Ballyburly

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyburly, from 315 m² to 128,958 m² (12.9 ha, 31.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Ballyburly 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.

• 25 May 2026N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, septic tank/percolation area and any associated works. Retention permission and permission to use temporarily is also sought for the temporary mobile home, temporary shed and temporary septic tank

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2660279

• 22 Apr 2026N/a

  the construction of a cattle shed with underground slurry storage and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660206

• 13 Nov 2025N/a

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560554

• 24 Oct 2025N/a

  New dwelling house, new site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560516

• 22 Oct 2025Conditional

  the construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, vehicular entrance, septic tank / percolation area and any associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560504

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, A DETACHED GARAGE / FUEL STORE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK / PERCOALTION AREA AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22287

• 30 Mar 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, A DETACHED GARAGE/FUEL STORE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK/PERCOLATION AREA AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22152

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  (A) 1 NO. NEW STOREY AND HALF TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2266

• 10 Jul 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20285

• 11 May 2020N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20169

• 4 Jul 2019Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER FILE REF:00/1332, ALTERATIONS INCLUDE; (A) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR FIRST FLOOR RESIDENTIAL USE HAVING A TOTAL AREA OF 108M2. (B) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR INSERTION OF 3 NO MEANS OF ESCAPE ROOF WINDOWS TO COMPLY WITH PART B OF BUILDING REGULATIONS IN THE EXISTING FIRST FLOOR BEDROOMS

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19324

• 25 Jun 2019Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK/PERCOLATION AREA AND ANY ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19297

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND OF A SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18154

• 14 Feb 2018Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, A DETACHED GARAGE/FUEL STORE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK/PERCOLATION AREA AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 1868

• 6 Sept 2017Conditional

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA ALSO PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW STABLES AND HAYBARN AND ALL ANCILLARY WORK

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17331

• 7 Jul 2017N/a

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA ALSO PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW STABLES AND HAYBARN AND ALL ANCILLARY WORK

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17245

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 Ballyburly.

Recorded monuments

• OF004-012001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On SW slope of Ballyburly hill with Ballyburly church (OF004-013001-) and graveyard to the E. Not visible at ground level. Late 17th - 18th century house built on site of castle which was burnt in 1888 (Bence-Jones 1978, 36-8). Probable pre-plantation castle which was refortified in the 16th-century (Hickey 1974, 3-20) and later replaced by late 17th century house. A house of late 17th century or early 18th century aspect, probably built either by John Wakely who was MP for Kilbeggan in 1692 and died c. 1713, or by his son Thomas. 11 bay front, 5 bay centre with very high pediment; doorcase with entablature and pilasters; high-pitched roof on bracket cornice. Burnt 1888; afterwards rebuilt to the design of James Franklin Fuller (Bence-Jones 1978, 19). 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

• OF004-012002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Ballyburly house, now levelled, said to be on site of castle. Not visible at ground level. Said to be a plantation castle destroyed 1599. 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

• OF004-013 Church
  Description

  Church built in 1686 according to an inscription on an armorial plaque (OF004-013005-) over the doorway by J. Wakely (Lewis 1837, 125) but was partly destroyed in 1972 and has since been levelled. There was a gothic latticed window in the E wall. Memorial slab in church dated 1617 with carved effigy of Capt Wakley with his lance, sword and shield (JRSAI 1865 332-3) now in National Museum and grave-slab (OF004-013004-) which was in W wall said to be from Coolcor monastic site (OF004-011002-).(Irish Times 5/2/1975) Archaeological test-trenching was carried out by Claire Mullins under licence no. 97E0321 on 16 October 1997 at a site adjacent to the late medieval Ballyburley church and cemetery (OF004-013001-), near Rhode, Co. Offaly. Archaeological remains were uncovered during testing. These consisted of evidence of a ditch (OF004-013006-) that possibly originally encircled the ecclesiastical site and disturbed human remains on the cemetery side of this ditch (Excavations 1997, 147). Monitoring of groundworks associated with the development was carried out on various dates in February and June 1998. Foundations for the house were dug just north-east of the apparent line of the ditch, as identified during the evaluation of the site, and therefore did not transect the line of this feature. Levels were also reduced over a larger area surrounding the house, but the fact that no further evidence of the ditch was identified during this process may be due to the generally low visibility of many forms of archaeological remains. In the percolation trench on the northern corner of the site a considerable amount of generalised disturbance was observed at a depth that appeared to be slightly below the original level of the sterile natural in this area. Tiny fragments of charcoal, as well as a number of what appeared to be charred seeds, were also found within this disturbance. There was no obvious structural organisation to this material as it seemed to fill a series of irregular undulations in the surface of the natural, but the narrowness of the percolation trench served to inhibit any clear perspective of this material. No further human remains were found during monitoring. While no clearly identifiable archaeological features were discovered during the course of monitoring, it certainly appears that some archaeological material exists over the general area of the site, particularly in the northern and western sides. This suggests that the archaeologically sensitive area is not confined to the cemetery side of the ditch and that the general environs of the site are also of archaeological significance (Excavations Bulletin 1998). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF004-013001 Graveyard
  Description

