# Ballyfoyle, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killabban, barony of Ballyadams, Co. Laois; in Irish Baile Foighil.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,961,492 m² (296.15 ha, 731.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,345 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killabban, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killabban.md
- Barony: Ballyadams
- Electoral division: Killabban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 456 people lived in 157 households in the Killabban electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28165
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100098
- Centre: latitude 52.918783, longitude -6.948218 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfoyle, from 699 m² to 462,324 m² (46.23 ha, 114.24 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 230759: 462,324 m² (46.23 ha, 114.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230759.md
- Parcel 4649988: 378,183 m² (37.82 ha, 93.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4649988.md
- Parcel 254957: 343,245 m² (34.32 ha, 84.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254957.md
- Parcel 254955: 275,884 m² (27.59 ha, 68.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254955.md
- Parcel 230757: 264,392 m² (26.44 ha, 65.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230757.md
- Parcel 230762: 131,733 m² (13.17 ha, 32.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230762.md
- Parcel 254961: 117,364 m² (11.74 ha, 29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254961.md
- Parcel 251545: 105,057 m² (10.51 ha, 25.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251545.md
- Parcel 232187: 79,706 m² (7.97 ha, 19.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232187.md
- Parcel 239280: 78,352 m² (7.84 ha, 19.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239280.md
- Parcel 230763: 65,590 m² (6.56 ha, 16.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230763.md
- Parcel 3935390: 60,964 m² (6.1 ha, 15.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935390.md
- Parcel 230758: 52,413 m² (5.24 ha, 12.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230758.md
- Parcel 232186: 49,411 m² (4.94 ha, 12.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232186.md
- Parcel 2387752: 45,001 m² (4.5 ha, 11.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387752.md
- Parcel 251544: 37,587 m² (3.76 ha, 9.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251544.md
- Parcel 244278: 35,139 m² (3.51 ha, 8.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244278.md
- Parcel 266900: 31,276 m² (3.13 ha, 7.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266900.md
- Parcel 254958: 27,868 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254958.md
- Parcel 231836: 24,354 m² (2.44 ha, 6.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231836.md
- Parcel 230766: 23,586 m² (2.36 ha, 5.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230766.md
- Parcel 232188: 23,583 m² (2.36 ha, 5.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232188.md
- Parcel 230760: 21,037 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230760.md
- Parcel 251546: 18,741 m² (1.87 ha, 4.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251546.md
- Parcel 254962: 13,345 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254962.md
- Parcel 254956: 13,259 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254956.md
- Parcel 254959: 12,755 m² (1.28 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254959.md
- Parcel 230687: 5,347 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230687.md
- Parcel 4404821: 4,518 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4404821.md
- Parcel 4404228: 4,510 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4404228.md
- Parcel 258459: 4,460 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258459.md
- Parcel 227734: 4,397 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227734.md
- Parcel 230765: 4,177 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230765.md
- Parcel 5408146: 3,744 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408146.md
- Parcel 254371: 3,739 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254371.md
- Parcel 3631352: 3,532 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3631352.md
- Parcel 4477098: 3,414 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4477098.md
- Parcel 4369087: 3,296 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4369087.md
- Parcel 244943: 3,140 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244943.md
- Parcel 2487828: 3,066 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2487828.md
- Parcel 2519418: 3,055 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2519418.md
- Parcel 4625184: 2,696 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4625184.md
- Parcel 255706: 2,649 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255706.md
- Parcel 260654: 2,626 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260654.md
- Parcel 235384: 2,176 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235384.md
- Parcel 266528: 2,161 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266528.md
- Parcel 2448925: 1,607 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2448925.md
- Parcel 262881: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262881.md
- Parcel 3372643: 699 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3372643.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfoyle in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

11 applications, newest first.

