Ballyroe
Townland in the civil parish of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Baile Rua
- Area
- 52.1 ha
- 129 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 1,244 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyroe, from 25 m² to 139,432 m² (13.94 ha, 34.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Ballyroe 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
19 Feb 2026Conditional
to (A) Retain the extension to the rear / southern side of the existing outbuildings / storage shed. (B) Retain the roof over the external area between the outbuildings / storage shed and the domestic garage, all of which are ancillary to the dwelling house.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2627
12 Aug 2020Conditional
(1) RETAIN OF A SINGLE STOREY STABLES BUILDING, (2) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT
Retention · Kerry County Council, 20718
17 Apr 2019Conditional
(1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DETACHED GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. (2) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19395
17 Feb 2017Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, TO THE REAR ELEVATION OF THEIR EXISTING DWELLING, (B) CONVERT THE ATTIC SPACE TO PROVIDE FOR BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION, (C) PROVIDE FOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ROOF LIGHTS, (D) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND TO CONSTRUCT A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER AND (E) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE EXISTING GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17139
10 Jan 2017Conditional
RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITH MODIFIED CONDITIONS (CONDITION NO 2 OF PLANNING REF 10/1037)
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 178
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 Ballyroe.
Recorded monuments
- KE029-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 194/1953).
- KE029-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
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.
- KE029-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
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.
- KE029-050 Enclosure
Description
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.
- KE029-050001 Enclosure
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyroe.
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 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_87 (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
- Ballyroe, Tralee5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballyroe · An Baile Rua
- Area
- 521,088 m² (52.11 ha, 128.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Clogherbrien, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clogherbrien electoral division: 1,535 people in 561 households; 92% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynasare, Clashaphuca, Clogherbrien, Knockaclogher, Knockanush East, Parkboy
- Placenames
- Ballyroe 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.