comprising 4 no. en suite bedrooms and an open plan living area for short term holiday accommodation with associated covered deck area and external fire pit; (3) the construction of 1 no. two-storey “barn” building comprising 2 no. holiday apartments each comprising 4 no. en suite bedrooms, for short term holiday accommodation and an open plan living area with associated covered deck area; (4) the provision of a central walled garden with feature wall and walkway to car park; (5) the construction of a single storey caretaker lodge to provide on-site reception/office area and overnight accommodation for the caretaker who will provide 24 hour services to guests including shared transfer to and from the Old Head Golf Links clubhouse and golf course; and (6) upgrade and widening of existing entrance to include demolition of existing southern entrance wall and construction of new southern entrance wall; and refurbishment of existing northern entrance wall with different stonework. A car park with 16 car parking spaces and 4 golf buggy parking spaces will be provided on site. The proposal will include all associated ancillary site development works including landscaping and boundary treatments, drainage, access, lighting, signage, parking, bin store, on-site well, construction of Pumphouse, underground water tanks and new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5778

• 27 Jun 2022Conditional

  Extension and alterations to existing dwelling house, installation of on-site waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5495

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  Permission for (i) the construction of a new machinery shed (ii) alterations to the existing farm yard entrance (iii) the demolition of the remains of a partially collapsed farm store building and (iv) the construction of a new farm store and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4278

• 21 Jan 2022Conditional

  Construction of agricultural entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4092

• 20 Dec 2021Incompleted application

  The construction of a new field entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7425

• 25 Mar 2020Conditional

  Construction of a detached dwelling and a detached garage with store area, new vehicular site entrance, new biofiltration treatment unit, new potable well and all associated site works and boundary treatments.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4619

• 2 Oct 2019Conditional

  Partial demolition of an existing dwelling and 3 no. sheds and alterations to elevations and extensions to existing dwelling, landscaping, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6387

• 27 Aug 2019Incompleted application

  Partial demolition of an existing dwelling and 3 no. sheds and alterations to elevations and extensions to existing dwelling, landscaping, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6134

• 24 Jul 2019Incompleted application

  Extensions, elevational changes, demolitions, internal refurbishments to an existing dwelling, landscaping, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5868

• 17 Jun 2019Withdrawn

  (1) The demolition of a farm house dwelling, agricultural buildings and walls; (2) the construction of 4 no. single storey “farmhouse” apartment units, each comprising 4 no. en suite bedrooms and an open plan living area for short term holiday accommodation with associated covered deck area and external fire pit; (3) the construction of 1 no. two-storey “barn” building comprising 2 no. holiday apartments, each comprising 4 no. en suite bedrooms, for short term holiday accommodation and an open plan living area with associated covered deck area; (4) the provision of a communal space for all guests within the southern section of the two-storey “barn” building; (5) the provision of a central courtyard/walled garden with feature wall and walkway to car park; (6) the construction of a single storey “gate lodge” to be located at the entrance to the site to provide on-site reception/office area and overnight accommodation for the caretaker who will provide 24 hour services to guests including shared transfer to and from the Old Head Golf Links clubhouse and golf course; and (7) The existing entrance walls to be refurbished with different stonework. A car park, service yard area and drop off roundabout will be provided on site. The proposal will include all associated ancillary site development works including landscaping and mounds, drainage, access and new wastewater treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5571

• 31 Aug 2018Conditional

  Construction of calf-rearing house and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6307

• 15 Jan 2018Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, potable well, wastewater treatment and disposal system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4074

• 12 Jun 2017Conditional

  Construction of cattle shed consisting on underground slatted tank, feeding passage all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5463

• 1 Dec 2016Conditional

  The demolition of an existing single store extension and single storey detached out-building and the construction of a new single storey ground floor extension and a new first floor extension all to the existing single storey detached dwelling and including elevational alterations to the existing dwelling and a new waste water treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6992

• 2 Nov 2016Incompleted application

  The demolition of an existing single storey extension and single storey detached out-building and the construction of a new single storey ground floor extension and a new first floor extension all to the existing single storey detached dwelling and including elevational alterations to the existing dwelling and a new waste water treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6743

The 25 most recent of 48 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Old Head of Kinsale SPA 004021
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Old Head Of Kinsale 000100

Recorded monuments

• CO137-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on E-facing slope, Holeopen Bay to SW. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO137-006001 Souterrain
  Description

