# Ballyloughnaan, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Croom, barony of Pubblebrien, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Lachnáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,061,557 m² (106.16 ha, 262.32 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,173 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Croom, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/croom.md - Barony: Pubblebrien - Electoral division: Adare South, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,225 people lived in 730 households in the Adare South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30495 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120295 - Centre: latitude 52.584714, longitude -8.748443 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyloughnaan, from 120 m² to 576,055 m² (57.61 ha, 142.35 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1657193: 576,055 m² (57.61 ha, 142.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657193.md - Parcel 1657179: 152,953 m² (15.3 ha, 37.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657179.md - Parcel 3929916: 100,598 m² (10.06 ha, 24.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3929916.md - Parcel 1612847: 49,241 m² (4.92 ha, 12.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612847.md - Parcel 1627124: 42,073 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627124.md - Parcel 1600676: 20,116 m² (2.01 ha, 4.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600676.md - Parcel 1624117: 17,226 m² (1.72 ha, 4.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624117.md - Parcel 1657600: 15,050 m² (1.51 ha, 3.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657600.md - Parcel 1659967: 12,919 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659967.md - Parcel 1605366: 12,717 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605366.md - Parcel 1657192: 10,047 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657192.md - Parcel 1658954: 6,958 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658954.md - Parcel 1661729: 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661729.md - Parcel 1601697: 5,187 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601697.md - Parcel 1657181: 2,734 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657181.md - Parcel 1588799: 2,682 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588799.md - Parcel 1604834: 2,173 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604834.md - Parcel 1657842: 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657842.md - Parcel 1665087: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665087.md - Parcel 1655817: 2,098 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655817.md - Parcel 1599192: 1,850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599192.md - Parcel 5577719: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5577719.md - Parcel 1667911: 1,628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667911.md - Parcel 1662986: 1,585 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662986.md - Parcel 1592243: 1,366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592243.md - Parcel 1597790: 1,307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597790.md - Parcel 1619648: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619648.md - Parcel 1657159: 975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657159.md - Parcel 1642445: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642445.md - Parcel 1628768: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628768.md - Parcel 1657180: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657180.md - Parcel 1666378: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666378.md - Parcel 1669044: 120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669044.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyloughnaan 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. - 24 Apr 2025, Limerick County Council 2560360: Conditional. Permission. an increase of capacity of the attending children currently at 11 as per planning reference to 12/326 condition 11 to an increase of 16 children. Secondly an adjustment of opening hours as per previous planning application 18/207 condition 8 from 9am to 6pm to 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday only. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560360/0 - 25 Aug 2023, Limerick County Council 2360614: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, install on-site effluent treatment system including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360614/0 - 23 Oct 2020, Limerick County Council 201077: Conditional. Permission. renovation and extension of existing dwelling house to include granny flat; demolition of existing storage shed on site; construction of a new domestic storage shed; upgrade existing waste water system and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/201077/0 - 7 Mar 2018, Limerick County Council 18207: Conditional. Permission. extension to the rear of the existing Montessori school. The development shall consist of kitchen, office and relocation of an existing rainwater soakaway only. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18207/0 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 Ballyloughnaan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI021-115: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-115----. On a slight N-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with good views from E-S-W. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (approx. 42m N-S; 40m E-W). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. A natural scarp (H 1.7m) runs E-W across the field, to the immediate N. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 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) - Newborough House, country house, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 21902119, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902119. Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1770, having five-bay two-storey over basement block with dormer attic to rear (north) elevation, single-bay two-storey extension to east elevation and three-bay single-storey addition to west elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and timber bargeboards to dormers. Pitched slate roof to west addition and flat roof to east extension. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings to first floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to ground floor with nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening to rear having spoked fanlight over twelve-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with limestone sill. Square-headed openings to dormers having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to rear with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to addition, rear elevation having fixed windows and cast-iron sill guards. Round-headed opening with carved limestone pilasters having floral motifs to capitals supporting entablature with metope style motifs and floral motifs over timber panelled door with flanking sidelights having limestone risers, spoked and cobweb fanlight over. Flight of limestone steps to entrance. Camber-headed opening to addition, rear elevation with timber battened door. Six-bay two-storey outbuilding to east with pitched slate roof and roughcast rendered walls. Diocletian-style window openings to first floor. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills, some now blocked up. Square-headed openings with timber battened half-doors. Horse powered cast-iron water pump to east set in round-profile rubble limestone walls. Rubble limestone walls to east with single-leaf cast-iron gate. L-plan gate lodge to east having hipped slate roof and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings, some with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills, some having cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed opening having replacement half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of octagonal limestone piers to east with double-leaf spear-headed cast-iron gates and flanking single-leaf spear-headed pedestrian entrances with octagonal limestone piers and rendered walls. Painted rubble limestone boundary walls to site. - House, 1900–1930, Regional interest, registry number 21902120, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902120. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1920, with pair of bay windows to ground floor and porch set within. Continuous roof over canted bay windows supported by timber uprights. Timber windows to bay windows with small pane toplights. Segmented headed window openings with timber sash windows to first floor. Square-headed window opening with hoodmoulding to return. Pitched roof with rendered chimneystacks. - House, 1830–1850, Regional interest, registry number 21902121, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902121. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site. ## 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 Ballyloughnaan, 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_850, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_850.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/ballyloughnaan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyloughnaan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyloughnaan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyloughnaan 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) - Ballycarrane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycarrane.md - Kilgobbin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilgobbin.md - Lissaleen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lissaleen.md - Lurraga: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lurraga-121524.md - Monearla: https://everytownland.com/limerick/monearla.md - Rineroe: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rineroe.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/ballyloughnaan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballyloughnaan