Balla

334 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balla, from 13 m² to 111,083 m² (11.11 ha, 27.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 308 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  change of use of existing commercial premises to Class 2 offices and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2682

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the following: demolition of existing commercial buildings; formation of a new development entrance; construction of 12no. Dwellings (comprising of: 10no. 3-Bedroom Houses; 2no. 4-Bedroom Houses); and connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 12 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560936

• 28 Jul 2025Conditional

  Permission is sought for alterations to the development previously granted under planning application reference P23/678. The proposed amendments include: alterations to the café layout; alterations to the apartment layout including a change to a 3-bedroom unit; minor alterations to the rear elevation and parking area; connection to existing public services; and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560505

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  Application for Permission to construct an extension and modifications to an existing dwelling house with all associated ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460661

• 6 Aug 2024Refused

  The development will consist of the following: construction of 28no. Dwellings (comprising of: 4no. 2-Bedroom houses; 17no. 3-Bedroom houses; 7no. 4-Bedroom houses); connection to existing services; along with all associated ancillary site development works including footpaths, lighting, parking, drainage and landscaping/amenity areas.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460485

• 12 Jul 2024Conditional

  retention of an extension to the existing dwelling, the retention of domestic garage and all ancillary works

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 24271

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  construct an access road to facilitate access to the existing forestry plantation, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24100

• 11 Mar 2024Conditional

  construct dwelling house with an attached domestic garage and car port, connection to public sewerage system, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2463

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  partially demolish existing dwelling and completely demolish existing derelict out buildings, altering existing street facade, construct cafe-deli/restaurant with associated kitchen, storage, office, toilets and signage on the ground floor, construct 3 no. apartments above, construct a bin store and bike rake to the rear of the property, upgrading existing connection to public services and carrying out all other associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2450

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the following: demolition of existing sheds and outbuildings; partial demolition of existing commercial buildings; formation of a new development entrance; construction of 16no. Dwellings (comprising of: 5no. 2-Bedroom Townhouses; 9no. 3-Bedroom Townhouses; 2no. 1-Bedroom Apartments); construction of bike and bin stores; extend, refurbish and reconfigure existing commercial buildings; and connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360549

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  change of use of existing ground floor commercial space to that of cafe and offices, change of use of existing first floor commercial space to that of 2 no. 2 bedroomed apartments and 1 no. 1 bedroom apartment, minor alterations to the existing elevations, the construction of 147 sqm additional office space to the rear of the existing building, connection to existing public services and all ancillary works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23678

• 1 Nov 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES FROM OFFICE TO CAFE-DELI/RESTAURANT AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON SITE AS PER DOCUMENTS LODGED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22960

• 7 Jun 2022N/a

  SECTION 5 DECLARATION: DEVELOPMENT OF A BIO DIVERSITE SENSORY GARDEN; ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING AREA WITH FOOTPATHS AND ADDITIONAL PLANTING, SAFETY FENCING. NO STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND NO CHANGES TO EXISTING PLANTING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22428

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL FROM RETAIL TO RESIDENTIAL, TO PROVIDE FOR 2 NO. 1 BED APARTMENT UNITS, PROPOSED 1 NO. 1 BED APARTMENT UNIT AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL; MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING SHOP FRONT AND EXTERNAL WALLS FOR CREATION OF NEW DOOR OPES AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO BUILDING; PROPOSED NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS AND PARKING TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL DEMOLITIONS WORKS, LANDSCAPING, DRAINAGE AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22383

• 4 Apr 2022Conditional

  EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22264

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211034

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21340

• 19 Oct 2020Refused

  ERECT A 21M HIGH MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20779

• 7 Nov 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19887

• 26 Aug 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF PROPERTY WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19660

• 22 Mar 2019Conditional

  RETAIN BOILER HOUSE, GARAGE AND CAR PARKING AREA TO REAR OF PROPERTY AND RETAIN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ELEVATION OF DWELLING HOUSE, ALL AS PER DRAWING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 19199

• 29 Nov 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF EXISTING FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF EXISTING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18956

• 25 Jun 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCT 16 SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES INCLUDING GRAVITY SEWER CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWER SYSTEM, RELOCATION AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE, PROVISION OF ACCESS ROAD TO PHASE 2 OF DEVELOPMENT LANDS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18458

• 15 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO SAME AND TO RETAIN GARAGE ON SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18175

