Ballybrack
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyellin, barony of St. Mullin's Lower, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Baile Breac
- Area
- 220.6 ha
- 545 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 5,727 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrack, from 51 m² to 293,145 m² (29.31 ha, 72.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Ballybrack 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
14 Feb 2025Conditional
The construction of a new single story dwelling, domestic garage, domestic well, onsite wastewater treatment plant and percolation area along with all associated site and landscaping works including enhancement to an existing site entrance
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560032
18 Jul 2022Conditional
retention of alterations to extension from plans approved under Planning Register Number 19/253. The alterations include modifications to window and door layout on South and West elevations of proposed extension and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22240
17 Feb 2022Conditional
for an extension to the front and side of an existing dwelling house, including all associated site and landscaping works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2249
23 Oct 2020Conditional
retention permission for 1) Extension to side of dwelling and 2) Garage to rear of dwelling
Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20375
21 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct a new 103 sq.m. single storey domestic garage to the side of existing dwelling together with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20244
14 Jul 2020Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, a domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20231
17 Jun 2020N/a
to construct a new 103 sq.m single storey domestic garage to the side of existing dwelling together with associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20190
24 Jun 2019Conditional
the erection of extensions and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19253
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 Ballybrack.
Recorded monuments
- CW022-027 Enclosure
Description
Circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R3/3). No remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW022-030 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 area enclosed by bank or wall (max. diam. c. 35m). Slight rise visible. Known locally as 'rath'.
- CW022-048 Ritual site - holy well
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 Associated locally with St Molaing. Disturbed and now dry.
- CW022-049 Fulacht fia
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 During reclamation of ill-drained area, spread of what appeared to be burnt stone and black soil uncovered. No visible surface traces.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybrack.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybrack.
- 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 Ballybrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybrack · An Baile Breac
- Area
- 2,205,877 m² (220.59 ha, 545.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyellin, and its townlands
- Barony
- St. Mullin's Lower
- Electoral division
- Kyle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kyle electoral division: 360 people in 121 households; 90% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymurphy, Barnahaskin, Kilmissan, Knockmore, Kyle, Lissalican, Rathgeran
- Placenames
- Ballybrack 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.