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

Townland in the civil parish of Kildimo, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Chathláin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,548,269 m² (154.83 ha, 382.59 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,093 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kildimo, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kildimo.md
- Barony: Kenry
- Electoral division: Ballynacarriga, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 947 people lived in 310 households in the Ballynacarriga electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31986
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120199
- Centre: latitude 52.636199, longitude -8.791534 (WGS 84)

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

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyculhane, from 117 m² to 174,842 m² (17.48 ha, 43.2 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1662506: 174,842 m² (17.48 ha, 43.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662506.md
- Parcel 5470745: 131,574 m² (13.16 ha, 32.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470745.md
- Parcel 1615977: 129,072 m² (12.91 ha, 31.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615977.md
- Parcel 1662508: 87,383 m² (8.74 ha, 21.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662508.md
- Parcel 1602967: 79,907 m² (7.99 ha, 19.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602967.md
- Parcel 1607140: 57,507 m² (5.75 ha, 14.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607140.md
- Parcel 1645543: 56,139 m² (5.61 ha, 13.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645543.md
- Parcel 1592297: 42,374 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592297.md
- Parcel 1605888: 40,216 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605888.md
- Parcel 1605267: 39,868 m² (3.99 ha, 9.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605267.md
- Parcel 1659144: 38,916 m² (3.89 ha, 9.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659144.md
- Parcel 1609339: 38,192 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609339.md
- Parcel 1606407: 37,207 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606407.md
- Parcel 1610026: 32,549 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610026.md
- Parcel 1611204: 31,353 m² (3.14 ha, 7.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611204.md
- Parcel 1653122: 30,744 m² (3.07 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653122.md
- Parcel 1595350: 30,359 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595350.md
- Parcel 1661227: 29,436 m² (2.94 ha, 7.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661227.md
- Parcel 1602547: 27,315 m² (2.73 ha, 6.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602547.md
- Parcel 1600021: 27,056 m² (2.71 ha, 6.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600021.md
- Parcel 1670800: 26,078 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670800.md
- Parcel 1598370: 25,831 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598370.md
- Parcel 1603081: 25,766 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603081.md
- Parcel 1588414: 24,801 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588414.md
- Parcel 1597783: 24,483 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597783.md
- Parcel 1661872: 24,402 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661872.md
- Parcel 1639206: 23,508 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639206.md
- Parcel 1665744: 22,830 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665744.md
- Parcel 1590474: 21,614 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590474.md
- Parcel 1637854: 21,126 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637854.md
- Parcel 1609774: 20,884 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609774.md
- Parcel 6072591: 16,979 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6072591.md
- Parcel 1657128: 9,900 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657128.md
- Parcel 1620586: 6,434 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620586.md
- Parcel 1641413: 6,093 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641413.md
- Parcel 1618256: 4,833 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618256.md
- Parcel 1601937: 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601937.md
- Parcel 1596658: 3,939 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596658.md
- Parcel 3807086: 3,852 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3807086.md
- Parcel 1619640: 3,699 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619640.md
- Parcel 3267650: 3,455 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267650.md
- Parcel 1649402: 3,437 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649402.md
- Parcel 1614546: 3,397 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614546.md
- Parcel 1620192: 3,274 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620192.md
- Parcel 1589795: 2,759 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589795.md
- Parcel 1647357: 2,691 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647357.md
- Parcel 5500644: 2,661 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5500644.md
- Parcel 1615405: 2,475 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615405.md
- Parcel 1646097: 2,442 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646097.md
- Parcel 1645946: 2,428 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645946.md
- Parcel 1607670: 2,233 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607670.md
- Parcel 3267651: 2,217 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3267651.md
- Parcel 1665375: 2,126 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665375.md
- Parcel 2580827: 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580827.md
- Parcel 1648953: 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648953.md
- Parcel 1617419: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617419.md
- Parcel 1617210: 2,095 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617210.md
- Parcel 1648115: 2,088 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648115.md
- Parcel 2580281: 2,066 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580281.md
- Parcel 1621801: 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621801.md
- Parcel 1613814: 1,837 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613814.md
- Parcel 1654128: 1,782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654128.md
- Parcel 1644989: 1,768 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1644989.md
- Parcel 1641371: 1,348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641371.md
- Parcel 1614027: 1,295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614027.md
- Parcel 1621254: 606 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621254.md
- Parcel 6072588: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6072588.md
- Parcel 1615229: 421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615229.md
- Parcel 1620947: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620947.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyculhane 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 29 Aug 2025, Limerick County Council 25293: Conditional. Permission. change to site boundary to site subject to planning permission reference 25/106. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/25293/0
- 9 Apr 2025, Limerick County Council 25106: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a dwelling house with attached carport, garage and plantroom, new entrance gates, onsite treatment system and polishing filter, reconstruction and adjustment of existing stone roadside boundary wall and associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/25106/0
- 31 Jul 2024, Limerick County Council 24313: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a proposed dwelling house with attached carport, garage and plantroom, new entrance gates, onsite treatment system and polishing filter, reconstruction and adjustment of existing stone roadside boundary wall and associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24313/0
- 16 Feb 2021, Limerick County Council 21169: Refused. Outline permission. the construction of a new dwelling, garage, vehicular entrance, the installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21169/0
- 16 Sept 2019, Limerick County Council 19924: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a silage base, walls and concrete apron. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19924/0
- 2 Mar 2017, Limerick County Council 17192: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a dwelling house entrance on site waste water treatment and disposal system all associated works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17192/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA, site code 004077, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore, site code 000435
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dromore & Bleach Loughs, site code 001030

