Ballintubbert

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintubbert, from 256 m² to 207,609 m² (20.76 ha, 51.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballintubbert 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.

• 8 Feb 2025Conditional

  construct rear extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560064

• 2 Aug 2024Conditional

  retain modified and extended agricultural shed and full planning permission to construct a block wall to the northern boundary of the shed, also to install a 3000 litre effluent tank beside the concrete apron and associated site works.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2460457

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  erect lighting around our walking track and associated site work.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460392

• 10 Apr 2024Conditional

  Construct a new single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling, demolition of existing shed to facilitate the proposed extension, alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 2460184

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site work

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360133

• 9 Dec 2022Conditional

  retain a stable block c. 25sq/m comprising of 2 no. stables and store, and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22745

• 7 Dec 2022N/a

  retain a stable block c. 25sq/m comprising of 2 no. stables and store, and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22738

• 17 Aug 2022Conditional

  construct a side extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22504

• 12 Jul 2022Conditional

  retain (i) agricultural shed as constructed; (ii) stables as constructed and associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 22421

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well, new splayed entrance and associated site work

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2279

• 17 Oct 2018Conditional

  retain domestic garage as constructed, previously granted under planning ref 07/1715

  Retention · Laois County Council, 18629

• 4 Oct 2017Conditional

  construct a dormer dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17537

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 Ballintubbert.

Recorded monuments

• LA019-013 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  A subcircular area (diam. c. 35.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.7m, int. H 0.4m, ext. H c. 1.2m) at E, S and W, and by an external fosse at S and W. Northern section destroyed. No evidence of original entrance. Aerial photograph (GB90.CM.16) shows a clump of trees, the remnant of the earthwork recorded on the first edition OS 6” map, surrounded by a widely spaced concentric fosse delimiting a much larger curvilinear enclosure with evidence of sub-divisions and more characteristic of an ecclesiastical enclosure. The outer enclosure extends both sides of the field boundary and the north-eastern extremity of the enclosure is cut by the modern road. A new house appears to impinge on the northern portion of the enclosure. Could be at risk from further roadside development. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 01 February 2010 The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2010

• LA019-014001 Church
  Description

  In gently undulating countryside. Church marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map standing in the centre of St. Bridget's graveyard (LA019-014002-). Ballintubbert Church of Ireland Church may have been built on the site of or incorporated part of an earlier medieval church (Comerford 1883-6, vol. 3, 127). The medieval church of Ballintubbert is depicted on the 17th century Down Survey map of Ballyadams Barony. The terrier of the Down Survey parish of Fontstowne recorded that there was in 'Ballintubber and Moniscribban a slated House in repaire and an old ruined church'. The late 13th century ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Leighlin lists the rectory of 'Fonston alias Ballintobber' which was valued at £10 2s (Comerford 1883-6, vol. 1, 239). No surface remains visible of this medieval church in the vicinity of the 19th century C of I church. However, located 16m to the E of the C of I church in the E quadrant of the graveyard are the low wall footings of a rectangular building (int. dims. 7.95m E-W; 5.5m N-S; wall T 1m) roughly aligned E-W which could be the partial remains of the medieval church of Ballintubbert that is indicated on the Down Survey map. The ivy-clad NE angle of this building survives is the only section that remains upstanding to a height of 1m above the present graveyard surface. The E wall survives upstanding for a length of 1.2m and the N wall for a distance of 0.55m. Uninscribed grave-markers in graveyard (LA019-014002-) and holy well (LA019-014003-) 25m to SE of St. Bridget's Church. Comerford recorded that the 'Protestant Church of Ballintubber occupies the site of the primitive parochial church; this is evidenced by the fact of Catholics being still interred in the burial ground (LA019-014002-) attached to it' (Comerford 1883-6, vol. 3, 127). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 24 June 2014 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

• LA019-014002 Graveyard
  Description

  In gently undulating countryside. Possible early graveyard here (Comerford 1883-6, 127) which today consists of a roughly square-shaped area (int. dims. 66m N-S; 73m E-W) enclosed by a post-medieval stone wall with St. Bridget's Church in centre of graveyard possibly standing on the site of the medieval church of Ballintubbert (LA019-014001-) although the wall footings of a building in the E quadrant of the graveyard may be the remains of the medieval church. Some uninscribed grave markers visible, the remaining memorials date from the 18th century onwards. In the 19th century Comerford recorded that the 'Protestant Church of Ballintubber occupies the site of the primitive parochial church (LA019-014001-); this is evidenced by the fact of Catholics being still interred in the burial ground attached to it' (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 127). St. Bridget's holy well (LA019-014003-) located in SE quadrant of graveyard. A semi-circular-shaped scarp visible in the E quadrant of the graveyard may represent the remains of an earlier graveyard boundary feature which became obsolete when the graveyard area was extended and a new boundary wall was constructed to the S and E which included the holy well (LA019-014003-). The holy well may have originally been located outside the earlier smaller graveyard as defined by this low semi-circular shaped scarp. The wall footings (wall T 0.5m) of a small stone structure representing the remains of private burial place can be seen in the E quadrant of the graveyard in close proximity to the larger stone building. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 24 June 2014 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

• LA019-014003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The holy well at Ballintubbert may have given its name to the townland. Ballintubbert is the anglicised version of Baile an Tiobraid meaning the 'town of the well or spring'. In the 17th century Ballintubbert was also known as Fontstowne which is possibly derived from the presence of the spring well. Ballintubbert Church was located in the medieval parish of Fontstowne as recorded in the 17th century Down Survey. Not marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map but depicted as St. Brigid's Well on the revised 1906 edition of the OS 25-inch map. In gently undulating countryside. Holy well located in SE quadrant of Ballintubbert graveyard (LA019-014002-) 29m SE of St. Bridget's Church which is possibly built on the site of a medieval church (LA019-014001-). In 1990 the Archaeological Survey of Ireland described the holy well as consisting of 'three courses of stones and the west and east with a lot of loose, smaller stone in the south. Entrance way (L c. 1.5m, Wth c. 1m, D c. 0.75m) with three steps at the north and is defined by a number of larger stones on either side' (SMR File 15/08/1990) Known locally as St Brigid's Well. A second spring well is located 14m to the SE as depicted on the 25-inch OS map. In recent times the area around the well became waterlogged and a small pond was formed obscuring the stone structure defining the well. Recently the area around the well has been cleared away and the structure around the well is now visible once more. The natural spring well is partially enclosed by a semi-circular stone wall which is open to N with access down to the well at N via three stone steps flanked by a low line of stones on either side of the steps. No evidence of any votive offerings in the vicinity of the well and no pattern is held at this well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 24 June 2014 Compiled by : Caimin O'Brien

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Church (Ballyadams), church/chapel, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, c. 1800, with bellcote. Extended, c. 1870, with projecting porch, chancel and vestry projection added. Plaque on gatepost "C Day Lewis/Poet Laureate/born Ballintubbert/April 27, 1904/died May 5 1972/these limes planted in/his honour/by local writers/April 27 1985".

• Ballintubbert House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement rectory, c. 1835. Stable complex to rear.

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 Ballintubbert.

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 Ballintubbert with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Ballintubbert · Baile an Tiobraid

Area

2,072,145 m² (207.21 ha, 512.04 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyadams, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Ballyadams, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyadams electoral division: 437 people in 135 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintlea, Castlemitchell South (Co. Kildare), Crannagh, Drumneen, Kellyville, Kilcrow (Co. Kildare), Monascreeban, Rathmore, Southfield

Placenames

Ballintubbert 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.