Ballynacole
Ballynacole is a townland in the civil parish of Dungourney, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Niocóil.
- Area
- 130.1 ha
- 322 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 4,327 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 49
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacole, from 57 m² to 321,827 m² (32.18 ha, 79.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Ballynacole 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
16 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
Planning Permission for the (a) importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field spread in 5 no Phases and all associated works at Ballynacole, Midleton, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2411
31 Jul 2026Grant with conditions
Planning permission for retention of dwelling house, detached garage, entrance and driveway walls as constructed, the works constitute an amendment to the design granted under planning application 04/3566 at Ballynacole, Dungourney, Co Cork
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2047
7 May 2020Conditional
Retention of 1 no. domestic shed and a concrete block wall for playing ball games for purposes ancillary to the enjoyment of the house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4912
16 Mar 2020Conditional
i) Demolition of existing single storey extension to the side of existing one and a half storey dormer style dwelling ii) the construction of new single storey extensions to the side and rear of the existing one and a half storey dormer style dwelling iii) alterations to existing rear and side elevations and iv) all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4548
30 Aug 2019Conditional
Retention of (1) elevational changes to existing dwellinghouse, (2) vehicular entrance as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6163
11 Jan 2018Conditional
Importation of soil and stone, bricks, tiles, ceramics and concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4045
22 Sept 2017Conditional
Erect a 2 storey dwelling house with detached domestic double garage, on site waste water treatment system, bored well, entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6460
1 Mar 2016Conditional
Construction of a new single storey extension to the side of dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4467
20 Jun 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing sunroom, construction of a new single storey extension to the side & front of existing dwelling and carrying out alterations to the existing elevations including all ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5175
15 Dec 2010Conditional
retention of porch to front elevation, windows, and velux windows to the side elevations of dwelling and detached garage to the rear (change of plan and layout from that permitted under planning Reg. No. 03/2982)
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8721
29 Nov 2010Incompleted application
Retention of relocation of detached garage to rear, porch to front elevation and windows and velux windows to side elevation (amendments to application previously granted under Planning Reg. No. 03/2982)
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8590
28 Jan 2010Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4142
19 Aug 2009Refused
Dwelling, partially one-and-a-half storey, partially dormer, & partially single storey, and sewage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6759
11 Jul 2008Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse as constructed (changes to house design to include omission of natural stone and alterations to glazing to front entrance and sunroom and change of layout from that permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 03/5285)
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7836
15 May 2008Conditional
Garage, side and rear extensions and alterations to roof height of cottage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6730
9 Apr 2008Refused
Retention of change of use of agricultural activities to steel storage facility and permission for alterations to entrance and roadside ditch to facilitiate a right hand turning lane from adjoining public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5936
14 Dec 2007Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13059
29 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Retention of change of use from agricultural activities to a steel storage facility and permission for alteration to entrance to facilitate a right hand turning lane
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12743
21 Sept 2007Conditional
Construction of 10 no. mobile broiler houses, bins and ancillary fox proof fencing
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11145
16 Aug 2007Conditional
Retention of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10315
23 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Retention of garage to rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9802
16 Apr 2007Conditional
Construction of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7039
25 Jan 2007Withdrawn
Retention of change of use of agricultural activities to steel storage facility and retention of associated vehicular entrance from adjoining public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4447
20 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13559
24 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Retention of change of use from agricultural activities to steel storage facility and retention of associated vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12671
The 25 most recent of 49 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 Ballynacole.
Recorded monuments
- CO066-081 Fulacht fia
Description
In level ploughed field. Spread of fulacht fia material spreading in semicircular area (12m N-S; 18m E-W) on E side of field drain. A further area of dark soil stretches a further c. 20m to the E.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynacole.
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 Ballynacole, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynacole.
- 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 Ballynacole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynacole · Baile Niocóil
- Area
- 1,301,139 m² (130.11 ha, 321.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dungourney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Dungourney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 818 people lived in 238 households in the Dungourney electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyknock, Ballymartin, Ballynona South, Ballysimon, Bilberry, Castlequarter, Young-Grove
- Placenames
- Ballynacole 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.