# Ballybrack, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of O'Briensbridge, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Baile Breac. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,309,351 m² (130.94 ha, 323.55 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,279 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: O'Briensbridge, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/obriensbridge.md - Barony: Tulla Lower - Electoral division: Fahymore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 364 people lived in 128 households in the Fahymore electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/7427 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30107 - Centre: latitude 52.745107, longitude -8.564731 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrack, from 1,493 m² to 179,458 m² (17.95 ha, 44.34 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1512897: 179,458 m² (17.95 ha, 44.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512897.md - Parcel 1508950: 151,124 m² (15.11 ha, 37.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508950.md - Parcel 1503319: 126,073 m² (12.61 ha, 31.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503319.md - Parcel 1518050: 103,853 m² (10.39 ha, 25.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518050.md - Parcel 1519419: 93,823 m² (9.38 ha, 23.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519419.md - Parcel 1461669: 67,364 m² (6.74 ha, 16.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461669.md - Parcel 1458240: 65,721 m² (6.57 ha, 16.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458240.md - Parcel 5214790: 61,863 m² (6.19 ha, 15.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5214790.md - Parcel 1463054: 50,480 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1463054.md - Parcel 1505879: 46,589 m² (4.66 ha, 11.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505879.md - Parcel 1476743: 44,374 m² (4.44 ha, 10.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1476743.md - Parcel 1491042: 34,423 m² (3.44 ha, 8.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491042.md - Parcel 1519913: 32,453 m² (3.25 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519913.md - Parcel 1499529: 32,116 m² (3.21 ha, 7.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499529.md - Parcel 1441660: 31,616 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441660.md - Parcel 1438520: 27,020 m² (2.7 ha, 6.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438520.md - Parcel 5535863: 25,539 m² (2.55 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5535863.md - Parcel 1435134: 22,485 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435134.md - Parcel 1509449: 21,597 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1509449.md - Parcel 1487042: 15,380 m² (1.54 ha, 3.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1487042.md - Parcel 1437720: 13,211 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1437720.md - Parcel 1516344: 10,075 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516344.md - Parcel 1455671: 9,489 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455671.md - Parcel 1503530: 7,852 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503530.md - Parcel 1459735: 7,597 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459735.md - Parcel 1469456: 4,296 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1469456.md - Parcel 5601589: 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5601589.md - Parcel 1429934: 3,911 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429934.md - Parcel 1465607: 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1465607.md - Parcel 2449964: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2449964.md - Parcel 1492231: 1,980 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492231.md - Parcel 1452931: 1,493 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1452931.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 27 Jun 2025, Clare County Council 2560387: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect a private dwelling house and private garage, store/stable box and install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560387/0 - 4 Oct 2024, Clare County Council 2460485: Conditional. Permission. a 10-year planning permission for a solar array. The development will consist of c. 330,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 13 no. single storey control cabins with associated electrical transformer units and hardstand areas, 2 no. ring main units, underground cabling within the solar array site and within the R471 public road to connect solar array field parcels, security fencing, internal CCTV, access tracks (upgrade of existing and new), upgrade to 1 no. existing agricultural field entrance and creation of 2 no. new entrances on the R471 and 1 no. new entrance on the L70382, 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities), landscaping and all associated ancillary apparatus and development works. The proposed development provides for minor modifications to the solar array permitted under Clare County Council Reference P22/591 / An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-316043-23. These modifications comprise the omission of 1 no. single storey control cabin and associated electrical transformer unit, omission of solar panels and access track, and reconfiguration of internal cabling. The solar array will connect to the national grid and will have an operational lifespan of 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460485/0 - 7 May 2024, Clare County Council 24150: Refused. Permission. to fill the existing poor quality agricultural land with stone and soil in order to raise the level of the ground, including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/24150/0 - 9 Mar 2023, Clare County Council 23148: Refused. Permission. for development of a wind farm in the townlands of Fahy Beg, Fahy More North, Ballymoloney, Ballyknavin (Ed O'Briensbridge), Balllyquin More, Woodpark and Leitrim, Co Clare together with the development of an underground grid connection cable to the national grid. The underground grid connection is located primarily within the public road within the townlands of Leitrim, Fahy More South, Ballybrack, Aharinaghmore, Tooreen (Ed Cloghera) Aharinaghbeg, Knockdonagh, Roo East, Blackwater, Rosmadda West, Parkroe, Lackyle (Ed Ballyglass) and Castlebank, Co Clare. Temporary accommodation works to facilitate the delivery of wind turbine components to the site will be required in the townland of Ardataggle, Co Clare. The development will consist of: Construction of 8 no. wind turbines with a blade tip height range from 169m to 176.5m, a hub height range from 102.5m to 110m and a rotor diameter range from 131m to 138m; Erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast to a height of 100m above ground level; Construction of 1 no. onsite 38kV electrical