# Ballybrack, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Roscrea, barony of Clonlisk, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Baile Breac. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,146,962 m² (214.7 ha, 530.53 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,832 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Roscrea, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/roscrea.md - Barony: Clonlisk - Electoral division: Mountheaton, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Mountheaton electoral division: 665 people in 179 households; 91% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41878 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180097 - Centre: latitude 52.941851, longitude -7.884145 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrack, from 1,844 m² to 1,364,724 m² (136.47 ha, 337.23 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 310340: 1,364,724 m² (136.47 ha, 337.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310340.md - Parcel 308931: 232,050 m² (23.21 ha, 57.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308931.md - Parcel 283659: 182,541 m² (18.25 ha, 45.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283659.md - Parcel 271685: 176,798 m² (17.68 ha, 43.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271685.md - Parcel 285412: 50,495 m² (5.05 ha, 12.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/285412.md - Parcel 313467: 42,914 m² (4.29 ha, 10.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313467.md - Parcel 308858: 38,689 m² (3.87 ha, 9.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308858.md - Parcel 277833: 5,257 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277833.md - Parcel 3847405: 4,870 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847405.md - Parcel 293686: 4,793 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293686.md - Parcel 296872: 4,705 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296872.md - Parcel 275980: 4,301 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275980.md - Parcel 3847408: 3,903 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847408.md - Parcel 2494810: 3,104 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494810.md - Parcel 312525: 2,811 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312525.md - Parcel 279926: 2,263 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279926.md - Parcel 295237: 2,132 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295237.md - Parcel 296651: 1,844 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296651.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballybrack in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 11 Jun 2025, Offaly County Council 2560227: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. New Extension To Side Of Existing House For Use As A Granny Flat And All Associated Site Works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560227/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballybrack. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF045-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-006----. Situated on a natural rise in undulating countryside. Raised circular area (diam 47m N-S; ext. H 2m max. at S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3m) visible at W only and external fosse (Wth 2m) also visible at W only. Possible destroyed entrance gap at SE (Wth 10m). 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 - OF045-007001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-007001-. Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only the wall footings survive of a small church (17.1m E-W; N-S 9.5m N-S; wall T 1.15m) built with large limestone boulders with rubble infill. Possible threshold stone of doorway at W end of S wall. Immediately to the SW are the remains of an irregular shaped enclosure defined by a scarp with loosely piled rubble on top. Portions of five quern stones were discovered amongst the rubble. No headstones or grave-markers were visible inside the enclosure (OF045-007002-) which defines the extent of the graveyard (OF045-007003-). Probable early medieval church with enclosure that defines the extent of the medieval graveyard. 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 - OF045-007002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-007002-. Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only the wall footings survive of a small church (OF045-007001-) built with large limestone boulders with rubble infill. Immediately to the SW are the remains of an irregular shaped enclosure defined by a scarp with loosely piled rubble on top. Portions of five quern stones were discovered amongst the rubble. No headstones or grave-markers were visible inside the enclosure (OF045-007002-) which defines the extent of the graveyard (OF045-007003-). Probable early medieval church with an enclosure that defines the extent of the medieval graveyard. 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 - OF045-007003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-007003-. Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only the wall footings survive of a small church (OF045-007001-) built with large limestone boulders with rubble infill. Immediately to the SW are the remains of an irregular shaped enclosure defined by a scarp with loosely piled rubble on top. Portions of five quern stones were discovered amongst the rubble. No headstones or grave-markers were visible inside the enclosure (OF045-007002-) which defines the extent of the graveyard. Probable early medieval church with an enclosure that defines the extent of the medieval graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 - OF045-008: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-008----. Situated on top of a low hillock in undulating countryside. Raised circular area (diam 47.2m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1m) best preserved at W elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp and external fosse (Wth 3m) visible at W only. No entrance feature was identified however the bank was destroyed at S where entrance may have been located. No other likely location for entrance feature at this site. 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 - OF045-009001: House - 17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-009001-. Situated on S facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside with ringfort (OF045-008----) nearby. Poorly preserved 17th-century two storey gable ended T-plan house (14.65m N-S; 8.8m E-W; wall T 1.2m) built with uncoursed rubble limestone. Projecting tower along centre of E wall at rear of house contains the stairs from which the upper floor was accessed. All floors were wooden with the first floor carried on corbels and the second carried in the thickness of the wall. There was a destroyed fireplace at both gable ends. Immediately W of the house there is a semicircular sunken area defined by a scarp which may indicate possible bawn area. An earlier widely splayed round headed window was inserted backwards into the centre of the N gable. This feature may have belonged to an earlier building on the site. Although marked as a castle this is the site of a late 17th-century house similar to other T-plan houses such as Culleenwaine (OF046-008----) and Graffan (OF044-011001-) which are characterised by their distinctive plan and similar architectural features. 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 - OF045-009002: House - 17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-009002-. Unlocated house indicated within the townland on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of the region. 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 - OF045-010: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-010----. Situated on E facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside. Only W half of site survives consisting of two earth and stone banks with wide intervening fosse (Wth 5m) and causeway entrance at S. Inner bank (Wth 3.5m; ext. H 1.5m max.) is best preserved at W and external bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.7m) is mainly constructed with stone. Chord measurement from NW to SE across interior measures 82m. The site originally was a large bivallate ringfort with approximate internal diameter of 85m N-S. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybrack. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Ballybrack. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybrack.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybrack.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybrack.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballybrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyclery: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyclery.md - Ballystanly: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballystanly.md - Brockernagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/brockernagh.md - Clonagannagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonagannagh.md - Clonbrennan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonbrennan.md - Clyduff: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clyduff-180450.md - Glascloon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glascloon-180693.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybrack - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/ballybrack