Ballyorgan

153 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyorgan, from 26 m² to 89,268 m² (8.93 ha, 22.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Ballyorgan 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 Aug 2026N/a

  renovation of the existing cottage, construction of an extension to the rear, relocation of the existing entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660937

• 14 Oct 2025N/a

  the demolition of existing derelict building, construction of 4 No. semi-detached dwellings, a waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 4 homes · Limerick County Council, 2561040

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  a change of use from old derelict community hall to a dwelling house. Permission is also being sought for new alterations and the installation of a new treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24252

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  7 year phased extension to existing quarry including all associated site development works to facilitate additional extraction

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460170

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  the extension and alterations to existing derelict dwelling and installation of new domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23411

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  works consisting of installation of 6 no. glamping pod units, construction of roofed communal seating area, reuse of existing outbuilding for toilet & laundry facilities, on site car & bicycle parking, bin storage, installation of proprietary waste water treatment system incorporating secondary treatment & soil polishing filter discharging to groundwater, provision of new vehicular entrance, associated landscaping and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360189

• 16 Sept 2021Conditional

  modification to internal service and building layout arrangements of the existing quarry from that permitted previously under planning reference 07/117 including; repositioning of weighbridge and wheel wash facility; revised internal site-road, car parking and provision of hardstanding service area; provision of rainwater harvesting/ storage tank with associated water network and pump; and all associated development works including modification of site levels in and around the internal service buildings and parking areas. Retention for construction of maintenance shed and septic tank in revised positions to that previously permitted under planning ref. 07/117; provision of container type store, canteen/wc and laboratory structures; construction of portal frame roof-cover to be provided over existing (already permitted) aggregate screening plant

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211297

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling with a waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201146

• 23 Oct 2019Refused

  change of use of existing long term/short term letting lodge to residential dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191049

• 13 Feb 2018Conditional

  demolition of existing dwelling house and the construction of a new replacement dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18119

• 19 Sept 2017Conditional

  existing bungalow as constructed including septic tank and percolation area and constructing new entrance utilising planning ref no 17/225

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17859

• 14 Mar 2017Conditional

  construction of new entrance & access passage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17225

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castleoliver Woods 002090

Recorded monuments

• LI056-039001 Church
  Description

  Church of Ireland church on site of medieval church of Kilflin. Westropp (1904-5, 427-8) recorded the following details about Kilflin Church; 'Keilfluing, 1410; Ecc Kyllin cum particula Sith Cathyll, 1418; Catan, alias killin, 1615, being mensal to the bishop; Cill Floinn, Flin's church (O'Donovan). Site - The modern I. C. church is on the ancient site'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 June 2019

• LI056-039002 Graveyard
  Description

  Ballyorgan Church (LI056-039001-) stands in centre of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 28m N-S x 47m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 July 2019

• LI056-067 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in grassland. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 55m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by a differential growth of the vegetation that is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. The site is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 27 March 2018

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1857, comprising four-bay nave and single-bay single-storey sacristy with lean-to extensions to rear (east elevation). Pitched slate roof having rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins, stringcourse and plinth course to front (west) elevation. Carved limestone date plaque to front elevation having render surround. Triple stained glass lancet windows to front with render surrounds and limestone sills. Lancet stained glass windows to north and south elevations having limestone sills. Pointed arch opening with render surround with channel render jambs and stained glass overlight over double-leaf timber battened doors. Marble reredos to altar. Timber gallery having octagonal timber columns and trefoil-headed balustrade. Timber scissors truss roof to interior. Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers having carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey pair of houses, built c. 1820. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and copings to gables. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins, platband and plinth course. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to ground floor with fixed timber window and metal sill guard. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door, fixed pane sidelights and overlight. Square-headed door opening with timber battened half-glazed door and overlight. Single-bay single-storey with attic storey outbuilding attached with pitched artificial slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings with timber sliding sash windows and timber battened double-leaf doors. Rendered boundary walls with cast-iron and wrought-iron railings. Rendered square-profile piers to pedestrian entrance with cast-iron gate.

• Bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch roughly dressed sandstone road bridge over the River Keale, built c. 1800. Roughly dressed voussoirs to segmental-headed arches.

• Kilflyn Church, church/chapel, 1800–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, built in 1812, comprising three-bay nave with single-bay chancel to rear (east), three-stage square-plan crenellated tower to west elevation and gable-fronted porch to south elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched slate roofs with limestone copings, bracketed eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and vent to nave. Rubble sandstone walls having dressed sandstone quoins and stringcourses to tower. Pointed arch openings to nave with Y-tracery stained glass windows. Lancet window to porch having tooled limestone surround to porch and sill, now partially blocked up. Pointed arch opening to chancel, rear elevation, having sandstone surround and Y-tracery stained glass windows. Pointed arch opening to tower, third stage, having cut limestone surrounds and timber louvered vents. Remains of limestone hoodmoulding to second stage. Pointed arch opening to tower, north elevation with tooled limestone chamfered surrounds and timber battened door having cast-iron strap hinges. Limestone threshold to entrance. Timber pews and marble memorial to interior. Limestone flagstones, cast-iron grates and geometric tiles to interior. Carved limestone font. Graveyard to site. Rubble sandstone boundary walls to site having stile to east. Roughly dressed sandstone square-profile piers, carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates to east.

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 Ballyorgan, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyorgan.

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.

• Ballyorgan, Kilfinane6 sales

Name

Ballyorgan · Baile Uí Argáin

Area

1,451,817 m² (145.18 ha, 358.75 acres)

Civil parish

Kilflyn, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Kilflyn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

231 people lived in 86 households in the Kilflyn electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlyna Upper, Ballydonohoe, Castleoliver, Clovers, Coolfree, Houndscourt, Raheenroe, Raheenroe

Placenames

Ballyorgan 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.