Ballyvireen
Ballyvireen is a townland in the civil parish of Ross, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Mhirín.
Parcel 2499013
- Area
- 5,859 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 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
- Ballyvireen
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
- 116.1 ha
- 287 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 3,101 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvireen, from 7 m² to 231,347 m² (23.13 ha, 57.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvireen 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
21 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the following: (i) retention of extensions and modifications to existing domestic outbuilding including raising of roof and addition of first floor, (ii) retention of single storey extension to garage, (iii) permission for construction of single storey extension to dwelling house and, (iv) all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1016
18 Apr 2024Conditional
Construct an extension and carry out internal alterations to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/184
9 Jun 2016Conditional
Permission to make changes to dwelling granted under Planning Reference No. 15/729
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/361
10 May 2016Incompleted application
Permission to make changes to dwelling granted under Planning Reference No. 15/729
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/284
22 Dec 2015Conditional
Permission for alterations and extension to dwelling as granted under Pl. Reg. No. 15/11 (currently under construction) and permission to alter site boundaries as granted under Pl. Reg. No. 15/11
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/729
18 Nov 2015Incompleted application
Change plans of dwelling granted under Planning Reference Number 15/11 and to partially change boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/654
15 Jan 2015Conditional
Permission for (a) retention and permission for completion of dwelling under construction, including alterations to that as already constructed (Alterations to lapsed planning permission PL Reg. No. 04/441), (b) retention of unauthorised detached building consisting of an apartment and permission for change of use of same to a utility/store and boiler house for use ancillary to the main dwelling, (c) retention of an ancillary detached domestic garage, (d) the installation of an effluent treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/11
29 Oct 2014Incompleted application
Permission to change plans of dwelling granted under Pl. Reg. No. 13/119 to house design granted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/441 and to make minor alterations to house design granted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/441
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/624
4 Mar 2013Conditional
Permission for (a) retention and permission for completion of dwelling under construction, including alterations to that as already constructed (Alterations to lapsed planning permission PL Reg. No. 04/441), (b) retention of unauthorized detached building consisting of an apartment and for permission for change of use of same to a utility/store and boiler house for use ancillary to the main dwelling, (c) retention of an ancillary detached domestic garage, (d) the installation of an effluent treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/119
14 Dec 2012Conditional
(A) Extension and modifications to existing dwelling house, (B) Part demolition of existing extension, (C) Demolition of existing attached outbuilding, (D) Installation of an effluent treatment unit and percolation area and (E) All associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/764
12 Jun 2012Refused
Permission for (a) retention and permission for completion of dwelling under construction (b) retention of an unauthorised detached building consisting of an apartment & for permission for change of use of same to a utility/ store & boiler house for use ancillary to the main dwelling (c) retention of an ancillary detached domestic garage (d) the installation of an effluent treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/383
24 Nov 2010Conditional
retention of lined wintering pad as built with change of orientation and area, revised dairy layout and storage facility change of layout and area to permitted planning ref No. 06/2532 to farmyard complex
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/815
3 Mar 2008Conditional
Demolish existing ruined structure, construct new dwellinghouse and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/397
25 Feb 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house, ancillary boiler/pumphouse, construction of new dwelling, boiler/pumphouse, garage, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/341
1 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling house on site of existing ruined dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/188
29 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling house, ancillary boiler/pumphouse; Construction of new dwelling, boiler/pumphouse, garage with new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/155
14 May 2007Conditional
Dwelling, effluent treatment system and anciallary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1261
26 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling, effluent treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/876
28 Nov 2006Refused
Construction of dwelling house, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2530
28 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of a membrane lined slurry storage lagoon, safety fencing and alterations and extensions to existing milking parlour and dairy; lined wintering pad with feed passage, new calf houses, covered yard areas with site drainage including soiled water settlement tanks, sprinkler system collection and agitation points to existing farmyard complex
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2532
10 Jul 2006Refused
Construction of one and half storey extension to bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1314
5 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7273
16 May 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3311
27 Apr 2005Incompleted application
Dwelling including siteworks and new entrance from public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2778
24 Aug 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse with garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6432
The 25 most recent of 29 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 Ballyvireen.
Recorded monuments
- CO143-012 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28m) defined by earthen bank E->SSW (H 0.8m) and external fosse E->SSW (D 0.55m); field boundary NNE->E. 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
- CO143-013 Cupmarked stone
Description
In pasture, overlooking Roury river to E. Roberts (1985) describes a 'large stone slab with many deeply inscribed cup-marks'. Stone broken up and buried c. 1985. 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
- CO143-014 House - fortified house
Description
Three storey with attic, on W bank of Roury river, in secluded valley; overlooked from W, N and E. Partially ivy-clad; upper parts of walls in poor condition. Rectangular block (21.8m E-W; 8m N-S) with towers at NE (7.35m N-S; 8.1m E-W) and NW (7.4m N-S; 8.3m E-W) corners and at centre of S wall (4.6m N-S; 8.2m E-W). S tower appears to have contained wooden newel stairs (Samuel 1984, 68-71). Door and window surrounds poorly preserved but surviving lights square-headed with transome and mullion divisions; external hood mouldings with stepped terminals. Main block had central partition lobby at all levels judging by paired doors from stairway. House well furnished with fireplaces which fed seven stacks, of which four survive; largest fireplace at ground level in NW tower, probably the kitchen. NE tower has only basement in house. Five sets of machicolations cover most external walls; remaining walls covered by nine gun loops at ground level. Enclosure on N side of house had buildings along W side; some traces surviving, including large fireplace with bread-oven. Built by Sir Walter Coppinger early in 17th century (Donovan 1876, 208); burnt in 1641 (Smith 1815, vol 1, 208), probably unoccupied since then. 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
Architectural heritage
- Coppingers Court, castle/fortified house, 1600–1620 · National interest
Description
Detached U-plan four-storey multiple-bay fortified house, built c.1610, now ruinous. Pitched gables with tooled limestone chimneystacks, having some tooled limestone gable copings. Roughly dressed and coursed rubble stone walls with sections of lime render. Tooled limestone stringcourse to second floor at impost level. Rubble stone machicolations on tooled limestone corbels. Square-headed window openings with dressed and tooled limestone sills. Some tooled stone hood mouldings and surrounds. Single four-light limestone frame with mullion, transom, and label moulding. Square-headed door openings, surrounds and lintels now absent. Set within open field.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched roof flanking bays to sides (east, west). Square-headed window openings with stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Outbuildings to sides (east and west) and rear (north). Set within own grounds.
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 Ballyvireen, 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 Ballyvireen.
- 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 Ballyvireen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyvireen · Baile Uí Mhirín
- Area
- 1,161,288 m² (116.13 ha, 286.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Derry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 512 people lived in 194 households in the Derry electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinaclogh, Derry, Downeen, Drombeg, Gallane, Killeenleagh, Rouryglen, Tralong
- Placenames
- Ballyvireen 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.