- 29 May 2026, Laois County Council 2660323: Conditional. Permission. - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660323/0
- 26 May 2026, Kildare County Council 2660550: Conditional. Permission. Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660550/0
- 31 Mar 2026, Laois County Council 2660174: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain and complete alteration of pitch of roof from 20degrees to 25degrees which was previously granted permission with ref. 25/60273 and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660174/0
- 19 Feb 2026, Laois County Council 2660093: N/a. Retention, 1 home. retain and complete permission for altering pitch of roof from 20degrees to 25degrees which was previously granted permission with ref. 25/60273 and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660093/0
- 6 May 2025, Laois County Council 2560273: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a wheelchair accessible single storey dwelling house, car port and attached garage, septic tank, percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560273/0
- 10 Oct 2024, Laois County Council 2460598: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. retain alterations to previously granted planning application PL. No. 09/102 to include retention permission for a domestic garage as constructed and permission to complete same, and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460598/0
- 20 Aug 2024, Laois County Council 24120: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change granny flat design on previously approved planning application (Previously approved planning ref 19/506). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/24120/0
- 14 Sept 2023, Laois County Council 23251: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/23251/0
- 30 Nov 2020, Laois County Council 20627: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct dormer / two storey four bedroom dwelling, domestic garage, new road entrance, septic tank with secondary effluent treatment system and all other associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20627/0
- 13 Dec 2019, Laois County Council 19710: Conditional. Permission. construct a domestic garage and to include all associated site works at Ballyfoyle, Maganey, Co.Laois. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19710/0
- 6 Sept 2019, Laois County Council 19506: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. erect a new single storey granny flat to existing dwelling with connection to existing septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19506/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA026-014001: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014001-. Cropmarks of circular enclosures (LA026-014003/006-) visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, BGN 56-7). No visible surface remains. Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. This monument is visible on the OSI website orthophotos for 1995 and 2005 (Dr. G. Barrett 1991). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 2 December 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: 18 April 2012
- LA026-014002: Linear earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014002-. Situated in gently undulating countryside. Cropmarks of linear features, possibly old field systems, visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, BGN 56-7). No visible surface remains. 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: 17 December 2007
- LA026-014003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014003-. Cropmark of enclosure appears on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BGN 56-7). Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse; a conjoined ring-ditch (LA026-014001-) located on the north-western side of the enclosure is visible on the OSI orthophotos for 1995 and 2005 (Dr. G. Barrett 1991). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 02 December 2010. Date of upload: 19 April 2012
- LA026-014004: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014004-. Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a ring-ditch (Dr. G. Barrett 1991). This monument is visible on the OSI website orthophotos for 1995 and 2005. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 2 December 2010 Date of upload: 19 April 2012
- LA026-014005: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014005-. Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a ring-ditch (Dr. G. Barrett 1991). This monument is visible on the OSI website orthophotos for 1995 and 2005. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 2 December 2010. Date of upload : 19 April 2012
- LA026-014006: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-014006-. Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.15) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a ring-ditch (Dr. G. Barrett 1991). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 2 December 2010. Date of upload: 19 April 2012.
- LA026-015: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-015----. Situated in gently undulating countryside. Cropmark of part of possible rectangular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGN 58). No visible surface remains. 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: 17 December 2007 Aerial photograph (GB89.X.04) shows a partial view of a cropmark enclosure with rounded corners, defined by a fosse.
- LA026-037: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-037----. Aerial photographs (GB89.W.37 and GB89.X.01) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure (incomplete) defined by a fosse, with associated field system.
- LA026-037001: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-037001-. Aerial photographs (GB89.W.37 and GB89.X.01) show interconnected curvilinear and rectilinear fosses indicative of a field system associated with a sub-circular enclosure.
- LA026-059: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-059----. Located in a relatively level location (c. 56m OD) in a gently undulating landscape now characterised by tillage and pastoral farming, and c. 480 W of the course of the River Barrow. Located towards the SE corner of a large field in use for tillage purposes at the time of identification (Google Earth August 2022). This field also contains an cropmark enclosure (LA026-037----) and a cropmark field system (LA026-037001-), identified from aerial photographs taken in 1989, which are located c. 310m to the NW and c. 394m to the WNW respectively. This cropmark ring-ditch is clearly visible on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (August 2022). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 11.8m N-S x c. 11.04m E-W) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 1.32m) that can be traced along the entire circuit in the above aerial photograph. No evidence for an entrance gap. Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Uploaded on: 13/06/2023 See attached: LA026-059----_01 Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022) LA026-059----_02 inset of Google Earth Aerial\Satellite Imagery (date: 11/08/2022)

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyfoyle, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyfoyle.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfoyle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfoyle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfoyle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyfoyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Grange: https://everytownland.com/laois/grange-100656.md
- Killabban: https://everytownland.com/laois/killabban.md
- Killeen: https://everytownland.com/laois/killeen-100720.md
- Levitstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/levitstown-80803.md
- Levitstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/levitstown-80804.md
- Maganey Lower (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/maganey-lower.md
- Tankardstown: https://everytownland.com/laois/tankardstown.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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