Ballyhar

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhar, from 98 m² to 213,350 m² (21.33 ha, 52.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Ballyhar 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.

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EASY FEED SLATTED UNIT FOR SUCKLER COWS AND CALVES, COMPLETE WITH CANOPY, BARRIERS, UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY TANK, STRAW BEDDED PENNING AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20950

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  RETAIN A ONE BED APARTMENT, GARAGE, AND BAKERY AS CONSTRUCTED. PERMISSION IS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (REF. NO. 02/2020 ON THE 14/8/2002).

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18805

• 23 Jul 2018N/a

  RETAIN DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF PERMISSION TO RETAIN A ONE BED APARTMENT, GARAGE, AND BAKERY AS CONSTRUCTED. PERMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (REF.NO. 02/220 ON THE 14/8/2002)

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 18734

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE058-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, to the N of a railway, on a SW-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Glanooragh River. A circular area (c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp SE-W, by a low rise W-N and by a farm lane (curving N-S) which truncates the NE sector of the rath. The interior, which slopes down towards the scarp at S, is undulating and slightly concave. This is probably one of the two raths (see KE058-029----) in the W end of the townland which were mentioned in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcredane, 12). It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1894 OS 6-inch map. A children's burial ground (KE058-104----) is c. 200m to the E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, to the SW of a road, on the summit of a low rise. A roughly circular and slightly raised area (c. 32m E-W) defined by a low rise (Wth 12m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.15m) NW-NNE and by a slight intermittent scarp elsewhere. A road skirts the rath at E. The interior is slightly concave. This is probably one of the two raths (see KE058-028----) in the W end of the townland and 'near the children's burial ground', which were mentioned in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcredane, 12). This rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). A children's burial ground (KE058-104----) is c. 170m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A circular area (c. 28m E-W) defined by a low rise W-E and by a scarp, which slopes inwards towards the concave interior, E-W. The low rise marking the line of the levelled bank is most noticeable along the NE arc where it is adjacent to a field boundary. According to the landowner, the field is known as 'the fort field'. The rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). This is probably the rath in the N side of Ballyhar which was mentioned in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcredane, 12). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-104 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (KE058-104001-). In the 1840s a children's burial ground was recorded in the W end of Ballyhar townland, close to two raths (OSNB, Kilcredane, 12). It is likely that the rath (KE058-104001-) which is c. 200m E of a rath (KE058-028----) and c. 170m SE of another rath (KE058-029----) was the children' burial ground referred to in the 1840s, though there are no visible remains of any graves or grave-markers in its interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-104001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope, c. 100m NW of Ballyhar House. A circular area (28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.55m) SW-SE. The S arc is truncated by an E-W field boundary. The interior slopes gently down to the S. Trees are indicated in the interior of the rath on the 1894 OS 6-inch map and a rectangular tree planted area is indicated at this location on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. This is the possible location of a children's burial ground (KE058-104----). There are two raths (KE058-028----, KE058-029----) c. 200m to the W and c. 170m to the NW, respectively. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-151 Church
  Description

  On the E side of a road in the village of Ballyhar. The church is cruciform in ground plan (long axis NE-SW) with transepts at the NE end. The main door is in the SW wall. The walls are rendered externally with exposed cut limestone detail. There is a bellcote on top of the SW gable. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 74) described this church as 'a modern building'. It is still in use. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-152 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (Wth c. 6.9m; long axis NW-SE), built of rusticated random ashlar limestone, spanning the Glanooragh River. The single segmental arch has shaped rusticated voussoirs and its underside is brick-built. The ends of the parapets are angled outwards to form refuge areas. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-251 Enclosure
  Description

  This potential feature was reported by Michael Connolly, County Archaeologist, Kerry County Council. It was identified by him during the course of an assessment of a 40 square mile area for the purpose of choosing a road route in 2000 to the north of Killarney. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the cropmark of an oval enclosure. No potential feature depicted at this location upon OSi historic mapping.

• KE058-295 Enclosure
  Description

  This potential feature was reported by Michael Connolly, County Archaeologist, Kerry County Council. It was identified by him during the course of an assessment of a 40 square mile area for the purpose of choosing a road route in 2000 to the north of Killarney. In dense deciduous plantation, on N side of Glanooragh river. Access not gained; Accessed via firebreak to W and reached within c. 45m to NW of the grid reference provided. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a small enclosure. Deep land drain (long-axis N-S) between firebreak and forestry. No potential feature depicted at this location upon historic mapping. This area is obscured by forestry upon modern aerial photography indicating that the area of the potential feature may have been planted (OSi 2010; Bing 2015).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyhar.

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

Name

Ballyhar · Baile Uí Aichir

Area

1,184,340 m² (118.43 ha, 292.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcredane, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Ballyhar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyhar electoral division: 200 people in 74 households; 86% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aglish, Ballinillane, Cloonydonigan Lower, Dromdoohig Beg, Dromdoohig More, Knockanoulort, Racomane East, Racomane West

Placenames

Ballyhar 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.