Ballinree

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinree, from 134 m² to 215,565 m² (21.56 ha, 53.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballinree 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.

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, a bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560335

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  new single storey dwelling, treatment system, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560241

• 11 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling, garage, on site wastewater treatment system, percolation area, bored well, new domestic splayed entrance and driveway and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560028

• 5 Feb 2025N/a

  to construct a single storey dwelling, garage, on site wastewater treatment system, percolation area, bored well, new domestic splayed entrance and driveway and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560023

• 16 Aug 2024Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey dwelling, associated effluent treatment plant and percolation area, erection of new site boundaries, construction of a new vehicular entrance and roadside boundary set-back together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460239

• 29 Jul 2024N/a

  the construction of a single-storey dwelling, associated effluent treatment plant and percolation area, erection of new site boundaries, construction of a new vehicular entrance and roadside boundary set-back together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460219

• 29 Jul 2024N/a

  the construction of a single-storey dwelling, associated effluent treatment plant and percolation area, erection of new site boundaries, construction of a new vehicular entrance and roadside boundary set-back together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460220

• 27 May 2019Conditional

  a dormer style dwelling, domestic garage, well, the installation of a waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site and landscaping works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19210

• 17 Oct 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dormer style dwelling, appropriate waste water treatment system, bored well, new entrance and associated wing walls, domestic garage, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18399

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, single storey garage, bored well, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18232

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 Ballinree.

Recorded monuments

• CW019-032 Charcoal-making site
  Description

  In low-lying area in forestry. Granite structures in mounds and sunken pits (D c. 2.5m), which represent the remains of a charcoal burning complex, were noted by ASI in 1989. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 25 January 2012

• CW019-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 and 1908 'OS 6-inch' maps as fort (max. diam. c. 45m). Surrounding areas except small field on SW-W-N have been cleared and boulders now dumped around monument preventing access. Probably a ringfort.

• CW019-034001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 No visible trace of church. Enclosing bank and church site bulldozed. Shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map at centre of circular enclosure (CW019-034002).

• CW019-034002 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map as bank encircling church site (CW019-034001-), except at NW where farm buildings are shown on line of bank (max. diam. c. 60m N-S). Levelled about fifteen years ago.

• CW019-035 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked (in ruins)' on 1839 OS 6-inch map and on 1908 OS 25-inch map. According to ITA Survey (1945), projecting tower at NE angle contained partly spiral, partly straight stairs, originally with wide, segmental-arched windows, subsequently blocked to create narrow opes (wall T c 1.8m). Ground floor of three vaulted chambers; one large, two small. Walls of irregular granite boulders, with slight batter. Embrasure and three vaults suggest similarity to Rathnageeragh (CW020-004001-). Pile of rubble on site.

• CW019-036 Earthwork
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m). No visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort site.

• CW019-037 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked as circular field on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map. Masked by scrub and by boulders cleared from adjacent fields. Feature consists of stone wall, similar to local field boundaries (diam. c. 40m). May be a ringfort or enclosed rock outcrop.

• CW019-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (est diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank. Interior planted with trees.

Architectural heritage

• Ballinree Constabulary Barrack, RIC barracks, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey gable-fronted Tudor Revival former police barracks, c. 1845, with turret on a circular plan on a square base. Renovated, c. 1990, to accommodate residential use.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinree.

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.

No address of the register names Ballinree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballinree · Buaile an Fhraoigh

Area

3,285,491 m² (328.55 ha, 811.86 acres)

Civil parish

Sliguff, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Rathanna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathanna electoral division: 137 people in 53 households; 90% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrignafecka, Currenree or Corry Beg, Dunroe, Killoughternane, Knockclonagad, Knockendrane, Knockullard, Seskinnamadra

Placenames

Ballinree 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.