Ballyduff

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyduff, from 212 m² to 231,431 m² (23.14 ha, 57.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Ballyduff 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 Feb 2026Conditional

  construction of a 2-storey dwelling with single storey side return, detached garage, WWTP and percolation area, construction of a new access to an existing road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660079

• 26 Jan 2026N/a

  Permission to construct a 2-storey dwelling with single storey side return, detached garage, WWTP and percolation area, construction of a new access to an existing road and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660035

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  the development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord Na Móna lands within the townlands of Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Clonascra, Ballyduff, Clonaderg, Doon Demesne, Lackagh Beg, Lackagh More, Cormore and Corbeg, Corbane, Ballydaly, Kilcolgan Beg, Turraun, Leabeg, Leamore, Oughter, Derrymore, Bunakeeran, Lumcloon and Broughal in County Offaly. The development proposes the following; a) The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 16,919 meters of existing former rail bed and 8,960 meters along existing bog headlands / former high fields. b) The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Greenway, The Offaly Way, and the Lough Boora Discovery Park. c) The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; i. 5 no. Type 2 Gateways (including 2 no. upgrades to existing parking and 3 no. proposed parking facilities) ii. 6 no. Type 3 Gateways iii. 1 no. Type 4 Gateways iv. 2 no. Major Rest Points v. 2 no. Minor Rest Points d) Upgrade works to Brosna Bridge (Ref 15-100). e) The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge spanning the Grand Canal within the Turraun townland. f) Upgrade works to 10 no. local access road crossings, and 8 no. agricultural crossings. g) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. h) The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. i) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include 14,909 meters of ecological screening. j) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560014

• 9 Dec 2024N/a

  he development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway. The development proposes the following; The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 16,919 meters of existing former rail bed and 8,960 meters along existing bog headlands / former high fields. The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Greenway, The Offaly Way, and the Lough Boora Discovery Park. The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; 5 no. Type 2 Gateways (including 2 no. upgrades to existing parking and 3 no. proposed parking facilities) 6 no. Type 3 Gateways, 1 no. Type 4 Gateways, 2 no. Major Rest Points, 2 no. Minor Rest Points. Upgrade works to Brosna Bridge (Ref 15-100). The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge spanning the Grand Canal within the Turraun townland. Upgrade works to 10 no. local access road crossings, and 8 no. agricultural crossings. The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include 14,909 meters of ecological screening. All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460492

• 30 Oct 2024N/a

  the existing apartments in the existing basement of the dwelling house. Permission is also sought to retain and complete for the existing outbuilding to the south boundary of the site and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2460427

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 Ballyduff.

Recorded monuments

• OF006-070 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 525/6) shows outline of 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

• OF006-076 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  The site consists of a narrow walkway (Wth 0.5m; D 0.14m) orientated SE-NW and composed of four parallel split-oak timbers (Wth. 0.09-0.14m). All the timbers are crudely split and one outer radial could be identified. There was no indication of transverse supports or pegs in the exposed section of the site. The surface of the wood was degraded. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College Dublin). Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Ballyduff.

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

Name

Ballyduff · An Bhuaile Dhubh

Area

2,110,169 m² (211.02 ha, 521.43 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmacnoise, and its townlands

Barony

Garrycastle

Electoral division

Hinds, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Hinds electoral division: 369 people in 129 households; 93% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonaderg, Clonascra, Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Clonfinlough

Placenames

Ballyduff 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.