# Ballyvorneen, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Caherconlish, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Bhoirnín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,370,761 m² (137.08 ha, 338.72 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,082 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Caherconlish, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/caherconlish.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31473 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120443 - Centre: latitude 52.574125, longitude -8.447461 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvorneen, from 382 m² to 506,406 m² (50.64 ha, 125.14 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1674630: 506,406 m² (50.64 ha, 125.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674630.md - Parcel 1588786: 342,540 m² (34.25 ha, 84.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588786.md - Parcel 1653651: 302,659 m² (30.27 ha, 74.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653651.md - Parcel 4076444: 103,957 m² (10.4 ha, 25.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4076444.md - Parcel 1619250: 35,228 m² (3.52 ha, 8.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619250.md - Parcel 1601156: 24,141 m² (2.41 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601156.md - Parcel 1663011: 16,435 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663011.md - Parcel 1671997: 4,202 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1671997.md - Parcel 1619700: 3,611 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619700.md - Parcel 3266271: 2,966 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3266271.md - Parcel 1624710: 2,732 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624710.md - Parcel 1645223: 2,650 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645223.md - Parcel 1649725: 2,643 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649725.md - Parcel 1615876: 2,445 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615876.md - Parcel 1649724: 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649724.md - Parcel 1669073: 1,981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669073.md - Parcel 1663649: 1,976 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663649.md - Parcel 1617337: 1,959 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617337.md - Parcel 1619281: 1,863 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619281.md - Parcel 1661349: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661349.md - Parcel 1661819: 1,697 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661819.md - Parcel 1603320: 1,621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603320.md - Parcel 1626882: 1,243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626882.md - Parcel 1597825: 1,052 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597825.md - Parcel 1600143: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600143.md - Parcel 1660587: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660587.md - Parcel 1666312: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666312.md - Parcel 1588309: 500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588309.md - Parcel 1607847: 401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607847.md - Parcel 1600560: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600560.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvorneen 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 29 Mar 2023, Limerick County Council 23181: Conditional. Permission. (1) Permission for (a) renovate existing dwelling, including elevational changes (b) decommission existing foul treatment system and install a new tertiary treatment system and infiltration/ treatment area c construct a new vehicular site entrance (d) all ancillary site works. (2) Retention Permission to retain existing sheds to rear of dwelling. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23181/0 - 18 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 217041: Refused. Extension of duration. extension of duration for 16/868 for alterations and extension to existing public house, provision of car parking, external play area, installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/217041/0 - 1 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211376: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. temporary living accommodation unit and screen wall together with associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211376/0 - 8 Mar 2019, Limerick County Council 19211: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the construction of a granny flat extension to the side of existing dwelling, construct domestic garage including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19211/0 - 7 Feb 2019, Limerick County Council 1999: Conditional. Permission. raising the level of existing agricultural lands including all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/1999/0 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 Ballyvorneen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI023-026: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-026----. In farmyard complex. Castle and bawn recorded here in Civil Survey belonging to MacClancy family (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 47). Some remains of a tower house (11.5m x 9m) that had been lowered in height and converted into a thatched two-storey dwelling survived here in 1990 though by then much ruined (ibid.). This has since been demolished and a farm shed now stands on the site. Westropp (1906-7, 100) incorrectly suggested that this may have been the castle mentioned in 1586 as 'Beale Ruffyn C[astle]. in Monasterio Wony', although this reference relates to an unlocated castle within the townland of Ballyvorheen (LI007-011----). Tower house type castle with two storey house attached to one side depicted at this location on the Down Survey map of Clanwilliam Barony (Hib. Reg.). The castle is depicted in a similar fashion on the Down Survey map of Caherconlish parish (NLI, MS 718). Ballyvorneen House may be the two storey house added on to the side of the tower house in the 17th century as depicted on the Down Survey parish map of Caherconlish (ibid.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Connor Clancie [Clancy] of Ballybricken, an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Ballyvorneen which contained 'a lardge Castle bawen and orchard' (Simington 1938, 68). Westropp (1906-7, 95) recorded the following details about Ballyvorneen Castle; 'Not marked in 1840, but appears at the modern house on the new maps. 1651-54 Ric. Kirle paid for "hey" for the horses of the garrison of Ballvorneene (Acct. R. 7b). 