Ballyphilip
Townland in the civil parish of Croom, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Philib
- Area
- 262.5 ha
- 649 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 5,322 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyphilip, from 318 m² to 798,330 m² (79.83 ha, 197.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyphilip 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 May 2025Conditional
the replacement of the existing roof structure at an increased ridge height relative to the existing ridge with installation of rooflights to both front and rear pitches, alterations to the existing front façade including the demolition of the existing front porch, the construction of a new porch to the side of existing dwelling, the construction of a new carport to the rear of the existing dwelling, the replacement of the existing front garden wall and vehicular gate, the installation of a new wastewater treatment unit, and ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560407
4 Mar 2021Conditional
extension to existing straw bed shed including underground slatted tank, installation of cubicles in existing straw bedded shed. Construction of extension to north and west of existing straw bed shed to include cubicles, underground slatted tank, milking parlour, dairy & plant room and collecting yard. Construction of extension to south of existing straw bed shed over existing handling yard and silage pit to be replaced with drafting and straw bedded area. Construction of an extension to east of existing livestock shed to include straw bed area. Erection of feed bin, water storage tank and all other associated siteworks
Retention · Limerick County Council, 21254
1 May 2020Conditional
the construction of a cattle shed over existed slatted tank with cattle handling facilities, a feed and straw store shed, cover existing open feed yard with shed and associated site development works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20354
16 Jul 2019Conditional
the replacement of the existing roof structure with installation of rooflights to both front and rear pitched, alterations to the existing front façade including the demolition of the existing front porch, the construction of a new porch to the side of the existing dwelling, the construction of a new carport to the rear of the existing dwelling, the replacement of the existing front garden wall and vehicular gate and ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19703
30 Nov 2018Refused
a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, entrance, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter system and carry out all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 181180
4 Sept 2017Conditional
the construction of a new garage to rear of existing dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17827
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyphilip.
Recorded monuments
- LI038-044 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, 300m NW of a moated site (LI038-171----). Depicted on the 1840 ed. Si 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, intersected at S by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as sub-circular shaped area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a bank from N-SE and SSE-S-W-NW, incorporated into a field boundary from SE-S. Cropmark of levelled monument visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 29/03/2012. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 April 2021
- LI038-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, 110m SE of watercourse that forms a townland boundary with Ballynabanoge. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a tree-lined bank, intersected from SE-S by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW, intersected at NW by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 21m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp with fosse and external bank from NW-N, incorporated into field boundaries from S-NW. Monument visible as a tree covered-earthwork delimited by curving field boundary on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached ASIAP aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 April 2021
- LI038-046 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, in NE corner of field, immediately W of road running NE-SW and S of access lane running E-W. Depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a sub-circular shaped platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 26m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank from SE-S-W-NW and external fosse from SSE-SW-W-N-NE, truncated from NE-S by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S. No surface remains of levelled monument on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-2012. Monument visible as an oval-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 April 2021
- LI038-170 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery and clearly visible on Apple Maps aerial imagery. See attached image from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 and Apple Maps aerial coverage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 15 April 2020
- LI038-171 Moated site
Description
Cropmark of roughly square-shaped enclosure visible on Apple Maps aerial imagery. See attached image from Apple Maps aerial coverage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 15 April 2020
- LI039-004 Earthwork
Description
In rough pasture, 342m W of the River Maigue and 173m N of townland boundary with Lackanagrour. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 37m NW-SE; 44m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Cropmark of levelled monument visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 10 April 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyphilip.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyphilip.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyphilip with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyphilip · Baile Philib
- Area
- 2,624,722 m² (262.47 ha, 648.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Croom, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshma
- Electoral division
- Ballynabanoge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballynabanoge electoral division: 330 people in 114 households; 82% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinfreera, Ballynabanoge, Creevebeg, Harding Grove, Inchinclare, Kingsland, Lackanagrour
- Placenames
- Ballyphilip 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.