Ballyvorisheen

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvorisheen, from 11 m² to 144,419 m² (14.44 ha, 35.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Oct 2009Conditional

  Single storey 60-bed nursing home (2937sqm). The development will consist of 3no. (740sqm) residential buildings accommodating 20 bedrooms each, with en-suite bathrooms & support catering facilities, a (570sqm) single storey entrance & therapy block accommodating treatment rooms, staff facilities, plant room & catering kitchen. A new vehicular entrance will be located from the R522. The development will include the construction of 50no. car parking bays, vehicular access road, 2no. ambulance bays, ESB substation/switch room, generator, oil tank & refuse enclosure, treatment plant & associated vehicular access maintenance road, 1.8metre high fence to perimeter of the nursing home & all associated site & landscaping works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7374

• 7 Jan 2005Conditional

  Dormer dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/29

• 13 Dec 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9120

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO016-133 House - vernacular house
  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.

• CO016-134001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 33m) enclosed by low, grass-covered earthen bank; external fosse survives to S as shallow depression. Break (Wth 8m) in bank to N. Interior saucer shaped. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). Ringfort (CO016-13402-) in adjoining field c. 45m to E. 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

• CO016-134002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Site appears to have been levelled; close inspection not possible due to hostile animal in field. Arc S->N, formed by cropmark of fosse, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP). Ringfort (CO016-013401-) in adjoining field c. 45m to W; souterrain (CO016-13602-) c. 50m to NE. 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

• CO016-135001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground immediately SW of pond (now drained) and c. 60m S of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. 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

• CO016-136001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In farmyard, on gentle N-facing slope, commanding view to NW over Moanroe bog with rolling countryside beyond. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as small subcircular field on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace; farm building built on a portion of it. Souterrain (CO016-13602-) lies c. 50m to S. 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

• CO016-136002 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture: circular enclosure (CO016-13402-) c. 50m to SW and circular enclosure (CO016-13601-) c. 50m to N. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyvorisheen, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyvorisheen.

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 Ballyvorisheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballyvorisheen · Baile Mhuirisín

Area

613,120 m² (61.31 ha, 151.51 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbroney, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,286 people lived in 427 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballincurrig, Bregoge, Jordanstown, Liskelly, Moanroe, Templeconnell

Placenames

Ballyvorisheen 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.