Ballysimon
Townland in the civil parish of Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Shíomoin
- Area
- 127.7 ha
- 316 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 12,200 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballysimon, from 460 m² to 547,781 m² (54.78 ha, 135.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Ballysimon 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 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5717
6 Jul 2023Conditional
Alterations to permitted works to existing dwelling granted under Pl.Reg.No. 07/8745 consisting of the following : 1) first floor extension over existing dwelling with attic storage area over same including an increase in the original permitted ridge height and 4 no. roof lights, 2) single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling with attic storage area over same including 1 no. roof light, 3) ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling, 4) front porch to existing dwelling and 5) domestic garage/store ancillary to existing dwelling and all associated site works and services.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5399
22 Oct 2018Conditional
To construct a Dwelling, Domestic Garage and all associated site services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6796
29 Aug 2014Conditional
Construction of two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5834
27 May 2008Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6945
23 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage and wastewater treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6256
21 Dec 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/13423
17 Oct 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/11733
20 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/8820
18 Jun 2007Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8745
10 May 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7652
22 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6312
15 Jun 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8128
2 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/7797
20 Apr 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/6509
12 Apr 2006Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6349
7 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/2171
4 Jun 2003Conditional
Dwelling and biocycle treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2712
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 Ballysimon.
Recorded monuments
- CO041-095001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. No visible surface trace of site. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 562) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 33yd) on W. Hanlon's land. Souterrain (CO041-09502-) in interior. 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
- CO041-095002 Souterrain
Description
In levelled ringfort (CO041-09501-). Bowman (1934, 562) noted that 'a Souterrain was here, but has been filled in'. According to local information, large slab, covering an opening, was disturbed by ploughing c. 1977. Removal of slab revealed stone-built chamber which was then backfilled. Further investigation in 1993 (pers. comm. E. Cotter) revealed two chambers at right angles to each other. Chamber 1: (L 3.2m; Wth 1.34m; H c.1m; long axis E-W); side walls and W end stone-built, E end earth-cut; roofed with lintels. Present entry through opening in E end of roof of chamber 1 where two lintels have been displaced. Creepway (L 0.94m; Wth 0.54m; H 0.48m) at S side (W end) of chamber 1 to Chamber 2; partially stone-built, partially earth-cut. Chamber 2: (L 3.7m; Wth 1m; long axis N-S); walls stone-built except for N end; roofed with lintels; displaced roof slabs and recent opening to surface at S end; evidence of previous backfilling. 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 Ballysimon.
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 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 Ballysimon.
- 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 Ballysimon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballysimon · Baile Shíomoin
- Area
- 1,276,818 m² (127.68 ha, 315.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilshannig, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Dromore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dromore electoral division: 3,061 people in 953 households; 82% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Glannoge, Kilcolman, Kilpadder South, Knockdrislagh, Nursetown More
- Placenames
- Ballysimon 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.