Ballynacarrig

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacarrig, from 91 m² to 485,335 m² (48.53 ha, 119.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacarrig 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 Aug 2024Conditional

  to construct a loose sheep shed and ancillary works (concrete yards, effluent tank etc.) in extension of existing farmyard area, utilising existing farm entrance onto public road

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460320

• 5 Jun 2024N/a

  to construct a loose sheep shed and ancillary works (concrete yards, effluent tank etc.) in extension of existing farmyard area, utilising existing farm entrance onto public road

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460207

• 19 May 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FRONT & SIDE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION , CARRY OUT ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23217

• 15 Mar 2023Conditional

  NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23108

• 23 Nov 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC SHED/STORE, BORED WELL AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22606

• 15 Nov 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC SHED/STORE, BORED WELL AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22590

• 29 Jun 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC SHED/STORE, BORED WELL AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22330

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING DERELICT FORMER BALLYINACARRIG MILLER'S HOUSE, TO INCLUDE A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PV ARRAY AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND ANCILLARY WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REF: 42-08) AND A RECORDED MONUMENT (REF: OF032-007001 & OF032-007002) AT BALLYNACARRIG, BALLYBOY, CO. OFFALY

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22277

• 8 Sept 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SILAGE SLAB, LOADING APRON, EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20415

• 20 Aug 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20381

• 6 Sept 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF SLATTED SHED AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18382

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 Ballynacarrig.

Recorded monuments

• OF032-007001 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Early 17th centurymap of the area shows a mill standing upon the Silver River, possibility that Ballynacarrig Mill is built on the site of the earlier Mill (Loeber 1988 vol. 1, 58-9). 18th century corn mill located in area marked on 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

• OF032-007002 Bridge
  Description

  18th century bridge now marked on six inch map as Ballynacarrig Bridge. 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

• OF032-008 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Marked on first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a large 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

• OF032-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on level ground. Circular area (38.5m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 2m) and external fosse (Wth 5.3m; ext. D 0.85m). Possible destroyed entrance gap (Wth 4.5m) at NW. 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

• OF032-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Roughly circular area (51m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; H 1.3m) and external fosse (Wth 2.25m; D 0.5m). No entrance feature was identified. Field boundary intercepts external fosse from E 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

Architectural heritage

• Ballinacarrig Mills, miller's house, mill (water), 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multi-bay two- and three-storey former corn mill, built c.1810, with former miller's house and outbuildings to south. Built into the side of the valley sweeping down to the Silver River. Pitched slate roof to former miller's house. Random rubble walls with sandstone quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to miller's house. Centrally located internal water wheel. Square-headed window openings with stone lintels. Timber sash and casement windows to miller's house. Square-headed door openings and carriage arch openings. Random coursed stone outbuildings with carriage arch openings adjacent to former miller's house with date 1868 to date stone. Remains of mill race survive. Separate access to mill and miller's house from road. Mill stones survive on site.

• Ballinacarrig Mills, mill race, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former mill race to Ballinacarrig Mills, c.1810. Mill race off the Silver River to the rear of the mill. Runs through wooded area to rear of mill and enters mill to drive internal mill wheel. Mill race is culverted beneath mill yard and exists adjacent to the Silver River at Ballinacarrig Bridge. Single-arch to bridge accommodates the mill race. Weirs and sluice gates do not survive.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballynacarrig, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballynacarrig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballynacarrig · Baile na Carraige

Area

4,953,835 m² (495.38 ha, 1,224.12 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyboy, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyboy

Electoral division

Derrinboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

334 people lived in 111 households in the Derrinboy electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindrinnan, Ballynahown (Co. Laois), Ballywilliamreagh, Cappagowlan, Clonlyon (Co. Laois), Coolacrease, Coolagh (Co. Laois), Derries, Luganiska

Placenames

Ballynacarrig 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.