Ballynalacken

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynalacken, from 314 m² to 321,908 m² (32.19 ha, 79.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynalacken 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.

• 10 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  The renovation and two-storey extension to the existing dwelling house. The works will include changes to the front elevation of the existing cottage, a two-storey side extension, the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1225

• 6 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the renovation and two-storey extension to the existing dwelling house. The works will include changes to the front elevation of the existing cottage, a two-storey side extension and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0011

• 20 Nov 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for the renovation and two-storey extension to the existing dwelling. The works will include changes to the front elevation of the existing cottage, a two-storey side extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6531

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  Construct a new dwelling house (change of layout and design from that granted under Planning Ref. 17/6644).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4473

• 27 Jul 2021Conditional permission

  Permission for the retention of demolition of two stone outhouses, and retention and completion of partially constructed granny flat, together with permission to construct a domestic toolshed, a domestic art studio, (incorporating existing ruin of former outhouse), and a domestic gym and sauna.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 21/6047

• 1 Jun 2021Incompleted application

  Retention of demolition of two stone outhouses, and retention and completion of partially constructed granny flat. Permission to construct a toolshed, art studio, (incorporating existing ruin of former outhouse), and private gym and sauna.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5525

• 5 May 2020Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house and garage, water bore well, waste water treatment system, alterations to existing site entrance, boundary treatments and all associated landscaping and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4899

• 15 Aug 2019Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwellinghouse and garage, water bore well, waste water treatment system, alterations to existing site entrance, boundary treatments and all associated landscaping and site works to site.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6044

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  Construct a cattle underpass and ancillary works on a public road, agricultural entrance.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5646

• 10 Oct 2017Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, entrance road and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6644

• 16 Mar 2016Conditional

  Retention of agricultural entrance as constructed

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4603

• 18 Feb 2013Incompleted application

  Construction of bungalow, septic tank, entrance and ground works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4263

• 30 Jun 2008Conditional

  Domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7580

• 28 Apr 2008Incompleted application

  Domestic Garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6361

• 28 Feb 2008Incompleted application

  Domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5070

• 31 May 2007Conditional

  Retention and completion of ground floor, first floor and two storey extension to dwellinghouse and alterations to entrance and treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8305

• 23 Mar 2007Incompleted application

  Retention and completion of two storey extension to dwelling and alterations to entrance and treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6381

• 22 Dec 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13859

• 20 Jan 2006Refused

  Dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4215

• 30 Sept 2004Refused

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7400

• 30 Sept 2004Refused

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7399

• 10 Mar 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1585

• 9 Apr 2003Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1661

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Special Protection Area: Blackwater Callows SPA 004094
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River Callows 000073

Recorded monuments

• CO028-030001 Graveyard
  Description

  To S of road. Trapezoidal graveyard (c. 35m N-S; c. 50m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank topped with hedge; entrance to N via stile and gate with piers. Ruin of parish church of Leitrim (14396) in centre. Graveyard in use, earliest headstone noted dated 1779; some low uninscribed gravemarkers also noted; displaced headstones piled against E end of church. Only headstones to N of church are of recent date. 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

• CO028-030002 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (14544). Ruin of rectangular church (int. 18.6m E-W; int. 6.1m N-S), built of mud-mortared sandstone rubble. Walls, densely overgrown with ivy, mostly survive to full height, though sections of outer facing have collapsed. East wall low in centre with gap for central window barely discernible; photographs of 1913 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, opp. 19) shows window as narrow opening covered by segmental arch, light missing. Round-arched wall press at S end of E wall and E end of N wall (side-by-side). South wall has collapsed area (L 3.1m) towards centre. At E end of S wall is lintelled wall press, rear collapsed outwards; immediately to W is window embrasure with splayed ingoings, missing its light. Towards W end is doorway with straight sides (Wth 1.19m), covering arch collapsed, door surround missing. Photograph of 1913 (ibid.) shows doorway covered by flat arch, chamfered door surround had round arch and with holy water stoup in W jamb. North wall has doorway just W-of-centre, covered by flat arch, outer door surround collapsed. West wall is low, featureless. Interior clear of overgrowth; in centre of W half is 19th century chest tomb (Campion). Parish church of Leitrim; surviving remains late-medieval in appearance. Reported 'in repair' in 1615, abandoned by 1694 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 304). A church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (ibid.). 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

• CO036-054 House - vernacular house
  Description

  On E side of lane. Front (SE) of 4 bays; off-centre door to left; one window in rear elevation; attic window in SW elevation. Hipped roof with thatch; off-centre chimney to NE. 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 Ballynalacken.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynalacken.

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.

No address of the register names Ballynalacken with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballynalacken · Baile na Leacan

Area

2,150,930 m² (215.09 ha, 531.51 acres)

Civil parish

Leitrim, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Leitrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Leitrim electoral division: 381 people in 119 households; 98% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Careysville, Curragh Lower, Kilmurry North, Kilmurry South, Knockaskehane, Kylebeg, Leitrim

Placenames

Ballynalacken 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.