Ballybarrack

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybarrack, from 16 m² to 183,370 m² (18.34 ha, 45.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential Phase 1 (New/proposed residential)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business and Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for development will consist of a detached one-&-half-storey domestic shed to include storage and work-from-home office along with all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560076

• 3 Feb 2025N/a

  Further Information in relation to planning application reference 24/60274 for a detached one & half storey domestic shed to include storage and work from home office along with all associated site development works at Ballybarrack, Dundalk, Co.Louth

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560048

• 22 Jan 2025Conditional

  Retention of: • extensions to an existing dwelling house, • the conversion of an attached domestic garage to habitable accommodation for use as part of the existing dwelling • Domestic garage and store. Permission for: • the conversion of a domestic garage to dependant relative accommodation unit to include for alterations to external facades, increase in roof height and extension to rear, • new waste water treatment system • and associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560029

• 13 May 2024N/a

  Permission for a detached one-&-half-storey domestic shed to include storage and work-from-home office along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460274

• 24 Aug 2023Conditional

  Planning permission is sought for the ground floor extension to the side and rear of an existing cottage style dwelling. The development will include elevational changes to the existing building. The development also includes a proposed new waste water treatment on site

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360301

• 1 Aug 2023N/a

  Planning permission is sought for the ground floor extension to the side and rear of an existing cottage style dwelling. The development will include elevational changes to the existing building. The development also includes a proposed new waste water treatment on site

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360262

• 7 Dec 2021Conditional

  retention permission for an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, entrance porch to dwelling house, detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211443

• 20 Sept 2021Conditional

  Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a one and a half storey dwelling, permission for removal of Occupancy Condition 6(a) of Planning Ref. No. 16/286 and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211170

• 12 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for a new domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21265

• 4 Feb 2021N/a

  Permission for development that will consist of a new domestic garage and all associated site development works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21109

• 22 Oct 2018Conditional

  Retention permission for a 22sqm sun room extension to dwelling house - a protected structure RPS no.423.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18848

• 14 Dec 2017Conditional

  Permission for a new dwelling house, detached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17929

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 Ballybarrack.

Recorded monuments

• LH007-072001 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Excavated by E. P. Kelly in 1977. Settlement within an oval enclosure (max. diam. c. 90m) with deep fosse which formerly had an internal bank and counterscarp, both of which may have been at least partly stone faced. Medieval pottery found in all levels of fosse fill. Complex of three souterrains (LH007-072002-, LH007-072004- and LH007-072005-) found within the enclosure. Metal working area (LH007-072008-) found in W area of site. (DEHLG file F94/2381/1)

• LH007-072002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Excavated in 1977 by E. P. Kelly (NMI file, IA/41/77). A complex of three drystone-built souterrains was found within an oval enclosure (LH007-072001-) which measured 90m in max. diam. One of the souterrains (LH007-072002-) had been robbed of its capstones and parts of the walls in the medieval period and used thereafter as a refuse dump. Large quantities of medieval pottery, metal objects, sea shells, animal bones and some human remains were recovered from the fill. A stone slab bearing Early Bronze Age carvings (LH007-072003-) had been reused as a jamb in this structure. The souterrain consisted of a passage (L 5m, Wth 0.9m) extending from W-ENE, turning S for 2.5m, then extending NE as a second passage (L 14m, Wth 1.5m). At the NNE end of the passage are the remains of an air-vent continuing on along the same line as the passage. Passage 3 (L 10.5m, Wth 1.5m) extends S from the NNE end of Passage 2. At the N and S ends of this passage are stone-built creeps which reduce the width of the passage to c. 1m. At the S end of Passage 3 is a gallery (L 9.7m, Wth 2m) which extends WNW-ESE, with the opening from Passage 3 in the middle of its N side wall. A stone-lined sunken walkway extended from the middle of the S wall of Passage 1 across to the entrance to a second souterrain (LH007-072004-). This souterrain consists of a drystone-built gallery (overall L 14m, Wth 1-1.2m, H 1.5m) extending from the entrance at the SE to NW with a slight turn to W at the NW end. Slots running from floor level up to the roof, 3.7m from the entrance, probably formerly held wooden door jambs. At the NW end the lower walls of the souterrain consist of bedrock which has been quarried into. The third and largest souterrain (LH007-072005-) of the group consists of a passage in three sections (overall L 34m), partially drystone-built and partly rock-cut. The first section of passage (L 7m, Wth 0.8m) extends N-S and has a recess (L 0.8m, Wth 0.8m) in the E wall 3m from the entrance. Most of this section of passage had been delintelled in antiquity. At the S end the passage turns sharply E (L 9m) and the N wall of the passage is formed by bedrock in the W wall 2m from its N end. At the S end of the passage an air-vent leads off S at roof level. Passage 2 (overall L 21m) extends from the middle of the W wall of the final section of Passage 1. It runs SW (L 10m) then gently curves W (L 11m). At the W end a creep in the S wall gives access to a sub-rectangular chamber (L 1.6m, Wth 1.4m, H 1m) with an air-vent in the S wall at roof level. At the junction of Passages 1 and 2 an ogham stone (LH007-072006-), bearing an inscription translated as MAQI COR.BIR (MA)QE TAN ... (B stroke) ... NIOT(A) S. LAGIA MAQI MUC ..., was used as a lintel. This use of ogham stones for souterrain lintels is well attested elsewhere, as is their use at strategic points in a souterrain (Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland 1969, 21).

