Barrinclay
Barrinclay is a townland in the civil parish of Mourneabbey, barony of Barretts, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Barr an tSléibhe.
- Area
- 164.7 ha
- 407 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 3,397 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrinclay, from 37 m² to 546,827 m² (54.68 ha, 135.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Barrinclay 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
21 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 21/4678
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/2449
16 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 21/4678
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/0644
1 Sept 2022Conditional permission
Permission for the demolition of existing single storey rear extension consisting of dining room and permission for the construction of new 2-storey extension to rear of dwelling consisting of kitchen, larder, home office and bathroom and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5977
26 Aug 2022Conditional
Construction of an agricultural shed comprising of cubicles, feeding area with underground slatted slurry storage tanks in place of existing silage pit and construction of a new silage pit and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5956
15 Jul 2022Conditional
Permission for the retention of the existing dwelling house and domestic garage, the existing site entrance, the change of site boundaries and the existing septic tank and percolation area, all as constructed with all associated site and ancillary works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5678
6 Apr 2022Conditional
Dwelling house, domestic garage, driveway, well, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4764
19 Mar 2021Conditional permission
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4678
16 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4676
8 Mar 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and associated site works including a septic tank and new vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4535
22 Apr 2015Conditional
A new agricultural building which is to comprise a new milking parlour, dairy room, slatted effluent storage tank and cubicle housing in place of two existing buildings which are to be demolished which comprise the existing milking parlour, dairy room and cubicle housing and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4808
19 Mar 2013Conditional
(1) Demolition of existing cattle storage building and 2 no. underground effluent storage tanks, (2) construction of new cattle storage building with 2 no. new effluent storage tanks and 1no. contaminated water storage tank, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4464
18 Dec 2007Conditional
Alterations and granny flat extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13158
25 Sept 2007Refused
Construction of pre-school facility
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11212
20 Mar 2007Conditional
Demolition of existing cubicle house and construction of slurry effluent storage tank, cubicle house, feed passage, 2 no. flow channels and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6194
15 Mar 2007Refused
Construction of pre-school facility
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6060
16 Jan 2007Conditional
New effluent storage tank, extension to existing effluent storage tank, extension to cattle shed and feed passage and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4224
16 Jan 2006Withdrawn
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4132
23 May 2005Withdrawn
Milking parlour, cattle storage unit, foul waste collection tanks and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3498
10 Nov 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8309
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 Barrinclay.
Recorded monuments
- CO042-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace, except for curve in field fence to N which may incorporate remains of N bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO042-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
Shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as hachured bivallate enclosure (diam. c.35m). In tillage, on SE-facing slope. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO042-033001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Levelled; circular area (26.5m N-S) defined by low rise NNE->SW. Second bank visible as cropmark ESE->SW; survives in field fence system (int. H 1.2m) SW->N. Distance between inner and outer bank to SW is c. 8m. Possible souterrain (8966) in S half of interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO042-033002 Souterrain
Description
In SW quadrant of ringfort (8085). Large stone exposed in circular hollow; strip of stunted grass extends from depression for c. 2.5m in SW direction. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO042-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on N-facing slope. Depicted on 1842, 1904 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps ashachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) with roadway running approx. N-S crossing E half of interior. Arc, formed by earthen bank (int. H 2.2m) with shallow external fosse (Wth 2m), survives on E side of roadway in roadside boundary. Bank heavily overgrown; some stone facing visible on inner face. Crop growing in field to W of roadway; no visible surface trace of levelled bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO042-035 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front (E) of 4 bays; off-centre doorway to S. Gable-ended with partially collapsed thatched roof; off-centre chimney to S. Formerly a public house; now in disrepair. According to local information, walls partially mud-built; cavity wall construction; cavity filled with dried beech leaves. Taller addition at S end built in early 20th century. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Barrinclay.
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 Barrinclay, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barrinclay.
- 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 Barrinclay with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Barrinclay · Barr an tSléibhe
- Area
- 1,647,182 m² (164.72 ha, 407.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mourneabbey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barretts
- Electoral division
- Ballynamona, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,035 people lived in 350 households in the Ballynamona electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfilibeen, Carrigcleena Beg, Castlebarrett, Clashmorgan, Monaparson, Nursetown Beg
- Placenames
- Barrinclay 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.