1655 Held by Conor Clancie. Shown as a strong tower, with large gabled wing attached, "a very fair C[astle], in good repair" (C.S., xxi., p. 16 D.S.A., 14, 18, exp.). 1667 Confirmed to J. Maunsell (Act Sett.)'. Ballyvorneen House described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the parish of Caherconlish as following; 'This house, the property of the Gabbetts, is now occupied by a tenant. It is 2 story high, of a decayed appearance, and was rebuilt some time ago on the site of an old castle, the seat of Clancey, one of the chieftains of old' (OSNB). This house was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a 'Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21902318). See attached Down Survey images of Ballyvorneen Castle Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 16 June 2020 - LI023-026001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-026001-. In farmyard complex. Castle (LI023-026----) and bawn recorded here in Civil Survey belonging to MacClancy family (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 47). Some remains of a tower house (11.5m x 9m) that had been lowered in height and converted into a thatched two-storey dwelling survived here in 1990 though by then much ruined (ibid.). This has since been demolished and a farm shed now stands on the site. Tower house type castle with two storey house attached to one side depicted at this location on the Down Survey map of Clanwilliam Barony (Hib. Reg.). The castle is depicted in a similar fashion on the Down Survey map of Caherconlish parish (NLI, MS 718). Ballyvorneen House may be the two storey house added on to the side of the tower house in the 17th century as depicted on the Down Survey parish map of Caherconlish (ibid.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Connor Clancie [Clancy] of Ballybricken, an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Ballyvorneen which contained 'a lardge Castle bawen and orchard' (Simington 1938, 68). Ballyvorneen House described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the parish of Caherconlish as following; 'This house, the property of the Gabbetts, is now occupied by a tenant. It is 2 story high, of a decayed appearance, and was rebuilt some time ago on the site of an old castle, the seat of Clancey, one of the chieftains of old' (OSNB). This house was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a 'Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21902318). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 June 2020 - LI023-144001: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-144001-. This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 228: AP 4/3713. - LI023-144002: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-144002-. In wet, scrubby pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses and abutting a townland boundary with Gortbrien. Described by the ASI in 2010 as a large oval-shaped mound (45m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) is visible at this location on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018, however it is unclear if this is the intended monument or a natural feature that has been landscaped into a mound. Of uncertain antiquity. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 August 2020 - LI023-145001: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-145001-. This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21301: AP 4/3713. - LI023-145002: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-145002-. This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21302: AP 4/3713. - LI023-145003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-145003-. This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21303: AP 4/3713. 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) - Post box, 1900–1910, Regional interest, registry number 21902315, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902315. Pole-mounted cast-iron round-headed letter box, erected c. 1905, with GR monogram, crown motif and lettering cast in relief. It was originally sited in Ballybrood. - Outbuilding, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 21902317, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902317. Detached seven-bay two-storey range of outbuildings, built c. 1800, with central gabled breakfront, four-bay single-storey block adjoining east elevation at right angle and single-storey lean-to to west elevation. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Corrugated-iron single-pitched roof to lean-to and pitched artificial slate roof to east block. Dressed limestone walls. Rendered walls to lean-to and east block. Square-headed openings with cut stone sills, dressed stone voussoirs and leaded windows, bipartite and round-headed to first floor. Square-headed openings with timber battened half-doors and dressed stone voussoirs. Elliptical-arched carriage arch to central bay with dressed stone voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened doors. Random rubble boundary walls, rusticated stone piers with cut stone caps and timber gate. - Ballyvorneen House, country house, 1690–1710, Regional interest, registry number 21902318, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21902318. Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings. ## 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 Ballyvorneen, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyvorneen. - 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/ballyvorneen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyvorneen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyvorneen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyvorneen 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) - Ballyadam: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyadam-120146.md - Boskill: https://everytownland.com/limerick/boskill.md - Caherline: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherline.md - Clashbane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/clashbane.md - Gortbrien: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortbrien.md - Gragane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gragane.md - Killeagh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killeagh.md - Lombardstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lombardstown.md - Rockfarm: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rockfarm.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/ballyvorneen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballyvorneen