Balally

1,847 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balally, from 0 m² to 223,126 m² (22.31 ha, 55.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 93 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Objective A (Existing residential)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 1,739 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Objective F (Open space, park)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Objective G (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C4Objective LIW (Warehouse (excluding retail warehouse))
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Objective B (Agriculture)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Objective MTC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Sept 2026Validation

  Permission for the change of use and retention of change of use of existing flo

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0674/WEB

• 28 Aug 2026Assessment period

  Change of use from shop (Class 1) to Office (Class 3)

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0644/WEB

• 28 Aug 2026Declare application invalid

  Permission for the change of use and retention of change of use of existing floo

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0643/WEB

• 25 Aug 2026Assessment period

  The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 12 no. apa

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0632/WEB

• 25 Aug 2026Assessment period

  (i)Demolition of the 1 no. existing residential unit and ancillary garage on sit

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0631/WEB

• 14 Aug 2026Withdraw the application

  External wall insulation.

  Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF12426

• 30 Jul 2026Grant permission

  The construction of a rear extension, construction of a front porch, together w

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0436/WEB

• 29 Jul 2026Declare application invalid

  The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of 85 no. ap

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0570/WEB

• 23 Jul 2026Assessment period

  i) 1 no. synthetic all-weather rugby pitch (112m x 70m), including; a 5m run-off

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0559/WEB

• 21 Jul 2026Grant permission

  for an attic conversion with rear dormer of terraced house to include playroom w

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0420/WEB

• 8 Jul 2026Grant permission

  Permission is sought for the following: Full planning permission for: 1) 33.4m²

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0393/WEB

• 3 Jul 2026Declare application invalid

  Permission for the change of use and retention of change of use of existing floo

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0502/WEB

• 1 Jul 2026Grant permission

  For amendments to previously approved Planning Reg. Ref No. D25A/0824/WEB for w

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0495/WEB

• 25 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Permission sought for: (i) Provision of 3 no. enclosed Padel Courts with ancilla

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0479/WEB

• 10 Jun 2026Refuse permission

  The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of each apart

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0435/WEB

• 3 Jun 2026Assessment period

  The partial demolition of the existing dwelling, 151sqm, on the site and the mod

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0325/WEB

• 3 Jun 2026Declare application invalid

  The installation of an air source heat pump on the balcony/terrace of each apart

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0410/WEB

• 2 Jun 2026Grant permission

  1 Wyckham Land Limited intend to apply for Permission for a Large-Scale Resident

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD26A/0406/WEB

• 28 May 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  1) Retention of a single storey garden room and WC constructed to the rear of th

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0314/WEB

• 28 May 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a new lean-to roof rear extension to connect to the existing lea

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0317/WEB

• 22 May 2026Registered application

  73 mobility hub sites across the Council's administrative area

  Part vlll (public consultation) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, PC/IC/01/26

• 19 May 2026Declare application invalid

  Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site, ‘Marmal

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD26A/0375/WEB

• 7 May 2026Grant permission

  The development will consist of conversion of attic space (39.0m.sq.) incorpora

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0272/WEB

• 29 Apr 2026Refuse permission for retention

  (1) Retention permission for demolition works comprising the original dwelling,

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0322/WEB

• 24 Apr 2026Assessment period

  Permission for retention to retain the existing 21m high monopole (overall heig

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0315/WEB

The 25 most recent of 96 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fitzsimon's Wood 001753

Recorded monuments

• DU022-024 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. Balally Castle was built by William Walsh some time after 1407 when in a grant from the crown it was conditioned that a castle be built on the lands at Balally (Ball 1903, II, 73-74). This may have replaced a wooden dwelling built by John de Walhope in the late 13th-century (Ball 1900, 191). Today there is a childrens' playground on the site. There are no visible remains above ground. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012

• DU022-036001 Church
  Description

  Known as the 'cross church of Moreen' it is said to have been built on a battleground (Ball & Hamilton, 1895, 134). Some sources identify Balally with the BALLYVROOLEF listed in the papal bull of 1179 (Cotter 1991). In 1297 a Plea Roll recorded a legal action between John le Botiller and the Abbot of Wetheney, Abbington, Co. Limerick 'as to the right of presentation to the church of Balihawly' (Mount 1990, 120). Remains comprise the foundation of a rectangular structure, built of undressed granite masonry (int. dims. L 10.40m, Wth 5.2m, Wall Wth 0.95m). A series of pits revealed during the excavation of the site produced a strap-tag with interlaced decoration of 7th-10th century date (Mount 1991, 23-24). Further excavations in 2003 revealed a double-ditched enclosure. Finds included a medieval rotary quern and coarse local ware. No structures were identified (O'Donnchadha, 2006, 106). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26th April 2012

• DU022-036002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  An aerial photograph (BKS 2177 6139) taken in 1971 shows a substantial oval earthen bank (diam. 148m) which enclosed the church (DU022-036001-). This has been levelled during later development leaving no visible trace above ground. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26th April 2012

• DU022-064 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Now incorporated into a green area within Moreen Housing Estate. This feature extends roughly N-S direction and survives in two sections. It comprises a flat-topped bank with a fosse on either side (L 220m). The bank is better preserved in the S (Wth Top 3-4m, Wth Base 6m, H 1.2m). The fosses are mostly silted up (Wth 2m, D 0.3m). There are old whitethorn bushes along both faces of the bank and along the top a number of mature trees. This earthwork compares in appearance and size with sections of Pale Ditch in Dublin and Kildare. It is on a route of the Pale Ditch confirmed by Ball & Hamilton (1895) in their history of the Parish of Taney (Healy 1978). Investigative excavations in 1996 indicated the Pale Ditch continued northwards (L 63m) from the Kilcross estate through part of the Central Bank's grounds.

