Ballintober

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintober, from 204 m² to 428,422 m² (42.84 ha, 105.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballintober 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.

• 28 Apr 2026Refused

  demolition of existing partially constructed dwellinghouse(rising walls to ground floor level) and existing agricultural building and to erect a dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and bored well. Original Planning Ref. No. 20/1143

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 267036

• 5 Nov 2025Conditional

  a two bedroom, bathroom & kitchen extension & renovations to existing cottage with a septic tank & percolation system

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25359

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  demolition of existing partially constructed dwellinghouse(rising walls to ground floor level) and existing agricultural building and to erect a dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201143

• 21 Jul 2020Conditional

  demolition of an existing derelict house and out buildings, construction of a new dwelling house, installation of a new septic tank and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20694

• 2 Dec 2019Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic waste water treatment system & polishing filter together with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191190

• 1 Oct 2018Conditional

  an onsite waste water treatment and disposal system and all associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 18957

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 Ballintober.

Recorded monuments

• LI048-067 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture immediately W of a stream. Holy well (LI057-001----) lies 250m to SE. Not depicted as an antiquity but shown as an irregular-shaped field on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from SW-N-E-S enclosed by a stream from N-E-S. Outline of overgrown monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about antiquity of earthwork. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 September 2021

• LI048-068 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In upland area at the S edge of a conifer plantation , immediately W of the townland boundary with Killeen. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a trigonometrical station. Annotated ‘Carn’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted as a roughly circular-shaped mound marking a spot height of 1243ft (378m). Faint trace of cairn visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 September 2021

• LI049-164 Earthwork
  Description

  At S edge of large upland forestry plantation, 120m W of the Coolbaun River. Enclosure (LI049-165----) lies 115m to SE. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 31m) defined by a scarp. Visible as a circular-shaped area delimited by trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Scrub-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 October 2021

• LI049-165 Enclosure
  Description

  On E bank of Coolbaun River and S edge of large upland forestry plantation. Enclosure (LI049-164----) lies 115m to NW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp. Visible as an overgrown area covered with trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 October 2021

• LI049-167 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture 200m W of the townland boundary with Glenaree. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 31m) defined by a scarp from E-S-W. Truncated at N by a field boundary running NE-SW and at NE by a drain running NW-SE. Visible as a raised roughly circular shaped area on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and as a faint cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 October 2021

• LI049-168 Enclosure
  Description

  In wet pasture immediately S of a roadway. Enclosure (LI049-169----) lies 170m to E. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 32m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with an outer ditch from W-N-NE. Outline of monument delimited by trees is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 October 2021

• LI049-169 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 165m W of the townland boundary with Griston West. Enclosure (LI049-168----) lies 170m to W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 33m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a fosse. Intersected at W by field boundary running N-S. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 October 2021

• LI057-001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 207) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberbreedia on 1841 map. A small spring in an open field, with some old whitethorn trees. The rounds path is marked by five stones. Rounds are still made, but not often. Formerly much visited, especially on 1st February. Widely known as the "Chincough Well" and said to cure whooping cough in children. The alternative cures were: water was taken from the well to the patient; moss from the well was boiled in milk and the milk drunk; the patient was brought to the well and drank the water there. Legends: A fowler washed his dog in the well and it moved. A treasure buried at the well is guarded by a phantom bull'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 July 2019

Architectural heritage

• Ballintober Bridge, bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c. 1810. Rusticated voussoirs to round-headed arches having chamfered arch to north elevation. Snecked parapet walls with rock-faced sandstone copings.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballintober, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballintober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballintober · Baile an Tobair

Area

6,612,767 m² (661.28 ha, 1,634.05 acres)

Civil parish

Darragh, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Griston, the unit of the census

Census 2022

309 people lived in 117 households in the Griston electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfeerode, Ballyriggin, Cloghast, Glenaree, Glenbrohane, Glenlary, Griston West, Kilgarriff, Killeen, Moorestown, Ruppulagh, Thomastown

Placenames

Ballintober 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.