Ballyhoodane

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhoodane, from 1,243 m² to 378,279 m² (37.83 ha, 93.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhoodane 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.

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment system, associated site works, and Retention planning permission to retain existing bore well for domestic and agricultural purposes

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211827

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• LI023-041 Enclosure
  Description

  In damp pasture, on a gently undulating S-facing slope. Sub-circular area (20m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by shallow fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.25m). Short portion of a partially levelled internal bank (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.15m; ext. 0.25m) NNE-NE. Low ridge (long-axis N-S) runs across centre of interior. Lazy beds (Wth 0.9m; D 0.1m) (long-axis E-W) cut across monument. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 13 November 2013

• LI023-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassy buffer zone within forestry plantation, on a gentle E-facing slope. Oval area (c. 24m NNW-SSE; c. 20m WSW-ENE) defined by scarped edge (Wth 1.2m; H 0.95m) S-NNE that becomes more substantial NNE-S (Wth 1.2m; H 2m); possible entrance (Wth 2.2m) at W. External fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 1.0m) re-cut NNE-SE as part of drainage works; deep drain (long-axis c. N-S) allows inflow of water to fosse at S and turns at right angle where drain (long-axis c. E-W) exits fosse at SE. Fosse partially blocked at NNE, restricting flow of water within. Scarp and fosse overgrown with mature thorns and briars. Interior level and blackthorn shrub obscure NE-half. Three linear mounds (H 0.5m) at NE and E and SE probably dumps of drainage material. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 November 2013

• LI023-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In damp, level pasture. Circular area (18m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.75m; H 1.5) with external fosse (overall Wth 11.05m; basal Wth 4.8m; D 0.7m). Outer bank (Wth 4.6m at base; Wth 1.1m at top; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.35m) is breached (c. Wth 2-3m) at regular intervals; breach (Wth 7m) is a possible water inlet at WNW and breach (Wth 3m) an outlet at ENE towards the Ahnavar stream. Aerial photograph (Bruff Survey) shows this is conjoined on its SE side to another ringfort (LI023-324----). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 November 2013

• LI023-167 Enclosure
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 174.02 AP 4/3711. .

• LI023-251 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On poorly drained grassland. Enclosure (LI023-345----) 115m to NE. The mound is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is clearly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 17301: AP 4/3710AP) as a mound which appears to be surrounded by a fosse (ext. diam. c. 8m). The mound is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006 and 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the enclosure labelled Bruff 17301 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 1 September 2020

• LI023-288 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In low-lying and gently undulating pasture, 100m W of Ahnavar stream. Situated within the area of a field system (LI023-289----) and 165m to ENE of an enclosure (LI023-041----). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 269.01: AP 4/3711). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (36.5m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012. Also visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018, Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 269.01, McCloud aerial image (AB3, Site 116) and ASIAP taken 23/08/2000. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• LI023-289 Field system
  Description

  In low-lying and gently undulating pasture, to the immediate W of Ahnavar stream. An enclosure (LI023-041----) and a ring-barrow (LI023-288----) lie within the E and W portions, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as several linear and slightly curvilinear-shaped cropmarks by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 269.02: AP 4/3711). Anomalies are visible as a series of at least three roughly linear and slightly curvilinear-shaped cropmarks (approx. L 445m) running approx. ENE-WSW and with some shorter cropmarks intersecting at a right angle, covering an area of at least 9ha on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Digital Globe aerial orthophoto taken 2011-2013. This field system is best seen on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018, where a series of intersecting linear cropmarks form small rectilinear fields to S of ring-barrow (LI023-288----). See attached Google Earth orthoimage 06/02/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 269.02. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• LI023-324 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 40m W of a stream which also marks the townland boundary with Doonvullen Lower. Conjoined with ringfort (LI023-043----) to ESE and an enclosure (LI023-167----) lies 35m to N. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 174.1: AP 4/3711). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 30m E-W; 28.5m N-S) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 06/02/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 174.1. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 September 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyhoodane, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Ballyhoodane.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyhoodane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballyhoodane · Baile Uí Thuadáin

Area

1,233,199 m² (123.32 ha, 304.73 acres)

Civil parish

Inch St. Lawrence, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Caherelly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

388 people lived in 117 households in the Caherelly electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybricken East, Caherelly East, Doonvullen Lower, Doonvullen Upper, Knockroe (Mason), Knockroe (Wilson)

Placenames

Ballyhoodane 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.