Ballagh

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballagh, from 209 m² to 270,941 m² (27.09 ha, 66.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballagh 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  a dwelling house and garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660566

• 13 Feb 2026N/a

  the development will consist of a dwelling house and garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660070

• 6 Jun 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the renovation and extension of existing derelict dwelling house and the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560331

• 20 Oct 2020Unconditional

  to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P15-534 to modify existing dwelling, construct extension to front and rear of existing dwelling, and also install a septic tank with a percolation area

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20769

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 Ballagh.

Recorded monuments

• CL016-069001 Crannog
  Description

  Near the S shore of Lickeen Lough. The following details are from Crumlish (1996): this roughly circular crannog (c. 17.8m E-W; 16.2m N-S), constructed of rocks and flagstones, lies in c. 1.1-2+m of water, depending on the seasons. On inspection in August 1996, it rose 0.75m above the level of the lake. However, due to the removal of stones and flags from it over the years, mainly from the external wall-face, it does not stand to its original height. Traces of a plinth (Wth 0.1-0.2m) survived around it from NW to NE. The interior was covered in soil and vegetation. A small drystone structrure (CL016-069002-) occupied it. In the E sector, an area of disturbance (4m E-W; D 0.6m) related to an attempt to construct a landing area for boats. On the shoreline, c. 60m to the SSW, a possible causeway (CL016-069003-) jutting out into the lake probably accessed it. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-069001-_01.jpg General view from NE Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• CL016-069002 Building
  Description

  On a crannog (CL016-069001-) in Lickeen Lough. The following details are from Crumlish (1996): this small roughly square-shaped drystone structure (3.8m N-S; 3.1m E-W; H 0.8m; wall Wth 0.5-0.6m) is built of flagstones. It has been partly demolished and rebuilt, particularly the N wall, part of the W wall and upper courses of the E wall. Rubble from it is strewn about it to the W and NW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• CL016-069003 Causeway
  Description

  Associated with a crannog (CL016-069001-), c. 60m to the NNE, in Lickeen Lough and located at the nearest point on the shoreline from it. This possible causeway (L c. 4m; Wth c. 2.5m) is constructed of flagstones and rocks and is visible below the surface of the water for a short distance before it disappears (Crumlish 1996). It probably accessed the crannog. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• CL016-072 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On the SE shore of Lickeen Lough, on a low-lying N-facing wooded slope in poorly drained marshy pasture. Ballagh Castle was in the possession of Teige McMurrough O’Brien in 1574 but by 1639 it had fallen into disrepair. Its site was pointed out by a local person (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). No visible surface trace of it survives and only intermittent traces of the walls of the rectangular building, named Ballagh House on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map, are visible; they have been incorporated into field boundaries and stand out as more regularly built sections of walling. Ua Cróinín and Breen (ibid.) noted that a number of dressed limestone blocks visible in the vicinity and reused in the nearby farmhouse may have come from it. See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 6 May 2022

• CL016-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Near the S shore of Lickeen Lough, on a densely overgrown hillock where surrounding fields had been cleared and drained. The area has since been planted with extensive forestry plantations. Hachured and named ‘Caherballagh’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as cashel in the RMP (1996). This enclosure is named after the townland according to Westropp (1900, 430) and is included in his list of cahers (ibid., 1905, 361). He described it as a ‘featureless ring planted with hawthorns near Lough Ballagh’ (ibid., 1913, 260). On inspection in May 1999, the hillock (base diam. c. 60m) was so densely overgrown with scrub and gorse that it was difficult to traverse. Only a few earthen bumps were noted. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 6 May 2022

• CL016-074 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a hillock, within an extensive coniferous forestry plantation. Hachured on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as cashel in the RMP (1996). This subcircular rath (int. dims. 26.5m E-W; 25m N-S) is defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The enclosing elements are visible from SW to N to SE but the inner (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.8m) and outer (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.35m) banks are reduced to a scarp from SE to SW. Likewise, the flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 1m at base; Wth c. 4m at top) is reduced to a berm (Wth 6m) in this area. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at ENE and a number of cattle gaps are also visible. The interior slopes to the S and is covered with a dense carpet of reeds. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 6 May 2022

• CL016-150 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope overlooking Lickeen Lough in a reclaimed field of long grass to the W of a stream. This is one of two fulachtaí fia recorded by MacMahon (1991, 48) in this townland, see also CL016-151----. No visible surface trace of this one survives. A person who had moved into the area was unaware of a monument at this location but had heard of attempts to preserve a mound at the bottom of the field c. 220m to the NNE, where it was thought the burnt material left over was from a limekiln. That area is now forested and no trace of the mound was evident. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 30 September 2022

• CL016-151 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope in pasture. Recorded by MacMahon (1991, 48). This fulacht fia is defined by a circular mound (diam. at base 12.2m; H 0.4-0.7m) with a flat and slightly concave top (diam. 7m). Heat-shattered stone is visible. A drain, filled with hard core, lies to its SW. MacMahon (ibid.) also recorded a second fulacht fia (see CL016-150----) in this townland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 August 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballagh · An Bealach

Area

4,244,015 m² (424.4 ha, 1,048.72 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfenora, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Ballagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballagh electoral division: 191 people in 81 households; 91% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacarhagh, Cahersherkin, Cloonomra, Gorteenmacnamara, Kilmore North, Knockanulty, Lickeen East, Lisroe, Tullagh Upper

Placenames

Ballagh 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.