Ballyallinan South
Townland in the civil parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Áilíonáin Theas
- Area
- 270.4 ha
- 668 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 13,028 m² (1.3 ha, 3.22 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyallinan South, from 79 m² to 309,110 m² (30.91 ha, 76.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyallinan South 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 May 2022Conditional
the construction of a shed for the purpose of storing vintage machinery and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22518
1 Oct 2021Conditional
construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211374
14 May 2021Conditional
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, 21640
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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyallinan South.
Recorded monuments
- LI029-081 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level marshy pasture. Circular area (30.5m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.65m), best preserved NNW->NE. Field drains skirt around external base of bank NE->SSW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-082 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on very gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m), with external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.35m) WNW->SW. A dwelling house was recently built immediately to SW with its garden bordering external base of bank SW->WNW. Bank, heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth, is best preserved along S arc where bank widens along top (Wth 2m). Dip in bank (Wth 4.5m) at NNE. Interior covered with dense vegetation overgrowth and some fallen trees have caused root damage to surface. Field boundary, depicted abutting enclosure at WNW on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-083 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope, near base of hill. Circular area (diam. c. 50m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.25m; ext. H 2.2m) with external fosse (D 1.6m; Wth 2.2m); both heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. Bank is best preserved ESE->NW, and incorporated into field boundary ESE->S. Fosse is marshy and widest (Wth 5.6m) ESE->S; counterscarp earth-and-stone bank (ext. H 0.55m) runs along outer edge NW->ESE. Small paddock adjoins at NW. Level interior covered by dense overgrowth but there is a small clearing near centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough undulating pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Oval area (22.8m N-S; 25.6m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 1.85m; ext. H 2.85m), with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 2m) NW->SSE. Bank, best preserved N->SW, incorporated into field boundary system SSE->SW. Fosse, best preserved NW->NE, but barely perceptible NE->E. Break in bank (Wth 6.3m) at WNW. Top of bank widens (Wth 2.6m) along E side with internal stone revetment (H 0.45m) at ENE. Uneven interior, under rough pasture, is littered with loose stones. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-149 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed grassland, with post-1700 field boundary running NNE-SSW across NW quadrant of monument. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 17m) defined by a scarp and external ditch visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Cropmark of earthwork clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 08/04/2015. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 08/04/2015. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 31 May 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyallinan South.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyallinan South.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyallinan South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyallinan South · Baile Uí Áilíonáin Theas
- Area
- 2,704,256 m² (270.43 ha, 668.24 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
- Ballyallinan North, Ballybrown, Ballybrown, Ballywinterrourkewood, Kilcolman East, Kilcolman West, Knockaderry, Loghill
- Placenames
- Ballyallinan South 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.