• DU022-110 Fulacht fia
  Description

  During monitoring of topsoil on the South-Eastern Motorway a fulacht fiadh was identified. Located on a gentle slope at the foot of the Dublin Mountains near a stream. Comprised aspread of dark soil which covered a hearth and a large circular pit. Beside the hearth was a large circular pit surrounded by a ring of stake holes and a rectlinear pit which was lines with wooden planks. Finds from the site include a small quantity of lithic debitage (O' Drisceoil, 2004, 121).

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's National School, school, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey national school, designed 1934; built 1935-6; dated 1936, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height "bas-relief" breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey flat-roofed central return (west). Renovated, 2011. Hipped slate roof centred on flat roof behind parapet (west), clay ridge tiles centred on copper-covered spirelet on an octagonal plan on copper-covered base, central rooflight to rear (west) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging timber boarded box eaves. Granite ashlar wall to front (east) elevation on moulded cushion course on cut-granite plinth; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement to front (east) elevation with cut-granite sills (ground floor) or thumbnail beaded cut-granite sill course (first floor), and cut-granite lintels framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set back from line of road in relandscaped grounds.

• Sandyford Carnegie Free Library, library/archive, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Façade of detached three- or five-bay single-storey library, designed 1907; dated 1907; opened 1907, on a T-shaped plan centred on three-bay single-storey lower breakfront. Burnt, 1982. Derelict, 1984. "Restored", 1997, to accommodate alternative use. Renovated, 2011. Replacement hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan extending into hipped slate roof (breakfront) with ridge tiles, paired rendered "wallhead" central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having cut-granite capping supporting ribbed terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on paired cut-granite dentil consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered chamfered plinth with margined rock faced cut-granite piers to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite surround framing replacement glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, cut-granite monolithic mullions, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior remodelled, 2011. Set back from line of road in relandscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting replacement mild steel gate.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1805–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, begun 1806; completed 1830, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on chancel to crossing (east); three-bay full-height sacristy (east) on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay three-stage engaged tower on a square plan supporting octagonal spire. "Unfinished", 1837. "Finished", 1840. Renovated, 1956. Renovated with sanctuary reordered. "Restored", 1996. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with lichen-spotted ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite kneelers including cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (west) front on cut-granite kneelers with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins to corners; repointed coursed or snecked rubble granite walls (east) with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Tudor-headed window openings (nave) with cut-granite sills, Y-mullions (west), and rendered surrounds having stepped reveals (west) or cut-granite surrounds having stepped reveals (east) framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Tudor-headed window openings (transepts) with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite surrounds having stepped reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch central door opening (east) with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite surround having moulded reveals framing timber panelled double doors having overpanel. Lancet flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, timber Y-mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having stepped reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Tudor-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered repointed yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing twelve-over-twelve timber sash windows having Y-tracery glazing bars. Full-height interior with balustraded choir gallery (west), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass windows (----), and stained glass windows (undated) centred on cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) reordered with cut-veined white marble panelled altar below Classical-style reredos. Set in landscaped grounds with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having stringcourses below pyramidal capping supporting crocketed cast-iron double gates.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1844–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, occupied 1901, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront; two-bay two-storey side elevations. Undergoing "restoration", 2012-3. Replacement hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront) with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, paired rendered chamfered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, cut-granite chamfered coping to gable on roll moulded gabled "Cavetto" kneelers with wrought iron finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded rendered cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on thumbnail beaded cushion course on rendered plinth with engaged colonette-detailed rendered piers to corners. Camber- or segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite threshold, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement in pointed segmental-headed recess (first floor) with moulded rendered sill course, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on foliate label stops framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Shouldered square-headed window openings (first floor) with moulded rendered sill course, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Mary's Catholic Church.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1844–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery, occupied 1901, on a rectangular plan with three-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Undergoing "restoration", 2012-3. Replacement hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Roughcast walls bellcast on rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite threshold, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting lead-covered cornice on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows with two-over-two timber sash windows to rear (west) elevation centred on one-over-one timber sash window (first floor). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Mary's Catholic Church.

• House, 1756–1798 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1798, on a rectangular plan; three-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables with slate hung rendered chimney stacks to apexes having chamfered capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered walls. Elliptical-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by platform of two cut-granite steps, cut-granite doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting "bas-relief" cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule retaining moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; round- or segmental-headed door opening into hall with classical-style surround framing timber panelled door having fanlight; hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with roughcast piers to perimeter having cut-granite capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 5 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3237 (ZIP).

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 Balally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Balally · Baile Amhlaoibh

Area

3,362,472 m² (336.25 ha, 830.88 acres)

Civil parish

Taney, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Dundrum-Sandyford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dundrum-Sandyford electoral division: 7,638 people in 3,004 households; 56% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinteer, Barnacullia, Blackthorn, Drummartin, Dundrum, Kilmacud West, Kingstown, Murphystown, Tiknock, Woodside

Placenames

Balally 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.