Phale Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Ballymoney, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Fial Uachtarach
- Area
- 94.8 ha
- 234 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 2,794 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Phale Upper, from 17 m² to 182,097 m² (18.21 ha, 45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Phale Upper 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
10 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission to construct extension to existing dwelling. Permission is also sought to alter fenestration of existing dwelling and to replace existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2116
1 Jul 2021Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage, install sewage treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/457
3 Sept 2013Conditional
Permission to construct rear extension to dwelling and to construct three stables and feed room and dungstead and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/506
2 Mar 2011Unconditional
Dwelling house
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/131
4 Nov 2010Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/757
18 Oct 2010Incompleted application
Construct dwelling and garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/708
12 Oct 2010Conditional
Construct farm building to include double slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/689
3 Aug 2010Incompleted application
Construct farm building to include double slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/548
22 Mar 2010Conditional
Construction of dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/195
3 Dec 2009Conditional
Single storey, 41 sq metre extension to existing and previously extended dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2141
23 Oct 2009Withdrawn
Construct dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2014
9 Oct 2009Conditional
Single storey shed at existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1078
10 Sept 2009Incompleted application
Single storey storage shed at existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1004
4 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/22
7 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3038
21 Aug 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, installation of mini-treatment plant system, detached garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2239
9 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, installation of mini treatment plant system and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1853
14 Jun 2007Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1555
5 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Construction of detached dormer dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/594
5 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Construction of one detached dormer dwelling, garage and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/293
2 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct farm building to include slatted tank; construct soiled water tank and construct silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13
28 Nov 2006Withdrawn
Construct dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2527
21 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construct farm building and silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2459
2 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2290
20 Oct 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2187
The 25 most recent of 43 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Phale Upper.
Recorded monuments
- CO108-039 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture on N-facing slope. Enclosure survives in field fence system NNW-ESE (C 29m). Interior defined by heavily overgrown, earthen bank (H 1.6m). Cultivation ridges cross site on N-S axis. Locally known as "the Lios". The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-040002 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Sharp drop down to stream on E side. Shown on O.S. map (1842) as square structure. MacCarthy castle 'which was taken down in the early 19th century' (O Murchadha 1985, 57). No surface trace remaining. Adjacent to gallows tree (CO108-04001) and graveyard (CO108-04003). Pair of ogee-headed windows (CO108-03801-) built into wall of nearby Phale Court may be from this site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-074 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on S-facing slope below crest of hill. Field known locally as "lios field". No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-076 Fulacht fia
Description
Spread of burnt material (18m E-W; c. 5m N-S) on N side of field fence. Dry stream bed on S side fence. Discovered 1989 due to drainage operations. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Phale Upper.
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 10 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 Phale Upper.
- 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 Phale Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Phale Upper · An Fial Uachtarach
- Area
- 948,293 m² (94.83 ha, 234.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymoney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Ballymoney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballymoney electoral division: 885 people in 323 households; 71% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Buddrimeen, Curraghcrowly West, Kilcaskan, Knockaneady, Phale Lower, Shanaway Middle, Shanaway West
- Placenames
- Phale Upper 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.