Ballylinchy

260 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylinchy, from 5 m² to 177,980 m² (17.8 ha, 43.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballylinchy 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.

• 21 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission to construct single and two storey extensions to dwelling including the demolition of an existing single storey extension as well as permission to upgrade waste water treatment system and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2195

• 26 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0760

• 20 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission to construct extensions and alterations to dwelling, including removal of front porch and replacement of existing septic tank with a waste water treatment unit and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0688

• 17 Oct 2025Refused

  Retention of the following; a) Use of boathouse as ancillary dwelling unit for short term letting. b) 4 no. shepherds huts for short term letting c) Agricultural Polytunnel d) Agricultural entrance and internal farm road network and all associated site development works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6221

• 13 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6166

• 7 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) demolition of existing sunroom annex to front elevation, (ii) construction of replacement sunroom annex to front elevation, and (iii) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/49

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of the following works: 1) for the construction of a two storey extension at the rear of existing dwelling for bed and breakfast use, 2) construction of an access porch at the front of the existing dwelling, 3) 2 no. dormer windows at front of existing dwelling, 4) 2 no. velux roof lights at the rear of existing dwelling, 5) all alterations to existing elevations

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/628

• 17 Jan 2024Conditional

  Construction of a single storey domestic garage, home office and storage unit, including all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/13

• 24 Nov 2023Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse & domestic garage, install a wastewater treatment system and undertake all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/667

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  A domestic storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/627

• 22 Sept 2023Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and install a waste water treatment system including all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/532

• 10 Jul 2023Conditional

  The demolition of existing extension, modifications to existing cottage and addition of a single-storey new extension to existing cottage, including the installation of a domestic sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/382

• 22 May 2023Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing extension, modifications to existing cottage and addition of a single-storey new extension to existing cottage, including the installation of a domestic sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/268

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  Construct a domestic storage/boat shed and install a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/259

• 12 Apr 2023Incompleted application

  Construct a storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/193

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission for extensions and alterations to an existing ancillary dwelling including the change of use of the attic space to extended living accommodation with proposed dormers and first floor extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/159

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  Construct a domestic boathouse and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/740

• 22 Apr 2022Conditional

  Construct dwelling, domestic garage, install sewage treatment system and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/281

• 25 Mar 2022Refused

  Construct a detached building ancillary to the existing dwellinghouse for use as a domestic boathouse, storage and for the storage of animal feed and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/212

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  Construct a single storey dwellinghouse, new site entrance, waste water treatment unit and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/328

• 14 May 2021Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house including the installation of a waste water treatment plant unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/310

• 14 May 2021Refused

  Construct a boathouse for use ancillary to existing dwelling and including associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/311

• 10 May 2021Unconditional

  Demolition of a derelict dwelling and construction of a dwellinghouse including the installation of a domestic sewerage treatment system, the part re-surfacing of existing private entrance way and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/295

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage, install a waste water treatment plant and undertake all associated site works, including alterations to an existing domestic vehicular entrance to form a double entrance to the proposed and existing dwellings

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/216

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention of (a) Demolition of previously constructed ancillary domestic building b) Construction of a new ancillary domestic dwelling and orangery and c) ancillary site works including reconnection to existing foul water treatment unit.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/201

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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: Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC 000101
• Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156

