Ballyneale

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyneale, from 18 m² to 382,880 m² (38.29 ha, 94.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyneale 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.

• 27 Feb 2026Conditional

  the refurbishment of an existing cottage, construction of a two-storey extension, construction of a domestic garage, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2649

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 Ballyneale.

Recorded monuments

• LI037-068 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop low rise in otherwise level terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, site is still discernable as circular area (diam. 33m) defined by ring of differential grass growth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope in generally undulating terrain. Circular area (diam. 26m) defined by scarped edge (H 2.75m; Wth 6m) with external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 1.45m). Enclosing element is masked by dense overgrowth and only accessible along S side. Enclosure is fenced off from adjacent pasture field SE->NW and skirted by field boundary along E side. Fosse is best preserved along W side, but shallows and narrows along S arc (Wth 1.25m; D 0.45m). Level interior, covered with nettles, has recently been planted with deciduous trees along verges. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Circular area (43.5m N-S) defined by scarped edge, and enclosed by concentric earth-and-stone bank which runs 5.2m outside base of scarp. Scarp (H 1.15m; Wth 1.9m), best preserved NE->SE, lowers at S where it meets higher ground. Outer bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.1m), heavily masked by dense overgrowth along W side, has gap (Wth 9.8m) NE->SE. Interior, under pasture, rises up gently towards centre; clusters of furze bushes grow along edges. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).

• Ballyneale, Ballingarry6 sales

Name

Ballyneale · Baile Uí Néill

Area

2,528,983 m² (252.9 ha, 624.93 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry(croom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Ballynoe, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyelan, Ballynarooga Beg (east), Ballynoe, Durraclogh, Glenwilliam, Kilmihil

Placenames

Ballyneale on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.