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

Townland in the civil parish of Inch St. Lawrence, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Thuadáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,233,199 m² (123.32 ha, 304.73 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 33,825 m² (3.38 ha, 8.36 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Inch St. Lawrence, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/inch-st-lawrence.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Caherelly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31345
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120272
- Centre: latitude 52.564041, longitude -8.48684 (WGS 84)

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

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhoodane, from 1,243 m² to 378,279 m² (37.83 ha, 93.47 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1596035: 378,279 m² (37.83 ha, 93.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596035.md
- Parcel 1668642: 334,426 m² (33.44 ha, 82.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668642.md
- Parcel 1596036: 241,840 m² (24.18 ha, 59.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596036.md
- Parcel 1596034: 119,917 m² (11.99 ha, 29.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596034.md
- Parcel 4669255: 74,661 m² (7.47 ha, 18.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669255.md
- Parcel 3484362: 33,825 m² (3.38 ha, 8.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3484362.md
- Parcel 3484320: 24,550 m² (2.45 ha, 6.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3484320.md
- Parcel 1630092: 12,976 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630092.md
- Parcel 1617445: 4,196 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617445.md
- Parcel 4669226: 2,259 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669226.md
- Parcel 4669216: 1,243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669216.md

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

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.

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

1 application, newest first.

- 23 Dec 2021, Limerick County Council 211827: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211827/0

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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 Ballyhoodane.

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

- LI023-041: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-041----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-042----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-043----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-167----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-251----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-288----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-289----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-324----. 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

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 Ballyhoodane.

## 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 Ballyhoodane, 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 Ballyhoodane.
- 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/ballyhoodane.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyhoodane.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyhoodane.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyhoodane 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 East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybricken-east.md
- Caherelly East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherelly-east.md
- Doonvullen Lower: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doonvullen-lower.md
- Doonvullen Upper: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doonvullen-upper.md
- Knockroe (Mason): https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockroe-mason.md
- Knockroe (Wilson): https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockroe-wilson.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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