# Ballymageragh, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cappoge, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile Mhic Fhiachrach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 712,360 m² (71.24 ha, 176.03 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,358 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cappoge, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/cappoge.md - Barony: Ardee - Electoral division: Dromin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Dromin electoral division: 679 people in 218 households; 93% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33535 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140061 - Centre: latitude 53.841795, longitude -6.407157 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymageragh, from 1,167 m² to 267,158 m² (26.72 ha, 66.02 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1132144: 267,158 m² (26.72 ha, 66.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132144.md - Parcel 1123312: 92,619 m² (9.26 ha, 22.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1123312.md - Parcel 1104312: 63,938 m² (6.39 ha, 15.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1104312.md - Parcel 1127733: 53,102 m² (5.31 ha, 13.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127733.md - Parcel 1126132: 43,074 m² (4.31 ha, 10.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126132.md - Parcel 1127751: 33,352 m² (3.34 ha, 8.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127751.md - Parcel 1134857: 23,206 m² (2.32 ha, 5.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134857.md - Parcel 1127769: 22,298 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127769.md - Parcel 1136504: 19,981 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136504.md - Parcel 1127792: 15,751 m² (1.58 ha, 3.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127792.md - Parcel 1136635: 15,023 m² (1.5 ha, 3.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136635.md - Parcel 1131190: 13,256 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131190.md - Parcel 1136505: 7,285 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136505.md - Parcel 1113881: 3,430 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1113881.md - Parcel 1136572: 2,978 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136572.md - Parcel 1117150: 2,319 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1117150.md - Parcel 1103237: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1103237.md - Parcel 1097131: 2,137 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097131.md - Parcel 1105651: 1,948 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1105651.md - Parcel 1134345: 1,938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134345.md - Parcel 1099460: 1,721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1099460.md - Parcel 2395827: 1,692 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2395827.md - Parcel 1113880: 1,595 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1113880.md - Parcel 1105652: 1,280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1105652.md - Parcel 1127793: 1,275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127793.md - Parcel 1136506: 1,167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136506.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballymageragh 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 17 Apr 2025, Louth County Council 2560223: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV development and Battery Energy Storage System facility (‘BESS’) on a ca. 167ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site on ground mounted frames, with string inverters attached to selected ground mounted frames; 12 No. transformer units; The battery energy storage compound consisting of 368 No. BESS modules; 1 No. transformer unit; 8 No. Power Electronic Compact Twin Skids; 1 No. Control Unit (ca. 12m2); 2m high landscaping berm and perimeter security fencing (2.4m high); Electrical and communications cabling within private lands and within the L2254, R170 and R211/R132 public roads; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; 3 No. temporary construction compounds; 3 No. clear span bridges; Internal access tracks; and, All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. *Significant Further Information Received on 26/11/2025*. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560223/0 - 11 Mar 2025, Louth County Council 2560134: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Permission for the development which will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling, garage/outhouse, a waste water treatment system and all associated siteworks. *Significant Further Information Received 25/06/2025 & Revised notices received on 02/07/2025*. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560134/0 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 Ballymageragh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymageragh. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymageragh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymageragh. - 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/louth/ballymageragh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballymageragh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballymageragh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymageragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cangy: https://everytownland.com/louth/cangy.md - Cappoge: https://everytownland.com/louth/cappoge.md - Coneyburrow: https://everytownland.com/louth/coneyburrow.md - Mooremount: https://everytownland.com/louth/mooremount.md - Ravel: https://everytownland.com/louth/ravel.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/louth/ballymageragh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/ballymageragh