Ballynagraigue
Townland in the civil parish of Duagh, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile na Gráige
- Area
- 155.1 ha
- 383 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 4,295 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynagraigue, from 721 m² to 303,928 m² (30.39 ha, 75.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynagraigue 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Dec 2022Conditional
ERECT A BUNGALOW, DOMESTIC GARAG, ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INFILTRATION TREATMENT AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221296
10 Aug 2017Conditional
ERECT A BUNGALOW WITH ATTIC SPACE OVER THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND A POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17785
24 Jan 2017Refused
ERECT A BUNGALOW WITH ATTIC SPACE OVER THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT , DOMESTIC GARAGE, ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND A SOIL POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1742
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 Ballynagraigue.
Recorded monuments
- KE017-021 Enclosure
Description
This semi-circular enclosure is not marked on the 1841-42 OS map, and it is only faintly marked on the 1915 map. The site has been almost completely levelled and is barely traceable. This site consists of a semi-circular raised area .4m above the surrounding land. It is c 37m in diameter. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1072. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE018-003001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on the crest of a hill, with extensive views in all directions, this site consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. The internal diameter of the site measures 33m N-S, and 35m E-W; the bank is low and measures c 5m wide. The exterior height of the bank varies from .4m-1.6m, and its internal height .3m-.8m. The internal area is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and contains small low mounds of stones, now grassed over. It is marked on OS maps as 'Children's Burial Ground (disused)'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE018-003002 Children's burial ground
Description
Situated on the crest of a hill, with extensive views in all directions, this site consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. The internal diameter of the site measures 33m N-S, and 35m E-W; the bank is low and measures c 5m wide. The exterior height of the bank varies from .4m-1.6m, and its internal height .3m-.8m. The internal area is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and contains small low mounds of stones, now grassed over. It is marked on OS maps as 'Children's Burial Ground (disused)'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE018-006 Standing stone
Description
On farmland, in open pasture. Overlooking a shallow valley to the NW. A sandstone standing stone (H 1.54m, Wth 0.44m) with a bulbous top-heavy appearance tapering to a narrow base. There is an enclosure (KE018-003001-) containing a cillin (KE018-003002-) c. 200m to the SE. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload/revision: 8 November 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynagraigue.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_3437 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynagraigue with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynagraigue · Baile na Gráige
- Area
- 1,551,226 m² (155.12 ha, 383.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Duagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Moynsha, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moynsha electoral division: 493 people in 183 households; 93% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacjordan, Ballynamuddagh, Curraghatouk, Dromlegagh, Dromlegagh Demesne, Foil, Knockaneroe, Knocknacrohy, Meennahorna, Shanafona, Shanbally
- Placenames
- Ballynagraigue 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.