  Churdh built in 1686 according to an inscription on an armorial plaque (OF004-013005-) over the doorway by J. Wakely (Lewis 1837, 125) but was partly destroyed in 1972 and has since been levelled. There was a gothic latticed window in the E wall. Memorial slab (OF004-013002-) in church (OF004-013----) dated 1617 with carved effigy of Capt Wakley with his lance, sword and shield (JRSAI 1865 332-3) now in National Museum and grave-slab (OF004-013004-) which was in W wall said to be from Coolcor monastic site (OF004-011002-).(Irish Times 5/2/1975) Archaeological test-trenching was carried out by Claire Mullins under licence no. 97E0321 on 16 October 1997 at a site adjacent to the late medieval Ballyburley church (OF004-013----) and cemetery, near Rhode, Co. Offaly. Archaeological remains were uncovered during testing. These consisted of evidence of a ditch (OF004-013006-) that possibly originally encircled the ecclesiastical site and disturbed human remains on the cemetery side of this ditch (Excavations 1997, 147). Monitoring of groundworks associated with the development was carried out on various dates in February and June 1998. Foundations for the house were dug just north-east of the apparent line of the ditch, as identified during the evaluation of the site, and therefore did not transect the line of this feature. Levels were also reduced over a larger area surrounding the house, but the fact that no further evidence of the ditch was identified during this process may be due to the generally low visibility of many forms of archaeological remains. In the percolation trench on the northern corner of the site a considerable amount of generalised disturbance was observed at a depth that appeared to be slightly below the original level of the sterile natural in this area. Tiny fragments of charcoal, as well as a number of what appeared to be charred seeds, were also found within this disturbance. There was no obvious structural organisation to this material as it seemed to fill a series of irregular undulations in the surface of the natural, but the narrowness of the percolation trench served to inhibit any clear perspective of this material. No further human remains were found during monitoring. While no clearly identifiable archaeological features were discovered during the course of monitoring, it certainly appears that some archaeological material exists over the general area of the site, particularly in the northern and western sides. This suggests that the archaeologically sensitive area is not confined to the cemetery side of the ditch and that the general environs of the site are also of archaeological significance (Excavations Bulletin 1998). 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

• OF004-013002 Wall monument
  Description

  This memorial slab, which was formerly in the church (OF004-013----), is dated 1617. It is carved with the effigy of Capt Wakley with his lance, sword and shield (JRSAI 1865 332-3). The inscription on this memorial reads 'HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MAUD HANCOCK, DAUGHTER TO WILLIAM OF DUBLIN ALDERMAN, WHO DECEASED THIS LIFE THE 3RD OF MAY 1617. HIR DEER AND WELLBELOVED HUSBAND THOMAS WACKLEY OF BALLIBURLY ESQUIRE SUN TO JON WAKELY OF THE NOVAN ESQ CAPTAIN OF A 100 HORSE AND 100 FOOT IN THE BEGINNING OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGNE OF FAMOUS MEMORY COVERNID THEM TO THE ADVANSMENT OF HIR HIGHNESS SERVICE, CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO BE MADE IN MEMORY OF HIR, HIMSELF AND CATREN CUSACK ALIAS HANDCOCK SISTER TO THE AFORSAID MAUD' (Hickey 1974, 5). This is now in the National Museum of Ireland together with a graveslab (OF004-013004-) and an armorial plaque (OF004-013005-) from this site. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF004-013004 Graveslab
  Description