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

- LI012-010001: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI012-010001-. Ovoid shaped hachured earthwork marked on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map immediately west of Ballyculhane Castle (LI012-010002-). This earthwork mat be the remains of a possible pond feature depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Tree-covered area visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 February 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
- LI012-010002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI012-010002-. Ballyculhane (Baile Uí Chathláin/the town of Ó Cathláin) Castle in the parish of Kildimo was described in 1840 as follows; 'The ruins of this castle stand in a rectangular space of about 132 ft. [40m] long and 120 ft. [36.5m] broad, inclosed by a wall of about 30 ft. [9.1m] high. Fragments of the castle walls are standing, and 3 chimneys remain, which ore about 50 ft. [15.24m] high. At each angle of the courtyard and outside stands a square tower, 2 stories high end arched overhead. The apartments in the towers are about 7ft. [2.13m] square' (OSNB Kildimo Parish, 922). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Major General Patrick Purcell, an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Ballyculhane which contained 'a Castle, a Bawne three greate houses and ten Cottages one Mill seate [LI012-165----], one Salmon weare [LI012-166-----] in repayre besides other weare seates, oweing a red rose p[er] Ann[um] to the Mannor house of Aghdare' (Simington 1938, 346). Westropp (1906-7, 160-1) recorded the following details about Ballyculhane; 'Sir Hugh Purcell held Moycro (Croagh), Ballycathelan and Clanech (Justic. R., Cal., p. 246). 1518 Gerald, Earl of Kildare, held Ballycathelan in Kyenry, Co. Lim., and the advowson of the free chapel of Russell (Rental). 1581 Pelham reported that Brian Duff O'Brien, of Carrigogunnell, got aid from Adare in Feb., 1581, and raided Kenry, taking 200 cows; Desmond and his men pursued, but could not recover the cattle, and lost "a son of old John of Desmond" (Carew ii., p. 225). The Grarrison of Adare sent soldiers to raid Kenry; but they were defeated and nearly exterminated by David oge Purcell, of Baile ui Chathlain, near his C[astle]. The Captain of Adare got aid from Kilmallock, and stormed Baile ui Chathlain C[astle], slaying 150 women and children (A.F.M.). 1583 Peirce Purcell held Ballycullen C[astle]. in Kyldyma (Des. R., 33b). 1612 Edm. Purcell, of Croagh, was granted Bally calhane C[astle]. (Pat. R.). 1640 Held by Gen. Patrick Purcell, as heir of his son James, under the Earl of Kildare, as part of Kildare Manor (Inq. Chan., 8, 241). 1657 The C[astle]. bawn, three great houses, a mill seat and weirs, late of Major P. Purcell, deceased (C.S., xxvi., p. 7 ; D.S.B., 16 ; B.D., 26). Fabric - The Down Survey and Trustee Map (35) show it as a large court with towers at the angles, a house inside, and a neat garden surrounded by rows of trees. There is a view in the "Limerick Field Club Journal," vol. i. The C[astle]. consists of a court 195 feet [59.4m] across, the walls being 30 feet [9.1m] high. It had towers at the angles, and an oblong "Castle" stood detached to the north. The fosse could be flooded from the Maigue. The "Estate Book" of 1703 describes it as a large castle, strong walled, with a good garden and orchard, and a stable'. Ballyculhane Castle described by Salter (2004, 63) as; 'An ivy-mantled wall about 3m thick and 6m high surrounds a bawn 45m long by 40m wide. There are square corner towers containing tiny vaulted rooms and spiral staircases. On the south and SW are windows and fireplaces of former two storey ranges of apartments. Buildings on the NW side are comparatively modern. There is said to have once been a 9m wide wet moat fed from the River Maigue. The castle belonged to the Purcells until the 1650s. After it was stormed by the English in 1581 some 150 women and children were put to death'. See attached black and white photograph taken from Journal of the Limerick Field Club, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1897. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 November 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)

- House, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 21901204, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21901204. Detached five-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, built c. 1800, having three-bay single-storey extension to rear (south) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Flat roof to extension. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening with replacement half-glazed door and sidelights. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to west having pitched slate and corrugated-iron roof. Render over rubble limestone walls. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to north with double-leaf timber gates and rendered boundary walls.

## 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 Ballyculhane, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_814, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_814.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ballyculhane.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyculhane.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyculhane.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyculhane 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)

- Ardlahan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardlahan.md
- Ballyvareen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyvareen.md
- Carheeny: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carheeny.md
- Coolbeg: https://everytownland.com/limerick/coolbeg.md
- Faha: https://everytownland.com/limerick/faha.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.

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