• 3 Jan 2017Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXTENSION TO EXISTING HABITABLE HOUSE AND EXTEND AND RENOVATE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 173

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Balla Turlough SAC 000463
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Balla Turlough 000463

Recorded monuments

• MA090-024001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In the village of Balla, located immediately to W of a building (MA090-024003-), known locally as the 'Rest House', and c. 50m E of a graveyard (MA090-024005-) and a round tower (MA090-024004-). This well is named ‘Tobermurray’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a circular, stone-lined depression (diam. 1.3m) linked to a narrow drain or gully (Wth 0.4m; D 0.55m), which extends to WSW beneath a property/boundary wall. A small modern shrine to the Blessed Virgin stands at the point where the gully extends beneath the wall. The well is dry and infilled with rubble. The OS Letters (1838) record that that a station was traditionally performed at the well on 15th August, and that an inscribed stone (MA090-024007-) and two penitential stations (MA090-024002-; MA090-024006-) were associated with the well. A modern spring-fed well, located 6m to NNW has superseded the traditional well. It is enclosed in a semi-circular curve at SW–N by a modern stone wall, incorporated into the line of a property wall, and by iron railings on the E side, and is approached from E by a slopping cobbled path. Attached image: MA090-024001-_01.JPG viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024002 Penitential station
  Description

  In the village of Balla, located adjacent to a holy well (MA090-024001-). This is one of two stone-built penitential stations, the other being (MA090-024006-), that were associated with the holy well. They are indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Monuments’, and are described OS Letters (1838) as follows: 'There are also two little pillars of mason-work called by the people Station Monuments (leachta) and used as such, on top of which are two small crosses, one on each, and on which are fixed (in the work of which are placed) two stones, one on each, with inscriptions on them dated 1733.' The inscription was a Latin dedication to the Mother of God. No trace of the penitential stations is now evident, but according to local information, their original location is marked by two low, contiguous heaps (max. diam. c. 3m) of loose stone and earth, located c. 6m E of the well. A small stone cross (shaft H 0.37m; arm L 0.30m), with the inscription ‘IHS’ barely legible in low relief at its centre, is set in concrete in a building (MA090-024003-) adjacent to the holy well. It is possible that this is one of the crosses that surmounted the penitential stations. Attached image: MA090-024002-_01.JPG Cairn of stones which may mark original location of penitential station. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024003 Building
  Description

  Located immediately to E of a holy well (MA090-024001-). The origin of this building, known in local tradition as the ‘Rest House’, is uncertain; it may date to the 17th century. It is recorded in the OS Letters 1838 as follows: 'At the well there is the unroofed walls of a "house" for the sheltering of the lame and the blind that frequent the place on the Patron Day.' Lewis (1837, 102) described it as ‘a chapel’, which was ‘attended by great numbers of the peasantry at patrons held on the 15th of August and 8th of September.’ It is a gable-ended structure, rectangular in plan (int. dims. 5.3m NW−SE; 3.6m NE−SW), built of mortared limestone and sandstone blocks, with larger blocks in the basal courses and quoins. The SE gable has a lintelled doorway (H 1.58m; Wth 1m) above which is a window with a pointed arch. There is another lintelled doorway (H 1.65m; Wth 0.96m) towards the N end of the NW gable, which directly overlooks the well. In the early 2000’s the SE gable still stood to almost its full height (H c. 3.7m), but the NW gable and the SW and NE side walls were in poor condition. Conservation works were undertaken in 2016. Within the interior there is an inscribed stone (MA090-024007-). Attached images: MA090-024003-_01.JPG Building before conservation works, viewed from E MA090-024003-_02.JPG Building before conservation works, viewed from NW Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024004 Round tower
  Description

