Ballyhack
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmoon, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath
- Area
- 57.9 ha
- 143 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 14,929 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhack, from 1,513 m² to 260,317 m² (26.03 ha, 64.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 43 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
30 Apr 2026N/a
the development will consist of. Retention planning permission for the following; 1. Retention of 4no. own door farm staff accommodation units consisting of two 3 bedroom and two 4 bedroom units in a single storey terraced block, associated well and pump house, along with all associated landscape, site works and service connections. Planning Permission. 2. To alter the two 4 Bedroom units above to two 3 bedroom units. 3. Relocation of the existing farmyard entrance gateway and setting back of the existng roadside boundary hedge and existing field gate to achieve the appropriate sightlines, to access the above, 4. New wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to serve the above
Permission · Meath County Council, 26116
30 Mar 2026N/a
the development will consist of. Retention planning permission for the following; 1. Retention of 4no. own door farm staff accommodation units consisting of two 3 bedroom and two 4 bedroom units ( to be altered to two 3 bedroom units), in a single storey terraced block, associated well and pump house, along with all associated landscape, site works and service connections. Planning Permission. 2. Relocation of the existing farmyard entrance gateway and setting back of the existng roadside boundary hedge and existing field gate to achieve the appropriate sightlines, to access the above, 3. New wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to serve the above
Permission · Meath County Council, 2696
22 Dec 2025Conditional
the development consists of retention permission for additional first floor space to agricultural building being 20.1 m2 (previously open to ground floor), & permission for proposed internal & external changes to floor plans & elevations, being canteen/camera room to be repositioned to first floor, with shower room & tackroom/secure store, & windows to first floor & door to stairwell at ground floor. Ground floor will be as per planning permission ref. no. 22/1382, apart from agricultural barn/store to be extended into previous canteen/camera room area. Previous planning permission ref. no. 22/1382.
Retention · Meath County Council, 2660024
11 Sept 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a two storey detached dwelling house, with a single storey annexe to the side containing utility & garage. The house is to be accessed via the existing vehicular entrance gateway, gateway to be modified to provide dual entrances, re-alinement & setting back of the existing hedgerow and stone wall on either side, new access road, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24370
7 Mar 2024Conditional
Construction of store for storage of escalator components
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460165
16 Feb 2023Refused
permission for construction of new store for storage of escalator components
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23146
15 Feb 2023N/a
permission for construction of new store for storage of escalator components
Permission · Meath County Council, 23141
26 Sept 2022Conditional
the construction and provision of a family flat to the side of the existing dwelling house, consisting of a single storey link between the house and the existing single storey garage, conversion of and front extension to the garage, all associate elevation modifications, along with all services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221265
1 Sept 2020Unconditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA151412 for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling house, with a single storey annexe to the side containing utility and garage. Roof mounted solar panels, house to be accessed via the existing vehicular entrance gateway, gateway to be modified to provide dual entrances, re-alinement & setting back of the existing hedgerow and stone wall on either side, new access road, new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works.
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201191
26 Apr 2017Conditional
the development consists of retention permission for 2 no. cattle slurry lagoons within the confines of existing farm yard. Significant further information/revised plans submittedon this application
Retention · Meath County Council, AA170447
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 Ballyhack.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyhack.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyhack.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyhack.
- 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 Ballyhack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhack
- Area
- 579,107 m² (57.91 ha, 143.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Skreen
- Electoral division
- Kilbrew, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbrew electoral division: 4,064 people in 1,253 households; 82% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolfore, Irishtown, Kilbrew, Kilbrew, Primatestown, Yellowshar
- Placenames
- Ballyhack 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.