Ballyallinan North

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyallinan North, from 14 m² to 754,198 m² (75.42 ha, 186.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyallinan North 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.

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19715

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 Ballyallinan North.

Recorded monuments

• LI029-055 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Ballyallinan (Baile Uí Áilíonáin/the town of Ó hÁilíonáin) Castle was described in 1840 as following;'The Castle of Ballyallinan stands in ruins in the Townland of this name on a rising ground in the middle of a large plain and about three miles to the southwest of Rathkeale Town. It measures thirty five feet [10.65m] by sixteen feet eleven inches [5.15m]; has five floors, the two above the ground one arched underneath. The walls are fifty five feet [16.75m] high and seven feet [2.1m] thick and lost part of their original height. is said it belonged to the Earls of Desmond' (OSL Rathkeale Parish, 63). Fitzgerald (1826, 357) recorded that 'Ballyalinan Castle, situated on the east bank of the River Deel, built by the O'Hallinans. In the year 1600 Dermod O' Conor having in concert with Sir George Carew treacherously seized on James Fitzgerald, the pretending Earl of Desmond, and having conveyed him together with Thomas Oge of Kerry and two brothers of the Sheehys prisoners to Castleishen, took Ballyallinan Castle from Rory Mc Sheehy (Mac Sheehy) father of the two brothers above mentioned, and there settled himself'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Ellen Butler, an Irish Papist of Ballyallinan was the owner of the lands of Ballyallinan which contained 'a Castle an orchard and a grist mill [LI029-156----]. Extended to Lt. John Odell by order of the p[ro]vinciall Courte for ye sum of £85 ster[lin]g. And Symon Stilles pretends some interest into it' (Simington 1938, 300). Westropp (1906-7, 215-16) recorded the following details on Ballyallinan; ‘It is said to have been built on the Deel by the O'Hallinans (Fitz Gerald, i., p. 357). 1282 Suit whether Peter de Lexynton dowered his wife with land at Ballilathnan. 1569 Balleallenay C[astle]. surrendered to English (C.S.P.L). 1580 Eugene mac Edm. oge Shehie held it when slain in rebellion; Rorie mac Shihy was pardoned; and J. Wolf enfeoffed him in Ballywinterywork. Shehy's wife, Johanna Bourke, is named, and their son Morgho, who succeeded in 1591 (Inq. Exch., 16, p. 285; Inq. Chan., Car. I., 66; Fi. 3842; Des. R., 30b). 1600 Dermond O'Conor went to Rory Mac Shihy, at Ballyallinan, after his capture of the Sugan Earl; the latter's followers besieged O'Connor, and forced him to surrender (Pac. Hib. i., pp. 99-103). 1604 Granted to Sir H. Brounker (Inq. Chan., 66). 1655 Held by Elen Butler (C.S., p. 59). 1675 Part confirmed to Roger Dawges (Act Sett.)'. Ballyallinan Castle classified by Donnelly as a Type 5 Tower House which consists of castles with rectangular floor plans 'each of which is unique to an individual site, though each building had architectural features which placed them firmly within the Irish Gothic tower house tradition' (Donnelly 1999, 22, 37). The castle was described by Salter (2004, 62) as following; 'There are vaults over the second and fourth levels of this tower measuring 13m by 9.3m and the fifth storey has rooms in bartizans on the east and west corners. Reached from the altered entrance facing NW, a spiral stair in the north corner still rises as far up at the third storey, which has remains of three windows and a fireplace on the NW side. The NE wall contains a tier of vaulted rooms over a deep recess at ground level. Named after the original O'Hallinan owners, the castle was surrendered to the English in 1569. It was later held by the MacSheehy family, originally mercenaries serving the Desmonds'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 November 2020

