Ballinrush

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinrush, from 603 m² to 293,560 m² (29.36 ha, 72.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballinrush 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.

• 9 May 2025Conditional

  the construction of a One & a Half Storey Style Dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560117

• 28 Mar 2025Conditional

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

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560077

• 26 Mar 2025N/a

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

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560072

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of a dormer style extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling, a domestic garage, new entrance, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, connection to services, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360097

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a 1.5 storey dormer dwelling with detached garage with treatment system, private bore well, new vehicle entrance, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site, landscaping and other works to facilitate the development

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21459

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  Retention of a single storey outbuilding to the rear of the dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21385

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  the construction of a proposed new two storey dwelling, new detached garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system, bored well, storm water soakaways and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20359

• 22 Sept 2020N/a

  the construction of a proposed new two storey dwelling, new detached garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system, bored well, storm water soakaways and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20329

• 3 Oct 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19393

• 21 Dec 2017Conditional

  Full planning permission for a 1 1/2 storey extension to the front of existing 1 1/2 storey dwelling including minor alterations to the existing exterior, together with all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17364

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 Ballinrush.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinrush.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinrush.

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 Ballinrush, 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 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 Ballinrush.

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 Ballinrush with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballinrush · Buaile an Rois

Area

2,219,623 m² (221.96 ha, 548.48 acres)

Civil parish

Myshall, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Myshall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

603 people lived in 219 households in the Myshall electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bealalaw, Coolasnaghta, Croanruss, Knockdramagh, Myshall, Shangarry, Straduff

Placenames

Ballinrush 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.