Ballybeg
Townland in the civil parish of Dingle, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Baile Beag
- Area
- 70.5 ha
- 174 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 1,460 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg, from 72 m² to 114,371 m² (11.44 ha, 28.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 0 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
16 Apr 2025Conditional
Retention Permission to retain existing development on site within revised site boundaries and Planning Permission to (a) complete development permitted as per reg. no. 23/60359 within the new revised site boundaries and (b) the construction of 1 No. Garden shed on the rear of the site, with associated soft landscaping and private pathway work to connect the shed to previously approved extension to the rear of the existing dwelling.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560296
23 Nov 2023Conditional
(1) Retention Permission to retain an existing detached home office; (2) Permission for the construction of two storey extension to the rear of existing building, internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and provision of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360359
10 Nov 2023N/a
Invalid- (1) retention permission of existing detached home office; (2) construction of two storey extension to the rear of existing building; internal and external alterations to existing dwelling; (3) effluent treatment system consisting of septic tank and percolation area; and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360310
23 Nov 2021Conditional
TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER, ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211333
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 Ballybeg.
Recorded monuments
- KE043-231 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. C. 44m N-S, c. 42m E-W. This site forms part of the boundary between 2 large fields on the lower E slopes of the narrow valley that extends NE from Dingle town. The enclosing feature is now of very mixed construction, being comprised of sections of stone wall, sections of stone-revetted earthen bank, and some short sections of earthen bank. It is probable that the site was originally an earthen-banked ringfort, and that the stone wall and stone revetment are later features. Where best-preserved, the bank is 1.8 to 2.5m high externally and 1.3m high internally. There is a 2.07m wide entrance gap through the wall at SW. On the 1st edition of the OS map, a small circular structure, probably a clochaun KE043-231002-, was marked at the SE side of the site, but this no longer survives. There is no trace either of the 'cave' KE043-231003- noted on the Fair Plan. A quernstone now lies on the wall at SE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 313. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013
- KE043-231002 Clochan
Description
KE043-231---- forms part of the boundary between 2 large fields on the lower E slopes of the narrow valley that extends NE from Dingle town. On the 1st edition of the OS map, a small circular structure, probably a clochaun KE043-231002-, was marked at the SE side of the site, but this no longer survives. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 313. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013
- KE043-231003 Souterrain
Description
KE043-231--- forms part of the boundary between 2 large fields on the lower E slopes of the narrow valley that extends NE from Dingle town. There is no trace either of the 'cave' KE043-231003- noted on the Fair Plan. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 313. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybeg.
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 high, 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 Ballybeg.
- 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 Ballybeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybeg · An Baile Beag
- Area
- 704,813 m² (70.48 ha, 174.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dingle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Glinn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glinn electoral division: 1,806 people in 654 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinasig, Ballinvownig, Cappa, Garfinny, Gortonora, Knockeen, Monacappa
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ballybeg 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.