# Ballyblake, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Caherelly, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile an Bhlácaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 806,496 m² (80.65 ha, 199.29 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,904 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Caherelly, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/caherelly.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Ballybricken, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,932 people lived in 646 households in the Ballybricken electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31148
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120166
- Centre: latitude 52.553137, longitude -8.522711 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyblake, from 444 m² to 450,716 m² (45.07 ha, 111.37 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 3267560: 450,716 m² (45.07 ha, 111.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267560.md
- Parcel 1601735: 161,040 m² (16.1 ha, 39.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601735.md
- Parcel 1674679: 132,255 m² (13.23 ha, 32.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674679.md
- Parcel 1665855: 32,122 m² (3.21 ha, 7.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665855.md
- Parcel 3267559: 2,555 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267559.md
- Parcel 1616435: 2,230 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616435.md
- Parcel 4997760: 2,201 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4997760.md
- Parcel 5236065: 2,181 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236065.md
- Parcel 5236031: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236031.md
- Parcel 3267561: 2,097 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267561.md
- Parcel 1608187: 1,999 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608187.md
- Parcel 1642960: 1,809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642960.md
- Parcel 1596844: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596844.md
- Parcel 1666313: 1,621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666313.md
- Parcel 1593737: 1,569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593737.md
- Parcel 1619703: 1,285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619703.md
- Parcel 1660580: 1,183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660580.md
- Parcel 1653658: 1,176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653658.md
- Parcel 1627135: 1,050 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627135.md
- Parcel 1672002: 986 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672002.md
- Parcel 1590513: 852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590513.md
- Parcel 1597824: 444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597824.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyblake in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 23 May 2023, Limerick County Council 2360346: Conditional. Retention. porch to front of existing building and extensions to the right hand side and rear. Permission for a waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360346/0
- 13 Apr 2017, Limerick County Council 17317: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of existing substandard dwelling house and out buildings, relocation of existing vehicular entrance, construction of replacement dwelling house, new septic tank and percolation area, garage and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17317/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyblake.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI023-193001: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-193001-. On a natural rise, situated in a shallow depression running N-S, in low-lying improved, pasture, with good views to N and S. Ring-barrows (LI023-193002-/003-) are conjoined to SW and W, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 16101: AP 4/3694). Low dome-shaped mound (diam. 5m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3m) and an external bank (Wth 2m). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 16101. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-193002: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-193002-. On a natural rise, situated in a shallow depression running N-S, in low-lying improved, pasture, with good views to N and S. Ring-barrows (LI023-193001-/003-) are conjoined to NE and NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 16102: AP 4/3694). Low dome-shaped mound (diam. 5m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3m) and an external bank (Wth 2m). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 16102. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-193003: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-193003-. On a natural rise, situated in a shallow depression running N-S, in low-lying improved, pasture, with good views to N and S. Ring-barrows (LI023-193001-/002-) are conjoined to E and SE, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff AP 4/3694). Low dome-shaped mound (diam. 5m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3m) and an external bank (Wth 2m). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-204: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-204----. Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 160: AP 4/3694) and described by Doody (2008, 131) as a 'subrectangular ditched enclosure, 29m N-S x 25m E-W, with both internal (c. 3m wide, 1m high) and external (c. 3m wide, 0.3m high) bank. Possible entrance gap at S side of inner bank where ditch is shallower; ditch 1.2m deep, c. 6m wide at the top'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 November 2013
- LI023-249: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-249----. On a slight W-facing slope in pasture 75m W of the townland boundary with Ballybricken South. Ring-barrows (LI023-193001-/003-) located 280m to SW, ring-barrows (LI023-190001-/002-) 210m to NE. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is clearly visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 262 AP 4/3693) as an enclosure. The site comprises as curving cropmark adjoin two corners of a relic field forming a wedge-shaped enclosure (ext. diam. c. 38m N-S; 17m E-W). The enclosure is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006 and 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the ring-barrow labelled Bruff 262 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 1 September 2020

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyblake, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyblake.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyblake.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyblake.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyblake.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyblake with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballybricken North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybricken-north.md
- Ballybricken South: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybricken-south.md
- Caherelly West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherelly-west.md
- Friarstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/friarstown-121007.md
- Gortboy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortboy-121128.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyblake
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