• LI029-056001 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 391-2) recorded the following details on Ballyallinan also known as Templebeinid; ‘Ballyellynan, 1452; (Rental), probably Benedict's chapel; Capella Mineta, 1410, 1418, 1615 b. ; Ballyalynan, 1600 ; (Fiants, 6464 and 6487) granted with Dourlas to Robert Dawges, 1670 (Act Sett.). Fabric - The church of St. Beinid lies to the east of the castle [LI029-055----]. The east gable, 11 feet [3.35m] wide, with, about 14 feet [4.25m] of the sides, remained in 1840. The window had a wide, round-arched splay of cut stone; the sides were 9 feet [2.7m] high and 2½ feet [0.75m] thick. St. Beinid's well [LI029-056003-] (not "Bernard's,'' as on map) lay near it (O.S.L., 8, p. 182, by T. O'Conor). Church ruins described in 1840 as 'the ruins of small edifice which is called Teampall Beinid, that is, the Church of Beinid (Benedict?). Of the side wall fourteen feet [4.25m] in length remain, as does also the east gable. The breadth of the building is eleven feet [3.35m]. On the gable is a window covered with ivy on the inside; is round at top on the outside measuring three feet nine inches [1.14m] by six inches [0.15m], constructed with chiselled brown stone . At the distance of three feet [0.9m] from this gable there was on the south side wall a window. Of the stone which composed it only one remains on the inside which is of the brown quality and chiselled. The side walls are nine feet [2.7m] high and two and a half feet [0.75m] thick. The materials of the building were lime stones, round and small, and cement was lime and sand mortar. Only children are buried here now [LI029-056002-]. About thirty yards [27m] to the southwest of this building is a well called Tobar Beinid, that is Beinid's Well [LI029-056003-]' (OSL, 62). See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-056002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Church ruins (LI029-056001-) known locally as Temple Beinid is depicted standing in E quadrant of rectangular shaped burial ground (approx. dims. 23m N-S x 36m E-W) on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. This burial ground was described in 1840 as a place where 'Only children are buried here now. About thirty yards [27m] to the southwest of this building is a well called Tobar Beinid, that is Beinid's Well [LI029-056003-]' (OSL, 62). The boundary of this burial ground is only indicated on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map where the holy well is shown lying outside the boundary of the burial ground. Today the church ruins stand inside a larger rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 39m N-S x 58m E-W) which includes the children's burial ground and the holy well. No gravemarkers visible inside this enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-056003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, in natural dip in W-facing slope. Circular pool of water (diam. 10m), enclosed by metal tubular railing set in concrete W-ESE. Five concrete steps, at SSW side, descending to well. Water is drained away through concrete pipe at NNW. Pool overhung by mature ash tree. According to Ó Danachair (1955, 204) well, devoted to St. Bernard, was visited in the 1950s on 20th of August, Good Friday and other days. Water said to cure lameness, sore eyes and rheumatism. Holy well standing 34m W of church ruins (LI029-056001-) and children's burial ground(LI029-056002-) described in 1840 as 'About thirty yards [27m] to the southwest of this building [LI029-056001-] is a well called Tobar Beinid, that is Beinid's Well, which is a strong spring with a large ash tree standing over it and is much frequented as is evident from the number of rags on the tree, being half covered with them. It cures sore eyes' (OSL, 62). The following folklore was recorded from Rathkeale National School about St. Bernard's Well ; 'St. Bernard's well, situated in the middle of a field on the South East of the passage leading to Ballyallinan Castle, about 2 1/2 miles South West of Rathkeale. This well has for patron St. Bernard. It is surrounded by white thorn trees' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0501, Page 031; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922010/4918031). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00335 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31062; F025.21.00333 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17043 and F025.21.00337 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31064. See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 October 2020

• LI029-056004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The curving ditch of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (approx. diam. 100m) is visible on Digital Globe to the S of a small church known as Temple Beinid (LI029-056001-), children's burial ground (LI029-056002-) and holy well (LI029-056003-). See attached image showing line of possible ecclesiastical enclosure taken from Digital Globe Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on level low-lying terrain. Circular area (diam. 41m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 0.85m). Bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.95), heavily masked by overgrowth along NW arc, is much degraded elsewhere. Fosse, best preserved WNW->N, has recently been re-cut to form deeper drain N->WNW. Uneven marshy interior, dips down gently towards centre. Disused passageway skirts externally around NW arc of bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyallinan 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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_554 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Ballyallinan North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballyallinan North · Baile Uí Áilíonáin Thuaidh

Area

2,495,675 m² (249.57 ha, 616.69 acres)

Civil parish

Rathkeale, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Ballyallinan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyallinan electoral division: 421 people in 151 households; 84% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnanean, Ballyallinan South, Ballywinterrourke, Ballywinterrourkewood, Courtmatrix, Enniscoush, Loghill

Placenames

Ballyallinan North 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.