# Ballyshane, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Darragh, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Sheáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,977,695 m² (197.77 ha, 488.7 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,360 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Darragh, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/darragh.md - Barony: Coshlea - Electoral division: Darragh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 375 people lived in 130 households in the Darragh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30893 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120409 - Centre: latitude 52.329421, longitude -8.412143 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyshane, from 251 m² to 439,384 m² (43.94 ha, 108.57 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1673926: 439,384 m² (43.94 ha, 108.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673926.md - Parcel 1602350: 357,383 m² (35.74 ha, 88.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602350.md - Parcel 1642787: 356,221 m² (35.62 ha, 88.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642787.md - Parcel 1608428: 237,421 m² (23.74 ha, 58.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608428.md - Parcel 1613085: 229,651 m² (22.97 ha, 56.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613085.md - Parcel 1622612: 103,202 m² (10.32 ha, 25.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622612.md - Parcel 1647464: 56,392 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647464.md - Parcel 1601200: 51,286 m² (5.13 ha, 12.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601200.md - Parcel 3839735: 38,929 m² (3.89 ha, 9.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3839735.md - Parcel 1602747: 33,834 m² (3.38 ha, 8.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602747.md - Parcel 1600216: 15,061 m² (1.51 ha, 3.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600216.md - Parcel 1643335: 14,424 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643335.md - Parcel 4414507: 5,137 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4414507.md - Parcel 1590716: 4,440 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590716.md - Parcel 5679044: 3,973 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5679044.md - Parcel 1638118: 3,533 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1638118.md - Parcel 5900446: 3,187 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5900446.md - Parcel 5670386: 2,970 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670386.md - Parcel 1603398: 2,812 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603398.md - Parcel 5670375: 2,753 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670375.md - Parcel 1670425: 2,672 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670425.md - Parcel 3742527: 2,020 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3742527.md - Parcel 1672149: 1,866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672149.md - Parcel 1604503: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604503.md - Parcel 1660636: 1,124 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660636.md - Parcel 1597106: 1,102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597106.md - Parcel 1595569: 957 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595569.md - Parcel 1666201: 859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666201.md - Parcel 5159275: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5159275.md - Parcel 3839701: 610 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3839701.md - Parcel 1641046: 570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641046.md - Parcel 5900470: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5900470.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyshane in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 16 May 2025, Limerick County Council 2560455: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, entrance, and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560455/0 - 7 Sept 2023, Limerick County Council 23440: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a single storey gymnasium building and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23440/0 - 6 Jun 2023, Limerick County Council 23300: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a spectator stand and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23300/0 - 22 May 2023, Limerick County Council 23263: Conditional. Permission. the installation of a concrete septic tank & percolation area and all associated site works to serve the dwelling which is currently under construction(Planning reference no. 21/1592). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23263/0 - 20 Apr 2023, Limerick County Council 23217: Conditional. Retention. (a) single storey extension to eastern side of existing cottage, (b) septic tank & percolation area as constructed. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23217/0 - 5 May 2022, Limerick County Council 22499: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a cattle shed with slatted tank, straw bedded shed with slatted tank, extension to straw bedded shed and ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22499/0 - 22 Apr 2022, Limerick County Council 22452: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of an entrance, a single storey dwelling house and detached garage, provision of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works all. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22452/0 - 17 Nov 2021, Limerick County Council 211592: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of an entrance, a single storey dwelling house and detached garage, provision of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211592/0 - 28 Jun 2021, Limerick County Council 21905: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling house and construction of a two storey dwelling house including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, relocation of existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21905/0 - 23 Feb 2021, Limerick County Council 21199: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an all-weather playing pitch with flood lighting, fencing and safety netting, hurling wall and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21199/0 - 5 Jan 2018, Limerick County Council 187: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the construction of dwelling, garage, stables, site entrance, install effluent treatment system including all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/187/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyshane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI057-079: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI057-079----. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 36m) visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery. See attached image from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 18/11/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 15 April 2020 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1870–1890, Regional interest, registry number 21905701, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21905701. Detached three-bay two-storey presytery, built c. 1880. Comprising shallow pedimented breakfront with porch to front (west) elevation, bay window to north elevation and two-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves with timber brackets. Rendered walls having render stringcourse, plinth course and surround with cross motif to pediment. Fluted Doric style pilasters to porch supporting entablature and parapet. Camber-headed openings having render surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Paired round-headed openings to porch with shared limestone sill, render hoodmoulding, surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed opening having render hoodmoulding, flanking fluted pilasters and glazed overlight over replacement uPVC door with limestone threshold. Three-bay two-storey outbuilding to east having pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed opening to first floor with fixed windows and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to ground floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed carriage arch with double-leaf timber battened doors. Rubble stone boundary walls to site. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyshane, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyshane. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyshane-120409.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyshane-120409.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyshane-120409.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyshane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballynacourty: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynacourty-120327.md - Ruppulagh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ruppulagh.md - Spittle: https://everytownland.com/limerick/spittle-121833.md - Tulla: https://everytownland.com/limerick/tulla.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyshane-120409 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballyshane-120409