Ballynahinch

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynahinch, from 49 m² to 256,887 m² (25.69 ha, 63.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynahinch 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  erection of a Domestic Dwelling, Entrance Gates and Piers, Septic Tank and Percolation Area and connections to all existing services & associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660906

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of an extension to the rear of our existing single storey dwelling house. This application also seeks permission for revisions to existing site boundaries and increased site area, works within the existing dwelling including provision of new doors and windows in amended/new openings, thermal upgrading, provision of new mechanical and electrical services, construction of new piers and entrance gates to the existing site entrance, revised boundary fencing, hard and soft landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561390

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  amendments to the farmyard development approved under planning permission ref 20/886. The amendments will comprise a revised slatted cattle shed and associated underground slurry storage tanks, provision of dungstead structure, demolition of existing outbuilding, provision of all necessary concrete aprons, including all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360244

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance with shared right of way, connection to Canavour water scheme, wastewater treatment system & percolation area as per site assessment report and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221386

• 7 Sept 2020Conditional

  the constrction of a double sided slatted house with underground tanks and central feeding passage. Demolition of an existing calf house, cahnge of design to a livestock house incorporating cubicles, loose housing and a slatted tank, and construction of a dungstead, dairy wash tank, silage slab and associated works.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20886

• 11 Mar 2020Conditional

  redesign of dwelling house, revision of site boundary to planning permission previously granted (ref no. 17/202), wastewater treatment and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20213

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  Dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank & percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17202

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 Ballynahinch.

Recorded monuments

• LI040-110 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about Deborah's Well which he considered to be a doubtful holy well; ‘ "Deborah's Well" (not in Gothic) on 1840 map. "A well . . . Tobar Gobnait, i.e. the well of St Gabnet". OSNB. No tradition survives'. Westropp (1904-5, 451) recorded that a pattern was held here at ; 'Tober Gobnait, or Deborah's Well. Pattern, August 3rd' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2019

• LI040-112 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Not marked on the OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular earthwork on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, 2567) taken 03/11/1984. Linear cropmarks running roughly E-W visible on Digital Globe orthoimage which may represent drainage channels associated with land reclamation with Knocktoran House. Earthwork visible as rectangular shaped cropmark (dims. c. 75m N-S; 20m E-W) intersected at S by a linear cropmark running roughly E-W, on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/04/2019. See attached BGE aerial photograph (040269)and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 June 2021

• LI040-113 Field system
  Description

  In pasture, immediately S of townland boundary with Doonmoon. Possible barrows (LI040-116/117----) lie 100m to the E. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a complex of rectangular features on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, Strip map 4, Site 4/43) taken 03/11/1984. Relic field boundary depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch sheet visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. Faint trace of linear cropmarks in S quadrant of field visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/03/2015. See attached BGE aerial photograph (Strip map 4, Site 4/43) and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 June 2021

• LI040-115001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on rise of pasture with good views in all directions. Cloheen graveyard consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 43m N-S x 32m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance stile at E. Rise of ground in N quadrant of graveyard may mark site of medieval church (LI040-115002-). Possible cross-inscribed stone (LI040-115003-) in N quadrant of graveyard which contains memorials dating from the 18th century onwards. Graveyard described in 1840 as following; 'In Ballinahinch Townland is situated a burying ground at present much used, which is called Cloheen, in Irish Cloithín or Cloichín, which means a little stone. It is situated in a pasture field and is enclosed with a stone wall of mason work. No traces of a Church are now found here. Many monumental stones belonging to respectable families are seen within this burial ground. I am informed a Patron is held here on the 3rd of August, Lady Day' (OSL). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 June 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 344/12 on 05/01/2003. 370/3 on 10/05/2003.

• LI040-115002 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 451) recorded the following details about Cloheen; 'A burial-ground (LI040-115001-) and Tober Gobnait, or Deborah's Well (LI040-110----). Pattern, August 3rd'. No surface remains visible of any church inside Cloheen Graveyard (LI040-115001-). Westropp (1904-5, 455) suggested that Doonmoon Church may have been located inside Cloheen graveyard. A slight rise of ground in the N quadrant of the graveyard may mark the site of a medieval church. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 June 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 344/12 on 05/01/2003. 370/3 on 10/05/2003.

