Ballymague
Townland in the civil parish of Caherduggan, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Maigiú
- Area
- 174.6 ha
- 431 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 19,241 m² (1.92 ha, 4.75 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymague, from 70 m² to 201,537 m² (20.15 ha, 49.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 54 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Feb 2020Unconditional
Construction of new dwelling and garage with all associated services and site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/06026.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/4406
24 Nov 2015Conditional
Construction of single storey extensions to the existing dwelling, construction of an agricultural shed to serve the adjacent farmland as storage space for timber, straw and hay, for the construction of a vegetable tunnel for domestic use and associated ground works; the extensions include a sun-room, one bedroom and a gym; the associated ground works relate to the constructive works and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6649
28 Oct 2015Incompleted application
Construction of single storey extensions to existing dwelling, construction of an agricultural shed to serve the adjacent farmland and associated ground works; the extensions include a sun-room, one bedroom and a gym; the associated ground works relate to the constructive works and landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6416
20 Mar 2015Conditional
To construct a new 2 storey dwelling and garage with new site entrance and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4541
6 Mar 2015Incompleted application
Construction of two storey dwelling and garage with new site entrance and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4443
11 Feb 2015Conditional
Retention of 1no. fully serviced two storey dwelling in place of that permitted under planning ref. No. 04/733
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4251
22 Sept 2014Conditional
Construction of new dwelling and garage with all associated services and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6026
11 Feb 2013Conditional
Construction of extension and alterations to existing dwelling, construction of a new garage and an outbuilding used for storage, relocation of the existing site entrance and construction of a new entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and associated ground works, the extension includes a living room, 1no. bedroom and 1no. bathroom on the ground floor, and 2no. bedrooms and 1no. bathroom on the first floor with associated staircase. The alterations refer to internal layout changes in the existing structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4224
14 Oct 2009Conditional
Construction of new entrance and changes to front elevation of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7324
21 Sept 2009Incompleted application
New entrance and alterations to front elevation of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7101
6 Feb 2009Conditional
Single storey extension to front and rear of dwellinghouse and construction of bay window to side
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4366
24 Jul 2007Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9823
18 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8766
21 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8561
4 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2976
14 Apr 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2368
14 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2398
10 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/733
26 Nov 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5972
12 May 2003Conditional
Dwelllinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2237
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 Ballymague.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
In gently rolling pasture. Roughly circular area (35.5m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.35m); external fosse (D 0.25m) to S and W. Bank stone faced to N where incorporated into field fence system; elsewhere remains of stone facing exist on outer bank face. Laneway skirts bank to N and E; external face of bank to E built outwards to form stone-faced angled corner. Interior slopes down gently to S; low, L-shaped bank (L 6.3m E-W; L 2.5m N-S; H 0.25m) in NW quadrant; possible souterrain (CO025-129---) off-centre to W. 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
- CO025-008 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In tillage, on edge of scarp which slopes down to SE. Depicted as hachured oval-shaped enclosure (c. 20m NW-SE; c. 18m NE-SW) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R526) as cropmark of fosse and faint trace of external bank. Levelled; rock outcrop, which appears to have been quarried, visible in area of site; large quarry to E. 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
- CO025-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, below crest of hill on SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Field boundary which bisected enclosure on NW-SE axis also removed. 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
- CO025-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; arc (diam. c. 26.5m) formed by slight scarp visible NNW->SE. Interior slopes down to E. Quarry c. 70m to WNW of site, is now locally known as the fort. 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
- CO025-129 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO025-007---). Depression (L 6m; Wth 4m; D 0.4m), off-centre to W, may indicate collapsed souterrain. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymague.
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
- 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 Ballymague.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballymague with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymague · Baile Maigiú
- Area
- 1,746,076 m² (174.61 ha, 431.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caherduggan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Buttevant, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Buttevant electoral division: 1,965 people in 758 households; 72% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybeg East, Ballybeg Middle, Banefune, Clogheen, Lag, Twopothouse
- Placenames
- Ballymague 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.