Ballinamore

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinamore, from 1,439 m² to 321,162 m² (32.12 ha, 79.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballinamore 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.

• 15 Jul 2025Refused

  to construct a bungalow type dwelling, entrance, boundary fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2526

• 30 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of an agricultural shed containing a farm shop & cafe with public toilets, stores, office and staff facilities, the formation of a new vehicular entrance, access road and parking areas, the installation of a proprietary site-specific sewerage treatment system and the carrying out all necessary ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2364

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballinamore.

Recorded monuments

• LF018-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Close to the base of a steep NNW-facing hillside in pasture. Not indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised circular area (diam. 43.1m) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.7m; H 0.3-1.3m) with a wide, largely infilled, external fosse (Wth 5.8m; D 0.2m). From E-SE-S the bank and fosse have been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. From NW-N-E the bank has been levelled but its outline and that of the fosse are still identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior slopes steeply from SSE to NNW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF018-038 House - fortified house
  Description

  On a prominent rise in rolling pasture. Built shortly after 1620 when Richard Browne and his wife Mary Plunket were granted lands in this area by King James I (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 490). On the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map the house, consisting of three blocks, is L-shaped in plan with the third block extending southwards off the E end. It is within the S half of an enclosing bawn (LF018-038001-), which appears to have been divided into two by a cross-wall running E–W off the N wall of the house. In 1892 ‘only two walls of the old castle’ remained standing (Wilson 1892, 291). These appear to be depicted on the 1911–12 revision of the map as an L-shaped section of walling. On inspection this section of walling, constructed of rubble limestone and overgrown with ivy, was still upstanding. It comprised the E wall of the main block (27.15m N–S; 12.6m E–W) of the house and the N wall of the smaller block (E–W 24.3m; 8.65m N–S) that extneded off its S end. The better-preserved E wall (L 18.5m; T .1.1m) survives to a height of three storeys. It contains six gun loops or slit opes (int. Wth 0.75m) at ground-floor level, which defended the SE quadrant of the bawn. At first-floor level are the remains of two large windows that are now broken out. Beam holes evident in the W face of this wall indicate that all the floors were wooden. The N wall (L 9m) of the smaller block survives to a height of one storey. Two gun loops, which provided flanking fire along the E face of the house, are evident. The S wall of this block and the W wall of the main block are largely collapsed and no visible trace of the N wall of the main block or the E wall of the smaller block survives. At a distance of 6.5m to the S of the smaller block are the poorly preserved remains of a low wall, which may be the remains of the third block of the house. A natural spring well, now partially covered over with large boulders, is located immediately outside the W wall of the bawn. A church (LF018-039----) and graveyard (LF018-039001-) lie c. 440m to the SE. Within the church is a memorial stone (LF018-039----) to Richard Brown and his wife Mary. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1st October 2012

• LF018-038001 Bawn
  Description

  Associated with a fortified house (LF018-038----), which is located within the S half of the interior. The 1837 edition and the 1911–12 revision of the OS 6-inch map indicate that the bawn was divided into two by an internal E–W running wall that extended off the N wall of the house. A possible angle tower noted by Wilson (1892, 291) was described as a ‘rounded projecting portion of the wall, which enabled the defenders to enfilade any attacking parties’. This large rectangular bawn (90.8m NNW–SSE; 60.4m ENE–WSW) is enclosed by a substantial stone wall (Wth 1.9m; H c. 4.5m). The original entrance is not evident but it may have been in the SE angle where a gateway accesses the interior. A large section of the wall at this angle has been rebuilt. Farm buildings now occupy the NE angle. Two gun loops are visible in the N wall and there is one possible blocked-up example in the S wall. No visible surface trace of the possible angle tower survives. However, the NW angle displays evidence of having been rebuilt, which might suggest that it was located here. Wall-footings (L 4.3m), running to the E from the N end of the E wall of the main block of the house may be the remains of the E–W internal dividing wall. A church (LF018-039----) and graveyard (LF018-039001-) lie c. 440m to the SE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 September 2012

• LF018-039 Church
  Description

  On a SSE-facing slope in pasture, within a graveyard (LF018-039001-). Ballinamore Castle (LF018-038001-), the residence of the Brown family, is c. 440m to the NW. This may be the church described in the terrier of the Down Survey (1655-6) map of 'Ballicormacke' parish as the 'Old Church much Ruined' (NLI MS 713). Described by Cochrane (1913, vol. 8, 118) as measuring 'about 40ft. [c. 12.2m] long and 17ft. [c. 5.2m] wide. It is surrounded by a ring fence, mound, and ditch, about 100ft. [c. 30m] in diameter. The west wall of the church has completely fallen, and the remaining walls are from 3 [c. 0.9m] to 8ft. [c. 2.4m] high. The space south of the church has been used for burials. There are no architectural features to be seen'. This much-ruined church (ext. dims. 15.95m E-W; 8.35m N-S; wall T 0.85m), or private chapel of the Brown family, is constructed of limestone rubble with undressed alternating quoins. The W third of it has collapsed. The only architectural feature is the remains of a broken-out window in the E gable. A wall monument (LF018-039003-), which bears a mid-17th-century inscription and is dedicated to Sir Richard Brown and his wife Lady Mary Plunkett, is built into the E end of the internal face of the S wall. Directly opposite it in the N wall is a memorial stone, probably of 18th century date, that reads: ‘This ruin was renovated/and preserved by Fr. Dowell/for over 70 years (Lennon 2005). (Wilson 1892, 291-2; Ó Cianáin 1935, 46-75) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF018-039001 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a church (LF018-039----). This approximately oval-shaped graveyard (37m N-S; 29m E-W) comprises a raised area that was formerly enclosed by a stone wall of which only the footings remain. However, the entrance, wrought-iron gate and piers are still upstanding. A number of low upright grave-markers are visible but there are no inscribed memorials. It may have been the private graveyard of the Brown family of Ballinamore Castle (LF018-038001-), which is c. 440m to the NW, and it may have been abandoned in the late 17th century when the family lost ownership of their lands in this area. A wall monument (LF018-039003-) within the church commemorates Sir Richard Brown and his wife. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF018-039003 Wall monument
  Description

  Built into the E end of the internal face of the S wall of the church (LF018-039----). An inscription in relief reads: 'HERE LIETH/THE CORPS OF/SIR RICH[AR]D BROWN, BARO/NET AND HIS LA/MARY PLUNCKET/O SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY' (Wilson 1892, 291). Sir Richard Brown of Ballinamore Castle (LA018-038001-) died in 1642 (Burtchaell 1892, 443) and wife died in 1645 (Ó Cianáin 1935, 47). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinamore.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballinamore, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinamore.

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.

No address of the register names Ballinamore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Ballinamore · Béal an Átha Móir

Area

976,488 m² (97.65 ha, 241.3 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacormick, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Moydow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

802 people lived in 268 households in the Moydow electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ards, Brickeens, Carrigeen, Corlagan, Knockatarry (Poynton), Lyneen, Meelick

Placenames

Ballinamore 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.