Ballycahane Upper

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycahane Upper, from 24 m² to 297,503 m² (29.75 ha, 73.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycahane Upper 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.

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  reduced garage floor area and garage roof form. Omission of the East wing of dwelling and retention of revised plans and elevations

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2635

• 1 Jul 2022Refused

  the erection of family dwelling, domestic garage waste water treatment system, bored well, entrance wing walls and front boundary wall and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22739

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of single storey rear and side extensions, fir 3 no. new windows to ground floor southwest gable and modifications to front entrance. In addition extensive internal modifications and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21942

• 10 Jul 2020Refused

  the erection of dwelling, entrance, piers and front boundary wall, waste water treatment system, domestic garage, bored well, and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20620

• 10 Jan 2019Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house and associated site works including roadside entrance, wastewater treatment system and bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1911

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  One and a half storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17238

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Tory Hill SAC 000439
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tory Hill 000439

Recorded monuments

• LI022-075 Castle - hall-house
  Description

  Ballycahane Castle described in 1840 as following; 'This building is a complete ruin. There was a part of it pulled down in 1838, and a stone found on which was inscribed 1149. The walls, where standing, are 4 feet [1.2m] thick' (OSNB, 219). The castle ruins were described in the Ordnance Survey letters as measuring 'twenty seven feet [8m] by eighteen feet [5.5m]. It was three stories high. The floor next over the ground one is arched beneath. A square tower on the north west corner rises to a height of twelve feet above the side wall, which is forty feet high. The walls are four feet [1.2m] thick' (OSL 110). The adjoining Ballycahane House was described in 1840 as 'the residence of the Revd. E. Connery; a plain house situated near the castle ruins. it is two stories high, is slated and underwent repairs about 1838' (ibid. 218). Westropp (1906-7, 152) recorded the following details on Ballycahane; ‘1281 Henry de Berkeley (Mem. R. Exch.). 1295 Pardon at instance of H. Berkeley to Edm. de Berkley for death of T. f. Ralph (Justic. R. Cal., p. 70). 1321 Suit of Anastas, widow of H. de Berkeley, and Roger, her son, as to dower on same and Dromassill (Ib., 133, m. 8). 1336 H. Berkeley held it. The family continued in possession. Their ancestors held it from And. Le Yngles. Brian duff or Barnaby O'Brien had ravaged their land (Inq. Exch., 28). Among the mayors and sheriffs of Limerick we find several members of this family. 1378 Thomas Barkly was bailiff. 1402 Laurence Barkly was mayor of Limerick. 1524 The Earl of Kildare gave Edm. Byrkley a bay horse (App. 9 Rep., p. 285). 1578 Henry Brickelie died seised of Balleichan, Dromassell, &c. ; his widow, Elizabeth Brickelie, alias Bonfield, and their son Edmund are named (Inq. Exch., 4). 1589 Edm. "Bricklea" died, seised of the C. of Ballykahan, Cnockdro massell, and Corbutt; his son Henry, aged 21 (Inq. Exch., 22, 281). 1620 Henry Barkly was chosen mayor and deposed the same day. 1655 Held by Fra. Barkly, sold to Geo. Peacock (B.D., pp. 55, 56 ; C.S. xxxii., p. 7 ; D.S.B., 22-26). 1667 Ballycahan N. confirmed to latter (Act Sett.). Lenihan, giving no authority, says that the C. was built by an O'Grady in 1400 (p. 59). Fabric - It lies to the west of the church [LI022-076001-]; is 40 feet [12m] high, with walls 4 feet [1.2m] thick, and had three stories, the lowest, vaulted, 27 feet [8m] by 18 feet [5.5m]. At the north-west angle is a turret 52 feet [15.8m] high (O.S.L., 8, p. 237)'. Castle classified by Donnelly (1999, 28, 37) as a Type 2 tower house which are castles that have 'turrets or side-towers incorporated into their floor plans' (Donnelly 1999, 22). Ballycahane Castle described by Salter (2004, 63) as follows; 'This 12m high tower measuring 10.2m by 7.6m has a projection at the north end of the west wall and turret projecting from the west end of the south wall. The first and third of four storeys are vaulted and there are remains of a large east window at second storey level, but the interior is now inaccessible. A gable and wallwalk survive on the north end wall. The castle was a Berkell seat from 13th century until sold in 1655 to George Peacock'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 November 2020

