# Ballyvoddy, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of St. Nathlash, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Átha an Mhaide.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,430,547 m² (143.05 ha, 353.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,069 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: St. Nathlash, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/st-nathlash.md
- Barony: Fermoy
- Electoral division: Derryvillane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 528 people lived in 189 households in the Derryvillane electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12788
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40857
- Centre: latitude 52.221, longitude -8.425434 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvoddy, from 791 m² to 251,513 m² (25.15 ha, 62.15 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2227051: 251,513 m² (25.15 ha, 62.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2227051.md
- Parcel 2270777: 207,732 m² (20.77 ha, 51.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270777.md
- Parcel 2219507: 200,213 m² (20.02 ha, 49.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219507.md
- Parcel 2219499: 195,587 m² (19.56 ha, 48.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219499.md
- Parcel 2219504: 164,516 m² (16.45 ha, 40.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219504.md
- Parcel 2270778: 160,867 m² (16.09 ha, 39.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270778.md
- Parcel 2270772: 92,491 m² (9.25 ha, 22.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270772.md
- Parcel 2270773: 89,304 m² (8.93 ha, 22.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270773.md
- Parcel 2270781: 66,726 m² (6.67 ha, 16.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270781.md
- Parcel 2270775: 26,412 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270775.md
- Parcel 2270779: 9,558 m² (0.96 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270779.md
- Parcel 4094800: 9,027 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4094800.md
- Parcel 4830002: 7,069 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4830002.md
- Parcel 2219488: 6,412 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219488.md
- Parcel 3491777: 4,171 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3491777.md
- Parcel 2498964: 3,946 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2498964.md
- Parcel 5131814: 3,044 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5131814.md
- Parcel 2219498: 2,571 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219498.md
- Parcel 2396918: 2,437 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2396918.md
- Parcel 3720308: 2,324 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3720308.md
- Parcel 2219491: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219491.md
- Parcel 2219489: 1,984 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219489.md
- Parcel 2270767: 1,701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270767.md
- Parcel 3720298: 955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3720298.md
- Parcel 3720303: 791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3720303.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvoddy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

17 applications, newest first.

- 16 Jul 2025, Cork County Council 25/5420: Grant with conditions. Permission for retention. Permission for the following works; demolish existing garage to the rear of the site, the retention of a shed for domestic use and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5420
- 27 Jul 2016, Cork County Council 16/5876: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwellinghouse along with all associated site development works including the installation of a waste water treatment system. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5876
- 20 Nov 2015, Cork County Council 15/6618: Conditional. Retention. Retention of conservatory to southern gable of existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6618
- 21 Oct 2015, Cork County Council 15/6347: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention of conservatory to southern gable of existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6347
- 4 Aug 2015, Cork County Council 15/5713: Conditional. Permission. Construct a ground floor extension with loft space, alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/5713
- 13 Jul 2010, Cork County Council 10/5745: Conditional. Permission. Two storey extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5745
- 1 Oct 2008, Cork County Council 08/9116: Withdrawn. Outline permission. Dwelling, garage, entrance and treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/9116
- 17 Apr 2008, Cork County Council 08/6139: Conditional. Permission. Relocation of entrance/driveway to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/6139
- 4 May 2007, Cork County Council 07/7547: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwellinghouse, machinery storage shed, wastewater treatment plant and entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7547
- 22 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/6336: Incompleted application. Permission. One and half storey dwellinghouse and machinery storage shed. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/6336
- 20 Sept 2006, Cork County Council 06/10784: Conditional. Permission consequent. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10784
- 28 Feb 2006, Cork County Council 06/5152: Conditional. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5152
- 9 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9112: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and stables. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9112
- 14 Jun 2005, Cork County Council 05/4136: Conditional. Permission. Alterations to dwelling permitted under Reg. No. 04/8218 to include the addition of natural stone to part of dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/4136
- 5 Nov 2004, Cork County Council 04/8218: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/8218
- 11 Aug 2004, Cork County Council 04/6115: Conditional. Permission. Retention of elevational changes and sunroom extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/6115
- 26 Mar 2003, Cork County Council 03/1342: Withdrawn. Outline permission. Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/1342

