Ballymacorcoran
Ballymacorcoran is a townland in the civil parish of Clondrohid, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Mhic Corcráin.
- Area
- 91.5 ha
- 226 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 7,301 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacorcoran, from 489 m² to 276,668 m² (27.67 ha, 68.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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 Ballymacorcoran 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
26 Sept 2026Awaiting admin validation
Planning permission for the construction of a new domestic dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works at Ballymacorcoran Clondrohid Macroom Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2501
4 Apr 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for the retention of 2 no. existing temporary modular buildings which are used as dressing rooms for a duration of 10 years together with permission for retention of storage container, proprietary treatment unit and percolation area. Permission to develop a hurling ball wall with 10.4m high ball stop post and netting, control room, 6 no. floodlighting columns consisting of 6 no. 20m high poles with HFL 19S-1800WG-BR3030-757-60L-140 lights which will provide lighting to serve both the main pitch and training pitch, water harvesting tank for pitch sprinkler system, proposed new entrance slip road, proposed new boundary retaining wall, along with changes in design and layout to car park and the proposed pathway around the main pitch to that previously granted under planning reference number 19/6850, together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4589
14 Mar 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 2 no. existing temporary modular buildings which are used as dressing rooms for a duration of 10 years together with permission for retention of storage container, proprietary treatment unit and percolation area. Permission to develop a hurling ball wall with 10m high ball stop post and netting, control room, 6 no. floodlighting columns consisting of 6 no. 20m high poles with HFL 19S-1800WG-BR3030-757-60L-140 lights, a 1.5m pedestrian path around main pitch, water harvesting tank for pitch sprinkler system, new proposed slip road at entrance including pre-cast block retaining system to front boundary together with all other ancillary site works (Permission was previously granted on this site under planning reference 19/6850).
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4453
14 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5119
22 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of : a) Extensions & alterations to existing dwelling (including attached tool shed & utility room and semi-enclosed car port), b) Domestic garage/store, c) Open horse shelter (wooden construction) & d) Horse stable/shed.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/6336
29 Nov 2019Conditional
Construction of a 12,600m2 grass playing pitch, 4,900m2 grass training pitch, 5,200m2 hardstanding car park, hurling wall, new vehicular entrance, training pitch lighting, car park lighting and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6850
19 Nov 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a 12,600m2 grass playing pitch, 4,900m2 grass training pitch, 5,200m2 hardstanding car park, hurling wall, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6741
15 Oct 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a 12,600m² grass playing pitch, 4,900m² grass training pitch, 5,200m² hardstanding car park, hurling wall, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6488
26 Apr 2018Conditional
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5038
14 May 2014Conditional
Construction of general purpose shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4988
29 Jan 2014Refused
Demolition of disused derelict dwelling, construction of agricultural machinery store incorporating front wall of demolished structure and construction of general purpose shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4156
6 Mar 2013Conditional
Slatted cubicle house and associated concrete yards and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4365
15 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to dwellinghouse and detached garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6110
30 Nov 2005Refused
Two storey log dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8825
24 Jun 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4608
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 Ballymacorcoran.
Recorded monuments
- CO059-128 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (32m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 3.2m); shallow external fosse NE->W. Inner face of bank stone-faced W->NE; field clearance material dumped against inner face NE->S. Break in bank to NE (Wth 2.4m) with remains of causeway; second break (Wth 4.4m) to W. Fosse infilled with rubble SE->W where best preserved; truncated by septic tank to ESE. Interior raised on SW side to compensate for hillslope. 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
- CO059-129 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in W-facing slope. Circular area (32m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.4m), planted with coniferous trees. Break in bank to N. Interior raised on W side to compensate for hillslope. Surrounding field fences removed. 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
- CO059-130 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in gentle SW-facing slope, E of Foherish River. Circular slightly raised area (36m E-W; 34m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) with shallow external fosse to N. Break in bank to WSW. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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 Ballymacorcoran.
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 Ballymacorcoran, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymacorcoran.
- 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 Ballymacorcoran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymacorcoran · Baile Mhic Corcráin
- Area
- 914,819 m² (91.48 ha, 226.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondrohid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Clondrohid, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 894 people lived in 325 households in the Clondrohid electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caherkeegane, Garranenagappul, Gortavranner, Lacktify, Mullenroe
- Placenames
- Ballymacorcoran 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.