• LH007-072003 Rock art
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Stone bearing rock art re-used as jamb in souterrain (LH007-072002-) excavated by E.P. Kelly in 1977. The stone bore a number of concentric motifs which were truncated, suggesting that a rock outcrop with rock art motifs had been quarried.

• LH007-072004 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Excavated in 1977 by E. P. Kelly (NMI file, IA/41/77). A complex of three drystone-built souterrains was found within an oval enclosure (LH007-072001-) which measured 90m in max. diam. One of the souterrains (LH007-072002-) had been robbed of its capstones and parts of the walls in the medieval period and used thereafter as a refuse dump. Large quantities of medieval pottery, metal objects, sea shells, animal bones and some human remains were recovered from the fill. A stone slab bearing Early Bronze Age carvings (LH007-072003-) had been reused as a jamb in this structure. The souterrain consisted of a passage (L 5m, Wth 0.9m) extending from W-ENE, turning S for 2.5m, then extending NE as a second passage (L 14m, Wth 1.5m). At the NNE end of the passage are the remains of an air-vent continuing on along the same line as the passage. Passage 3 (L 10.5m, Wth 1.5m) extends S from the NNE end of Passage 2. At the N and S ends of this passage are stone-built creeps which reduce the width of the passage to c. 1m. At the S end of Passage 3 is a gallery (L 9.7m, Wth 2m) which extends WNW-ESE, with the opening from Passage 3 in the middle of its N side wall. A stone-lined sunken walkway extended from the middle of the S wall of Passage 1 across to the entrance to a second souterrain (LH007-072004-). This souterrain consists of a drystone-built gallery (overall L 14m, Wth 1-1.2m, H 1.5m) extending from the entrance at the SE to NW with a slight turn to W at the NW end. Slots running from floor level up to the roof, 3.7m from the entrance, probably formerly held wooden door jambs. At the NW end the lower walls of the souterrain consist of bedrock which has been quarried into. The third and largest souterrain (LH007-072005-) of the group consists of a passage in three sections (overall L 34m), partially drystone-built and partly rock-cut. The first section of passage (L 7m, Wth 0.8m) extends N-S and has a recess (L 0.8m, Wth 0.8m) in the E wall 3m from the entrance. Most of this section of passage had been delintelled in antiquity. At the S end the passage turns sharply E (L 9m) and the N wall of the passage is formed by bedrock in the W wall 2m from its N end. At the S end of the passage an air-vent leads off S at roof level. Passage 2 (overall L 21m) extends from the middle of the W wall of the final section of Passage 1. It runs SW (L 10m) then gently curves W (L 11m). At the W end a creep in the S wall gives access to a sub-rectangular chamber (L 1.6m, Wth 1.4m, H 1m) with an air-vent in the S wall at roof level. At the junction of Passages 1 and 2 an ogham stone (LH007-072006-), bearing an inscription translated as MAQI COR.BIR (MA)QE TAN ... (B stroke) ... NIOT(A) S. LAGIA MAQI MUC ..., was used as a lintel. This use of ogham stones for souterrain lintels is well attested elsewhere, as is their use at strategic points in a souterrain (Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland 1969, 21).

