Ballincollig

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballincollig, from 133 m² to 1,455,942 m² (145.59 ha, 359.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballincollig 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.

• 8 Dec 2025Refused

  Planning permission to construct a single storey dwelling house and to install an irl 8 tricel novo wastewater treatment pumped unit and sandcell tertiary system and all associated site works at Tursillagh,Tralee, County Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561142

• 24 Nov 2025N/a

  Invalid: construct a single storey dwelling house and to install an irl 8 tricel novo wastewater treatment pumped unit and sandcell tertiary system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561083

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to (A) Renovate and make alterations to the existing dwelling house, (B) Construct extensions to the sides & front of the existing dwelling house, and (C) All associated site works and (d) permission to decommission the existing septic tank and to install a new waste water treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360068

• 22 Sept 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTERNAL SLATTED SLURRY TANK 16M X 4.12M X 2.4M

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20865

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• KE030-001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Tobernagrann (well of the trees) described in 1958 as 'now dried up; the spring breaks out lower down the slope. Still known as the site of a holy well' (Ó Danachair 1958, 154, 163). Folklore collected by Hannah Reidy a pupil of Ballymacelligott school recorded the following tradition about this well ; 'Crann an Tobair (or Tobar na gCeann) in Ballincullig at John Leen's. There were no rounds there for generations. Everyone passing by leaves some rag on bush. A girl will even leave the tassel of her shawl if she has nothing else. It is called "Crann an Tobair" (tree of the well) by the people. Sappers called it Tobar na Gean (pronounced as Irish word) - Said to be so named in maps. There were plenty rags in the whitethorn tree at the well in olden times. (?) closed it in 1915, and made a drain from it but he was later glad to re-open it. Would "Crannn an Tobair" be "Coroin an Tobair" '(The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Pages 006-7; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706341/4704238). Holy well described by O'Hare (2000, 60-1) as; 'situated in an area of pasture which slopes to the south-west. The land rises steeply uphill to Ballincollig Hill on the east, while the site commands a fine view over Tralee town and Bay to the south-west. The well was closed in 1915 and a drain made from it. However the landowner was later "glad to re-open it". The well was locally called Tobairín. A small shallow depression (c. 5m south-east/north-west, 4m north-east/south-west), over which a whitethorn tree has spread, is said to mark the site of the well. The depression was almost dry when visited by the author. However a a small trickle of water flowed down slope in a westerly direction, its progress clearly marked by the rush growth which accompanied it. The area is said to be very wet during the winter months. The present landowner recalled a high earthen bank which formally stood immediately north-east of the depression. This, local people believed, might once have served as an altar. The landowner was unaware of any saint or cures associated with the well. However, he did recall having seen rags tied to the whitethorn tree forty or fifty years ago'. See attached photographs of Tobernagran, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00254 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16866; F025.18.00255 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31365. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022

• KE030-002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Ring-barrow described by Connolly (2000, 46) as follows; 'This site is marked as an enclosure on the Sites & Monuments Record for County Kerry (KE030-002----) but is in fact a ring-barrow. It consists of a circular central platform 12m in diameter and rising to a height of 2m above the base of the encircling ditch. The ditch is on average 3m in width and the remains of the enclosing bank can be seen to north and south where they remain to an average height of 1m and a maximum width of 4m'. Outline of ring-barrow visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 June 2022

• KE030-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE030-003001 Souterrain
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE030-080 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  'Located in the corner of a gently sloping field of the lower south – western slope of Ballincollig hill, the site affords expansive views to the southern half of the compass. The site is bounded on its southern and south-western sides by a small stream . The site is previously unrecorded and was brought to my attention by the landowner who described it as a small “Liss”. However, the extant remains seem to represent the large central platform of a ring-barrow, 20m in diameter and 0.5m higher than the surrounding land. An encircling ditch, on average 2m wide and 0.3m deep, can be traced around the northern and south-western sides of the site. Traces of a very denuded outer bank can also be seem to the south-west, where it remains to an internal height of 0.5m, external height of 0.3m and a width of 1.5m. The landowner also pointed out that the surviving ditch remained waterlogged throughout the year and stated that this was due to the presence of a spring, which was visible, in the south-western quadrant.The overall diameter of the site, where all elements are intact, is 26.5m.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 20 June 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballincollig.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballincollig, 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 high, 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 Ballincollig.

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.

No address of the register names Ballincollig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ballincollig · Baile an Chollaigh

Area

2,536,747 m² (253.67 ha, 626.84 acres)

Civil parish

O'Brennan, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

O'Brennan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

538 people lived in 177 households in the O'Brennan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyaukeen, Beheenagh, Kilduff, Kilmore, Maghanknockane, Tursillagh

Placenames

Ballincollig 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.