substation to ESB Networks (ESBN) specifications and associated compound including Welfare facilities, Electrical infrastructure, Parking, Wastewater holding tank, Rainwater harvesting tank, Security fencing and all associated infrastructure, services and site works including landscaping in the townland of Woodpark; Installation of medium voltage electrical and communication cabling underground between the proposed turbines and the proposed on-site substation and associated ancillary works; Construction of turbine foundations and crane pad hardstanding area; Construction of new site tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; Upgrading of existing tracks and associated drainage infrastructure where necessary; Access to the proposed wind farm site will be from the R466 local road and will consist of the use of an existing quarry entrance in the townland of Leitrim which will be upgraded, as well as the creation of 1 no. new permanent site entrance on the Fahymore local road in the townland of Ballyquin More, and the use of 1 no. existing field entrance which will be upgraded, in the townland of Ballymoloney. The site entrances shall be used for both construction and operation of the proposed wind farm; All associated drainage and sediment control; Installation of new watercourse and drain crossings; Reuse and upgrading of existing internal watercourse and drain crossings; 2 no. temporary construction site compounds and. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23148/0 - 16 Feb 2023, Clare County Council 2385: N/a. Retention. to RETAIN (a) importation of inert material to site of 17.05.04 2,700 tons and (b) permission to import inert materials to site to improve the lands for good agricultural land. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2385/0 - 13 Jan 2023, Clare County Council 2317: N/a. Permission. for development of a wind farm in the townlands of Fahy Beg, Fahy More North, Ballymoloney, Ballyknavin (Ed O'Briensbridge), Balllyquin More, Woodpark and Leitrim, Co Clare together with the development of an underground grid connection cable to the national grid. The underground grid connection is located primarily within the public road within the townlands of Leitrim, Fahy More South, Ballybrack, Aharinaghmore, Tooreen (Ed Cloghera) Aharinaghbeg, Knockdonagh, Roo East, Blackwater, Rosmadda West, Parkroe, Lackyle (Ed Ballyglass) and Castlebank, Co Clare. Temporary accommodation works to facilitate the delivery of wind turbine components to the site will be required in the townland of Ardataggle, Co Clare. The development will consist of: Construction of 8 no. wind turbines with a blade tip height range from 169m to 176.5m, a hub height range from 102.5m to 110m and a rotor diameter range from 131m to 138m; Erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast to a height of 100m above ground level; Construction of 1 no. onsite 38kV electrical substation to ESB Networks (ESBN) specifications and associated compound including welfare facilities, electrical infrastructure, parking, wastewater holding tank, rainwater harvesting tank, security fencing and all associated infrastructure, services and site works including landscaping in the townland of Woodpark; Installation of medium voltage electrical and communication cabling underground between the proposed turbines and the proposed on-site substation and associated ancillary works; Construction of turbine foundations and crane pad hardstanding area; Construction of new site tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; Upgrading of existing tracks and associated drainage infrastructure where necessary; Access to the proposed wind farm site will be from the R466 local road and will consist of the use of an existing quarry entrance in the townland of Leitrim which will be upgraded, as well as the creation of 1 no. new permanent site entrance on the Fahymore local road in the townland of Ballyquin More, and the use of 1 no. existing field entrance which will be upgraded, in the townland of Ballymoloney. The site entrances shall be used for both construction and operation of the proposed wind farm; All associated drainage and sediment control; Installation of new watercourse and drain crossings; Reuse and upgrading of existing internal watercourse and drain crossings; 2 no. temporary construction site compounds and. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2317/0 - 19 Oct 2022, Clare County Council 22947: Conditional. Retention. of domestic garage/store and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22947/0 - 26 Jul 2022, Clare County Council 22671: N/a. Permission. to improve agricultural land by placing inert fill using existing access to the lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22671/0 - 22 Apr 2022, Clare County Council 22374: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling, domestic garage, bored well, wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22374/0 - 26 Jul 2017, Clare County Council 17577: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17577/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballybrack. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL053-010001: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-010001-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - CL053-010002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-010002-. 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. Date of upload: 18 December 2014 - CL053-010003: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-010003-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - CL053-011: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-011----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - CL053-012: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-012----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybrack. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballybrack, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Ballybrack. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballybrack.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballybrack.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballybrack.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Aharinaghmore: https://everytownland.com/clare/aharinaghmore.md - Cappakea: https://everytownland.com/clare/cappakea.md - Coolderry: https://everytownland.com/clare/coolderry.md - Dromintobin North: https://everytownland.com/clare/dromintobin-north.md - Earlhill: https://everytownland.com/clare/earlhill.md - Fahy More South: https://everytownland.com/clare/fahy-more-south.md - Knockbrack Upper: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockbrack-upper.md - Monaskeha: https://everytownland.com/clare/monaskeha.md - Tooreen: https://everytownland.com/clare/tooreen-32233.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballybrack - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/ballybrack