• LI022-076001 Church
  Description

  19th century C of I church built on site of medieval church of Ballycahane. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded that 'no old church ruins exist here; the present parish church was built in 1830 and it is said the walls of an old church that stood in the graveyard [LI022-076002-] were pulled down to supply materials for its erection' (OSL 109). Ruins of 19th century church described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a 'Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1823, having three-bay nave elevations, three-stage square-plan entrance tower and projecting side chapels to north and south elevations. Now in a state of ruin' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21902210). Westropp (1904-5, 381) recorded the following details on Ballycahane; ‘A parish and prebend, in Pubblebrian. Ballycathan, 1291, 1322. Lawsuits are recorded of Anastas, widow of Henry Berkeley, of Balycathan, 1323, and Nic. Laundry, and David Fitzgerald, as to Balychatan, jux. Adar, 1324 (Plea R. 142 of xvi Ed. II, m. 4, and 148 of xvii, m. 4); Barth. Dulardi, scholar of Canon Law, held the canonry or prebend of Bali Cathain, in Limerick (Cal. Papal Pet. I. Jan.), 1361; Balycathan Prebend, 1418; Ballikahan, in Kenrymore, 1586 (Peyton, p. 222), D.S. (B) Site - The I. C. church was built on the old site, 1830, and its tower in 1823 (O.S.L. 14, E. 8, p. 381). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

• LI022-076002 Graveyard
  Description

  19th century C of I church built on site of medieval church (LI022-076001-) of Ballycahane stands in the centre of a D-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 33m N-S x 40m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded that 'no old church ruins exist here; the present parish church was built in 1830 and it is said the walls of an old church that stood in the graveyard were pulled down to supply materials for its erection. The grave yard looks old, though perhaps not grave, is but small in extent and not much in use' (OSL 109). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

• LI022-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying level pasture with moderate views in all directions. Identified by Claire Walsh in 1986 as Site 2/37/1TR during archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping associated with the Irish Gas pipeline (Gowen 1988, 132-3). The results of her monitoring were summarised as follows; ‘This site was first recognised as a flattened fulacht fiadh mound during removal of topsoil. A slight mound outside the gas pipeline corridor led to the belief that the trough site might lie outside it. However, during trenching the site of a trough was revealed in section. It measured 1.80m in length and was 60cm deep. No timber survived in situ. The fill consisted largely of mound material but a layer of silt at the base contained abundant charcoal and fragments of wood. There were no finds’ (www.excavations.ie 1986, Site No. 38). No surface remains visible when visited by the ASI in 2000. See attached Google earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 July 2020

Architectural heritage

• Ballycahane Church, church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1823, having three-bay nave elevations, three-stage square-plan entrance tower and projecting side chapels to north and south elevations. Now in a state of ruin. Roof missing, corner pinnacles and stepped crenellations to tower with cut limestone stringcourse beneath. Snecked limestone walls with cut and tooled limestone quoins. Plaque above door with cut limestone stringcourse to tower and incised crosses to side chapel gables. Pointed arch openings to south nave wall and east elevation with hoodmouldings having limestone block-and-start surrounds. Paired pointed arch openings to second floor of tower with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds. Pointed arch door opening to ground floor of tower with label moulding and stops. Upstanding grave markers and rubble limestone wall with wrought-iron gate flanked by cut limestone piers to site.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_933 (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 Ballycahane Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballycahane Upper · Baile Uí Chatháin Uachtarach

Area

1,692,222 m² (169.22 ha, 418.16 acres)

Civil parish

Ballycahane, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Kilpeacon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilpeacon electoral division: 561 people in 192 households; 94% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahane Middle, Coologe, Dromloughan North, Dromloughan South, Garrane, Kilcurly, Killeenoghty, Knocknagranshy, Maryville, Parkaree

Placenames

Ballycahane Upper 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.