Ballinlough

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinlough, from 120 m² to 284,060 m² (28.41 ha, 70.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Ballinlough 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.

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional

  the renovation and extension of an existing dwelling house to include elevational changes to the existing dwelling house, new replacement entrance, driveway, decommissioning of existing septic tank system and installation of a new replacement packaged wastewater unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360578

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  retention permission for a garage for private use

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1750

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 Ballinlough.

Recorded monuments

• LI032-107 Burial mound
  Description

  Burial mound described in 1943 as following; 'This monument is situated on the highest point of a hill called Knocknastaigue (Fig. 8). It is not marked on the O.S. map. The structure consists of an oval mound which is highest at the west end and descends from this in a series of steps to the east end. At both ends are irregularly shaped hollows which may be indications of efforts to dig away the whole monument. There is no fosse around the mound. It measures 125' [38m] east to west and 50' [15m] north and south. Its greatest height is approx. 8' [2.4m]'(O'Kelly 1942-3, 174). The outline of the monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. See attached plan and profile of burial mound taken from O'Kelly 1942-3. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020

• LI032-108 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Cashel described in 1943 as following; 'This fort consists of a single stone bank enclosing a circular space. The rampart very collapsed, so much so that the entrance is not recognisable. The overall diameter is 78' [24m]. Outside the fort on the south side and butting against the bank is a rectangular platform. The east end of this is marked by a line or large boulders but elsewhere it shows just as a level platform slightly raised over the surrounding ground. It measures 48' [14.6m] by 12' [3.6m]. The fort is the centre of a system of ancient fences which run in various directions over the hill' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020

• LI032-109 Burial mound
  Description

  Burial mound described in 1943 as following; 'The tumulus is situated on the highest point of a limestone hill called Rathphooroge, and it is not marked on the O.S. map. The mound is small and low and is mostly of earth. It seems to have had a kerb of large stones round its base of which only two are now visible. On top there are two stones on edge just showing through the turf. These make a right angle with one another and may be the corner of a cist. Outside the base of the mound is a rectangular stone kerb, the axis of which runs east-west. The mound is at the west end of the rectangle, and is cut off from the east end by a line of stones running north-south across the rectangle. The diameter of the base of the mound is 25' [7.6m] and its greatest height is 4' [1.2m]. The rectangle measures 43' [13m] by 30' [9m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 173-4). See attached plan and profile of burial mound taken from O'Kelly 1942-3. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020

• LI032-112 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 216) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St James Well on 1840 map. A small well in an open field. Still known as a holy well, but devotions have long since ceased. The water cured stomach pains'. See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00251 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17014; F025.21.00252 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24556 and F025.21.00253 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24557. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 October 2020

• LI032-268 Enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope of Knockanastague, in improved pasture, 55m NW of a public road and 200m NE of a townland boundary with Ballincurra. Burial mound (LI032-107----) lies 270m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 240: AP 5/2020) as a substantial curvilinear-shaped earthwork to the immediate E of a field boundary running roughly NW-SE. Possible monument is visible as a substantial suboval-shaped area (156m NE-SW; 137m NW-SE) enclosed by a possible arc of bank (C 157m) from W-NW and which may be incorporated into a field boundary from SW-W. A curvilinear-shaped earthwork visible from ENE-E-ESE may represent a possible arc of bank (C 90m), as seen on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. Possible monument is truncated by a public road across the SE sector and no potential cropmark is visible on the opposite side of the road. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 240 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 November 2020

• LI032-294 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, 75m E of a watercourse which also marks a townland boundary with Ballynagranagh. St Bridget’s Well (LI032-111----) lies 120m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 200: AP 4/3611) as a penannular-shaped enclosure defined by an upstanding bank and which is open to S. Levelled monument is visible as a very faint penannular-shaped cropmark (approx. 28m N-S; 24m E-W) from WSW-W-N-E, as seen on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage 25/05/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 200 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 November 2020

• LI032-346 Earthwork
  Description

  In area of rock outcrop. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 20m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 16 May 2022

• LI033-001001 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 446) recorded the following details about Ballinlough Church; 'A parish in Coonagh. In 1289, W., bishop of Emly, who had mortgaged the farm to Lucca merchants, stayed at the church of Ballilogo when the sheriff seized all his horses and twenty plough oxen (C.S.P.L, vol. iii., 260). Balylogh, in Grene Deanery, 1302; Ballynlocha, 1558 (Fiants, 84), and Ballyenlogh, 1568 (ib., 1258); Balleinlogh, or Ballelogh, in Grene, 1615; Ballen loghy, united with Aney parish. The glebe of Ballinlogh is called Gorteglish in the trustee maps, 1688 (No. 17). Baile an locha (O'Donovan). Site - It was on low ground, probably once a lake. It had nearly disappeared in 1840. It was 55½ feet [18m] by 21 feet [6.4m]; walls, 3 feet [0.9m] thick. The well was Toberbrighde. A mile south of the church stands a dolmen on Cromwell Hill; not named, as the people say, after the Protector, but an old medieval name, Cromglin'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2019 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 332/35, 36 on 05/10/2002.

• LI033-001002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval church ruins (LI033-001001-) of Ballinlough stands in centre of graveyard which consists of a polygonal-shaped area (approx. dims. 57m N-S x 50m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 July 2019 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 332/35, 36 on 05/10/2002.

• LI033-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1943 as following; 'This monument consists of a circular platform, which is quite level and only slightly raised over the surrounding field. It is surrounded by a shallow fosse, and the entrance is not recognisable. Its greatest height over the field level is 3' [0.9m] and the overall diameter is 108' [33m]. It is in low lying marshy ground' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175). Cropmark of the monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020

• LI033-009 Enclosure
  Description

  Cashel described in 1943 as following; 'This monument is situated on the top of a natural limestone rock-knoll. It consists of a circular space enclosed by two concentric banks between which there is a fosse. The banks seem to be composed of small stones with a mixture of earth and gravel. The entrance is on the south-west side. Here there is a break in each bank and a causeway leads across the rock cut fosse. In the south-east quadrant of the interior there is a semi-circular wall, which cuts off a space between it and the rampart. This may have been a hut site. Its greatest dimension is 45' [14m] approximately. The overall diameter of the fort is 150' [46m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 175). Outline of the monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 February 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 133/07 taken 23/08/2000 and 332/28, 29 taken 05/10/2002.

• LI033-077 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In wet pasture 50m N of watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Cromwell. Enclosure (LI033-009----) lies 160m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 110; AP 5/2021) as a ring-barrow. Circular-shaped cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached photocopy of Bruff aerial image labelled Bruff 110 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 April 2021 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 133/07 taken 23/08/2000

Architectural heritage

• Ballinlough House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with two-bay two-storey extension to rear (south) elevation having one-bay two-storey lean-to to east. Hipped slate roof with cut limestone chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to extension with cut limestone chimneystack. Rendered walls having painted stone quoins. Square-headed openings with ornate render surrounds, concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed opening having render surround and fanlight over timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Square-profile rendered piers with ornate caps to north.

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 Ballinlough.

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.

• Ballinlough, Kilteely6 sales

Name

Ballinlough · Baile an Locha

Area

3,454,812 m² (345.48 ha, 853.7 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinlough, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Kilteely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilteely electoral division: 611 people in 222 households; 73% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballincurra, Ballynagranagh, Cool, Cromwell, Kildromin, Kilteely, Lodge

Placenames

Ballinlough 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.