Ballyquirk

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyquirk, from 193 m² to 179,485 m² (17.95 ha, 44.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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 Ballyquirk 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.

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the following development: (a) Erection of a Meal bin and Water storage tank (b) Construction of a milking parlour, handling facilities, dairy, collecting yard, flow channels and underground slatted tank (c) Installation of Solar Panels on the roof of the new milking parlour and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21994

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  detached storage sheds to residential site, including all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21321

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 Ballyquirk.

Recorded monuments

• KK020-100 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  On a small patch of dry land in a marginal poorly drained area. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3863). A large pit filled with burnt stones and charcoal-enriched soil. A second smaller pit truncated it. There was no evidence of burnt material outside the pit. A sample of ash charcoal from the pit fill was sent for analysis and returned a date of 2292–2143 cal BC (UBA 12230). (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 876; Elliot and Coughlan 2011) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• KK020-101 Structure
  Description

  In an area prone to waterlogging although on the crest of a hill with panoramic views of the Blackstairs to the E and Slievenamon to the S. Excavated in 2008 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3864). Two roughly circular post-built structures, domestic activity evidenced by numerous pits, post-holes and stake-holes and three rectangular troughs (KK020-102----) containing burnt stone (one of which extends outside the road take at the NW of the excavation). Finds included a possible whetstone, a possible broken spindle whorl and two sherds of prehistoric pottery. The area was significantly damaged by modern field clearance. Structure 1 consisted of a group of 9 post-holes (diam. 5.2-5.7m) enclosing a roughly circular area. The spacing between the posts was very regular. A large oval pit was excavated off-centre within the structure and numerous other pits and stake-holes existed within it, a number of which may have formed an internal arc. A group of features adjacent to the E, centred around a large pit, may have been related. Structure 2, 27.5m to the E, comprised 8 irregularly spaced post-holes (diam. 5.7-5.8m). A large pit was excavated within the structure at NW and there was a possible entrance feature at SW. (Elliot 2009; Elliot 2010, 233, no. 877) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• KK020-102 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In an area prone to waterlogging although on the crest of a hill with panoramic views of the Blackstairs to the E and Slievenamon to the S. Excavated in 2008 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3864). Three rectangular troughs containing burnt stone and burnt clay (one of which extends outside the road take at the NW of the excavation). The area was significantly damaged by modern field clearance. Two possible hut shelters (KK020-101----) numerous pits, post-holes and stake-holes were excavated to the S. (Elliot 2009; Elliot 2010, 233, no. 877) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• KK020-103 Structure
  Description

  In an area prone to waterlogging although on the crest of a hill with panoramic views of the Blackstairs to the E and Slievenamon to the S. Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3865). The site consisted of three small possible structures consisting of postholes and stakeholes as well as some dispersed pits and other smaller features. Structure 1 (diam. c. 3m) consisted of a subcircular arrangement of stake-holes. Two clusters of three stake-holes were noted at ENE and SW. The clusters may have been deliberately positioned to provide structural or possible roof supports. Four stake-holes to the N of the main walls may have represented a small entrance feature or porch. It was defined by two pairs of stake-holes – W and E. Structure 2 (diam. 4m) consisted of 7 post-holes that formed a semicircular plan, open to the SW. Two of the post-holes cut stake-holes of Structure 1 so it is interpreted as being later. An eighth post-hole located in the centre of the area defined by the structure may have been related. Hazel charcoal from a post-hole at Structure 2 returned a radiocarbon date of 1690-1515 cal BC (UBA-12231). A small shallow pit within Structure 2 contained cremated human bone (KK020-104----) indicating a possible ritual function for these structures. Structure 3 (diam 3.5m) was located to the SE of Structures 1 and 2 and was formed by a cluster of stake-holes in a subcircular plan. One of the stake-holes at NW cut through an earlier pit. (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 878; Elliot and Coughlan 2012) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• KK020-104 Pit-burial
  Description

  Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3865). A shallow pit within one of three circular structures (KK020-103---- Structure 2 dated to 1690-1515 cal BC) contained 332.2g of burnt human bone representing one individual. The burial appeared to have been subject to some form of post-depositional disturbance prior to excavation. (Elliot 2010, 233, no. 878; Elliot and Coughlan 2012) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 November 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyquirk.

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 Ballyquirk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Ballyquirk · Baile Uí Chuirc

Area

2,130,838 m² (213.08 ha, 526.54 acres)

Civil parish

Gowran, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Gowran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gowran electoral division: 1,556 people in 535 households; 78% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvally, Blanchvillespark, Brickana, Clifden Commons, Commons North, Flagmount North, Flagmount South, Newhouse, Sraghgaddy

Placenames

Ballyquirk 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.