# Ballybrood, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballybrood, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Bhrúid. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,446,024 m² (144.6 ha, 357.32 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballybrood, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/ballybrood.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31464 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120175 - Centre: latitude 52.559438, longitude -8.44453 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrood, from 128 m² to 356,660 m² (35.67 ha, 88.13 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1615807: 356,660 m² (35.67 ha, 88.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615807.md - Parcel 5541560: 299,089 m² (29.91 ha, 73.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541560.md - Parcel 4926077: 229,486 m² (22.95 ha, 56.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926077.md - Parcel 1593738: 93,802 m² (9.38 ha, 23.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593738.md - Parcel 1662376: 90,721 m² (9.07 ha, 22.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662376.md - Parcel 1651097: 90,599 m² (9.06 ha, 22.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651097.md - Parcel 1654279: 43,343 m² (4.33 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654279.md - Parcel 1651090: 40,371 m² (4.04 ha, 9.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651090.md - Parcel 1661350: 36,969 m² (3.7 ha, 9.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661350.md - Parcel 1647621: 33,044 m² (3.3 ha, 8.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647621.md - Parcel 1650851: 29,326 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650851.md - Parcel 1589870: 27,827 m² (2.78 ha, 6.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589870.md - Parcel 1590512: 14,338 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590512.md - Parcel 1602574: 11,763 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602574.md - Parcel 1617361: 4,925 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617361.md - Parcel 5008612: 3,902 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5008612.md - Parcel 1651089: 3,674 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651089.md - Parcel 1605915: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605915.md - Parcel 1615808: 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615808.md - Parcel 1624712: 2,838 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624712.md - Parcel 1601739: 2,575 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601739.md - Parcel 1651098: 2,402 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651098.md - Parcel 1638848: 2,389 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1638848.md - Parcel 3266737: 2,291 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3266737.md - Parcel 1657856: 2,239 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657856.md - Parcel 1659448: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659448.md - Parcel 1596845: 1,972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596845.md - Parcel 4663084: 1,639 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4663084.md - Parcel 1612536: 1,599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612536.md - Parcel 1636690: 1,587 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636690.md - Parcel 1603797: 1,137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603797.md - Parcel 1645414: 1,006 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645414.md - Parcel 1605390: 634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605390.md - Parcel 1597037: 616 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597037.md - Parcel 1636691: 504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636691.md - Parcel 5541558: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541558.md - Parcel 5008637: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5008637.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballybrood 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 27 Sept 2024, Limerick County Council 2460963: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an agricultural building for the housing of cattle and a slatted slurry storage tank, including all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460963/0 - 20 Feb 2023, Limerick County Council 2360087: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a poultry house, concrete apron and feed silos and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360087/0 - 16 Feb 2023, Limerick County Council 2360070: N/a. Permission. the construction of a poultry house, concrete apron and feed silos and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360070/0 - 30 Jan 2019, Limerick County Council 1970: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works. This dwelling house is in the vicinity of protected buildings. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/1970/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Ballybrood. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI023-053001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-053001-. Only the SE angle of the medieval church of Ballybrood is visible in in S quadrant of graveyard (LI023-053001) and S of 19th century C. of I. church ruins. Rectangular structure (3.2m N-S; 5m E-W) of which part of E gable (ext. L 5.6m; T 1.1m; H c. 3.5m) and two fragments of S wall, one at E end (L 2m; H c. 3m) and one at W end (H 1.3m), are all that now stand. These are completely encased by ivy. Fabric of wall is of mortared limestone with a rubble core. W and N walls reduced to sod-covered mounds (Wth c. 0.5m; H c. 0.55m). A window ope in E-wall is covered by ivy; the embrasure (Wth 1m; D 0.9m; H 2.15m) has splayed ingoings. Interior generally level and grass covered. Level rectangular area (6.4m N-S; 8m E-W) to immediate W of church contains numerous uninscribed gravemarkers. Remains of parish church of Ballybrood that was already reduced to present state in 1840 (Westropp 1904-5, 443). Westropp (ibid.) recorded the following details about Ballybrood; 'Perhaps the chapel of Bourewode, in Wethney, 1291; Ballybrood parish, 1657 (D.S. (A), 20 ; and Petty, 66), granted to J. Maunsell, 1667 (Act Sett.). Fabric - A small portion of the east end stood in 1840. The I. C. church was built, 1807; burned by Rockites, 1822; and rebuilt, 1823. Mr. E. B. Fennessy, in a letter to Mr. J. Grene Barry, says that the old church was an oblong heap, like that at Milltown' Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 04 January 2019 - LI023-053002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-053002-. In pasture, on a SW-facing slope, on W side of public road. Square area (39m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a mortared limestone wall (H c. 1.4m); breach (Wth c. 1.2m) near S end of W wall. Stile mid-way along E-wall and gateway (Wth 2.7m) at N-end of same. Ruin of church (LI023-053001-) off-centre to S; low, uninscribed gravemarkers to immediate E and S. Scarped edge (max. Wth 2.75m; H 1.25m) defines S-side of graveyard with interior higher than perimeter. Sunken pathway (basal Wth 2.75m; long-axis c. E-W) traverses northern half of interior from gated entrance. No standing remains of C of I church, built in 1807, which formerly stood in N side of yard (Westropp 1904-5, 443). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 November 2013 - LI023-055: Religious house - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-055----. In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. No visible surface trace of monument marked on 1928 OS 6-inch map as 'Friary (site of)'; nothing is shown here on the 1840 OS map. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 276) 'possibly a place of refuge in the seventeenth century.' Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 November 2013 - LI023-056: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-056----. In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. Oval area (24m NE-SW; c. 19m NW-SE) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3m; H 1.3m; possible entrance, Wth 5m, at ESE), with external fosse (Wth 7.25m; D 0.85m) W-SSE (obscured by overgrowth SSE-W), and counterscarp bank (Wth 8.65m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.3m) W-SSE. Latter has post and wire fence on top. Monument becoming overgrown by scrub and much of interior is now inaccessible. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 November 2013 - LI023-186: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-186----. On low-lying improved, wet pasture, in forestry cut by land drains and watercourses. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 186: AP 4/3688). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018, where it is enclosed by a broad U-shaped forestry exclusion zone. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 186. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 September 2020 - LI023-187: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-187----. Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 189: AP 4/3687) and described by Doody (2008, 132) as an 'oval ditched enclosure, c. 45m N-S x 30m E-W, with possibel internal bank'; 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 - LI023-189: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-189----. On low-lying improved, wet pasture, in forestry cut by land drains and watercourses. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 191: AP 4/3685). Monument is visible as a faint roughly circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 48m) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/05/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/05/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 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 Ballybrood. ## 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 Ballybrood, 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 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 Ballybrood. - 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/ballybrood.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrood.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrood.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Ballybrood, Caherconlish: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrood-caherconlish.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyhobin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyhobin.md - Baskethill: https://everytownland.com/limerick/baskethill.md - Caherline: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherline.md - Killeagh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killeagh.md - Mountminnett: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountminnett.md - Rockfarm: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rockfarm.md - Tonteere: https://everytownland.com/limerick/tonteere.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. --- 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/ballybrood - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballybrood