Ballinacor
Townland in the civil parish of Ballinacor, barony of Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile na Corra
- Area
- 857.9 ha
- 2,120 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 6,454 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinacor, from 32 m² to 294,151 m² (29.42 ha, 72.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinacor 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
24 Sept 2025N/a
dwelling house, a garage, well, effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, new driveway from existing entrance onto laneway and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25285
13 Mar 2024Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460152
3 Jan 2024Conditional
1. Retention of construction of as built conservatory extension to the side 2. Retention of construction of as built utility and porch extension to front. 3. Retention of construction of as built garage. 4. Retention of external lean to covered area to rear and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460003
19 Dec 2023N/a
1. Retention of construction of as built conservatory extension to the side. 2. Retention of construction of as built utility and porch extension to front. 3. Retention of construction of as built garage. 4. Retention of external lean to covered area to rear and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360515
18 Dec 2023N/a
1. Retention of construction of as built conservatory extension to the side 2. Retention of construction of as built utility and porch extension to front. 3. Retention of construction of as built garage. 4. Retention of external lean to covered area to rear and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360507
2 Apr 2019Conditional
3 part single storey part 1 ½ storey houses and new vehicle entrance, new connection to public sewer along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19356
18 Aug 2017Refused
4 single storey houses and new vehicle entrance, new connection to public sewer along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17998
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinacor Wood 001749
Recorded monuments
- WI029-003 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated on a marked NE-facing slope overlooking the Avonbeg valley. Local tradition locates the 17th-century stronghold of Phelim McFeagh O'Byrne to this site. Not visible at ground level and no other supporting evidence. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI029-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.4m). The site has been incorporated into the field boundary at the S and is faced externally with drystone-walling. No visible entrance, external fosse or internal features. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI029-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a marked NE-facing slope. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 30m). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Architectural heritage
- Saint Columba's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay single-storey Catholic Church, dated 1801. The church is finished in render with moulded quoins and ashlar bellcote. Although the chancel projects slightly the building is more accurately described as "T"-plan. The timber doors are set within pointed-arch openings. Window openings are generally pointed arch-headed with leaded glazing. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is well set back behind a curved wall with square gate pillars with pyramidal caps and wrought-iron gates. It sits on a slight rise within its own grounds, which are partly in use as a graveyard.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinacor.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballinacor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinacor · Baile na Corra
- Area
- 8,579,434 m² (857.94 ha, 2,120.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballinacor, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballinacor South
- Electoral division
- Ballinacor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinacor electoral division: 369 people in 119 households; 82% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghavannagh (Ram), Ballinabarny, Ballinagappoge, Ballinanty, Ballinatone Upper, Ballintombay Lower, Ballycreen Upper, Clonerkin, Fananierin, Greenan Beg, Kirikee, Moneymeen, Mucklagh
- Placenames
- Ballinacor 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.