Ballymurphy North
Townland in the civil parish of Knockavilly, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Mhurchú Thuaidh
- Area
- 223.5 ha
- 552 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 4,600 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurphy North, from 36 m² to 237,208 m² (23.72 ha, 58.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ballymurphy North 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
27 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, a new vehicular entrance, installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1076
30 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5269
20 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of the following: 1) new entrance & access road to existing farm yard, 2) agricultural building to include milking parlour, ancillary rooms, waiting yards & livestock handling facilities along with slatted soiled water tanks, 3) extension to the northern elevations of 2 no. existing agricultural buildings to include cubicle livestock housing and slatted slurry tank and flow channel along with partial raising of roof of existing cubicle livestock housing, 4) installation of milk silo, water storage tanks & 2 no. meal bins, rainwater harvesting tanks and a flood wash tank along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4931
11 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for Retention for: Lean-to extension to side of existing engineering workshop building; alterations to elevations of existing building and additional internal office space at ground and first floor level; 2 No. storage racks to front and side of existing building for the storage of steel. Also, Permission for extension to rear of existing engineering workshop and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5723
29 Jul 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5438
7 May 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention for lean-to extension to side of existing engineering workshop building. Also permission for extension to rear of existing engineering workshop and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4817
7 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of as constructed building including lean-to extension to side of building. Also permission for extension to rear of existing workshop and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4397
16 Sept 2021Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6540
18 May 2021Conditional
To construct a dwelling house and domestic garage along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5358
15 Mar 2021Conditional
(A) Retention permission of existing silage pit. (B) Construction of an agricultural building to include livestock cubicles, straw bedded area and underground slatted slurry tanks. (C) Construction of an agricultural building to include a milking parlour, dairy and ancillary rooms, storage area, livestock waiting yard, handling facilities and underground soiled water tank. (D) Construction of a roof over an existing roofless livestock yard. (E) Erection of a meal bin and water storage tank. (F) Construction of a dungstead and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4644
13 Aug 2020Unconditional
Provision of stone finish to front and both sides of front porch, stone finish to front of both gable end extensions and 2 new rooflights to back of dwelling. Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/05717.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/5732
27 Jul 2017Conditional
1)Alterations to the internal layout and elevational changes to an existing 1 ½ storey dwellinghouse. 2) The demolition of an existing single storey conservatory. 3) The construction of a single storey flat roof extension to the side & rear of existing dwellinghouse, and all ancillary site works and landscaping necessary to complete the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5940
17 May 2017Conditional
The development will consist of a single dwellinghouse, installation of waste water treatment unit and percolation area, private well, site entrance and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5209
2 Nov 2016Refused
The development will consist of a single dwellinghouse, installation of a waste water treatment unit and percolation area, private well, site entrance and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6741
8 Jun 2016Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage and installation of a septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5375
28 Apr 2016Conditional
Construction of a first floor extension to dwelling house and Retention of a packaged waste water treatment system and polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4984
30 Mar 2016Incompleted application
Construction of a first floor extension to dwelling house and Retention permission of a packaged waste water treatment system and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4709
4 Aug 2015Conditional
Provision of stone finish to front and both sides of front porch, stone finish to front of both gable end extensions and 2 new rooflights to back of dwelling (already permitted under Planning Reg. No. 14/6781)
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5717
22 Dec 2014Conditional
Construction of dwelling, domestic garage,, sewerage treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6781
6 Jun 2014Conditional
Retention of dwelling house (increase in floor area of dwelling house granted under Planning Ref. No. 98/2831)
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5214
28 May 2014Incompleted application
Retention of dwellinghouse (Increase in floor area of dwellinghouse granted permission under Planning Reg. No. 98/2831)
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5120
26 May 2014Refused
Retention of domestic garage/store
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5087
14 Mar 2014Conditional
(a) Demolition of existing garden shed manufacturing/fabricating unit (126sqm), (b) demolition of existing associated materials store (8.5sqm), (c) demolition of existing agricultural building (28sqm), and (d) construction of new light industrial unit (330sqm) for manufacturing of steel sheds, waste water treatment system/percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4531
6 Mar 2014Incompleted application
Demolition of existing manufacturing unit (134.5sqm) and construction of new light industrial unit (330sqm), waste water treatment system/percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4449
7 Apr 2011Conditional
Retention of variations to existing single storey dwellinghouse previously granted permission under Pl. Reg. No. S/249/84 including single storey extension to side and additional window to side elevation, detached domestic garage and garden store and revised site boundaries
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4715
The 25 most recent of 47 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 Ballymurphy North.
Recorded monuments
- CO085-059 Fulacht fia
Description
Spread of burnt material in pasture on E side of stream valley. No visible surface trace of well (1940 OS 6-inch map) 20m to N of site. 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
- CO085-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Oval area (46.5m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (max. H 2m) with external fosse (D 1m) to N and S. Gap in bank to E (Wth 2.3m), SSE (Wth 2.7m) and WNW (Wth 4m). Silage shed built outside bank to NE. Possible souterrain (CO085-118---) in N half of interior. 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
- CO085-061 Fulacht fia
Description
Oval mound (max. H 1.2m; 7m x 4m) in marsh, on SW side of small stream; heavily overgrown. Possible ringfort (CO085-062---) 70m to NNE. 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
- CO085-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
According to local tradition site of "fort"; marked by depression in centre of field. Fulacht fiadh (CO085-061---) lies 70m to SSW in same field. 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
- CO085-112 Burial ground
Description
Triangular grass-covered area (12m x 10m) at centre of Crushnalanauv crossroads. According to local information unbaptized children buried here. 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
- CO085-118 Souterrain
Description
In N side of ringfort (CO085-060---). Local memory of opening in ground. Scatter of stones and briars mark spot. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymurphy North.
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 high, 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 Ballymurphy North.
- 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 Ballymurphy North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymurphy North · Baile Uí Mhurchú Thuaidh
- Area
- 2,235,308 m² (223.53 ha, 552.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockavilly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Ballymurphy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballymurphy electoral division: 994 people in 309 households; 88% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballincourneenig, Ballinphellic, Ballyhandle, Ballymurphy South, Belrose, Garranewaterig
- Placenames
- Ballymurphy North 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.