Ballymakeagh
Ballymakeagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacdonogh, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Mhic Ia.
- Area
- 136.3 ha
- 337 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 2,808 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymakeagh, from 312 m² to 347,584 m² (34.76 ha, 85.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Ballymakeagh 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
24 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for :- 1) the demolition of: a) a single storey lean-to extension to the rear of the existing dwelling; b) part of the existing single storey attached storage shed to detach the existing shed from the dwelling; c) the single storey porch to the front elevation; 2) the construction of a new single storey extension; 3) raising the roof of the existing two storey flat roof extension to the rear of the dwelling; 4) alterations to the existing dwelling facades to include new windows and doors; 5) the installation of a new wastewater treatment unit; and all associated site works, all to the existing two storey detached dwelling with attached single storey agricultural storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2201
10 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling (change of house type from that permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 20/6378) and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5374
9 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling (change of house type from that permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 20/6378) install on-site sewage treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5116
14 Mar 2025Conditional
Permission to demolish side annex and front porch of existing dwelling and to construct a single storey extension to side and rear, the installation of a new domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4461
11 May 2022Conditional
Permission to demolish the old single storey cottage attached to the side of the existing two storey dwelling house and construct a new two storey dormer type extension to her dwelling, install a new treatment unit and percolation area to replace the existing septic tank system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5069
11 Mar 2022Conditional
Slatted shed unit with feeding passage and loose area as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4546
2 Nov 2021Conditional
To construct a new dormer dwelling, garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6967
4 Dec 2020Conditional
To construct slatted shed with feeding passage and loose area and all associated site works. Demolition of existing slatted shed is also required.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6721
29 Oct 2020Conditional
Erect a single storey dwelling house, with the roof constructed to suit a future conversion into habitable space, to install an on-site sewage treatment unit, and to carry out all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6378
28 Oct 2020Incompleted application
To construct slatted shed with feeding passage and loose area and all associated site works. Demolition of existing slatted shed is also required.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6362
8 May 2019Conditional
Alterations to existing dwelling and construction of a new single storey extension to existing dwelling house, new garage, new site entrance and all associated site works including new waste water treatment system & polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5158
29 Dec 2016Conditional
To demolish old single storey cottage attached to the side of 2 storey dwelling house, and to construct a two storey dormer type extension to dwelling to replace this cottage to construct a separate out-building containing 2 stables and a storage shed, to install a new sewage treatment system to replace the existing septic tank system, and to carry out all associated site development works. This is a change of plan for the development as permitted under Planning Ref: 14/4859
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7321
25 Nov 2016Incompleted application
Demolish old single storey cottage attached to the side of 2 storey dwelling house and to construct a dormer type extension to dwelling to replace this cottage, to construct a separate out-building containing 2 stables and a storage shed, to install a new sewage treatment system to replace the existing septic tank system and to carry out all associated site development works. This is a change of plan for the development as permitted under planning reg. 14/4859
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6930
2 Nov 2016Unconditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 11/5846
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/6737
22 Aug 2016Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6094
25 Apr 2014Conditional
Permission to demolish an old single storey cottage attached to the side of two storey dwelling house, to construct a dormer type extension to the dwelling to replace the cottage and to construct a separate single storey building containing a domestic garage and 2 no. stables, as well as associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4859
7 May 2013Conditional
Construction of single storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic double garage, on site waste water treatment system, entrance and all associated site works (previous Planning Permission granted on site - Planning Reg. No. 08/4404)
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4829
26 Aug 2011Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5846
31 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9520
1 Sept 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit, resurfacing of existing access road and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8652
1 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, wastewater treatment unit, resurfacing of existing entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8225
15 Apr 2008Conditional
Retention of dwelling, subsequent extensions, septic tank and percolation area as constructed
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6046
29 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4404
21 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4227
4 Apr 2007Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwelling and retention of existing conservatory
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6791
The 25 most recent of 31 applications.
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 Ballymakeagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymakeagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymakeagh.
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 Ballymakeagh, about 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymakeagh.
- 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 Ballymakeagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymakeagh · Baile Mhic Ia
- Area
- 1,362,632 m² (136.26 ha, 336.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacdonogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Kilmacdonogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,034 people lived in 370 households in the Kilmacdonogh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacoda, Gortnaskehy, Knockadoon (Warren), Monagoul, Mountcotton
- Placenames
- Ballymakeagh 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.