Ballinvreena

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvreena, from 854 m² to 520,473 m² (52.05 ha, 128.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Ballinvreena 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 Apr 2023Conditional

  a calf house with slatted tank and permission to construct a slatted tank, effluent tank and ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23199

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance with shared right of way, connection to Canavour water scheme, wastewater treatment system & percolation area as per site assessment report and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221386

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  the construction of a livestock underpass with effluent holding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221154

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  construction of a domestic garage including all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211249

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 Ballinvreena.

Recorded monuments

• LI048-037002 Earthwork
  Description

  In wet pasture, adjacent to site of Fair Green, holy well known locally as Tobar Cinn Mhóir (LI048-038----) 90m to the N. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a scrub-covered circular-shaped area on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. A rectangular shaped area defined by a fosse is visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/03/2015, however this feature may represent drainage channels associated with land reclamation works. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 August 2021

• LI048-038 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Tobar Cinn Mhóir on 1928 edition OSNB. "Tobercanoroe, reputedly a holy well" WCL, 470. See Keating's History of Ireland, Irish Texts Society, viii, 318'. This well was also called 'Tobar Canvore' and was described by Dowd (1896, 36-7) as following; 'The well remains still under the ancient name of Tobar Ceann Moir, that is Well of the Great Head or Spring, and a river that issues from it is called Sruth Ceann Moir or the stream of Great Head. Dr. Joyce gives a version of the latter portion of the story which accounts for the name of the well in another manner. According to his reading, the great Druid called for his disciple, Canvore, and ordered him to bring his magic spear, which be cast high up in the air, directing his disciple to watch the spot where it fell and to dig there. Canvore did so and a copious stream of water gushed from the ground. Canvore on asking for his reward was told that his name would ever be connected with the spot'. He described this well as ‘it lies on the roadside, in the townland of Glenbrohane, near the boundary of Emly Grennan, three miles to the south of Knocklong, and it springs from a chasm, evidently artificial, dug in the side of Slieve Reagh (where the Munster army was posted) forming a very fine stream. The stream flows into the Morning Star after a short northerly course’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 July 2019

• LI048-040 Moated site
  Description

  In rough pasture, adjacent to Ballinreena Cross Roads. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; 42m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described this monument as one of ‘three forts,’ in the townland (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 190). Monument visible a rectangular-shaped area enclosed by a tree-covered bank from NE-E-S-W on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI048-041 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, immediately E of a stream running NW-SE. A ringfort (LI048-042----) lies 195m to the NE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and 1897 ed. 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Pillar Stone’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Standing stone listed by Grogan (1989, 268) in Ballinvreena townland. Standing stone appears to be visible immediately S of farm trackway on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. The stone appears to be visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 August 2021

• LI048-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture with standing stone (LI048-041----) 200m to SSW and Ballinvreena Fair Green 135m to W . Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 47m NW-SE; 41m NE-SW) defined by a scarp and external scarp from SSW-W-NW. Annotated ‘Baile an bhruidne’ mote on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described this monument as one of ‘three forts, one near the centre of the townland’ (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 190). Described by Westropp (1916/1917, 463) as a ‘mote’ that consisted of the following; ‘The flat top is 87 feet [26.5m] across; it is 24 feet [7.3m] high at the north, and 7 feet [2m] at the south up the slope. There are slight traces of a rampart to the south, of a fosse, 9 feet [2.7m] wide and a couple of feet deep to the west; and an outer ring, levelled, but 12 feet [3.6m] wide’. Westropp (1919, 9) recorded that a fair was held near the ‘mote’ at Ballinvreena. Monument visible a circular-shaped area enclosed by a tree-lined bank with external fosse visible from SE-S and NW-N-NE on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI048-043 Cliff-edge fort
  Description

  In pasture, immediately W Glounderrig stream that forms townland boundary with Glenlary. An earthwork (LI048-044----) lies 14m to the E. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown as a cliff-edge fort on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map where it is depicted as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 18m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by two banks with intervening fosse from SE-S-W-NW and N-NE, entrance gap at NNW (Wth. int. bank 4.5m; Wth. ext. bank 8m), defined at E by scarp of Glounderrig ravine. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described this monument as one of ‘three forts, one near the W boundary’ (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 190). Tree-covered earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI048-096 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture 130m W of a stream. Standing stone (LI048-041---) lies 180m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic 6-inch maps. Identified as a possible circular-shaped enclosure on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken 04/03/2006. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped hollow on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Scrub-covered earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about antiquity of feature may be the remains of a small quarry hole rather than an archaeological enclosure. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 September 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballinvreena, 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 Ballinvreena.

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 Ballinvreena with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballinvreena · Baile an Bhrianaigh

Area

3,054,605 m² (305.46 ha, 754.81 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry (Kilmallock Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Glenbrohane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

474 people lived in 186 households in the Glenbrohane electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvreena, Ballynahinch, Cush, Glenlary, Island Dromagh, Mitchelstowndown West, Moorestown

Placenames

Ballinvreena 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.