• LI040-115003 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  One of two thin red sandstone slabs (dims. (0.52m H x 0.43m Wth x 0.03m T) inside Cloheen graveyard (LI040-115002-) which has a cross (dims. 0.11m H x 0.14m Wth) inscribed into the surface of the stone (pers.comm. 26/05/1986). Unable to locate cross-inscribed stone which was located in N quadrant of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 344/12 on 05/01/2003. 370/3 on 10/05/2003.

• LI040-116 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, a possible barrow (LI040-117----) lies 19m to the S. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular feature on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2567) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph (040270) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 June 2021

• LI040-117 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, a possible barrow (LI040-116----) lies 19m to the N. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular feature on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2567) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph (040268) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 June 2021

• LI040-118 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, Cloheen Church and Graveyard (LI040-115001/002-) lie 260m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular feature on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2569) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph (040272) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 June 2021

• LI040-119 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, a ring-ditch (LI040-121----) lies 70m to the E. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a semicircular-shaped feature in SE corner of field intersected at S by a relic post-1700 field boundary on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2570, 2569) taken 03/11/1984 . No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 5m) intersected at S by relic field boundary running E-W on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/03/2018. See attached BGE aerial photograph (No. 040250) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 June 2021

• LI040-121 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, a ring-ditch (LI040-119----) lies 70m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a ring-ditch feature in the SE corner of field on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2570, 2569) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage. Faint trace of circular feature with relic field boundary at S running E-W on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/03/2018. See attached BGE aerial photograph (No. 040251) and Google earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 June 2021

• LI040-126 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In a clearance in centre of modern coniferous plantation, a possible barrow (LI040-127002-) lies 90m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571, Strip map 4, 4/38) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021

• LI040-127001 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In a clearance in centre of modern coniferous plantation, a possible barrow (LI040-127002-) lies 20m to the NW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571, Site No. 040230) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint trace visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Partial outline of circular feature visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/03/2018. See attached BGE aerial photographs (040230) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021

• LI040-127002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In a clearance in centre of modern coniferous plantation, a possible barrow (LI040-127001-) lies 20m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Possible ring-barrow listed by Grogan (1989, 216) as ‘Ballynahinch 6’. Possible trace of monument visible as circular cropmark (diam. c. 4m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. No surface remains visible on the Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021

• LI040-129 Field system
  Description

  In reclaimed wet pasture, 30m W of a watercourse that forms townland boundary with Island Dromagh, possible barrows (LI040-127001-/002-) lie 110m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as linear cropmarks on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, Strip map 4, site 4/37) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Monument visible as 2 linear cropmarks parallel to each other and running N-S in a field containing cultivation ridges running E-W, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Also visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Linear earthworks may represent teh remains of post-1700 drainage channels associated with land reclamation rather than the remains of a medieval field system. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021

• LI048-018 Moated site
  Description

  In wet pasture, 130m N of Morningstar and 260m E of Ballynahinch House. A rectangular enclosure (LI048-019----) lies 70m to the SE. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Faint outline of rectangular-shaped earthwork visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 21/07/1967 (CUCAP ADT057). Monument visible as a rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; 40 NE-SW) defined by a scarp with wide fosse (Wth c. 8m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. A relic watercourse is visible running NW-SW to the W of the monument. Possible moated site or landscape feature associated with Ballynahinch House. See attached aerial photograph taken 21/07/1967 (CUCAP ADT057) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021

• LI048-019 Earthwork
  Description

  In wet pasture, 35m N of a stream that runs into the Morningstar and 290m E of Ballynahinch House. A rectangular enclosure (LI048-018----) lies 70m to the NW. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Outline of earthwork visible on oblique aerial photograph taken 21/07/1967 (CUCAP ADT057). Monument visible as a raised rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 79m NW-SE; 50 NE-SW) defined by a scarp with fosse from N-E-S and a relic watercourse running NW-SE at W on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph taken 21/07/1967 (CUCAP ADT057) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021

