Ballybroghan
Ballybroghan is a townland in the civil parish of Ogonnelloe, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Bhruacháin.
- Area
- 552.2 ha
- 1,364 acres
- Land parcels
- 157
- registered freehold, median 5,726 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybroghan, from 12 m² to 306,999 m² (30.7 ha, 75.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballybroghan 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 Apr 2025Conditional
for a storey and a half dwelling house, entrance from private road, effluent system and percolation area, bored well, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25115
10 Jan 2025Conditional
to renovate the existing derelict dwelling on site, demolishing and reconstructing the section to the right gable, creating a first floor area over the main footprint, installing a wastewater treatment system and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 252
31 Dec 2024N/a
to renovate the existing derelict dwelling on site, demolishing and reconstructing the section to the right gable, creating a first floor area over the main footprint, installing a wastewater treatment system and all associatd site and ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24437
4 Sept 2024N/a
to renovate and extend the existing derelict cotage within the curtilage of the dwelling house for use as a one bedroomed ancillary unit, for the enjoyment of the occupants of the main dwelling, install a waste water treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24284
20 Jun 2022Conditional
for the construction of a single dwelling, site entrance, bored well, domestic wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22543
25 Apr 2022Conditional
of existing dwelling house as constructed and entrance and PERMISSION to install an effluent treatment system and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22378
1 Apr 2022N/a
to RETAIN existing dwellinghouse as constructed and entrance and for PERMISSION to install an effluent treatment system and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22296
17 Feb 2022N/a
for the construction of a single dwelling, site entrance, bored well, domestic wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22140
28 Oct 2021N/a
to RETAIN alterations and extension to existing house and PERMISSION to install an effluent treatment system and percolation area (to replace existing septic tank) and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211134
4 May 2021Conditional
to erect a garage with attic hobby room for private domestic use and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21429
16 Mar 2021N/a
to erect a dwellinghouse entrance and driveway with septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21231
10 Oct 2019Refused
to erect a dwelling house, entrance, driveway, install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19774
28 Feb 2019N/a
to erect a dwelling house, entrance, driveway, install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19142
5 Nov 2018Refused
to erect a dwellinghouse, entrance, driveway, install a septic tank and percolation and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18879
22 Jan 2018Conditional
to construct a garage / shed
Permission · Clare County Council, 1833
22 Jun 2017Conditional
to erect a dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, install an effluent treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17489
24 Apr 2017Conditional
to RETAIN variations in floor plan and elevations and site layout from house approved under planning reference 12-598 and also for PERMISSION to carry out alterations to this house as constructed in accordance with the revised drawings now submitted
Retention · Clare County Council, 17303
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bernagh Bog SAC 002312
Recorded monuments
- CL036-022 Enclosure
Description
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.
- CL037-002 Enclosure
Description
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.
- CL037-005 Enclosure
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybroghan.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballybroghan, 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 high, 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 Ballybroghan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballybroghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybroghan · Baile Uí Bhruacháin
- Area
- 5,521,924 m² (552.19 ha, 1,364.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ogonnelloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Ogonnelloe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 794 people lived in 268 households in the Ogonnelloe electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyheefy, Ballylaghnan, Ballymalone, Ballyvannan, Caherhurly, Carrowbaun, Coumnagun
- Placenames
- Ballybroghan 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.