  In Balla village, located in the SW quadrant of a graveyard (MA090-024005-). This round tower is a National Monument (no. 403). It no longer stands to its full height and is unroofed. It consists of a circular tower (diam. c. 5m; current H c. 9-10m) constructed of regularly coursed sandstone block, cut to the curve. The basal courses incorporate larger blocks. Two blocks in these lower courses, one at NE and one at W, have shallow circular depressions in them, reminiscent of bullaun stones. The tower rests on a low narrow stone plinth or offset (W 0.15-0.3m; H 0.1-0.2m). At NW−N in the vicinity of the entrance, the offset appears to have a slight step cut into it. The stonework, in general, is regular, with a smooth surface finish, but the uppermost courses, from about second floor level, are noticeably larger and more finely cut, and suggest a phase of rebuilding. The tower is unusual in having two doorways, at two different levels. The original doorway, a large, lintelled rectangular opening is at second floor level at E. Its position is unusually high; most round tower doorways open onto the first floor. The second, lower, doorway (H c. 1.80m; Wth 0.85m; D 1.15m) is at N. It is set unusually low for a round tower, being only 0.7m above the offset, and it opens onto a raised ground floor level. This doorway is a later insertion, dating to the 15th or 16th century (Rynne 1998, 178). It is round-headed, and has a surround of cut sandstone, chamfered at the outer edge. The inner part of the doorway is roofed with a flat lintel, which is a reused cross-slab (MA090-024008-). There is a small recess cut into the stone at the spring of the arch on both sides of the doorway, so called ‘rynne-holes’, for use with centering (Rynne 1998, 177-178). This doorway is closed by an iron gate of the modern era. In the interior of the tower an offset can be seen at first floor level, and an offset combined with corbels at second floor level, which would have carried timbers floors. A window at the SSW lit the first floor level. This unusual, small inwardly splayed ope forms an inverted U-shape, created by the deliberate shaping of the framing stones. The monastery at Balla was founded by St. Crónán or Mo-Chúa, who died in 637AD. The round tower was most likely built in the 12th century; the late doorway and the change in masonry at second floor level suggest that it may have been damaged and partly rebuilt at a later period. In the 19th century a bell was installed and the tower served as a belfry for an adjacent 19th-century Catholic church (OS Letters 1838). That church, shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, has been removed, and a community centre stands on the site. The bell was removed from the tower in the early 20th century. Attached images: MA090-024004-_01.JPG viewed from N MA090-024004-_02.JPG viewed from E MA090-024004-_03.JPG unusually shaped window at first floor level Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 77/1939).

• MA090-024005 Graveyard
  Description

  Located in Balla village. An irregular-shaped graveyard (c. 40m E-W; c. 80m N-S along a narrow strip at SW) enclosed by a stone wall, and truncated on its E side by modern development, at E by a supermarket, and at SE by a community centre, which stands on the former site of a Roman Catholic chapel shown on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. A market square, bordered at W by a N–S terrace of houses, abuts the S–SW side of the graveyard, and the gently curving graveyard wall at W-NW is respected by a laneway leading to a holy well (MA090-024001-), which is located c. 50m to W. The N end of the graveyard backs onto a field of pasture. The grass-covered graveyard encompasses an elevated area at S and centre, from where a gentle slope falls to NW, N and NE. The majority of the graves are marked by horizontal grave slabs, but there are also upright headstones of plain or ‘Celtic cross’ type, and a few table tombs. There is a high density of graves in the N and E of the graveyard. Here grave slabs are positioned in close proximity, terraced into the natural slope, but with much displacement and slippage, and overlapping of slabs. In the central zone of the graveyard, the grave slabs are arranged in more evenly spaced, ordered rows, and at SW there is a relatively low density of graves. The majority of the grave slabs appear rather roughly cut, with no inscriptions evident, most likely due to weathering. Where dated inscriptions can be seen, they date to the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the earliest dated slabs, which appears to date to 1745, is a sandstone grave slab, in the SW of the graveyard. It has a design in rather crude low relief, which includes a skull, cross-bones, a coffin and a heart. A series of grave slabs are arranged in a radial fashion encircling the base of a round tower (MA090-024004-), which is located to SW of centre. A cross-slab (MA090-024008-), reused as a lintel, is built into a 15th/16th-century doorway on the N side of the round tower. A fragment of another cross-slab (MA090-024009-) is set upright in the ground in the N end of the graveyard. Lewis (1837) recorded that a small church (MA090-024010-) stood within the graveyard, near the round tower, but no trace of this survives. However, a stone altar (MA090-024011-), probably late medieval in date, which may be from that church, is located 16.4m NE of the round tower in the E half of the graveyard. The cross slabs and round tower attest to the presence of an early medieval monastery in Balla, said to have been founded in the early seventh century by St. Crónán., alias Mo-Chúa, who died in 637 AD. Attached images: MA090-024005-_01.JPG viewed from N MA090-024005-_02.JPG N end of graveyard MA090-024005-_03.JPG central section of graveyard MA090-024005-_04.JPG 18th-century graveslab Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024006 Penitential station
  Description

