Ballaghmoon

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballaghmoon, from 841 m² to 775,528 m² (77.55 ha, 191.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Ballaghmoon 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.

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 28 Jul 2025Refused

  Retention permission and permission for development that consists of: Existing pre-1963 self-contained unit with altered independent access, retention of four no. single-storey commercial units in use as industry and warehousing; additional vehicular entrance to the north of the site, storage and parking yard; signage, site lighting. landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including permission for a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, (Note: a small portion of the subject site and an additional building is in Gorteengrone, Co. Carlow which is the subject of a concurrent planning application Carlow Co. Council Pl. Ref. 2560051)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560851

• 28 Feb 2025N/a

  The development consists of the retention of one no. single-storey commercial unit and a portion of a single storey commercial unit in use as industry and warehousing; a storage and hard surfaced parking yard; and permission for the decommissioning of the existing septic tank, new site lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, to connect to a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area. (Note: the wastewater treatment system and percolation area are the subject of the separate retention/permission planning application to Kildare Co. Council).

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560051

• 28 Feb 2025N/a

  for retention permission and permission for development that consists of: four no. single-storey commercial units in use as industry and warehousing; alterations to existing access and additional vehicular entrance, storage and parking yard; site lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including permission for a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560198

• 20 Dec 2024N/a

  for four no. single-storey commercial units in use as industry and warehousing; alterations to existing access and additional vehicular entrance, storage and parking yard; site lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461384

• 16 Dec 2024N/a

  development ( Note: the main portion of the subject site and additional buildings are in Kocknagee, Co. Kildare, R93 PD78 which is the subject of a concurrent planning application) The development consists of: one no. single-storey commercial unit in use as industry and warehousing; alterations to existing access and additional vehicular entrance, storage and parking yard; site lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area.

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2460411

• 16 Dec 2024N/a

  for four no. single-storey commercial units in use as industry and warehousing; alterations to existing access and additional vehicular entrance, storage and parking yard; site lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461350

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KD039-014 Church
  Description

  Church ruins in S quadrant of graveyard (KD039-014001-). A simple rectangular structure (dims. 17m x 6m) of undressed, mortared, roughly coursed limestone, completely overgrown with ivy. Only the E portion still stands. There are two narrow lights with rear splays (and possible round heads) in the E gable, and one small rubble arch in the S wall close to the E corner (H. 0.8m). Its purpose is unclear; if it functioned as an entrance, there appears to have been a considerable build-up of the ground level, both inside and outside the church. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-014001 Graveyard
  Description

  Church ruins (KD039-014----) in S quadrant of sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 44m N-S x 75m E-W). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Shown as a rectangular enclosure defined by a bank with an external fosse on the 1837 OS 6-inch map (dims. c. 50m N-S x c. E-W). Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 83, BOC 60) show a cropmark of a broad fosse surrounding a rectangular area. Levelled c. 1890 during which 'an unflagged chamber, full of black barley and ashes.. ' which filled twenty-seven cartloads was uncovered, probably a corn-drying kiln (JKAS 1896, 193-4). Situated on a slight SW facing slope, in a tillage area. Probably a moated site. No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-017 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a circular area (est. max diam. c. 30m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-018 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a circular area (est. max diam. c. 30m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-019 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----).

• KD039-020 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a small, circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-021 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a small, circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-022 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 53) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a small, circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. One of a complex of similar sites (See also KD039-018----/-022----). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-054 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 8m) in centre of a larger enclosure (approx. diam. 20m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 25/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 September 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballaghmoon, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2547 (ZIP).

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 Ballaghmoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ballaghmoon · Bealach Múna

Area

1,088,329 m² (108.83 ha, 268.93 acres)

Civil parish

Ballaghmoon, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Ballaghmoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

223 people lived in 80 households in the Ballaghmoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghmoon Castle, Gorteenvacan, Knocknagee, Newtownallen, Prumpelstown Upper

Placenames

Ballaghmoon 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.