Ballinvullin

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvullin, from 42 m² to 141,741 m² (14.17 ha, 35.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Ballinvullin 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 Sept 2026N/a

  an existing ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation comprising 1,120 no. solar panels and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2661042

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  the demolition of existing derelict buildings and overground tank, the construction of a light industrial storage building for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds from end of life vehicles including their sale at the site, waste water treatment and disposal system, for the installation of interceptor and discharge to existing storm system, new entrance, a weighbridge, and for the baling of used tyres into shipping containers for export. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit, an Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2661037

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  an extension to the existing ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation, comprising 900 no. solar panels, mounted on ground-mounted support structures, together with associated cabling and all ancillary site works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660975

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  existing hardcore surface. Permission is also being sought for the following: 1) the sub-division of the existing building, 2) construction of a new extension to the side of the existing building for use as a workshop and warehouse, 3) construction of a new porch to existing main entrance door to the existing building, 4) elevational changes to the existing building to include a new glazed window to an existing office on the southeast elevation, 5) relocation of Wash Bay, 6) relocation of fuel tanks, 7) relocation of water collection / storage tank, 8) proposed extension of hardstanding area, and 9) all associated site development works all

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560650

• 28 Apr 2025Conditional

  demolition of dwelling house and construct 2 No single storey dwelling units, permission for the erection of 2 No advertising signs at the entrance, the installation of a waste water treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2560379

• 4 Oct 2024N/a

  the development that will consist of to demolish existing derelict buildings and overground tank, the construction of a light industrial storage building for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds from end of life vehicles including their sale at the site, for the installation of interceptor and discharge to existing storm system, new entrance, a weighbridge, and for the baling of used tyres into shipping containers for export. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24386

• 8 Jul 2024Refused

  the demolition of dwelling house and the construction of 2 No. single storey dwelling units, the erection of 2 No. advertising signs at the entrance and all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 24269

• 1 Dec 2022Conditional

  the erection of 3905m2 of photovoltaic panels, ground mounted, on the field located at the west of the existing buildings, in our factory with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221276

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  an engineering warehouse which will include a steel fabrication workshop, gantry crane, office, canteen, toilet, connection to the existing services and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21697

• 31 Aug 2020Conditional

  the construction of a store room extension onto rear of existing shop/workshop building

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20848

• 3 Sept 2019N/a

  an extension to an existing estate road and services to business park sites and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19877

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  construction of external sand ring, external lunge ring, roof structure to cover manure heap, office, waste water treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181037

• 20 Jan 2017Conditional

  construction of a new shop, store room, offices, toilets and conference room and all associated site works in front of existing shop building

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 1734

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 Ballinvullin.

Recorded monuments

• LI036-159 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a moderate SSW-facing slope. Circular area (31.3m N-S; 32.1m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 1.4m), with external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 1.1m) SE->N. Scarped edge and fosse very indistinct N->SE. Rock outcrops through scarp at WNW. Interior slopes down to SSW, is dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-162 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular area (22.5m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.6m; Wth 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 4m), both covered by whitethorn bushes. Cattle gaps across scarp at W (Wth 1.5m) and NW (Wth 2m). Some concrete slabs dumped on scarp at NNW. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 325/3 on 05/10/2002.

• LI036-164 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken in 2002 shown cropmark of roughly circular univallate enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 325/5, 7 on 05/10/2002.

• LI036-198 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level meadow. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark on aerial photograph (LAS) is now evident as circular area (28m NNE-SSW; 30m WNW-ESE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth c. 6m); enclosing element truncated by field boundary SW-NW. Interior level and partially covered by yellow flags (iris pseudacorus). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-205 Enclosure
  Description

  In level meadow. Oval area (15m NNW-SSE; 20m WNW-ESE) defined by scarped edge (H 0.1m; Wth 2.5m) with external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 6.5m). Entrance (Wth c. 6m) as SSE and breach in scarp (Wth 2m) at N. Fosse partially covered by yellow flags (iris pseudacorus). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Castlemahon Bridge, bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-arch humpback road bridge, built c. 1800, spanning the River Deel with additional overflow arch to north-east. Camber-headed arches with tooled limestone voussoirs and dressed rubble stone soffits springing from dressed rubble stone piers with recent render reinforcement to base. Tooled limestone V-cutwaters with dressed stone capping to upstream (south-east) elevation. Rubble stone spandrels and abutments surmounted by rubble stone parapets with dressed limestone coping. Rubble stone piers to termini of parapet walls having dressed stone capping. Recent galvanised iron brackets supporting service pipes to south-east elevation. Recent rendered retaining wall to south-west embankment. Tarmac carriageway over bridge.

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 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 low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_492 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballinvullin · Baile an Mhuilinn

Area

1,541,317 m² (154.13 ha, 380.87 acres)

Civil parish

Mahoonagh, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,491 people lived in 875 households in the Newcastle Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnacrohy, Fawnlehane, Killaready, Mahoonagh More, Shanrath

Placenames

Ballinvullin 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.