  In the village of Balla, located adjacent to a holy well (MA090-024001-). This is one of two stone-built penitential stations, the other being (MA090-024002-), that were associated with the holy well. They are indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Monuments’, and are described OS Letters (1838) as follows: 'There are also two little pillars of mason-work called by the people Station Monuments (leachta) and used as such, on top of which are two small crosses, one on each, and on which are fixed (in the work of which are placed) two stones, one on each, with inscriptions on them dated 1733.' The inscription was a Latin dedication to the Mother of God. No trace of the penitential stations is now evident, but according to local information, their original location is marked by two low, contiguous heaps (max. diam. c. 3m) of loose stone and earth, located c. 6m E of the well. A small stone cross (shaft H 0.37m; arm L 0.30m), with the inscription ‘IHS’ barely legible in low relief at its centre, is set in concrete in a building (MA090-024003-) adjacent to the holy well. It is possible that this is one of the crosses that surmounted the penitential stations. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024007 Inscribed stone
  Description

  In Balla village, located within a building (MA090-024003-), known as the 'Rest House', adjacent to a holy well (MA090-024001-). The OS Letters (1838) record that this stone was originally set in a stone wall that enclosed the holy well (MA090-024001-), which lies immediately to W. During restoration works in 2016 it was set in the internal face of the NW gable of the building. It consists of a rectangular stone slab (0.54m by 0.47m) with a Latin inscription, now very weathered, carved on one face. The inscription includes a short prayer to the Mother of God, and records that the parish priest of Balla had it put in place on 25th March 1696 (Rynne 1998, 182). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024008 Cross-slab
  Description

  In the Balla village, incorporated into a doorway in a round tower (MA090-024004-). This sandstone cross-slab has been reused as a flat lintel, and is built into a 15th/16th-century doorway on the N side of the round tower. The cross-slab has been modified to fit into the doorway, and its exposed surface is greatly eroded, but part of its decoration can still be seen as faint parallel incised grooves. Rynne (1989, 180) recorded the design as ‘a framed cross with expanded stirrup-shaped terminals. Only one of the cross’s terminals can now be seen: it is 15cm long and 7cm deep, and contains faint decoration, apparently a form of fret. Photographs seem to suggest a sort of simple interlace or linear twist between the outer groove of the frame, close to the edge of the slab, and the inner ones closer to the cross, but this is very uncertain and cannot be visually confirmed absolutely.’ He suggested a 10th-century date for it (ibid.). Attached image: MA090-024008-_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024009 Cross-slab
  Description

  In Balla village, located in the N half of a graveyard (MA090-024005-). This fragment of a cross-slab consists of a rectangular slab (Wth 0.6m; T 0.06m; H 0.47 above ground) set upright in the ground, with a plain, double-line ringed cross, within a double-line rectangular frame, inscribed on the W face. The upper portion of the stone has broken off immediately above the arms of the cross in a clean almost horizontal break, so that the upper portion of the shaft and the upper arcs of the ring are missing. The S side of the slab has also been damaged, truncating part of the incised frame. The frame surrounding the cross consists of two close-set (0.025m apart) parallel grooves incised around the outer edge of the slab, 0.02m in from its edge. The cross is outlined by parallel incised grooves (0.5-055m apart), with the arms extending to the inner groove of the frame. Below the arms, 0.4m of the shaft is visible, but its base is concealed beneath ground. The two lower arcs of the ring, also outlined by two incised grooves, describe a semicircle with external diameter of 0.34m, but do not break the arms or shaft of the cross. Another cross-slab (MA090-024008-) is reused as a lintel in the lower doorway of the round tower (MA090-024004-) in the SW part of the graveyard. Attached image: MA090-024009-_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024010 Church
  Description

  In Balla village, located near a round tower (MA090-024004-) in a graveyard (MA090-024005-). Lewis (1837, 102) recorded that near the round tower were 'the ruins of a small church, of the same kind of stone, and apparently of similar workmanship, in one of the walls of which is a monumental inscription of great antiquity'. No trace of the church survives. However, a stone altar (MA090-024011-), probably of late medieval in date, which may have come from this church, is located 16.4m NE of the round tower in the E half of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024011 Architectural feature
  Description

