Ballygrace

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygrace, from 1,578 m² to 295,817 m² (29.58 ha, 73.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballygrace 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.

• 22 Oct 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission for straw bedded shed incorporating a slatted tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6257

• 16 May 2023Withdrawn

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4979

• 30 Mar 2023Refused

  The construction of a dwelling house, the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4588

• 14 Jun 2022Withdrawn

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5381

• 2 Jun 2022Refused

  (1) the construction of a dwelling house, (2) the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system and (3) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5284

• 13 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for an agricultural machinery and straw shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6776

• 16 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  An agricultural machinery and straw shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6544

• 9 Jul 2020Refused

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5439

• 28 May 2020Conditional

  Construction of a slatted cubicle house and an extension to existing calf house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5078

• 30 Jul 2018Refused

  To erect a two-storey dwelling, entrance and a wastewater treatment system.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5996

• 6 Jun 2018Incompleted application

  A two-storey dwelling, entrance and a waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5470

• 10 Jul 2015Withdrawn

  Construct two storey dwelling house with waste water treatment system and all associated services and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5515

• 12 Nov 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, detached garage, septic tank & associated site works (change of plan from that permitted under planning ref.no. 09/4128)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7615

• 14 May 2009Conditional

  Entrance & ancillary works for agricultural usage and retention of existing constructed hard surface passageway for agricultural usage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5559

• 30 Apr 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of entrance & ancillary works for agricultural usage & retention of existing constructed hard surface passageway for agricultural usage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5367

• 1 Apr 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of entrance & ancillary works. Retention of constructed hard surface passageway.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5010

• 21 Jan 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, entrance and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4128

• 3 Dec 2008Incompleted application

  Dwelling with conservatory, domestic garage, septic tank, entrance & ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9947

• 8 Jul 2008Withdrawn

  Construction of entrance and ancillary works and retention of constructed hard surface passageway

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7751

• 20 Mar 2008Withdrawn

  Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of wastewater treatment plant and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5565

• 27 Feb 2008Refused

  Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5022

• 27 Feb 2008Incompleted application

  Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of wastewater treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5046

• 22 Feb 2008Conditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment system

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/4930

• 21 May 2007Conditional

  Dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7977

• 14 Feb 2007Conditional

  One and half storey dwellinghouse (change of plan)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5016

The 25 most recent of 34 applications.

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 Ballygrace.

Recorded monuments

• CO016-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope, with land falling away steeply on W side down to stream. Circular area (35.9m N-S; 34.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.05m); external fosse (max. D 0.9m) NE->E and SE->SW. Break in bank to SE (Wth 2.8m) and NNW (Wth 3.25m). Interior slopes down to N; raised on NW side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-110 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (32m E-W; 29.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m) with external fosse (D 0.6m); outer earthen bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.4m) c. 19m outside of fosse; external fosse (fosse two) to W (D 1m) and N. Internal face of inner bank is low SW ->E, sloping gently down to interior. Kink in outer bank to NNW. According to local information, fosse two infilled to S with field fence clearance material; gap (Wth 3m) recently broken through outer bank to SSE and material dumped inside. Interior planted with coniferous trees. Area between inner bank and outer bank is covered in long grass; concrete silage slab to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-111 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, immediately E of stream. D-shaped mound of burnt material (13m E-W; 9.4m N-S; H 0.4m). Surface of mound poached by cattle. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-112 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, near top of hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; slight circular depression marks position of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-113 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; interior planted with trees on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled in 1970s. Field planted with barley; slight rise visible in area of site. Circular enclosure visible as soilmark, showing bank, in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R687, May 1977); oval-shaped black spread in area of NW bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-114 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1980. Area of site defined by bare and low patches of barley. Field boundary abutting E side of monument on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps survives; curves to respect site with large drain dug on W side. Cropmark of fosse visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) S->NW; although fosse not visible to N, outline of enclosure visible as area of interior is lighter in colour than surrounding field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground. According to local information, fulacht fiadh noted here. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-221 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 10m S of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Two piles of burnt material dumped along stream. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-277001 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13458) c. 25m to WSW. Within field system (12004). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-277002 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of roughly oval enclosure (diam. c. 25m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13457) c. 25m to ENE. Within field system (12004). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-277003 Field system
  Description

  Regular pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering area of c. 4ha, visible in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks indicate traces of possibly two distinct overlapping field systems on different axes from present system. Circular enclosures (CO016-27701-; CO016-27702---) and possible ringfort (CO016-114---) within field system. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO016-279 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Two parallel linear cropmarks approach enclosure from SE. Ringforts (12105, 12107) c. 180m to SW and SE respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Ballygrace.

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 Ballygrace, 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 Ballygrace.

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

Name

Ballygrace · Baile an Ghréasaí

Area

1,316,591 m² (131.66 ha, 325.34 acres)

Civil parish

Churchtown, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,286 people lived in 427 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Egmont, Gurteenroe, Mountbridget, Mountcorbitt, Templemary

Placenames

Ballygrace 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.