• LI048-020 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described Dunmoon [Ballynahinch] Castle as follows; ‘This castle measures forty two feet [12.8m] by twenty two and a half feet [6.85m] inside the walls. Winding stairs of stone steps ascend in the north end of the building, twenty eight feet [8.53m] in perpendicular heights. There are two gables, north and south, with a chimney on each, built with bricks inside and with stones outside. Bricks are in several parts of the walls on the inside and plastering remains in several places on them inside. The side walls are about thirty feet [9.1m] high. The wall at the doorway is six feet [1.8m] thick. The doorway is on the west side over it being only four feet [1.2m] thick. The doorway is quadrangular, built with chiselled limestone. Its breadth is three feet five inches [1.04m] and height six feet eight inches [2m]. Windows on this building are quadrangular; there is narrow round one on west wall near north end and two narrow four-cornered ones over it. The materials of this building are limestones with some brick inside and cement of lime and sand mortar. It seems grouting was made us of in raising the walls’ (O’Flanagan 1929, 83). The terrier of the 1654-56 Down Survey map of Down and Long parish map recorded that; ‘Upon Downemoone Standes a Faire Castle and a good Irish Towne [LI048-020002-]’ (NLI MS 718). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Gibbon fitz Gibbon of Doonmoone, an Irish Papist was in 1640 the owner of Doonmoone, ‘whereon stands a Castle [LI048-020----], Bawne [LI048-020001-] & a Mill’ [LI048-125----] along with ‘three tatch houses, two whereof have two stone Chymnies and about 22 smale Cabyns’ (Simington 1938, 234). Westropp (1906-7, 195-6) recorded the following details about Ballynahinch [Dunmoon] Castle; '1300 Suit of T. de Molton and Matilda Botiller, his wife, about the free tenants in Dunmoun (Plea R., 42). 1540 The three seisreachs of Baile-na-hinnsi (Burke rental). 1576 Edm. FitzGibbon, the White Knight, is granted J. MacShehie's head-rent on Downemoane (Fi. 2873). 1590 The regrant of same (Fi. 5517). 1625 Maur. f. David Gibbon held Ballynehensy (Inq. Chan., 7). 1655 Dunmoone C[astle], Gibon f. Gibon (C.S., xxv., p. 10), sold to Rob. Oliver (B.D., 92) as Doonmooh, alias Ballynahency, confirmed 1666 (Act Sett.)'. Castle described by Salter (2004, 65) as follows; 'Margaret Grant, widow of Gibbon FitzGibbon, erected this castle in the 1620s or 30s. It measures 16m long by 10.2m wide and has at the east end an entrance passage set between a vaulted room and a wide spiral staircase (now broken) in the NE corner. The main rooms are not vaulted and there are remains of mullion-and-transom windows with hoodmoulds and also gables set on the outer walls. The only gunloop commands the entrance, later blocked up and replaced by another entrance (with its own murder-hole) on the north side. The second storey has a fine fireplace on the north and the third storey a fireplace on the south, whilst subsidiary rooms at the east end also had fireplaces'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 September 2021

• LI048-020001 Bawn
  Description

  No surface remains visible of the bawn which enclosed Doonmoon (Ballynahinch) Castle (LI048-020----). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Gibbon fitz Gibbon of Doonmoone, an Irish Papist was in 1640 the owner of Doonmoone, ‘whereon stands a Castle [LI048-020----], Bawne [LI048-020001-] & a Mill’ along with ‘three tatch houses, two whereof have two stone Chymnies and about 22 smale Cabyns LI048-020002-]’ (Simington 1938, 234). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 September 2021

• LI048-122 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In reclaimed grassland, Morningstar River 180m to NW. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 9m) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Could be the remains of a small barrow. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 24 September 2020

• LI048-123 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed grassland, possible barrow (LI048-122----) 90m to NW. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 8m) defined by a ditch visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Could be the remains of a small ditch-barrow. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 24 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Ballynahinch Bridge, bridge, 1875–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch humpback limestone road bridge over the River Morningstar, built in 1896. Rock-faced coursed walls and parapets with rock-faced cappings. Cut rusticated voussoirs to segmental-headed arches.

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 Ballynahinch, about 1 in 5 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 Ballynahinch.

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 Ballynahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballynahinch · Baile na hInse

Area

3,885,294 m² (388.53 ha, 960.08 acres)

Civil parish

Knocklong, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Emlygrennan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

850 people lived in 300 households in the Emlygrennan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balline, Ballinvreena, Ballinvreena, Doonmoon, Hammondstown, Island Dromagh, Knocklong East, Knocklong West, Knocktoran

Placenames

Ballynahinch 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.