Ballynash (Bishop)

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynash (Bishop), from 160 m² to 368,790 m² (36.88 ha, 91.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Ballynash (Bishop) 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.

• 14 Jul 2025Conditional

  construction of (i) slatted shed with loose area and crush, (ii) Silage pit, (iii) Meal bin, (iv) New agricultural entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560690

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, carport and the installation of a mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter system with entrance wall and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461238

• 31 Jul 2023Conditional

  the alterations to the ground and first floor plans which includes a dormer window on the first floor and to retain changes to the elevations

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23394

• 26 Sept 2022Conditional

  the change of design of poultry house from that granted under Planning Ref. 22/201(change from free-range birds to commercial birds) concrete apron, feed silos, clean and soiled water storage tanks and carry out all ancillary site works. Permission is also sought for change of site boundaries from that previously granted under Planning Ref. 22/201

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221049

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  construction of a poultry house, concrete apron, feed silos, clean and soiled water storage tanks and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22201

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single storey detached dwelling with attached single storey domestic garage and separate detached single storey domestic garage, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to form new vehicular entrance, new on-site waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21985

• 24 Jul 2020Conditional

  revised plans from that previously granted under planning reference 18/1169 and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20716

• 13 Sept 2019N/a

  upgrading an existing agricultural entrance to a Forest Road Bellmouth to facilitate timber harvesting, haulage operations and associated site works to existing forestry lands

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19919

• 30 Nov 2018Conditional

  A) change of use of part of the existing house to granny flat, B) construct a rear single storey extension, C) construct a first floor extension onto the existing dwelling house, D) elevation changes throughout, internal alterations and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181169

• 14 Dec 2017Conditional

  ten year permission to develop a solar farm consisting of construction & operation of solar PV arrays mounted on metal frames on a 18HA site including: 1 no. electrical control building & onsite substation. Up to 4 no. inverter units, a temporary construction area & ancillary facilities, boundary fencing with CCTV units, an access track, all associated works, including (gross floor space of proposed works up to 144.80sqm) & habitat management & enhancement measures & drainage swale. The planning application is accompanied by an environmental report & stage 1 screening for appropriate assessment

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171174

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 Ballynash (Bishop).

Recorded monuments

• LI009-019 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope, in rough pasture. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified as a pennanular-shaped enclosure on Archaeological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph. Visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 31m E-W x 29m N-S) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimages taken 14/09/2009 and 08/04/2015. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 July 2020

• LI010-156 Burnt mound
  Description

  In a re-walkover as part of a planning permission, a potential burnt mound was noted by Rubicon Heritage. A low mound covered with vegetation, c. 10-15m in diameter, was recorded close to a south-eastern field boundary. Heat-shattered sandstone was visible protruding through the vegetation. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 26 April 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynash (Bishop).

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 Ballynash (Bishop), 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynash (Bishop).

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 Ballynash (Bishop) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballynash (Bishop) · Baile an Naisigh (Bishop)

Area

1,690,198 m² (169.02 ha, 417.66 acres)

Civil parish

Shanagolden, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Loghill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

664 people lived in 253 households in the Loghill electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinree, Ballynash (Clare), Doonskerdeen, Knocknabooly East, Knockpatrick, Mountdavid, Mounttrenchard

Placenames

Ballynash (Bishop) 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.