Ballygirreen

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygirreen, from 232 m² to 345,940 m² (34.59 ha, 85.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2Cluster (General)
  Ballygireen Cluster, Clare · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  to demolish one existing agricultural shed and construct a replacement agricultural storage shed on the site of the existing shed and two former agricultural sheds damaged during Storm Éowyn and subsequently removed, together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660588

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct an entrance, dwelling house, garage, waste-water treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560048

• 22 Jan 2024N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste-water treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460016

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23370

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fergus Estuary And Inner Shannon, North Shore 002048

Recorded monuments

• CL042-181001 Barrow - ditch barrow
  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 Ballygirreen.

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 Ballygirreen, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_586 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballygirreen · Baile Uí Gheirín

Area

2,338,548 m² (233.85 ha, 577.87 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnasoolagh, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Lower

Electoral division

Newmarket, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,097 people lived in 740 households in the Newmarket electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconneely, Ballynacragga, Ballysallagh West, Ing West, Latoon South

Placenames

Ballygirreen 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.