Ballypherode
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacdonogh, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Phiaróid
- Area
- 135.4 ha
- 335 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 8,293 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballypherode, from 205 m² to 225,475 m² (22.55 ha, 55.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Ballypherode 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
15 Jul 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5660
19 Oct 2021Conditional
To construct a single storey dwelling and domestic garage with car port served by wastewater treatment unit and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6849
30 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/9941
16 Apr 2007Conditional
Dormer type dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7054
18 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of cattle housing unit with incorporated slatted covered slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13429
6 Nov 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/12019
20 Mar 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5651
17 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4865
18 Nov 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8506
9 Jul 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5270
30 Jan 2004Conditional
Demolition of porch and construction of conservatory extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/464
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 Ballypherode.
Recorded monuments
- CO078-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
In flat tillage. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 20m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO078-007 House - vernacular house
Description
Front of 4 bays; off-centre doorway to left concealed by porch; hipped-roof of thatch. Off-centre chimney to right. Occupied. 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
- CO078-008001 House - vernacular house
Description
Front of 3 bays; off-centre doorway to left; hipped-roof of thatch. Off-centre chimney to right. Occupied. 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
- CO078-008002 House - vernacular house
Description
Front of 4-bays; off-centre doorway to right. Hipped-roof of thatch. Off-centre chimney to right. Attic window at eaves in right gable. Occupied. 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
- CO078-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Hachured arc depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map, in SE corner field; possible NW quadrant of large circular enclosure. Arc (C 15.5m) survives, formed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) SW->NNW; slight scarp to SW. Abuts field fence to E running NNW-SSE; no visible surface trace of enclosure on E side of field fence. Interior raised slightly on W side to compensate for hillslope. Possible souterrain (CO078-029---) in 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
- CO078-029 Souterrain
Description
In possible ringfort (CO078-009---). Circular depression next to field fence may indicate collapsed souterrain. 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 Ballypherode.
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 Ballypherode.
- 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 Ballypherode with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballypherode · Baile Phiaróid
- Area
- 1,354,378 m² (135.44 ha, 334.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacdonogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Kilmacdonogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmacdonogh electoral division: 1,034 people in 370 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykinealy, Ballymacoda, Glenawilling, Mountcotton
- Placenames
- Ballypherode 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.