  Local information records the existence of a souterrain in the ringfort (CO137-006----) (pers. comm. J. Lordan). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• CO137-008 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated towards the S end of a low hill to the N of the Old Head of Kinsale c. 250m N of the ‘narrow’ neck of the Old Head of Kinsale, and c. 1.9kms NNW\N of the tip of the Old Head Peninsula (OD c. 90m). Situated on an area of level ground with steep slopes to the E, S and W. Located c. 134m W of the coastline of Heleopen Bay and c. 275m E of the coastline at Hopeopen Bay West. The surrounding landscape to N consists of large arable fields, defined by liner field boundaries, with short areas of rough unenclosed pastureland located between this site and the coastline to the SW and E\SE. The area around the signal station\tower site has been landscaped as part of the renovation of the site to create a visitor attraction. The adjacent stations in the signal station\tower chain are found at Ballymacedmond, Seven Heads (CO145-008----), which is located c. 13.1kms to the WSW, where the signal station\tower survives in relatively good condition, and at Barry’s Head (SMR CO113-032----), which was located c. 13.7kms to the NE, now demolished. This signal station\tower site at the Old Head of Kinsale is situated c. 240m N of a tower house (CO137-009001-), with associated defensive features, located at the ‘neck’ of the peninsula, and c. 1.85kms NNW\N of the lighthouse (NIAH Reg. No. 20913710) located close to the of the peninsula. An early-nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) two-storey over partial raised basement square-plan signal station\tower (ext. dims. c. 5.8m NW-SE x c. 5.8m NE-SW; int. dims c. 4.27m NW-SE x 4.25m NE-SW; wall T c. 0.9m), originally built with roughly coursed rubble stone masonry. The exterior has recently been weather-slated as part of extensive renovations; the exterior was originally lime rendered and weather-slated. The signal tower is positioned with its walls facing NE, SE, SW and NW. The main square-headed doorway is located to the centre of the SE elevation at first floor level; this would have been originally accessed via a retractable ladder. The doorway is protected by a rectangular machicolation over supported by three corbels. There are pairs of square-headed window openings to the NE and SW elevations at ground and first floor level; these now contain modern fittings. The NW wall bows out slightly across its whole width to house the internal chimney flue. Rebuilt corner bartizans are located to the N and W corners, each supported by three corbels. Kerrigan established that the signal tower and signal mast had been erected by 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 277). The signal tower has recently been recently restored (c. 2015) to an approximation of its original condition and converted into a modern visitor attraction. Modern steel and concrete staircases have been added both internally and externally to improve access etc., modern glazed porch added to ground floor entrance, and a covered entrance now protrudes at roof level to allow access to the roof and parapet wall. A freestanding cut stone trigonometry pillar is located to the NW of the signal tower. A replica signal mast has been erected to the SE of the tower, in the centre of an elaborate circular garden of remembrance that commemorates the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 off the Old Head of Kinsale. Hamilton’s 1806 map shows the signal station\tower was located in the centre of a rectangular-plan enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m NW-SE x c. 52.5m SW-NE) with a semi-circular ‘bulge’ to the SE end. The signal mast was originally sites to the centre of this oval element. The enclosure is shown with the same plan-form on the Ordnance Survey first ed. (surveyed 1841-2), second ed. (surveyed 1897-1904) and third ed. (surveyed 1927-37) six-inch maps. Only the SE and SW boundaries of this enclosure survived prior to the recent restoration work, mostly as a grassed-over earthen bank. A new wall has been constructed around the S part of the enclosure, following the original boundary line, which encloses the modern garden of remembrance. A small rectangular-plan structure is indicated a short distance to the NW of the main structure on the Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map of the site, c. 1901, now no longer extant. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). References: Kerrigan, P. M. 1995. Castles and Fortifications in Ireland 1485-1945. Cork. The Collins Press. Derived from: Rathbone, S. 2020. ‘The Construction, Survival and use of Signal Defensible Guard Houses in Connacht and Ulster’; unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Technology, Sligo. Primary Supervisor: Dr James Bonsall. Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 23/09/22 Images: CO137-008----.01 SE elevation CO137-008----.02 SW elevation CO137-008----.03 NE elevation CO137-008----.04 NW elevation CO137-008----.05 View of corner bartizan CO137-008----.06 View of corner bartizan from roof CO137-008----.07 View of modern signal mast to SE

• CO137-014 Souterrain
  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.

• CO137A002 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.

• CO137A002001 Hut site
  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, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1860, having single bay addition to side (east) and pitched roofed addition to rear. Currently vacant. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, dormer windows to front (south), timber clad eaves and rendered gable copings. Roughcast rendered walls, having exposed rubble stone to side (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with render and stone sills throughout, having rendered reveals and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, many now damaged or absent. Square-headed door opening with timber door frame. Set within own grounds with rubble stone boundary wall with camber-headed door opening to side (west) along roadside. Recent concrete wall to front.

• Old Head of Kinsale Signal Tower, signal tower, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding two-bay three-stage signal tower, built c.1805, having rendered and slate hanging machicolation on rubble stone corbels to front (south) and remains of rubble stone bartizans to north-east and north-west corners. Now ruinous. Exposed rubble stone walls with sections of render and slate hanging throughout. Square-headed window openings throughout. Square-headed door opening to first stage of front elevation, having stone voussoirs. Later camber-headed door opening with stone voussoirs to ground floor of side (east) elevation. Set within open countryside overlooking Holeopen Bay.

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 Ballymackean, 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 Ballymackean.

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

Name

Ballymackean · Baile Mhic Céin

Area

1,247,209 m² (124.72 ha, 308.19 acres)

Civil parish

Ringrone, and its townlands

Barony

Courceys

Electoral division

Ballymackean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

398 people lived in 138 households in the Ballymackean electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Downmacpatrick or Oldhead, Lispatrick Lower, Lispatrick Upper

Placenames

Ballymackean 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.