Ballynagaul
Ballynagaul is a townland in the civil parish of Kilquane (Cork Ra), barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile na nGall.
Parcel 2229753
- Area
- 63,474 m² (6.35 ha, 15.68 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballynagaul
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 123.5 ha
- 305 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 2,074 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynagaul, from 183 m² to 278,863 m² (27.89 ha, 68.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynagaul 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
15 Dec 2025Refused
Planning permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6792
5 Nov 2025Refused
Permission and Permission for Retention. The development to be Retained consists of the subdivision of a 2 storey dwelling into 2 no. 3-bed dwellings (House A 166.4sqm and House B 182.2sqm). The proposed development will consist of the construction of: 1) A new vehicular entrance to serve the northern dwelling house (House A). 2) New driveways with parking spaces for both dwelling houses. 3) On site foul treatment to serve House A. 4) All associated site works including landscaping and boundary treatments.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6392
2 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
The development to be Retained consists of the subdivision of a 2 storey dwelling into 2 no. 3-bed dwellings (House A 166.4sqm and House B 182.2 sqm). The proposed development will consist of the construction of 1) new vehicular entrance to serve the northern dwelling house (House A), 2) new driveways with parking spaces for both dwelling house, 3) on site foul treatment to serve House A, 4) all associated site works including landscaping and boundary treatments
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5706
18 Apr 2024Refused
1) Retention permission is sought for a) a semi-detached dwelling consisting of two number 2 storey dwellings, b) and associated site works and 2) permission is sought for (a) create a vehicular entrance to the northern boundary to serve the northern dwelling house, (b) create driveway with two parking spaces for both northern and southern dwelling house, (c) on site foul treatment for northern dwelling house, d) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4662
1 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for (1) Retention Permission sought for (a) A semi-detached dwelling consisting of two number 2 storey dwellings. (b) And associated site works and (2) Permission sought for (a) create a vehicular entrance to the northern boundary to serve the northern dwelling house, (b) Create driveway with two parking spaces for both northern and southern dwelling houses, (c) On site foul treatment for northern dwelling house, (d) Associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4360
21 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a 2 storey dwelling, garage, septic tank with percolation area, entrance and ancillary works (change of plan of permitted dwelling house under PL.Reg.No. 21/6324).
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5691
24 Aug 2021Conditional
To construct a 2-storey dwelling, garage, septic tank with percolation area, entrance and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6324
11 May 2021Conditional
The construction of a dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, an on-site waste-water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site and other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5272
10 Mar 2020Refused
Construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, an on-site waste-water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4510
7 Dec 2015Conditional
Construction of a dairy washings tank and an animal house incorporating a milking parlour, holding yard, dairy, office, pump house, drafting facilities, cubicle house, feed passage, straw bedded area and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6755
20 Dec 2013Unconditional
Construction of agricultural shed for grain storage, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/4424
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6452
5 Jun 2012Withdrawn
Construction of food and green waste composting facility with associated hard standing and internal roadway, and including covered area for curing and storage of finished compost, construction of bunded storage tank for the collection of surface water with percolation area and associated site works, including mass concrete retaining walls and wheel wash. The development proposal is for the provision of organic compost for the applicants own farm use
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5230
16 Nov 2010Incompleted application
Construction of shed for the storage of agricultural farm machinery
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8468
7 Jul 2010Incompleted application
Extension to the existing dwelling, new septic tank & percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5669
12 Aug 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing retail outlet and ancillary stores and construction of new retail outlet with ancillary shop storage and staff area over, separate single storey building for use as ancillary stores and office, 1 no. dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8357
1 May 2008Conditional
Alterations and change of use of shed to granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6460
29 Jan 2008Conditional
Construction of agricultural shed for grain storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4424
2 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Construction of agricultural shed for grain storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4001
4 Oct 2007Refused
Demolition of single storey shop and stores and construction of two and half storey shop, ancillary stores and offices, 3 no. townhouses, 1 no. retail unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11442
5 Apr 2007Conditional
Construction of dungstead, slatted unit incorporating slatted tank, feed passage and animal house incorporating cubicles, slatted tank, feed passage and associated concrete works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6837
7 Feb 2007Refused
Construction of agricultural shed for storage of grain
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4835
3 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and shed for storage of agricultural machinery in conjunction with agricultural contracting business
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5229
20 Feb 2006Withdrawn
Change of use of shed to granny flat and alterations to same
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4920
3 Jan 2006Incompleted application
Alterations, extension and change of use of two storey shed to granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4007
22 Aug 2005Conditional
Extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6047
The 25 most recent of 27 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 Ballynagaul.
Recorded monuments
- CO064-002 Country 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.
- CO064-071 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (45m N-S; 43.4m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1.5m); with external fosse (D 1.5m) SE->W. Gap in bank to N and WSW; possible entrance to ESE. In centre of interior, low earthen bank enclosing circular area (diam. 7.7m) may be remains of hut site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO064-072 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ESE-facing slope. Hachured as circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Arc (diam. c. 50m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.2m) SW->N. Inner bank face terraced; terrace stone faced. Levelled elsewhere. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Ballynagaul.
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 Ballynagaul, 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 Ballynagaul.
- 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 Ballynagaul with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynagaul · Baile na nGall
- Area
- 1,234,769 m² (123.48 ha, 305.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilquane (Cork Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Knockraha, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,767 people lived in 539 households in the Knockraha electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycurreen, Ballynanelagh, Ballyvisteale, Blossomgrove, Killeena, Lackenroe
- Placenames
- Ballynagaul 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.