Ballinree
Townland in the civil parish of Birr, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile an Fhraoigh
- Area
- 121.9 ha
- 301 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 5,613 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
- Open Space, Amenity and Recreation
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinree, from 340 m² to 244,768 m² (24.48 ha, 60.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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
- G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly · 0 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
31 Oct 2025Conditional
the installation of external lighting and associated site works along the walking track previously granted permission under Planning Ref: 2360093
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560529
24 Oct 2025N/a
the installation of external lighting and associated site works for the walking track previously granted permission under Planning Ref: 2360093
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560514
15 May 2025Conditional
the construction of a new spectator stand, a new turnstile block and all associated site development works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560175
1 Sept 2023Conditional
(A)a new grass Camogie pitch complete with surrounding fence, 2no. new dugouts, 1no. new ball stop and floodlights,(B)1no. new ball wall with fencing and floodlights, (C)new walking track to perimeter,and all associated site development works, including a maintenance road, to complete the development. The overall development is located to the rear (east) of the existing Crinkill GAA pitch and will be accessed via the existing entrance and car park.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360093
24 Aug 2023N/a
(A) a new grass camogie pitch complete with surrounding fence, 2no. new dugouts, 1no. new ball stop and floodlights, (B) 1no. new ball wall with fencing and floodlights, (C) a new walking track to perimeter and all associated site development works, including a maintenance road, to complete the development. The overall development is located to the rear (east) of the existing Crinkill GAA pitch and will be accessed via the existing entrance and car park
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360080
31 Mar 2020Conditional
ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, AND DOMESTIC SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20118
29 Jan 2019Conditional
EXTENSION & REFURBISHMENT TO EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF PORTION OF DWELLING TO SOUTH & EAST, INSTALLATION OF NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ALL WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 1929
14 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL HAYSHED AND REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 18256
14 Jun 2018Conditional
1) DEMOLITION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING. 2) DEMOLITION OF 2NO. FARM BUILDINGS LOCATED TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING. 3) REVISION OF SITE BOUNDARIES. 4) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH A NEW PROPRIETARY SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18257
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 Ballinree.
Recorded monuments
- OF035-027 Castle - unclassified
Description
No surface trace visible of Loretto Castle which is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinree.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_1647 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballinree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinree · Baile an Fhraoigh
- Area
- 1,219,437 m² (121.94 ha, 301.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Birr, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballybritt
- Electoral division
- Birr Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Birr Rural electoral division: 1,300 people in 478 households; 75% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boherboy, Boherdeel, Clonoghil Upper, Coolnagrower, Cree, Crinkill, Derrinduff
- Placenames
- Ballinree 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.