Ballinvally

151 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvally, from 7 m² to 1,806,057 m² (180.61 ha, 446.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  for the renovation of the existing dwelling, demolition of an existing bay window and existing 2 storey extension to rear of property, new extensions to the east and west elevations (side), new treatment system, percolation area, relocate existing entrance gate, new domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660145

• 12 Mar 2026N/a

  for the renovation of the existing dwelling, demolition of an existing bay window and existing 2 storey extension to rear of property, new extensions to the east and west elevations (side), new treatment system, percolation area, relocate existing entrance gate, new domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660117

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  for the renovation of the existing dwelling, demolition of an existing bay window, new extensions to the east and west elevations (side), new treatment system, percolation area, relocate existing entrance gate, new domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660107

• 24 Oct 2025Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUNGALOW DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 25107

• 16 Jun 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH INFILTRATION/TREATMENT AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2561

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  Entrances, front and side boundaries, kitchen gable rear window, garage and outbuildings, all as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560234

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of sewerage treatment tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360037

• 5 Apr 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23147

• 21 Apr 2022Conditional

  THE ERECTION OF A GUYED WIND MONITORING MAST, WITH INSTRUMENTS, UP TO 100M IN HEIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED MAST IS TO ASSESS THE SUITABILITY OF THE COMPANY'S ADJACENT LANDS FOR WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22207

• 20 Aug 2019Conditional

  ALTERATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING, UPGRADE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19412

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, ENTRANCE, BOUNDARY WALL/FENCE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19361

• 11 Jul 2019N/a

  ALTERATIONS AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING, UPGRADE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19343

• 1 Jul 2019N/a

  TO ALTER AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING, UPGRADE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 19312

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 Ballinvally.

Recorded monuments

• OF025-015002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Described by Stanley in the nieneteenth century as 'Midway between Killeigh and the river are patches of the 'double ditch' a fosse carried across terra firma, from a great bog which enters the Iregan dominions on one side. The work is not half a mile in length' (Stanley 1871-3, 81). 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

• OF025-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 179/80) shows cropmark of large circular enclosure. 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

• OF025-017002 Religious house - Augustinian nuns
  Description

  Associated with St. Sinchell who founded a monastery here in the sixth century. The church and convent marked on the OS 6-inch map are the same buildings which represent the remains of a large Franciscan Abbey formerly the site of an Augustinian Priory (OF025-017003-) which is today incorporated into a guest house (OF025-030----) and a C of I church. Site of Augustinian nunnery defined by well preserved large impressive earthwork consisting of two earthen banks with a deep wide flat bottomed intervening fosse which form an annexe to the main ecclesiastical enclosure on the SE side. No remains of any buildings within this annexe survives. 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

• OF025-017010 Stone head
  Description

  Sculpture of a nun's head found at Killeigh in 1978, was in Offaly County Library but now unlocated. 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

• OF025-031 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  This excavation was carried out by Jane Whitaker for ADS Ltd. Under licence no. 00E620 as part of the Bord na Móna Archaeological Mitigation Project for 2000. Monettia Bog is part of the Boora group and is located south of the village of Killeigh, Co. Offaly. The trackway, which was delimited along its edges by longitudinal roundwoods, was a maximum of 2m wide and ran in an east-west direction. It was composed of transverse roundwoods and brushwood timbers placed side by side, with gravel packed on top of and around some of the transverses. Pegs were noted at some locations. The trackway was traced for over 45m. The state of preservation varied along its length. It was best preserved on the stockpiled field to the west, where no milling had taken place for some time. On the field to the east, the site was in the process of being destroyed by the milling machines, and some of the timbers had been strewn across the field surface. However, the line of the trackway was clearly visible prior to excavation, in the form of scatters of wood chips and gravel. When the overlying peat was removed, the extent of the damage became apparent. All of the timbers were broken in several pieces from the weight of passing machinery. The site was 2-2.5m wide. It was composed of transverse, radially split roundwoods, and there was a deposit of gravel packed in between and over the timbers. It appears that the milling process had removed some of this gravel, which was sandy in texture and had mixed with the peat to form a hard, pasty, grey material 20-50mm deep. It contained some sub-angular stones ranging in size from 40mm to 50mm. The roundwoods were mainly ash, with some possible elm included. These ranged in diameter from 0.05m to 0.29m. Along the southern ends of the transverses two longitudinal roundwoods were exposed in the cutting, 0.08m and 0.14m in diameter. These longitudinals were held in place with pegs alongside them, and, while a couple of the transverses ran underneath them, for the main part they appeared to delineate the edge of the trackway. A third longitudinal roundwood, 67mm in diameter and 24mm long, was located in the central part of the site. The site was visible on the adjoining production field to the east, where it was also badly damaged. The field to the west of the cutting contained a large stockpile of peat, but the site was visible at the edges of this field. Apart from these two additional sightings the site appears to be all but destroyed. Several fields to both the west and the south were walked in an attempt to trace the site, but it survives only in places as insubstantial gravel scatters. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF025-032 Road - class 1 togher
  Description

  During the summer of 1999, some milled oak planks were observed by a Bord na Móna (BnM) worker while undertaking some milling in Monettia Bog, Co. Offaly. The site was subsequently reported to ADS Ltd, who undertook an excavatior directed by Ellen O'Carroll under licence no. 00E621 so that peat production could resume in that area. Monettia Bog is part of the Boora group of bogs and is located south of the village of Killeigh, Co. Offaly. The site comprised a linear plank trackway that could be traced across the BnM fields for a length of 40m. The trackway had been milled at its north-western end, but the south-western end still had some surviving in situ remains. Two cuttings, each measuring 5m x 3m, were placed along the remaining length of the trackway. The site was composed of longitudinal oak planks laid end to end with no evidence of pegs or mortices. The planks were 0.4m wide and 0.1m deep. The site was a simple construction, probably laid on fairly stable peat, hence the lack of pegs, mortices and transverses in its make-up. The trackway has been dated to AD 760±9yrs (QUB-10065). The site could be traced to the edge of an area of turbury plots, where it is preserved under c. 1m of peat. These plots were located beside a dryland island known as Derrygunnigan, which was located in the centre of Monettia Bog. This island appears to be the destination of the linear plank trackway Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinvally.

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 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 Ballinvally.

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 Ballinvally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballinvally · Baile an Bhealaigh

Area

5,972,758 m² (597.28 ha, 1,475.9 acres)

Civil parish

Geashill, and its townlands

Barony

Geashill

Electoral division

Killeigh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killeigh electoral division: 1,321 people in 441 households; 89% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynasrah, Cush Lower (Co. Laois), Derryad, Derrygunnigan, Gorteen, Killeigh, Pigeonhouse

Placenames

Ballinvally 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.