Ballybritt

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybritt, from 142 m² to 233,572 m² (23.36 ha, 57.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Ballybritt 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.

• 16 Jul 2026Conditional

  Development consists of retention of existing domestic sheds and associated siteworks

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660381

• 12 Jul 2023Conditional

  extension to the rear of existing dwelling including retention of existing glazed side porch. Permission is also sought to upgrade the existing sewage treatment system

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2360017

• 30 Jun 2023N/a

  extension to the rear of existing dwelling including retention of existing glazed side porch. Permission is also sought to upgrade the existing sewage treatment system

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2360006

• 12 Aug 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) SHED OVER EXISTING SLATTED TANK (2) SLATTED LOOSE SHED WITH LOOSE AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22405

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURE ENTRANCE AND ASSOICATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 19550

• 3 Aug 2018N/a

  NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE / GATES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18336

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• OF043-004 Burial mound
  Description

  Situated on top of a low natural hillock in undulating countryside. Roughly circular flat topped mound (diam. 15.5m E-W; 18.8m N-S; H 1.5m) defined by a scarp with external fosse visible at E only. Large boulders along S perimeter of site probably field clearance debris. The site is the result of the scarping of a natural hillock to produce a flat topped mound. 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

• OF043-005 Church
  Description

  Situated on top of a low natural rise in undulating countryside with castle (OF043-007----) and standing stone (OF043-006002-) to the N. Only portion of N wall survives with wall footings elsewhere with modern road intersecting W end of church. Long rectangular church (ext. dims. 7.9m N-S; 16.7m E-W; wall T 1m) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble. Door splay at the W end of N wall indicates original location of door. No other architectural features visible. Area to N of church marked as 'Church Field' on 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

• OF043-006001 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise overlooking river to the N. Cist burial (L 7ft by 3.5 ft) discovered 0.7m to the NE of a standing stone (OF043-006002-) in the early 1900's (Gilling 1938 Vol. 8, 161). No skeletal remains or any evidence of pottery survived. Archaeological test trenching of the footprint for a house 60m from the standing stone (OF043-006002-) was carried out by Chris Read under licence no. 00E0746. No archaeological material was uncovered during testing. 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

• OF043-006002 Standing stone
  Description

  On a natural rise overlooking river to the N, with church (OF043-005----) to the SW and Tower house (OF043-007----) to the NW. Sub-rectangular conglomerate (H 1.4m; 1m x. 0.9m) aligned on a N/S axis. Cist burial discovered 0.7m to the NE of the standing stone in the 1900's (Gilling 1938 vol. 8, 161). Archaeological test trenching of the footprint for a house 60m from the standing stone was carried out by Chris Read under licence no. 00E0746. No archaeological material was uncovered during testing. 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

• OF043-007001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on flat floodplains of a nearby river which is located to the N in undulating countryside. Small rectangular shaped tower three storeys high (ext. dims. 5.35m SE-NW; 6.4m NE-SW; wall T 1.1m) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble with base batter evident. There are outhouses attached to the NE and SW faces and a portion the NE wall is destroyed. Main two centred pointed door with chamfered punch dressed jambs with drafted margins and rebated in a similar fashion to Ballycowan Castle (OF016-018001-) and Srah castle (OF017-006001-) located at the centre of the SW wall. The internal plan consists of a small single chamber at each level the floors of which are carried on wooden beams. There is evidence for an internal wooden stairs via support holes on the face of the SW wall. There is evidence of a flanking turret 25m to the N of the tower which probably belonged to the original bawn. Only the SE half of the tower (ext. diam. 4.2m; wall T 1m) survives with outhouses attached to the SW. No other trace of the bawn survives. Probable late medieval tower and bawn wall with flanking corner towers. 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

• OF043-007002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on flat floodplains of a nearby river which is located to the N in undulating countryside. Small rectangular shaped tower (OF043-007----) three storeys high built with roughly coursed limestone rubble with base batter evident. There are outhouses attached to the NE and SW faces and a portion the NE wall is destroyed. Main two centred pointed door with chamfered punch dressed jambs with drafted margins and rebated in a similar fashion to Ballycowan Castle (OF016-018001-) and Srah castle (OF017-006001-) located at the centre of the SW wall. The internal plan consists of a small single chamber at each level the floors of which are carried on wooden beams. There is evidence for an internal wooden stairs via support holes on the face of the SW wall. There is evidence of a flanking turret 25m to the N of the tower which probably belonged to the original bawn. Only the SE half of the tower (ext. diam. 4.2m; wall T 1m) survives with outhouses attached to the SW. No other trace of the bawn survives. Probable late medieval tower and bawn wall with flanking corner towers. 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

• OF043-010 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On high ground in upland area. Circular flat topped mound (diam. 9.5m N-S; 9m E-W; H max. 1.5m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3m) with slight evidence of an external bank at W only. Several large boulders protrude from the surface of the mound in the SW sector. 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 Ballybritt.

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybritt.

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

Name

Ballybritt · Baile an Bhriotaigh

Area

2,392,367 m² (239.24 ha, 591.17 acres)

Civil parish

Aghancon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Aghancon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Aghancon electoral division: 371 people in 144 households; 89% of households own their home; 17% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghody, Ballyphilip, Bredagh, Coldblow, Danganreagh, Glascloon, Gorteen, Keraun, Lissanierin

Placenames

Ballybritt 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.