Ballybought

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybought, from 170 m² to 338,200 m² (33.82 ha, 83.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybought in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 11 Dec 2023Conditional

  the construction of a one-storey domestic side extension (401.6 sq m) consisting of an open plan kitchen-living-dining room, pantry, utility room, bathroom, games room, gym, sauna, and steam room. Permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing septic tank system and percolation area to a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works at the above address.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360225

• 14 Nov 2023N/a

  the construction of a one-storey domestic side extension (401.6 sq m) consisting of an open plan kitchen-living-dining room, pantry, utility room, bathroom, games room, gym, sauna, and steam room. Permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing septic tank system and percolation area to a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360187

• 29 Mar 2021Conditional

  RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH A NEW BUILD EXTENSION TO THE REAR, DEMOLITION OF TWO NUMBER EXISTING SHEDS AND RENOVATIONS TO LOWER THE ROOFLINE OF ONE OTHER EXISTING SHED

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21162

• 10 Mar 2021N/a

  RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH A NEW BUILD EXTENSION TO THE REAR, DEMOLITION OF TWO NUMBER EXISTING SHEDS, LOWERING THE ROOF LINE OF ONE OTHER SHED AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER RETENTION/PERMISSION APPLICATION REFERENCE NUMBER 18/556, TO INSTALL PACKAGED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK WITH SECONDARY TREATMENT FOLLOWED BY A TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21116

• 7 Dec 2018Conditional

  EXISTING EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AND TO THE END OF THE ORIGINAL DWELLING HOUSE AND THE PLANNING PERMISSION REFERS TO THE INSTALLATION OF A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK WITH SECONDARY TREATMENT FOLLOWED BY A TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18556

• 22 Mar 2018Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING CHILD CARE FACILITY TO ALLOW FOR RELOCATED TOILETS AND EXTENDED CLASSROOMS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18134

• 20 Mar 2018Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING ROOF WITH A NEW ROOF WITH CONDRON TILE / SENIOR TILE, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF 2 FLAT ROOFED EXTENSIONS WITH 2 NEW 35 DEGREE PITCHED ROOF CONSTRUCTIONS WITH CONDRON TILE / SENIOR TILE, AND THE EXTENSION OF THE TICKET OFFICE BY 5.4 SQ. M, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING PLASTER RENDER FINISH TO THE FRONT PORCH AND TO LEAVE A POINTED STONE FINISH TO THE FRONT PORCH. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF 2 PROTECTED STRUCTURES, RPS 13-04 AND RPS 13-05 AS PER THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES - OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2020

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18127

• 5 Mar 2018Conditional

  REPLACEMENT UPGRADE OF THE SCHOOL'S EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1895

• 28 Feb 2018N/a

  THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING ROOF WITH A NEW ROOF WITH CONDRON TILE/SENIOR TILE, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF 2 FLAT ROOFED EXTENSIONS WITH 2 NEW 35 DEGREE PITCHED ROOF CONSTRUCTIONS WITH CONDRON TILE/SENIOR TILE, AND THE EXTENSION OF THE TICKET OFFICE BY 5.4 SQ.M, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING PLASTER RENDER FINISH TO THE FRONT PORCH AND TO LEAVE A POINTED STONE FINISH TO THE FRONT PORCH

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 1891

• 12 Dec 2017N/a

  EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AND TO THE END OF THE ORIGINAL DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17490

• 13 Jun 2017Conditional

  A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17211

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BUILDING DESIGN FOR ALREADY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW CHILD CARE FACILITY, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORK - PLANNING REF: 15-22. THE CHANGES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM TO THE SIDE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING WITH SOME MINOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17158

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derrygolan Esker 000896

Recorded monuments

• OF008-025 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a low rise of ground on flat pasture, 330m S of the River Brosna. This monument is not depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map but is depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork or flat-topped platform on the 1908 ed. OS 6-inch map. Today the monument consists of a low elongated mound (dims. 25m E-W; 20m N-S; ext. H 1m) with precipitous N end and gradually sloping E end. Possibly a natural mound that has been adapted for some unknown function. The monument was surveyed in 1977 and then described as, 'a small subcircular earthwork built around a slight natural rise or outcrop. The edge of the rise had been scarped to form a low embankment, much of this embankment has been eroded away & broken down. Outside there are very slight remains of a shallow fosse. The field bank cuts close to the site on the SW side & part of the earthwork appears to have been cut away to accomodate the field bank. The interior rises gently towards the centre. There are no features of archaeological significance visible in the interior. The diam.[eter] of the earthwork east-west is approx. 25m. This earthwork is in flat pasture land with good views in all directions' (SMR File 1977). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2011

