Ballyveerane
Townland in the civil parish of Macroom, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Bhioráin
Parcel 2273232
- Area
- 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- G3 Greenbelt1 (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
- Townland
- Ballyveerane
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Jul 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of a) new entrance, b) as built stables and store room and fenced exercise area for horses and c) changes to ground levels together with all other ancillary site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5451
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 180.2 ha
- 445 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 3,467 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyveerane, from 59 m² to 325,795 m² (32.58 ha, 80.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 75 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
14 May 2026Grant with conditions
Hay/straw bale storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1280
21 Jul 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of a) new entrance, b) as built stables and store room and fenced exercise area for horses and c) changes to ground levels together with all other ancillary site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5451
31 Mar 2022Conditional permission
Construction of dwelling house with attached domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4694
23 Feb 2022Incompleted application
Permission for construction of dwelling house with attached domestic garage and all associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4384
1 May 2019Conditional
Permission for a) Retention of underground slatted tank and associated earthworks, (b) Agricultural cattle shed over the slatted tank to be retained together with cattle crush, 2 grain silos, associated site works and concrete aprons.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5093
3 Apr 2019Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwelling house, demolition of outbuildings and concrete slab, removal of slatted tank, and the construction of a dwelling house, car port, garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4820
15 Feb 2019Conditional
Retention and completion of 2-storey dwellinghouse with attached domestic double garage (change of design from that permitted under previous Planning Reg. No. 17/4126
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4359
24 Jan 2017Conditional
To erect a 2-storey dwellinghouse with attached domestic double garage, on-site waste water treatment system, bored well, entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4126
25 Nov 2016Incompleted application
To erect a two storey dwelling house with attached domestic double garage, on site waste water treatment system, bored well entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6946
11 Feb 2015Conditional
Construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4255
30 Sept 2014Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling & construction of new dwelling, proprietary treatment unit and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6097
23 Sept 2014Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling, proprietary treatment unit and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6035
5 Oct 2010Conditional
Domestic Garage & ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/54015
23 Dec 2009Conditional
Access road to service zoned development lands including re-alignment of existing public roadway
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/54022
28 Jan 2009Refused
Dwelling & wastewater treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/4218
3 Dec 2007Conditional
Construction of cubicle shed, easy feed, slatted tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12813
21 Nov 2007Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and construction of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12514
11 Apr 2007Conditional
Demolition of existing sheds and construction of milking parlour, roofed holding yard, dairy washings tank, calving shed, slatted tank with slurry channel, silage pit with apron, reflooring of existing yards and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6944
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Proposed Bungalow, Entrance and a wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/54016
21 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Farm Building for loose cattle housing and to cover existing silage pits and soiled yards.
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/54011
1 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted house/calving house and silage base
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5568
12 Oct 2006Withdrawn
Dormer dwelling and proprietary effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11394
16 Jan 2006Conditional
Permission to extend dwelling/cottage and to construct a conservatory to side (west) of dwelling and a domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/54002
27 Apr 2005Refused
Construction of Dwelling House
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/54022
13 Oct 2004Conditional
To Construct Dwelling House further to Outline Permission granted under T.P. 13/01
Approval · Cork County Council, 04/54038
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Ballyveerane.
Recorded monuments
- CO071-001001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (29.4m NNW-SSE; 28m NE-SW) defined by earthen bank (max. int. H 3m; ext. H 2m). Inner bank height lower on S side (H c. 0.6m); field clearance stones atop of bank to N; limekiln built into outer bank face to W. Drain immediately outside bank to S continues to E and W beyond enclosure. Interior overgrown with ferns, slopes gently down to SW; raised on SW side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO071-001002 Kiln - lime
Description
Built against outer face of ringfort bank (CO071-001001-); sides and top of kiln completely overgrown. Front (H c. 3m) facing S; lintelled recess (H 1.5m; Wth 1.6m; D 2m) with sloping slabs to rear. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO071-002001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 30m) on 1938 OS 6-inch map; arc (S->WNW) hachured on 1904 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Possible souterrain (CO071-002002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO071-002002 Souterrain
Description
In SW quadrant of levelled ringfort (CO071-002001-). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO071-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope with extensive view to S overlooking Lee River valley. Roughly circular area (34.2m N-S; 32.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.6m); external fosse (max. D 0.3m) W->NNE. Bank stone-faced to NE and E with garden of house extending up to base of bank; to S respected by roadway; incorporated into field fence system to NNW where top half of bank stone-faced externally. Entrance (Wth 1.6m) to SSW. Fern-covered interior slopes gently down to SW; overgrown cairn of field clearance stones in SW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO071-004 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.43m; 1.6m x 1.1m) is subrectangular in plan, with many loose stones thrown beside SE side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Ballyveerane.
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 Ballyveerane.
- 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 Ballyveerane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyveerane · Baile Uí Bhioráin
- Area
- 1,802,202 m² (180.22 ha, 445.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Macroom, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Macroom Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Macroom Urban electoral division: 4,395 people in 1,639 households; 61% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolaniddane, Coolyhane, Dromduff, Dromree, Kilnagurteen, Maghereen
- Placenames
- Ballyveerane 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.