Ballyoneen

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyoneen, from 116 m² to 544,012 m² (54.4 ha, 134.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyoneen 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.

• 25 Nov 2025Invalid - case closed

  A 10 year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 51 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 7 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 2 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L5816, L5813, R626, L7692 and L7691 public roads (including 2 no. Horizontal Directional Drill under the Owenageeragh River and the Ballyerra Stream) to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 6 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational vehicle access will be via 4 no. entrances from the L5816. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Cork County Council Reference 24/5630, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS includes an assessment of the grid connection for the solar farm project comprising a 220kV electricity substation and underground electricity cabling to the existing Knockraha 220kV substation which has been consented by An Coimisiún Pleanála (ABP-321518-24) and is situated in the townlands of Aghaduff, Ballinbrittig, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballynagaul, Ballynaglogh, Ballynanelagh, Ballynaskeha, Ballysallagh, Ballyvatta, Glengarriff More, Killeena and Pigeonhill (Townlands), Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6573

• 18 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for retention of an existing single storey building to the side of an existing dwelling house. The building which has a total gross floor area of 105 sq.m, is being used partly for domestic use ancillary to the dwelling (20.4 sq.m), with the remainder of the building (84.6 sq.m) containing a storage area for service and repair equipment for the garage & tyre trade and an office associated with this use.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5960

• 25 Aug 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of an existing single storey shed, to the side of an existing dwelling house. The shed which has a total gross floor area of 105sq.m, is being used partly for domestic use ancillary to the dwelling (20.4 sq.m) with the remainder of the building (84.6 sq.m) containing a storage area and office associated with a commercial use.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5699

• 22 Apr 2025Refused

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling house, including all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4729

• 2 May 2023Conditional permission

  Roofing of 3 No. feed areas, roofing of existing holding yard and construction of a soiled water tank.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4827

• 20 Mar 2023Incompleted application

  Roofing of 3 no. feed areas, roofing of existing holding yard and construction of a soiled water tank.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4503

• 11 Nov 2016Conditional

  Installation of a cattle underpass incorporating a soiled water storage tank and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6815

• 28 Aug 2014Conditional

  Extension to existing dwelling house, construction of new entrance, installation of waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5828

• 22 Jul 2014Incompleted application

  Extension to existing dwellinghouse, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5583

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 the townland of Ballyoneen.

Recorded monuments

• CO054-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 22m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO054-126 Earthwork
  Description

  Cropmark (GSI, W213) shows univallate rectangular enclosure (c. 50m E-W) in centre of field. Shape of site corresponds exactly to shape of surrounding field. Could possibly result from ploughing marks. 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 Ballyoneen.

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 Ballyoneen, 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 Ballyoneen.

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

Name

Ballyoneen · Baile Uí Uaithnín

Area

692,652 m² (69.27 ha, 171.16 acres)

Civil parish

Gortroe, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Kilcor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

408 people lived in 152 households in the Kilcor electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoneen, Ballyrobert, Ballyrobert, Caherduggan, Caherduggan Demesne, Caherduggan East, Caherduggan West, Killamurren, Rathaneague

Placenames

Ballyoneen 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.