  This graveslab, which was in W wall of the church (OF004-013----), is said to be from Coolcor monastic site (OF004-011002-)(Irish Times 5/2/1975). It measures 44 inches long by 14 inches at the bottom and decorated with a ring-headed cross flanked by two objects of the Passion of Our Lord, viz. the ropes which tied Our Lord to the pillar and the ladder (Hickey 1974, 18-19). This graveslab together with an armorial plaque (OF004-013005-) and a wall monument (OF004-013002-) from this site are in the National Museum of Ireland. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF004-013005 Wall monument
  Description

  Church built in 1686 but was partly destroyed in 1972 and has since been levelled. Over the doorway to the church was a plaque bearing the arms of John Wakely quartered with those of his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Lambert of Painstown. Underneath is the inscription: 'Joannes Wackly edifida has aeded anno secundo regni regis Jacobi Secundi anno domini 1686' (Hickey 1974, 19). This plaque is now in the National Museum of Ireland toether with a graveslab (OF004-013004) and a wall monument (OF004-013002-) from this site. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload/revision: 07 December 2011

• OF004-013006 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Archaeological test-trenching was carried out by Claire Mullins under licence no. 97E0321 on 16 October 1997 at a site adjacent to the late medieval Ballyburley church (OF004-013----) and cemetery (OF004-013001-), near Rhode, Co. Offaly. Archaeological remains were uncovered during testing. These consisted of evidence of a ditch that possibly originally encircled the ecclesiastical site and disturbed human remains on the cemetery side of this ditch (Excavations 1997, 147). Monitoring of groundworks associated with the development was carried out on various dates in February and June 1998. Foundations for the house were dug just north-east of the apparent line of the ditch, as identified during the evaluation of the site, and therefore did not transect the line of this feature. Levels were also reduced over a larger area surrounding the house, but the fact that no further evidence of the ditch was identified during this process may be due to the generally low visibility of many forms of archaeological remains. In the percolation trench on the northern corner of the site a considerable amount of generalised disturbance was observed at a depth that appeared to be slightly below the original level of the sterile natural in this area. Tiny fragments of charcoal, as well as a number of what appeared to be charred seeds, were also found within this disturbance. There was no obvious structural organisation to this material as it seemed to fill a series of irregular undulations in the surface of the natural, but the narrowness of the percolation trench served to inhibit any clear perspective of this material. No further human remains were found during monitoring. While no clearly identifiable archaeological features were discovered during the course of monitoring, it certainly appears that some archaeological material exists over the general area of the site, particularly in the northern and western sides. This suggests that the archaeologically sensitive area is not confined to the cemetery side of the ditch and that the general environs of the site are also of archaeological significance (Excavations Bulletin 1998). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF011-002 Standing stone
  Description

  Standing stone rectangular in plan (0.5m x 0.7m, H 2.2m) orientated N-S with top sloping upwards from S to N and situated on high ground. Located on high ground with good views with barrow (OF011-055) to the S. Rectangular shaped stone (H 2.2m; 0.5m x 0.79m) aligned on an E-W axis with packing stones at its base with top sloping from N to 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

• OF011-003 Mound
  Description

  Earthwork marked on 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map but not on earlier eds. No evidence now except for differential grass growth. On the E slope of Fahy hill, on good pasture land with standing stone (OF011-002----) located 30m to the NNW. All that survives of this destroyed site is a roughly circular area delineated by nettles and rough ground measuring 34m N-S x 30m E-W. Not marked on first two editions of OS 6-inch maps. 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 Ballyburly.

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, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballyburly · Baile an Bhuirléigh

Area

1,760,142 m² (176.01 ha, 434.94 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyburly, and its townlands

Barony

Warrenstown

Electoral division

Ballyburly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyburly electoral division: 1,388 people in 478 households; 82% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunville, Fahy, Greenhills, Grovesend or Mooneysland, Tooreen

Placenames

Ballyburly 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.