  In Balla village, located 16.4m NE of a round tower (MA090-024004-) in the E half of a graveyard (MA090-024005-). A late medieval, rectangular stone altar-table (H 1m) is constructed of a base (L 2.8m; H 0.93m) of regular, punch-dressed limestone blocks supporting a top (L 2.97m; H 0.17m) of well fitted limestone slabs with a rolled, over-hanging edge. The E side of the altar is set against remnants of a roughly coursed wall of mortared sandstone blocks which extends only for the length of the altar, and rises c. 0.40m above the altar top. Built into this wall is an inscribed stone (MA090-024012-) displaying an unusual design. The altar may have come from a church (MA090-024010-) which Lewis (1837, 102) records stood near the round tower (MA090-024004-). Attached image: MA090-024011-_01.JPG altar viewed from W Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024012 Inscribed stone
  Description

  In Balla village, located adjacent to a stone altar (MA090-024011-) in a graveyard (MA090-024005-). This rectangular sandstone slab (H 0.41m; Wth 0.32m; T; 0.14m) is built into a roughly coursed wall of mortared sandstone blocks, which forms a facing on the E side of the limestone altar. The stone is located at the S end of the wall in the uppermost surviving course. Filling one face of the stone is an inscribed design which resembles an eye, and is known locally as the ‘evil eye’. The carving is executed in simple outline, consisting of a central circular indentation (diam. 0.03-0.040m), above and beneath which there is an arc representing the outer curve of the eye (H 0.16m; L c. 0.22m). Each arc is formed by two close-set parallel grooves. The arcs do not meet at either end. Rynne (1998, 181) recorded the carving, but could find no parallel for the design. Attached image: MA090-024012-_01.JPG viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2018

• MA090-024013 Architectural fragment
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• MA090-025 Enclosure
  Description

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• MA090-123 Moated site
  Description

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• MA090-154 Stone head
  Description

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Architectural heritage

• Nally Monument, monument, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding drag edged cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, erected 1899. Damaged, 1921. Street fronted on concrete brick cobbled footpath.

• Water pump, 1898–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1945. Now disused. Square fronted on concrete footpath.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey bank, designed 1926; built 1926-7, on an L-shaped plan with two-bay full-height projecting end bay. Sold, 2006. Renovated, 2008, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having cornices below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped cornice having fluted consoles. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on moulded cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated "sparrow pecked" quoins to corners. Square-headed off-central door opening with two steps, rendered doorcase with fluted pilasters supporting cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings in square-headed recesses (ground floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of street.

• Saint Cronan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1906; built 1912-3, on a rectangular plan comprising nine-bay double-height nave opening into eight-bay double-height flat-roofed side aisles. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary "improved". Pitched Delabole slate roof abutting flat roofs behind parapets (side aisles), clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone coping to gables with Cross finials to apexes, and concealed rainwater goods retaining rosette-embossed cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered walls on lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with Irish battlemented parapets having lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone coping. Paired cusped lancet window openings with drag edged rock faced hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars (west) or stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels (east). Pointed-arch window opening (east) with dragged cut-limestone interlocking Y-mullions, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front with dragged cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surround having splayed reveals with hood moulding framing timber boarded double doors. Paired lancet or pointed-arch window openings (gable) with dragged cut-limestone Y-mullions, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch opposing door openings (west), drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having splayed reveals with hood mouldings framing timber boarded double doors. Interior including vestibule (west) with glazed terracotta tiled floor; pointed segmental-headed arcade centred on glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with choir gallery (west), carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, pointed-arch arcades on granite ashlar octagonal pillars, timber boarded pointed barrel vaulted ceiling with carved timber ribs on box cornice on corbels, stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, ----, with Gothic-style reredos (1919) centred on quatrefoil-detailed Gothic-style memorial high altar (1918) below stained glass "East Window" (1914), stepped daises to side altars with Gothic-style altars below stained glass memorial windows (1915), and Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (1915-6). Set in landscaped grounds with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chamfered piers to perimeter having lichen-covered drag edged dragged cut-limestone "slated" pyramidal capping supporting reclaimed wrought iron double gates.

• Water tower, 1946–1975 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay four-stage water tower, post-1946, on an octagonal plan. Set in redeveloped grounds.

• Water pump, 1898–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1945. "Restored", 2010. Now disused. Street fronted on tarmacadam footpath.

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 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Balla · Balla

Area

868,389 m² (86.84 ha, 214.58 acres)

Civil parish

Balla, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmorris

Electoral division

Balla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Balla electoral division: 1,661 people in 631 households; 81% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardboley North, Ballykerrigan, Ballymacloughlin, Ballyrourke, Lagaturrin, Legaun, Moat, Pollavaddy

Placenames

Balla 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.