Ballygriffin

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygriffin, from 171 m² to 757,672 m² (75.77 ha, 187.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballygriffin 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.

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  (A) RETAIN CONVERSION OF FIRST FLOOR ATTIC SPACE TO STORE, LANDING AREA AND OFFICE; (B) RETAIN SIDE GROUND FLOOR STORAGE AREA EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE; (C) RETAIN POLYTUNNEL AT REAR OF DWELLING WHICH IS FOR THE ANCILLARY USE OF THE DWELLING; (D) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO DWELLING; (E) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND (2) PLANNING PERMISSION TO (F) DECOMMISSION EXISTING MECHANICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALL NEW MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND RAISED SAND POLISHING FILTER TO SERVE THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (G) PERMISSION TO ERECT A STORAGE SHED TO REAR OF DWELLING FOR THE ANILLARY USE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE; ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS LOCATED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231015

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  (A) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE STUDIO AREA ON THE FIRST FLOOR (C) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS AS LOCATED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211511

• 7 Feb 2018Conditional

  REVISE LOCATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBER 17/153

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1890

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED GARAGE AND TO INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17153

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballygriffin.

Recorded monuments

• KE093-086001 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River with Mucksna Mountain to the W. A short section (L c. 7m) of a relict field wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.2m), on an E-W axis, protrudes above the surface of the bog. Drainage works have taken place in the area. An enclosure (KE093-086002-) is c. 60m to the E and a wedge tomb (KE093-086003-) c. 60m to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-086002 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on a level break on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. Recorded in 1999 as a roughly D-shaped area (12.6m N-S) with the straight side at S (L c. 18m) defined by a low, partly grass-covered, drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 1m). Some upright stones were set at right angles to the line of the wall and the S wall contained crude boulders. The entrance (Wth 1m) was at the W end of the S side. The S portion of the interior had been cut into a gentle upslope and the N portion had been raised slightly to give a level interior. A small rectangular setting of stones near the centre of the enclosure appeared to be of relatively recent date. On a subsequent inspection in 2007 there were no visible remains of this enclosure, the land having been reclaimed and reseeded. There is a relict field boundary (KE093-086001-) is c. 60m to the W and a wedge tomb (KE093-086003-) c. 60m to the SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-086003 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In rough pasture with occasional rock outcropping, on a break on the lower E-facing slopes of Mucksna Mountain. A wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.2m; Wth c. 1m at the NNW end; Wth 0.65m at the SSE end) is aligned NNW-SSE. A single upright sidestone forms each side and a single backstone closes the SSE end. The roofstone (L 2m; Wth 1.5m; T 0.2m) has slipped to the SE where one end of it rests on the ground; the centre of the roofstone rests on the E sidestone. Two heavily leaning slabs, amid a scatter of prostrate stones near the NNW end, may represent an antechamber. A possible outer wall is suggested by a low upright stone amid the rubble to the E of the chamber. An enclosure (KE093-086002-) lies c. 60m to the NNE and a relict field boundary (KE093-086001-) c. 60m to the NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-086004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough pasture, close to a stream on an E-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. According to local information, a mound of burnt stone and black earth which existed here was levelled and the burnt material spread during reclamation works. The area is now under pasture and there are no visible remains of this possible fulacht fia. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygriffin.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballygriffin.

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 Ballygriffin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ballygriffin · Baile Uí Ghrífín

Area

1,681,415 m² (168.14 ha, 415.49 acres)

Civil parish

Kenmare, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kenmare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kenmare electoral division: 3,520 people in 1,321 households; 57% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrignahihilan, Derrygarriv, Gortnadullagh, Gortrooskagh, Kenmare Old, Mucksna, Rusheens

Placenames

Ballygriffin 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.