Ballywilliam North
Townland in the civil parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Liam Thuaidh
- Area
- 61 ha
- 151 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 905 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballywilliam North, from 31 m² to 149,962 m² (15 ha, 37.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Aug 2025N/a
the demolition of the existing derelict dwelling and outbuildings and replacement with one detached two storey dwelling. The proposal includes the provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements from the existing road and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560818
23 Aug 2023Conditional
change of extension design from previously granted under planning reference 22/966
Permission · Limerick County Council, 23419
6 Sept 2022Conditional
demolition of existing rear single storey extension and existing outbuildings, construction of extensions to existing dwelling house along with elevational changes to existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank system and install new mechanical aeration unit with soil polishing filter system and allow for all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22966
26 May 2021Conditional
demolition of existing bungalow and construction of a two storey dwelling house with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21723
18 Dec 2020Conditional
construction of a detached private dwelling house, including connection to the public utilities and ancillary site development works. A semi-detached house was previously approved on site 12 under planning ref. 04/3300
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201392
27 Nov 2020Conditional
construction of a detached private dwelling house, including connection to the public utilities & ancillary site development works. A semi-detached house was previously approved on site 11 under planning reference 04/3300
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201242
19 Feb 2020Refused
front boundary wall and entrance, and for extending rear boundary to include new boundary wall, to match existing boundary wall and connection to all existing services
Retention · Limerick County Council, 20136
6 Mar 2018Refused
development from that previously approved under 15/319 & 16/333 namely (a) the retention and completion of 1 no. additional dwelling, (b) retention and completion of front site boundaries, (c) retention and temporary parking of caravans, (d) permission for revised plot boundaries, (e) retention of revised/increased site layout and associated walls from that previously approved under 15/319 and 16/333
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18197
6 Feb 2018Refused
temporary parking of 2 no. caravans including all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 1892
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 Ballywilliam North.
Recorded monuments
- LI029-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying pasture, near base of W-facing slope. Monument, depicted as circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballywilliam North.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_596 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballywilliam North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Ballywilliam North · Baile Liam Thuaidh
- Area
- 609,820 m² (60.98 ha, 150.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathkeale, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connello Lower
- Electoral division
- Rathkeale Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathkeale Urban electoral division: 1,408 people in 544 households; 58% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeylands, Ballywilliam South, Ballywinterrourke, Beechmount Demesne, Englishtenements, Enniscoush, Graigue
- Placenames
- Ballywilliam North 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.