Ballyvorheen
Ballyvorheen is a townland in the civil parish of Abington, barony of Owneybeg, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Béal Átha an Bhóithrín.
- Area
- 337.3 ha
- 833 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 3,284 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvorheen, from 119 m² to 464,079 m² (46.41 ha, 114.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvorheen 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
24 Sept 2026N/a
a change of house type, under previously permitted governing permission Planning Reference Number 23/60752, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2661109
29 May 2026Conditional
the change of proposed site boundary, and for the change of design and location of proposed wastewater treatment system, and ancillary works, (these changes are to previously granted planning permission under planning permission reference 22/1170)
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660608
24 Apr 2026N/a
the change of proposed site boundary, and for the change of design and location of proposed wastewater treatment system, and ancillary works, (these changes are to previously granted planning permission under planning permission reference 22/1170).
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660469
3 Apr 2026Conditional
renovation and extension of an existing dwelling with elevational changes to the existing dwelling, new wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, new domestic shed with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660385
6 Sept 2024Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460894
12 Oct 2023Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system & percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360752
16 Dec 2022Conditional
a new dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, site entrance from private laneway & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2260002
1 Nov 2022Conditional
the construction of a new two storey dwelling, entrance, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221170
25 May 2021Conditional
single storey enclosed porch to front of existing house. Planning permission is also sought for relocation of existing vehicular entrance, construction of a single storey extension to the side of existing house consisting house consisting of independent living unit, part two storey part single storey extension to the rear of existing house, demolition of part of existing garage, installation of new septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 21711
18 Feb 2021Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21177
18 Feb 2021Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21178
31 Dec 2020Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system & percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201440
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: Slievefelim to Silvermines Mountains SPA 004165
- Natural Heritage Area: Grageen Fen And Bog NHA 002186
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dromsallagh Bog 001850
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyvorheen Bog 001849
Recorded monuments
- LI015-001 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Situated at the S extent of a low mound on a N-facing slope which descends to a stream in poorly drained, undulating pasture. Sheltered to N, E, S and with moderate views to W. Ó Danachair (1955, 213) describes it as 'a small spring issuing beneath the roots of an old willow tree, roughly built with dry stone, in a little glade'; the water said to cure sore eyes and there is a legend that St. Patrick blessed the well (ibid.). It is evident as a shallow sub-oval depression (2.9m NW-SE; 2.6m NE-SW) containing a pool of water. There are no signs of devotions being paid here now nor any trace of the willow tree. See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00283 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24548 and F025.21.00282 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17026. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 October 2020
- LI015-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in undulating pasture with good views in all directions. The monument is partially obscured by scrup overgrowth but is evident as a sub-circular area (diam. 27m) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3.7m; H 0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.25m; D 0.4m) to SE. mature trees grow along the enclosing element. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 1 July 2013
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c. 1820, carrying road over the River Doogleaha. Rubble limestone spandrel walls with cut sandstone voussoirs to round-headed arch. Cut limestone plaque to south-west elevation. Dressed copings to parapet wall.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballyvorheen, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1213 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyvorheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyvorheen · Béal Átha an Bhóithrín
- Area
- 3,372,572 m² (337.26 ha, 833.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abington, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owneybeg
- Electoral division
- Abington, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,367 people lived in 433 households in the Abington electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappanouk, Dromsallagh, Moher, Mongfune, Portnard
- Placenames
- Ballyvorheen 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.