Lisballyhay
Lisballyhay is a townland in the civil parish of Imphrick, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Lios Bealach Átha.
- Area
- 206.9 ha
- 511 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 3,672 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 46
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisballyhay, from 74 m² to 463,869 m² (46.39 ha, 114.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Aug 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for construction of 2 No. calf sheds with associated underground slurry tanks, a new farm roadway and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2123
20 Mar 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct a dwellinghouse, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all other site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4489
31 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Permission for (1) The construction of 2 new calf sheds with 2 accompanying underground slatted slurry tanks and (2) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6503
26 Aug 2024Conditional
1) Permission for decommissioning of the existing septic tank and installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and tertiary treatment system. 2) Permission for retention of the exiting site boundaries (change from boundaries shown on planning reference 11/4525). 3) Permission for construction of walls and pillars to complete the site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5613
10 Aug 2023Incompleted application
Permission to construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all other site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 19/4457
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/5627
26 Jan 2022Withdrawn
To construct a proposed new agricultural building for the purpose of storing hay/straw, general agricultural products, farm machinery & horse exercising for own use
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4138
16 Aug 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of an existing detached domestic garage and a detached domestic garden store.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6257
26 Feb 2019Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all other site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4457
2 Jan 2019Incompleted application
To construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all other site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4003
30 Nov 2018Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all other site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7137
6 Apr 2016Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all other site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4755
6 May 2015Incompleted application
1 Completion of dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated works granted under reg. no. 06/5085, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. 11/4284
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4943
26 Sept 2012Unconditional
Construction of dwelling, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg. 07/7509
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6043
16 Mar 2011Conditional
Retention of the existing dwelling house as constructed and the completion of the existing entrance, site works and ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4525
16 Feb 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated works granted under reg. no. 06/5085
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4284
2 Dec 2010Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, entrance, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8628
24 Nov 2010Incompleted application
Retention of existing dwellinghouse as constructed and the completion of existing entrance, site works and ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8559
7 Jul 2010Refused
Two-storey dwellinghouse, renovation of existing dwellinghouse for use as guest accommodation ancillary to the proposed new dwelling and associated site works including septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5679
10 Nov 2009Conditional
Retention of extension to dwelling as built which includes changes from the plans permitted under ref.no. 00/117
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7590
1 Apr 2008Conditional
Retention of extensions to front and rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5777
20 Mar 2008Conditional
Domestic garage and store
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5569
18 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of wastewater treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4221
29 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Single storey dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/12732
22 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of extension and retention and completion of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8927
24 May 2007Incompleted application
Construction of extension to dwelling and retention and completion of same dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8066
The 25 most recent of 46 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO008-044 Enclosure
Description
Depicted as hachured trapezoidal enclosure (c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In tillage, on SW-facing hillslope of Cashlaunowen. Levelled; remains of bank to S and E may be incorporated into field boundary system; drainage ditch runs outside field boundary on E side. No visible surface trace of spring well marked at NE corner on 1937 OS 6-inch map. 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
- CO008-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope of Cashlaunowen hill. Arc (diam. c. 35m) formed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.4m) survives to S and W. Bank to N and E disturbed and pushed out to form angle at NE, as depicted on OS 6-inch maps. Short sections of fosse outside bank to N and E. Field boundary running approx. N-S crosses W half of interior. Site heavily overgrown. 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
- CO008-046 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to S of stream. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as mound. No visible surface trace. Second fulacht fiadh (11339) c. 30m to NNE; third (11340) c. 80m to NE and fourth (11341) c. 180m to ENE. 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
- CO008-047 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to N of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (31m N-S; 27.7m E-W; H 1.85m); opening (Wth 10.55m) faces NNE. Two electricity poles at edge of mound. Spring to NE . One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11338, 11340, 11341). 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
- CO008-048 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope and c. 40m W of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (13.9m E-W; 11.3m N-S; H 1.1m); central depression. Top of mound partially denuded. One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11338, 11339, 11341). 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
- CO008-049 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope and to N of stream. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (15.7m NW-SE; 12.1m SW-NE; H 0.65m). One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (11348, 11349, 11350). 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
- CO008-050 Kiln - lime
Description
Built against natural slope. Overgrown random-rubble sandstone front wall with short returns, retain earthen core. Front wall (H c. 4.5m; Wth 5.5m) faces S; arched recess (H 2.4m; Wth 2.76m; D 2.4m), rear of recess collapsed and filled with core material. Funnel infilled. 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
- CO008-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on break in SSW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 23m) 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
- CO008-052 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, on SW slope of Cashlaunowen, at the western extent of the Ballyhoura mountain range. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) 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
- CO008-065 Burnt spread
Description
In tillage, c. 100m E of spring. Spread of dark coloured soil (diam. c. 8-10m); material not consistent with fulacht fiadh. 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
- CO008-071 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on a W-facing slope. This standing stone (1.5m x 0.45m; H 1m) is slightly wedge-shaped in section, rising to a blunt point towards its S end. It is subrectangular in plan and is orientated N-S. There is a significant amount of quartz running through the standing stone, especially at its S end. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO008-072 Burnt mound
Description
In undulating pasture, on a gentle NNE-facing slope. An oval grass-covered mound (c. 15m N-S; 12m E-W; H c. 0.1m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. There is a well immediately to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisballyhay.
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 Lisballyhay, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisballyhay.
- 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 Lisballyhay with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lisballyhay · Lios Bealach Átha
- Area
- 2,069,391 m² (206.94 ha, 511.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Imphrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Imphrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 376 people lived in 134 households in the Imphrick electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhoura, Castlewrixon South, Imphrick, Kilbroney, Loughlea, Shinanagh, Velvetstown, Walshestown
- Placenames
- Lisballyhay 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.