# Ballymacdonnell, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killeentierna, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile Mhic Dhónaill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 720,832 m² (72.08 ha, 178.12 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,354 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killeentierna, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killeentierna.md - Barony: Trughanacmy - Electoral division: Kilfelim, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 236 people lived in 87 households in the Kilfelim electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23462 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70289 - Centre: latitude 52.206517, longitude -9.514977 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacdonnell, from 462 m² to 313,902 m² (31.39 ha, 77.57 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1154465: 313,902 m² (31.39 ha, 77.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1154465.md - Parcel 4899546: 159,433 m² (15.94 ha, 39.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4899546.md - Parcel 1231407: 143,894 m² (14.39 ha, 35.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231407.md - Parcel 1143365: 58,981 m² (5.9 ha, 14.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143365.md - Parcel 1240635: 17,889 m² (1.79 ha, 4.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240635.md - Parcel 1162034: 5,791 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162034.md - Parcel 1225415: 2,915 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225415.md - Parcel 1247939: 2,431 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247939.md - Parcel 3022271: 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3022271.md - Parcel 1228232: 2,261 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228232.md - Parcel 1219187: 2,245 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219187.md - Parcel 1178820: 2,124 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178820.md - Parcel 1226214: 2,093 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1226214.md - Parcel 5096831: 2,087 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5096831.md - Parcel 3968013: 2,041 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3968013.md - Parcel 4899537: 462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4899537.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballymacdonnell in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) No planning application touches the townland of Ballymacdonnell in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymacdonnell. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE039-126: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-126----. The location of this monument was incorrectly marked on the RMP for Co. Kerry (issued 1998). The correct location was identified by Laurence Dunne (pers. comm. 16 February 2015). The monument is situated in pasture that slopes gently to the E. It consists of the much degraded remains of a ringfort (external dims. 43m E-W by 41m N-S; internal dims. 26m E-W by 21m N-S) which are visible as a grass-covered earthen and stone bank reaching a max. height of 0.5m at the E or downslope side. There is no evidence of an external fosse. A number of bumps, hollows and other undulations most likely reflect the incomplete clearance of the monument sometime shortly before 1945 when an account of a visit was included in the minute book of the County Kerry Field Club for that year (Vol. 1, 31st March 1945, pp. 580-2). The report makes reference to four chambers which could be interpreted as either hut-sites or a souterrain or both (KE039-126001-). Given that the limestone bedrock is close to the surface the possibility that the monument might have been a cashel cannot be discounted. (Dunne 2015) The attached image (KE039-126----_01.jpg), a view of the remains from the west, was taken on 6 February 2015, and is uploaded courtesy of Laurence Dunne. Compiled by: Paul Walsh based on details kindly provided by Laurence Dunne (16 February 2015) Date of upload: 17 February 2015 - KE039-126001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-126001-. In 1986 local information indicated the site of a possible 'fort' at the following grid reference: ITM 496403, 607055. This location, included on the Record of Monuments and Places (issued 1997), was incorrect and the remains monument are c. 140m to the S (KE039-126----). The minutes of the County Kerry Field Club record an account of their visit (Minute Book, vol. 1, 31st March 1945, pp. 580-2): 'This consists of a circular chamber 6' [feet] in diameter & 6' [feet] high with three short passages leading off from it. Access is gained by a short crawl passage. There were originally 3 similar chambers in this fort but two have been demolished in clearance by the farmer, who informed the party that he found several boars tusks in the earth when making the clearance.' Attached to the report is a site note with an annotated sketch signed by J. McDonnell who inspected the site. The note reads: 'Hut site at Ballymacdonnell in Mr James Scanlon's land'. Underneath this text there is an annotated sketch of the site denoting 'a 6' [feet] high and 6' [feet] diameter circular hut site with a passage entrance identified at the south. There appears to be three niches or chambers extending from the hut site, more or less at the other cardinal points.' It is unclear as to whether a hut-site or souterrain was described in the above account. (Dunne 2015) Compiled by: Paul Walsh based on details kindly provided by Laurence Dunne, 16 February 2015. Date of upload: 17 February 2015 - KE039-131: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-131----. 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. - KE039-133: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-133----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymacdonnell. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballymacdonnell, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_205, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_205.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballymacdonnell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballymacdonnell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballymacdonnell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymacdonnell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cliddaun: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cliddaun-70659.md - Cloonacurrig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cloonacurrig.md - Coolnacalliagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolnacalliagh.md - Kilfelim: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilfelim.md - Loughnagore: https://everytownland.com/kerry/loughnagore.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballymacdonnell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/ballymacdonnell