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyvoddy.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO018-081: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-081----. In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured semicircular enclosure (straight side c. 25m NE-SW; projecting c. 10m to SE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO018-082: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-082----. In level pasture. Circular area (27m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m) SSE->NW; scarp (H 0.7m) elsewhere; external fosse survives SSE->N as slight depression. Break in scarp to SE and in bank to SSW (Wth 3m). Interior appears to be slightly raised above level of surrounding field. 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
- CO018-083: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-083----. In pasture on N-facing slope. D-shaped mound (straight side c. 20m N-S; projecting c. 10m to E) abutting E side of N-S field fence; heavily overgrown making interpretation difficult. 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
- CO018-084001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-084001-. On SW side of road; at NW end of Rockmills. Rectangular graveyard (c. 35m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE); enclosed by stone wall except for roadside on NE side where it is enclosed by stone wall atop retaining wall. Headstones date mainly from late 18th and 19th-century: a number of low uninscribed grave markers also noted. Still in occasional use. Tower and steeple of C of I church (14701) on N side. Site of earlier parish church of St Nathlash (14397). 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
- CO018-084002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-084002-. In Rockmills, in N side of graveyard (14545). Former C of I parish church of St. Nathlash. Trigonometrical station indicates position of church on 1842 OS 6-inch map, which is named 'Church'. Built in 1812, on or near ancient parish church of St Nathlash (14397); interior fittings of new church paid for by Richard Aldworth (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 363-6). In 1889, after unification with Farahy (see14715), church demolished except for tower and steeple which still stands. Tower 3-storey, and occurred at W end of church: string course marks each floor on external elevations; walls topped with parapet wall; crowned by octagonal limestone spire. Round-headed entrance door on S side flanked by round headed window, D-shaped niche overhead. Niche for heating stove on internal N wall. 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
- CO018-084003: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-084003-. In graveyard (14545). Site of medieval parish church of St Nathlash; earliest mention of church here appears to be in 1591, though church reported 'in ruins' by 1615 and apparently not replaced until 1812 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 195-6). No visible surface trace of church. 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
- CO018-093: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-093----. In tillage. Circular area (44m E-W; 42m N-S) defined by low scarp SSW->ESE; scarp less clearly defined elsewhere. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CUCAP, AYP 88). 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
- CO026-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO026-018----. In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Circular area (32m E-W; 31m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.65m); shallow external fosse (D 0.25m). Break in bank to SSE. Bank partially overgrown with bushes. Interior grass-covered and slopes gently down to S. Claidh Dubh (CO018-001---) lies c. 300m to SW. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Meadow Sweet, house, 1860–1880, Regional interest, registry number 20901820, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20901820. Attached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, formerly two two-bay houses, with disused render shopfront to south end. Formerly also in use as post office. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and ruled rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and rendered sills, with one slightly wider three-over-three pane window to north end. Replacement timber windows to rear. Square-headed recent glazed timber door to north, formerly giving access to post office. Shopfront comprises channelled pilasters on plinths with console brackets, supporting fascia and moulded cornice, having tripartite timber plate-glass display windows, and panelled stall risers, flanking timber panelled and glazed double-leaf door with overlight.
- House, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 20901827, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20901827. Detached three-bay single-storey with dormer attic labourer's cottage, built c. 1900, with flat-roof windbreak to central entrance doorway. Pitched slate roof with rendered central chimneystack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window and door openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills, and recent timber door and overlight. Wrought-iron garden gate to front, set in rubble limestone boundary wall. Two-bays single-storey outbuilding to south-east, having pitched slate roof and rubble limestone walls with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window, formerly a doorway, and recent timber door.
- Saint Nathlash Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1810–1815, Regional interest, registry number 20901828, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20901828. Freestanding three-stage tower and spire, built 1812, formerly west end of St Nathlash Church of Ireland, rest of building demolished 1889. Parapet wall enclosing octagonal spire of ashlar limestone. Roughcast lime render over rubble limestone walls with cut-stone quoins, each stage divided by rendered string course of roughly cut stone. Round-headed and blind Diocletian opening to first stage. Oculus openings to second stage and round-headed openings to third stage, latter having remains of timber louvers. Remains of nave walls project from tower. Round-headed entrance doorway in south side of tower flanked by round-headed shallow recess. Round-headed opening to interior gave access into nave. Set in graveyard. Rubble limestone boundary walls having double-leaf cast-iron gates to south-east.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyvoddy, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Ballyvoddy.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvoddy.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvoddy.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvoddy.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyvoddy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyenahan South: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyenahan-south.md
- Ballynahalisk: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballynahalisk.md
- Carrigleagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/carrigleagh.md
- Meadstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/meadstown-44354.md
- Ransborough: https://everytownland.com/cork/ransborough.md
- Scart: https://everytownland.com/cork/scart-44945.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvoddy
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/ballyvoddy