Ballintemple
Ballintemple is a townland in the civil parish of Templeomalus, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an Teampaill.
Parcel 2344839
- Area
- 102,724 m² (10.27 ha, 25.38 acres)
- Buildings
- 8 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,130 m².
- Zoning
- G3 Greenbelt1 (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
- Townland
- Ballintemple
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5898
18 Jul 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5364
4 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5249
22 Feb 2024Refused
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4290
22 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5273
7 Oct 2021Refused
To construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6710
26 Jan 2016Conditional
Permission for the construction of the following: 1. Agricultural building to include milking parlour, ancillary dairy, plant room and office area, 2. Unroofed waiting yard, livestock handling facilities and slatted soiled water tank, 3. Parlour washings tank, 4. Erection of meal bin and water storage tank along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/42
2 Oct 2006Conditional
Construct domestic garage for dwellinghouse; cow house and steel overground slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2002
12 Sept 2006Incompleted application
(1) Domestic garage for dwellinghouse, (2) cow house (3) and steel overground storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1845
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 4 recorded monuments.
- CO135-060001 Graveyard
Description
On SSW-facing slope, overlooking Clonakilty Bay to SW. Rectangular enclosure defined by earthen bank; D-shaped extension at SW corner. Earliest headstones noted date to 1810s; still in use. Contains ruined church (CO135-060002-). 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
- CO135-060002 Church
Description
In graveyard (CO135-060001-) much ruined rectangular church (int. 15.55m E-W; int. 5.65m N-S). E and W walls almost entirely collapsed; drawing by Webster (1932, 275) shows lintelled door in W wall. Inner facing of N wall survives (H c. 2m); line of S wall preserved for 8.8m from SE corner; stone built into inner S face; chest tomb built on western line of S wall. Rectangular stone trough set into inner face of N wall (H 0.3m; 0.5m x 0.4m). Church of Templeomalus parish; "lately burned by accident" in 1615 (Webster 1932, 276). 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
- CO135-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (50m N-S; 56m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (max H 2.15m). Gap (Wth 3m) in bank to W. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; possible inner bank survives as scarp (H 0.65m) SE->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
- CO135-134 Enclosure
Description
In pasture on a S-facing slope in an area of undulating farmland. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible as the cropmark of a fosse in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AVL 49). The area indicated on the map is under long grass for silage and no archaeological features were noted at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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 10 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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 108.8 ha
- 269 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintemple, from 38 m² to 186,941 m² (18.69 ha, 46.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 71 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
17 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a propsoed new detached dwelling house, proposed detached garage with 1st floor storage and external stairs, provision of a septic tank with percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6485
13 Oct 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for the proposed construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached garage, provision of a septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6162
9 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5898
18 Jul 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5364
4 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5249
20 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4906
22 Feb 2024Refused
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4290
19 Sept 2023Application withdrawn
Permission for the proposed construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5881
4 Sept 2023Incompleted application
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/490
22 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5273
6 Mar 2023Refused
Planning permission for the construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4386
9 Mar 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of an extension to dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4507
7 Oct 2021Refused
To construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6710
17 Jun 2021Conditional permission
To construct dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5663
24 Mar 2020Conditional
The construction of a new detached dwelling house, septic tank, and a second replacement wastewater treatment plant to the existing neighbouring family home and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4608
19 Feb 2020Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwellinghouse, the construction of a dwellinghouse and carport incorporating an existing granny flat, alterations to the existing granny flat and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4330
30 Jan 2020Incompleted application
The demolition of an existing dwelling house, the construction of a dwelling house and carport incorporating an existing granny flat, alterations to the existing granny flat and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4196
17 Oct 2017Conditional
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/663
21 Sept 2017Incompleted application
To construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/619
29 Mar 2017Withdrawn
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/175
19 Oct 2016Conditional
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/647
7 Jul 2016Refused
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/428
29 Jun 2016Incompleted application
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/405
23 Jun 2016Conditional
Demolition of existing two-storey dwelling house and the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works; Retention of change of use of garage structure to dwelling unit (to return to garage use on completion of new dwelling)
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/396
30 May 2016Incompleted application
Demolition of existing two-storey dwelling house and the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works; Retention of change of use of garage structure to dwelling unit (to return to garage use on completion of new dwelling)
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/336
The 25 most recent of 42 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 Ballintemple.
Recorded monuments
- CO135-060001 Graveyard
Description
On SSW-facing slope, overlooking Clonakilty Bay to SW. Rectangular enclosure defined by earthen bank; D-shaped extension at SW corner. Earliest headstones noted date to 1810s; still in use. Contains ruined church (CO135-060002-). 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
- CO135-060002 Church
Description
In graveyard (CO135-060001-) much ruined rectangular church (int. 15.55m E-W; int. 5.65m N-S). E and W walls almost entirely collapsed; drawing by Webster (1932, 275) shows lintelled door in W wall. Inner facing of N wall survives (H c. 2m); line of S wall preserved for 8.8m from SE corner; stone built into inner S face; chest tomb built on western line of S wall. Rectangular stone trough set into inner face of N wall (H 0.3m; 0.5m x 0.4m). Church of Templeomalus parish; "lately burned by accident" in 1615 (Webster 1932, 276). 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
- CO135-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (50m N-S; 56m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (max H 2.15m). Gap (Wth 3m) in bank to W. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; possible inner bank survives as scarp (H 0.65m) SE->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
- CO135-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (78m N-S; 74m NE-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m) with external fosse (D 1.45m). Break in bank to E (Wth 3m), and W (Wth 4m). 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
- CO135-134 Enclosure
Description
In pasture on a S-facing slope in an area of undulating farmland. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible as the cropmark of a fosse in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, AVL 49). The area indicated on the map is under long grass for silage and no archaeological features were noted at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballintemple.
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 Ballintemple, about 1 in 10 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 Ballintemple.
- 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 Ballintemple with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballintemple · Baile an Teampaill
- Area
- 1,087,865 m² (108.79 ha, 268.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeomalus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Templeomalus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 786 people lived in 271 households in the Templeomalus electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahidelake, Arundelmills, Ashgrove, Ballymacwilliam West, Cruary West, Curraghgrane Beg, Darrary, Lackenduff
- Placenames
- Ballintemple 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.