Ballynacally
Ballynacally is a townland in the civil parish of Kilchreest, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Baile na Caillí.
- Area
- 87.8 ha
- 217 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 4,340 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacally, from 350 m² to 223,324 m² (22.33 ha, 55.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Jul 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a new entrance, private well, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560399
12 Aug 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460376
6 Jun 2024Conditional
for the renovation, alteration and extension of a former public house and the change of use to include both a pre-school, before and after school education and care centre in one part of the buidling, and the renovation and alteration to incorporate a domestic residential townhouse in the remaining part of the former public house. PERMISSION is also sought for a new outdoor play area, staff car parking area, a drop off and set down area, car park for the domestic dwelling, on-site wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24178
14 Mar 2024N/a
for the change of use from former bar/public house to 'Pre-school, Before and After-school Care Centre' Connect to waterwater treatment plant recently granted permission under Planning Ref. No 23/60253. Provide staff car parking and drop off points and carry out all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2485
17 Jul 2023Conditional
for the installation of a domestic waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling house (former public house known as Dalys Bar) together with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360253
7 Jul 2023N/a
for the installation of a domestic waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling house (former public house known as Dalys Bar) together with all associated siteworks
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360242
2 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2280
15 Jul 2021Conditional
to alter, extend and complete the existing unfinished dwelling house along with all associated site works and ancillary services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21747
9 Jun 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21596
7 Sept 2017Conditional
to construct sunroom extension to side of existing dwelling, plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17683
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 Ballynacally.
Recorded monuments
- CL050-039 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- CL050-059 Metalworking site
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 Ballynacally.
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 Ballynacally, 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 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 Ballynacally.
- 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 Ballynacally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynacally · Baile na Caillí
- Area
- 878,498 m² (87.85 ha, 217.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilchreest, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Ballynacally, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 231 people lived in 86 households in the Ballynacally electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnagla, Ballynagard, Carrowkilla, Cloonnakilla, Knocksaggart, Rosscliff
- Placenames
- Ballynacally 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.