# Ballyduff South, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Geashill, barony of Geashill, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Uí Dhuibh Theas. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,187,697 m² (218.77 ha, 540.59 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 21,505 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Geashill, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/geashill.md - Barony: Geashill - Electoral division: Geashill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Geashill electoral division: 1,659 people in 562 households; 86% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 5% 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/42051 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180133 - Centre: latitude 53.257133, longitude -7.320734 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyduff South, from 215 m² to 450,284 m² (45.03 ha, 111.27 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4362774: 450,284 m² (45.03 ha, 111.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4362774.md - Parcel 279630: 316,010 m² (31.6 ha, 78.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279630.md - Parcel 307289: 282,111 m² (28.21 ha, 69.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307289.md - Parcel 281654: 195,674 m² (19.57 ha, 48.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281654.md - Parcel 294702: 116,857 m² (11.69 ha, 28.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294702.md - Parcel 280375: 107,193 m² (10.72 ha, 26.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280375.md - Parcel 296286: 95,228 m² (9.52 ha, 23.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296286.md - Parcel 282843: 80,838 m² (8.08 ha, 19.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282843.md - Parcel 293492: 68,433 m² (6.84 ha, 16.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293492.md - Parcel 292702: 67,557 m² (6.76 ha, 16.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292702.md - Parcel 271154: 54,483 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271154.md - Parcel 279489: 48,561 m² (4.86 ha, 12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279489.md - Parcel 5829584: 38,799 m² (3.88 ha, 9.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5829584.md - Parcel 292704: 35,770 m² (3.58 ha, 8.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292704.md - Parcel 277279: 31,367 m² (3.14 ha, 7.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277279.md - Parcel 292706: 29,585 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292706.md - Parcel 292707: 27,308 m² (2.73 ha, 6.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292707.md - Parcel 307465: 21,505 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307465.md - Parcel 305718: 15,882 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305718.md - Parcel 280373: 14,495 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280373.md - Parcel 280374: 9,321 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280374.md - Parcel 2473932: 5,506 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473932.md - Parcel 5998507: 3,944 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998507.md - Parcel 2498092: 3,619 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2498092.md - Parcel 305612: 3,193 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305612.md - Parcel 308032: 3,023 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308032.md - Parcel 299383: 2,921 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299383.md - Parcel 284018: 2,510 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284018.md - Parcel 279654: 2,310 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279654.md - Parcel 306593: 2,210 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306593.md - Parcel 2753977: 2,182 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753977.md - Parcel 311657: 1,347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/311657.md - Parcel 292708: 793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/292708.md - Parcel 314488: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/314488.md - Parcel 304643: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/304643.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyduff South 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 8 Feb 2026, Offaly County Council 2660057: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a storey and a half dwelling, septic tank and percolation wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660057/0 - 5 Aug 2022, Offaly County Council 22394: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED TWO-STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING, A PROPOSED TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH RAISED PERCOLATION AREA, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS, INCLUDING A PROPOSED SITE ENTRANCE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22394/0 - 26 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19563: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED; (B) EXISTING BOUNDARY AND PERMISSION TO CHANGE SITE BOUNDARY WHCIH WAS GRANTED PLANNING UNDER REFERENCE NUMBER PL2/97/126 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19563/0 - 17 Jul 2019, Offaly County Council 19354: Conditional. Retention, 3 homes. (A) EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR: (A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. (B) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE. (C) ALONG WITH CONNECTIONS TO ALL SITE SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19354/0 - 5 Jul 2019, Offaly County Council 19328: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF SLATTED SHED, CATTLE RACE, HOLDING PENS & ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF PROTECTED STRUCTURE 25-039 THATCHED OUTBUILDING, 25-040 THATCHED FORMER HOUSE, 25-041 THATCHED OUTBUILDING AND 25-042 THATCHED OUTBUILDING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19328/0 - 22 Mar 2019, Offaly County Council 19126: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF SLATTED SHED, CATTLE RACE, HOLDING PENS & ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19126/0 - 21 Feb 2019, Offaly County Council 1966: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. EXISTING SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1966/0 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 Ballyduff South. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF018-203: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF018-203----. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure visible on Apple Maps aerial imagery with small pond feature in centre of enclosure. Cropmark of post-1700 field system visible immediately to W of enclosure. See attached image taken from Apple Maps aerial coverage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 14 April 2020 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) - Outbuilding, 1940–1960, Regional interest, registry number 14918014, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14918014. Detached two-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding, built c.1949-50, used as hen house and shed. Hipped oaten straw roof with exposed scolloping to ridge. Walls of timber sleepers and round and split timber posts with painted timber plank and corrugated iron cladding. Timber battened doors in south gable and timber battened half-door in front wall. Roof structure visible internally. - House, 1865–1885, Regional interest, registry number 14918015, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14918015. Detached three-bay single-storey thatched former house, built c.1875, now in use as outbuilding. Hipped oaten straw roof with exposed scolloping to ridge and eaves. No chimney survives. Limewashed and lime plastered clay and stone walls. Timber battened door and double doors in front wall and later wide opening in west gable. Windows blocked up. Sited at edge of farmyard containing three other thatched structures at end of long avenue. - Outbuilding, 1865–1885, Regional interest, registry number 14918016, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14918016. Detached one-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding, built c.1875, used as hay barn and shed. Hipped oaten straw roof with exposed scolloping to ridge. Limewashed and lime plastered clay walls. Timber battened door in front wall. Pivoted steel window to rear. Recessed outbuilding attached to east end having concrete walls and lean-to corrugated iron roof. Sited in farmyard containing three other thatched structures at end of long avenue. - Outbuilding, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 14918017, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF®no=14918017. Detached four-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding, built c.1800 and extended eastwards c.1875, in use as hay barn, hen house and calf shed. Hipped oaten straw roof with ridge bobbins and exposed scolloping to ridge. Limewashed and lime plastered clay walls. Timber battened door and two doorless openings in front wall. Small unglazed window in rear wall. In farmyard at end of avenue containing three other thatched structures. ## 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2120, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2120.zip (ZIP). - 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/ballyduff-south.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyduff-south.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyduff-south.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyduff South 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) - Ballycue: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycue.md - Clonad: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonad-180356.md - Dalgan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dalgan.md - Killarles: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killarles.md - Rathfeston: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathfeston.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/ballyduff-south - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/ballyduff-south