Recorded monuments

• CO150-042 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated on the flat summit of a low, short and narrow N-S running ridge in a landscape characterised locally by such ridges separated by shallow intervening gullies (OD c. 134m). Located c. 350m N of the coastline at its closest point, and c. 1.6kms SE of the town of Baltimore. Sited on an area of flat ground close to the crest of the low ridge with land that slopes moderately away to the N and S, with a gentle slope running down from the W and a gentle rise adjacent to the E. The surrounding area consists of rough pastureland defined by linear field boundaries that follow the N-S running topography. The adjacent stations in the signal tower\station chain are found at Glen East\Gleann Oirtheach (CO153-022002-), located c. 10.1kms to the W\WSW to the E side of Clear Island\Cléire, which survives to its full original height, and at Gortacrossig, Toe Head (CO0151-041002-), located c. 9.4kms to the ENE\E, which survives extant but was altered c. 1830 to form part of a coastguard station (CO151-041001-). This signal station\tower at Kedge Point is located c. 1.6kms SE of the fortified house (CO150-036002-) at Baltimore, and c. 2.35kms E of the coastal beacon (NIAH Reg. No. 20914902) that is located at the tip of Beacon Point c. 1kms SW of the centre of Baltimore. An early-nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) originally two-storey over partial raised basement square-plan signal station\tower (ext. dims. c. 5.8m N-S x c. 5.77m E-W; wall T c. 0.71m), built with roughly coursed rubble stone masonry. Exterior lime rendered with surviving sections of weather-slating still insitu. The walls of the signal station\ tower face, N, S, E, and W. Flush cut sandstone block-and-start quoins visible to the corners. The structure is well-preserved and survives to its full height (H c. 9m). A square-headed doorway is located to the centre of the S elevation at first floor level; this would have been originally accessed via a retractable ladder. The doorway is protected by a rectangular-plan rubble sandstone machicolation over supported three tapering\angled cut sandstone three corbels. There are pairs of square-headed window openings to the E and W elevations at ground and first floor levels. Bartizans would have been located on the NE and NW corners but these have now collapsed\been removed leaving ragged masonry to the corners of the signal station\tower at parapet level (The Cork Archaeological Survey record of the site from c. 1990 describes bartizans to the NE and NE corners of the tower at this time; this suggests that the bartizans collapsed after this time). Remains of rubble sandstone chimneystack rising to the centre of the N elevation. A ruinous two-storey structure is attached to the N gable. This is constructed of rubble stone masonry with lime render and remains of weather-slating surviving to the exterior. This structure is gable-ended to the N elevation with a rubble stone chimneystack rising over the gable apex. There are the remains of square-headed openings to this structure. This structure is a later addition to site and may have been built as part of alterations to convert the structure to residential use subsequent to the signal station\tower going out of its original use; this structure appears to have been added at an early date (see below). A small freestanding single-storey rectangular-plan structure\outbuilding is located adjacent c. 4m to the N of the gable of this gable-ended structure\addition; this is constructed of rubble stone masonry and had a mono-pitched roof, now collapsed. Kerrigan established that the signal mast had been erected by 1804 and the signal tower was completed by 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 277). The signal station\tower is set within an enclosure (ext. dims. c. 52m N-S x c. 17m E-W) with a rectangular-plan section to the N and a wide fan-shaped area to the S end (max ext. dims. c. 29m E-W) that is defined by partially-collapsed boundary walls: this enclosing wall is no longer visible along a section of the NE boundary. The remains of a World War II-era Lookout Post (LOP 29) are located in the W part of the rounded end of the enclosure, c. 20m SSW\S of the main structure to site. A well preserved ’29 Eire’ sign dating to the same period is located c. 160m to the SE of the enclosure. Hamilton’s 1806 map shows the signal tower located in a narrow rectangular enclosure with a narrow fan shaped end to the S (Kerrigan 2003, 37). The Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1841-2, shows the signal tower as a long rectangular building (presumably the original signal station\tower with the gabled addition to the N). The S end of the enclosure is depicted as more ‘angular’ on this map. A small freestanding building is shown to the N of the addition, and a smaller rectangular-plan structure is shown built against the outer face of the NW corner of the enclosure. The Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map, surveyed c. 1900, depicts the fan-shaped S end of the enclosure with a ‘flag staff’ indicated c. 19m to the S of the signal station\tower (to E side of ‘fan’) and a ‘semaphore’ indicated c. 22m SSW (to W side of ‘fan’) of the tower. A rectangular-plan structure is indicated adjacent to the S of the tower at this time, now no longer extant. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 22/09/22

• CO150-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (26.4m NNE->SSW) defined by scarp (H 1.95m) SSW->NNE; levelled bank surviving as undulation NNE->E. Cultivation ridges cross interior NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO150-056 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough overgrown pasture, in a flat rush-covered marshy area, at the foot of a S-facing slope with restricted views. This possible enclosure is indicated on the 1902 OS 6-inch map as a roughly triangular enclosed area (c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) with a curving SW side (L c. 50m). The area is covered in dense overgrowth of gorse, briars and ferns and could not be accessed. The interior of the possible enclosure appears to rise gradually from the SW side to the NE corner. The nature of this monument is uncertain but there is some local knowledge of it being a 'fort'. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO150-089001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  According to Kelleher (2008), 'Teig O'hidriskoll's goodly moated site' which is referred to in 1538 may be located on the E side of Church Strand Bay where 'a small portion of stone-walling is evident on the northern side of this part of the shore'. Adjacent to this on the SE side are 'upstanding walls possibly forming part of a bawn area' (CO150-089002-). Adjacent to the N is 'an area of the foreshore that was deliberately cleared to allow small craft to land there' (ibid.). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO150-089002 Bawn
  Description

  According to Kelleher (2008), 'Teig O'hidriskoll's goodly moated site' (CO150-089001-) which is referred to in 1538 may be located on the E side of Church Strand Bay. Immediately SE of this location are 'upstanding walls possibly forming part of a bawn area' (ibid.). This bawn may have contained an orchard as 'sources suggest that the O'Driscolls had a number of orchards associated with their fortifications' (ibid.). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO150-094 Promontory fort - coastal
  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.

• CO150-095 Promontory fort - coastal
  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.

• CO150-096 Promontory fort - coastal
  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.

• CO150-097 Promontory fort - coastal
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Rathmore Bridge, bridge, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge spanning tidal stream, built c.1840. Rubble limestone construction with round-headed arch and cut block voussoirs. Blocked segmental-arch above. Rubble stone buttresses, parapet and piers. Name plaque to interior of parapet (west).

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with recent lean-to extension (north-east). Hipped slate roof with painted rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with platband and raised render to corners. Square-headed openings with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows, concrete sills and raised rendered surrounds. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber glazed door. Enclosed by painted roughcast rendered walls and smooth rendered piers and cast-iron gate.

• Ballylinchey Signal Tower, signal tower, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding two-bay three-storey signal tower, built 1805, having single-bay two-storey addition (north) with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with hanging slate, sandstone quoins and bartizans. Camber-headed openings with sandstone sills and block-and-start sandstone surrounds. Camber-headed door opening to first floor with sandstone surround. Associated outbuildings to site. Enclosed by rubble stone walls.

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 Ballylinchy, 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 Ballylinchy.

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

Name

Ballylinchy · Baile Uí Loingseacháin

Area

3,258,021 m² (325.8 ha, 805.07 acres)

Civil parish

Tullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Tullagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

833 people lived in 336 households in the Tullagh electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 42% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacrown, Baltimore, Rathmore

Placenames

Ballylinchy 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.