Ballyvoneen

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvoneen, from 36 m² to 163,733 m² (16.37 ha, 40.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  for (a) detached single storey three-bedroom dwelling (ridge height 6.2m), (b) provision for upgrade works to existing farm access road to provide new vehicular entrance, (c) installation of a well to front garden and effluent treatment system to rear garden and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of (a) Revised site plans indicating revised siting of proposed dwelling and indicating setback distance from motorway; (b) Revised landscape plan and report indicating planted screening along boundaries; (c) Rationale for location of proposed development; (d) Acoustic Design Statement demonstrating noise levels; (e) Certificate of Titles and associated Folios of all lands under the Applicant's ownership; (f) Letter from Westmeath Co. Co. confirming legal right of way; (g) Detail of proposed road improvement from Westmeath County Council National Roads Office

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24292

• 2 Jun 2021N/a

  (A) the erection of a two-storey type house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with a soil polishing filter percolation area and (D) vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21779

• 24 Jun 2020Conditional

  Alteration and relocation of vehicle entrance as granted under previous planning grant 04/1576

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20661

• 29 May 2020Conditional

  to amend application 18/94 at Ovidstown, Ballyvoneen, Enfield, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm to generate renewable electricity on a 13.6ha site and to extend the consent to 35 years, which comprises an access gate, security fencing, solar arrays and racking system, 2 no. electricity substations, grid connection building, temporary construction compound, CCTV cabling, hardstanding, new access track and ecologically beneficial landscape works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20543

• 14 Apr 2020N/a

  to amend application 18/94. Amendments proposed include: No change to the perimeter fence or CCTV points; Change from mesh fence to deer fencing in compliance with Condition 13; Solar panel height increased from 2.3m to 2.5m; Angle span amended from 20-30 degrees to 10-40 degrees. Panels layout slightly reconfigured to account for changes in the height; Interior access track decreased in land disturbance from 3,172sqm to 1,109sqm; Increase of the temporary construction compound from 2,452sqm to 3,000sqm; Removal of the 750sqm Energy Storage Area; Replacement of five solar farm substations with two slightly larger substations with a shared hardstanding area, a decrease from 780sqm to 448sq; Removal of a section of solar panels from the northern extent of the Application Site; and an overall decrease in ground disturbance at the construction stage by 3,145sqm

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20382

• 5 Jul 2019Conditional

  to extend existing dwelling house at the side to include a living room and study and 5 Velux windows in the attic and to construct a chimney and to decommission existing septic tank and install a new treatment system and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19766

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  a new single storey dwelling, new recessed entrance, new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19671

• 13 May 2019N/a

  a new single storey dwelling, new recessed entrance, new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19533

• 1 Feb 2018Conditional

  a temporary (27 years) ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm to generate renewable electricity on a 13.6 hectare (ha) site, comprising access gate, security fencing, solar arrays and racking system, electricity substations, electrical control cabinets, grid connection building, energy storage area, energy storage containers, temporary construction compound, CCTV, cabling, hardstanding, new access track, and ecologically beneficial landscape works, (ITM Grid Reference E 680018 N 738927)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1894

• 24 Jan 2018Conditional

  (a) Erection of dormer type dwelling; (b) Erection of garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Installation of proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 1864

• 23 Nov 2017N/a

  a temporary (27 years) ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm to generate renewable electricity on a 13.6 hectare (ha) site, comprising solar arrays, associated electrical infrastructure, fencing access improvements and ecologically beneficial landscape works at Ovidstown Development Site, ITM Grid Reference E 680018 N 738927,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 171311

• 11 Oct 2017Conditional

  (a) Erection of bungalow type dwelling; (b) Erection of garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) Installation of septic tank and percolation area and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171138

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 Ballyvoneen.

Recorded monuments

• KD004-021013 Field boundary
  Description

  In 2001, archaeological testing (Licence no. 01E0156: www.excavations.ie) in advance of the construction of four houses exposed a natural hollow containing two field ditches, one apparently of medieval date. Modern field consolidation had filled the hollow to the level of the present ground surface, and covered the features in a layer of topsoil. The first ditch was 1.4m wide and c. 0.5m deep, and was filled with a friable loam containing a single sherd of late medieval pottery, the second ditch shared its orientation with post-medieval furrows. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD004-041 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In 2002, archaeological excavation (Licence no. 02E0988) was carried out in advance of the proposed M4 Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock motorway development. The site was previously uncovered during centre-line testing (Licence no. 02E0141). A circular enclosure and five pits to its N were recorded. The main feature was a ring-ditch, most of which had been ploughed out, and plough furrows were found across the site. No evidence of a mound or bank was identified. The ditch was 6.4-7m in diameter and 0.3-0.7m wide, being widest in the south-west corner and narrowest in the north-east. There was a sharp break at the top of the cut, with an imperceptible break at the base, giving a U-shaped profile. The ring-ditch was 0.1-0.2m deep and filled with a deposit of mid-orange/brown, loamy clay that had inclusions of small pebbles and occasional charcoal flecks. A number of small pits/post-holes to the north of this feature may be related, and one in particular showed evidence of burnt bone and charcoal. There was no evidence anywhere on the site of in situ burning. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD004-055 Enclosure
  Description

  A bivallate circular-shaped hilltop enclosure is depicted standing on top of Ballyvolane [Ballyvoneen] Hill on Taylor's Map of Kildare, 1783. This enclosure is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The partial outline of a possible enclosure are visible in this area on Google Earth aerial imagery. An OS trig. station is marked at this location on the revised ed. OS 6-inch map. See attached images of enclosure taken from Taylor's Map of Kildare, 1783 and Google Earth. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan.

Architectural heritage

• Ballyvoneen House, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1810, on an irregular plan retaining early aspect with two-bay two-storey recessed lower end bay to left (west) incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1770, and four-bay two-storey split-level return to rear to north. Renovated, c.1860, with four-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to front. Hipped roof with slate (gable-ended to recessed end bay; gable-ended to return to rear to north). Clay ridge tiles (red clay ridge to main roof). Roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roofed to porch. Materials not visible behind parapet wall. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction (over mud-walled construction to recessed end bay). Unpainted (ivy-clad). Rendered walls to porch. Unpainted. Rendered coping to parapet wall. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 6/1 timber sash windows to main block and to recessed end bay. 2/1, 2/2, and 3/3 timber sash windows to rear (north) elevation and to return to rear to north. Timber casement windows to porch. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door (possibly with overlight). Set back from road in own grounds perpendicular to road. Landscaped grounds to site. Detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1810, to west with two-bay single-storey end bay to left (south). Reroofed, c.1940. Gable-ended roofs. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1940. Iron ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Timber fittings.

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 20 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_2590 (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.

No address of the register names Ballyvoneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ballyvoneen · Baile an Mhóinín

Area

2,480,797 m² (248.08 ha, 613.02 acres)

Civil parish

Cloncurry, and its townlands

Barony

Ikeathy And Oughterany

Electoral division

Cloncurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cloncurry electoral division: 1,648 people in 512 households; 90% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarn (Co. Meath), Ballynakill, Cloncurry, Dysart, Johnstown (Co. Meath), Knockanally

Placenames

Ballyvoneen 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.