# Ballywilliam, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcomin, barony of Clonlisk, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Liam. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 772,154 m² (77.22 ha, 190.8 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,337 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcomin, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kilcomin.md - Barony: Clonlisk - Electoral division: Mountheaton, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Mountheaton electoral division: 665 people in 179 households; 91% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% 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/41872 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180218 - Centre: latitude 52.954668, longitude -7.911593 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballywilliam, from 148 m² to 285,545 m² (28.55 ha, 70.56 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 293685: 285,545 m² (28.55 ha, 70.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293685.md - Parcel 301746: 66,403 m² (6.64 ha, 16.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301746.md - Parcel 272679: 61,748 m² (6.17 ha, 15.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272679.md - Parcel 286391: 56,444 m² (5.64 ha, 13.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286391.md - Parcel 295855: 47,905 m² (4.79 ha, 11.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295855.md - Parcel 286392: 40,195 m² (4.02 ha, 9.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286392.md - Parcel 296964: 39,522 m² (3.95 ha, 9.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296964.md - Parcel 5536118: 36,314 m² (3.63 ha, 8.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5536118.md - Parcel 298594: 35,520 m² (3.55 ha, 8.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298594.md - Parcel 277831: 27,537 m² (2.75 ha, 6.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277831.md - Parcel 295169: 26,808 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295169.md - Parcel 5605597: 15,809 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605597.md - Parcel 2453834: 6,337 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453834.md - Parcel 271268: 5,646 m² (0.56 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271268.md - Parcel 311721: 4,042 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311721.md - Parcel 3847493: 3,616 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847493.md - Parcel 3847523: 3,577 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847523.md - Parcel 2475117: 3,172 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475117.md - Parcel 307256: 2,570 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307256.md - Parcel 286913: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/286913.md - Parcel 313070: 1,691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/313070.md - Parcel 306806: 1,157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/306806.md - Parcel 5984869: 879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5984869.md - Parcel 272302: 591 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272302.md - Parcel 271169: 148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/271169.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballywilliam 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 1 Jul 2026, Offaly County Council 2660345: N/a. Permission. alterations to previously granted permission Ref: 24/60469. alterations include moving the location of the entrance to the site, revised material finishes to elevations and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660345/0 - 27 Nov 2024, Offaly County Council 2460469: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. New Dwelling House, New Entrance, New Septic Tank with Percolation Area and all associated Site Works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460469/0 - 18 Nov 2024, Offaly County Council 2460460: N/a. Permission. New Dwelling House, New Entrance, New Septic Tank with Percolation Area and all associated Site Works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460460/0 - 15 Oct 2024, Offaly County Council 2460408: N/a. Permission, 1 home. New Dwelling House, New Entrance, New Septic Tank with Percolation Area and all associated Site Works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460408/0 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 Ballywilliam. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF042-033: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF042-033----. Situated on a low N-S ridge in upland area. Circular area (diam 40m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; ext. H varies 2.30m - 3.5m; int. H varies 1m - 2m) and external fosse (Wth 3m) which is totally destroyed at SE with a causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at E. There is no surface evidence for an outer bank. The interior of the site slopes from W to E. 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 - OF045-003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-003----. Situated on a natural hillock in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 27m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.7m) with entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE. No other features visible. 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 - OF045-048: Stone head (present location), https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-048----. Small sandstone carved head (H 0.2m; Wth 0.18m) with almond-shaped eyes, pointed angular nose and slit mouth which has been incorporated into a concrete block boundary wall of a modern bungalow. This head is locally believed to have come from the medieval church (OF039-055----) at Roscomroe (pers. comm. Paddy Murray). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 16 June 2012 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballywilliam. ## 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 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 Ballywilliam. - 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/ballywilliam-180218.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballywilliam-180218.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballywilliam-180218.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballywilliam 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) - Adruel: https://everytownland.com/offaly/adruel.md - Ballyclery: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyclery.md - Boultry: https://everytownland.com/offaly/boultry.md - Clonbrennan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonbrennan.md - Clonlisk: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonlisk.md - Keeloge: https://everytownland.com/offaly/keeloge-180767.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/offaly/newtown-180988.md - Rutland: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rutland.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/ballywilliam-180218 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/ballywilliam-180218