• LH007-072005 Souterrain
  Description

  Excavated in 1977 by E. P. Kelly (NMI file, IA/41/77). A complex of three drystone-built souterrains was found within an oval enclosure (LH007-072001-) which measured 90m in max. diam. One of the souterrains (LH007-072002-) had been robbed of its capstones and parts of the walls in the medieval period and used thereafter as a refuse dump. Large quantities of medieval pottery, metal objects, sea shells, animal bones and some human remains were recovered from the fill. A stone slab bearing Early Bronze Age carvings (LH007-072003-) had been reused as a jamb in this structure. The souterrain consisted of a passage (L 5m, Wth 0.9m) extending from W-ENE, turning S for 2.5m, then extending NE as a second passage (L 14m, Wth 1.5m). At the NNE end of the passage are the remains of an air-vent continuing on along the same line as the passage. Passage 3 (L 10.5m, Wth 1.5m) extends S from the NNE end of Passage 2. At the N and S ends of this passage are stone-built creeps which reduce the width of the passage to c. 1m. At the S end of Passage 3 is a gallery (L 9.7m, Wth 2m) which extends WNW-ESE, with the opening from Passage 3 in the middle of its N side wall. A stone-lined sunken walkway extended from the middle of the S wall of Passage 1 across to the entrance to a second souterrain (LH007-072004-). This souterrain consists of a drystone-built gallery (overall L 14m, Wth 1-1.2m, H 1.5m) extending from the entrance at the SE to NW with a slight turn to W at the NW end. Slots running from floor level up to the roof, 3.7m from the entrance, probably formerly held wooden door jambs. At the NW end the lower walls of the souterrain consist of bedrock which has been quarried into. The third and largest souterrain (LH007-072005-) of the group consists of a passage in three sections (overall L 34m), partially drystone-built and partly rock-cut. The first section of passage (L 7m, Wth 0.8m) extends N-S and has a recess (L 0.8m, Wth 0.8m) in the E wall 3m from the entrance. Most of this section of passage had been delintelled in antiquity. At the S end the passage turns sharply E (L 9m) and the N wall of the passage is formed by bedrock in the W wall 2m from its N end. At the S end of the passage an air-vent leads off S at roof level. Passage 2 (overall L 21m) extends from the middle of the W wall of the final section of Passage 1. It runs SW (L 10m) then gently curves W (L 11m). At the W end a creep in the S wall gives access to a sub-rectangular chamber (L 1.6m, Wth 1.4m, H 1m) with an air-vent in the S wall at roof level. At the junction of Passages 1 and 2 an ogham stone (LH007-072006-), bearing an inscription translated as MAQI COR.BIR (MA)QE TAN ... (B stroke) ... NIOT(A) S. LAGIA MAQI MUC ..., was used as a lintel. This stone was brought to the National Museum of Ireland and is now on display in Louth County Museum, Dundalk. This use of ogham stones for souterrain lintels is well attested elsewhere, as is their use at strategic points in a souterrain (Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland 1969, 21). The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 November 2012

• LH007-072006 Ogham stone
  Description

  This ogham stone was discovered in 1977 in the course of an excavation of a souterrain (LH007-072005-) where it was used as a lintel. It is part of the National Museum of Ireland collection and is currently on display in the County Museum, Dundalk (see LH007-188----). 'The top has been broken off, probably as part of the appropriation for use in the souterrain. Though incised very finely the consonants are legible but the vowel notches were not cut very deeply and many are uncertain (indicated here by lower-case or a dot). The inscription reads up both angles as follows: Left angle: MAQI CORaBiR MaQi? TAN.b/l ... Right angle: NeTa SaLaGIa MAQi MuCoi … (McManus 1991, 76, no. xvii). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 12 February 2017

• LH007-072007 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Built of blocks and slabs of greywacke (ext. dims. c. 16m E-W, c. 7m N-S). Extensively repointed and converted recently into an oratory. Undivided nave and chancel, doorway with reveals in W end of S wall. Windows in E gable are almost certainly part of recent renovations. Walls other than at E only rise c. 1.2m above the present ground level and are featureless. The proportions of the building and the position of the doorway with its reveals indicate a church of fifteenth- or sixteenth-century date. (Tempest 1952, 123; CLAJ 1919-20, pl. opp. 357, 387; CLAJ 1941, 14; CLAJ 1952, 232)

• LH007-072008 Metalworking site
  Description

  A metal working area located within enclosure (LH007-072001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 November 2011

• LH007-074001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Earthen bank (Wth 10m, H 0.7m internally, 2.5m externally) with external fosse (Wth 7m, D 0.6m) visible only from S-W. Souterrain (LH007-074002-) partly incorporated in end of bank.

• LH007-074002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated within partly levelled ringfort (LH007-074001-). The souterrain is now partially revealed as protruding stones at field level on the SE end of the surviving bank. Described (UJA 1897, 276) as being a drystone-built passage with a recess located at the turn in the passage. This 'recess' or'locker' is probably better interpreted as a blocked creep.

• LH007-197 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by a wide unbroken fosse (Wth c. 5-8m) is visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It is also faintly visible on OSI images (1995). The enclosure was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére followed by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 October 2021

• LH007-198 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (int. dims c. 48m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by a single unbroken fosse (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It is also faintly visible on OSI images (1995). The enclosure was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére followed by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 October 2021

Architectural heritage

• Ballybarrack House, gates/railings/walls, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron entrance, built c. 1860, comprising pair of octagonal-profile piers with moulded caps and finials, flanking double-leaf spear headed gates and flanked by spear headed railings set on limestone plinths. House of architectural interest to site, not accessible at time of survey.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2992 (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.

• Ballybarrack, Dundalk5 sales

Name

Ballybarrack · Baile Bhalraic

Area

1,736,729 m² (173.67 ha, 429.16 acres)

Civil parish

Ballybarrack, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Haggardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Haggardstown electoral division: 9,301 people in 3,293 households; 77% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnanbregagh, Cavan, Donaghmore, Dunbin Big, Fairhill, Killally, Littlemill, Newtownbabe, Rath, Tates and Carrans Park, Thomastown

Placenames

Ballybarrack 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.