• OF009-001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in flat poorly drained land, commanding good views in all directions. Natural mound (diam. 25m; ext. H 2m) rising out of the surrounding marshland, enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank with no evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. The site is densely overgrown with vegetation making detailed examination impossible. Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as an irregular-shaped enclosure and as a sub-triangular-shaped enclosure on the revised 1908 ed. OS 6-inch map. In 1942 the ITA Survey recorded this monument as a 'Fort' and described it as being situated on 'a low ridge surrounded by depressions on E, S and W, prob[ably] due to streams, and so forming a sort of promontory. Good view over nearly level plain. Good pasture. The promontory runs N-S and is much overgrown with old thorns. It is divided by a low bank about 1' (0.3m) high and a fosse to N, 5' (1.5m) wide runniong ESE-WNW. To the south of this is a level ridge for 25 yds. (22.5m), then at the S end of promontory a raised area 1½' high (0.45m) on N and 5' (1.5m) high out of the plain on S, measuring 5 yds. (4.5m) N-S x 13 yds. (11.7m) E-W. On the steep S face are a good many stones, and what appears to be lime-mortar among them, so there may have been a building here, while the bank enclosed a courtyard. The old thorns suggest a gentle place, but there is certainly nothing like the marked ring-fort shown on O.S. [Ordnance Survey]. I find it difficult to interpret the place' (ITA Survey 1942, SMR File). In 1977 this monument was described as, an 'earthwork & the surrounding area are badly overgrown with bushes & briars, making detailed examination difficult. The earthwork appears to be subcircular in shape & is outlined by remains of a slight bank. On south the bank is set on a low counterscarp embankment. On north & east there is a shallow fosse outside the bank while on the west side the perimeter consists of a low embankment. The interior is fairly even & appears to be featureless. This earthwork is on a gentle rise in flat pasture land which is moderately drained. There are good views of the surrounding countryside from the earthwork' (SMR file 1977). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2011

• OF009-002 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Today there are no surface remains visible of this levelled monument. Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a triangular shaped enclosure, 110m S of a similar-shaped possible ringfort (OF009-001----). This monument is not depicted on the revised 1908 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in 1977 a destroyed monument that 'was sited on a gentle low rise in flat pasture land. The site has been ploughed recently' (SMR file 1977). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2011

• OF009-003001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a natural gravel ridge in undulating countryside. Only the wall foundations of a rectangular shaped building (14m N-S; 22m E-W) possibly a castle survive built on top of a rectangular earthwork, with a causewayed entrance at S (Wth 2.5m) which crosses the enclosing moat (Wth 2m; D 3m). There is slight evidence of an external bank at E only. The walls are constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble and on average measure 1.5m thick and stand 0.5m high. There are the remains of a corner tower on the NW angle of the building with evidence of a garderobe chute (0.4m x 0.4m). There is evidence of a base batter on the external wall at this corner. Overall the site appears to consist of a medieval castle of rectangular ground plan with NW corner tower and causeway entrance at S, all of which is enclosed by a deep moat with possible outer bank. This site may be built on an earlier medieval ringwork or ringfort. According to local information this was the site of Hugh de Lacy's castle (ITA Survey 1942). 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

• OF009-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (CUCAP, APH 64/65) 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

• OF009-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a natural ridge in undulating countryside with good views in all directions with two nearby ringforts (OF009-008009; OF009-009----) to the E and SE respectively. Sub-circular shaped platform (diam 20m N-S by 19m E-W; H 1.5m) enclosed by a low earthen bank with stone revetment visible at N with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or external bank. Possible entrance gap at S, overgrowth makes it difficult to be certain. 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

• Saint Columba's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1835 · National interest
  Description

  Detached barn style Roman Catholic church with four bays to nave, built in 1831, with three-stage tower to west and sacristy to east. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, cross finials and pinnacles to corners and limestone dentils to eaves. Pebbledashed walls with tooled limestone quoins, plinth and string courses and plaque to tower. Pointed-arched windows with tooled limestone surrounds and hooded moulding and louvered openings to upper stages of tower. Pointed-arched doorway with tooled limestone surround and hoodmoulding to double timber battened door, blocked door with tooled limestone surround to south. Cut limestone capstones to entrance. Single cell interior with ribbed vaulted ceiling.

• Post box, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1915, with GR royal cipher with crown motif to top and SE emblem to base. Mounted in random coursed limestone wall to side of road west of Saint Columba's Catholic Church. Maker’s mark 'W.T. Allen & Co. London' to base.

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 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_1965 (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.

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

Name

Ballybought · An Baile Bocht

Area

3,704,321 m² (370.43 ha, 915.36 acres)

Civil parish

Durrow, and its townlands

Barony

Ballycowan

Electoral division

Durrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Durrow electoral division: 798 people in 254 households; 92% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghancarnan, Balleek, Balleek Beg, Ballycahan (Co. Westmeath), Clongowly (Co. Westmeath), Durrow Demesne, Frevanagh (Co. Westmeath), Keeloge (Co. Westmeath), Pallas (Co. Westmeath)

Placenames

Ballybought 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.