Ballynagare
Ballynagare is a townland in the civil parish of Dysert (Listowel Ra), barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is Baile na nGearradh.
Parcel 1243688
- Area
- 911 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 92 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballynagare
Planning applications on this parcel
14 Dec 2021Refused
SEEKING A TEN - YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSION OF THE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION OF 7 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PARAMETERS OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 170M MAXIMUM TO 169.5M MINIMUM, HUB HEIGHT OF 95M, ROTOR DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF 150M MAXIMUM TO 149M MINIMUM, TURBINE HARDSTAND AREAS, PROVISION OF 1 NO. PERMANENT METEORLOGICAL MAST WITH A HEIGHT OF 110 METRES, UPGRADE OF EXISTING ROADS AND ACCESS JUNCTIONS, PROVISION OF NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ROADS AND HARDSTAND AREAS, 2 NO. TEMPORARY PEAT STORAGE AREAS, 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, 1 NO. BORROW PIT, ALL SITE DRAINAGE WORKS, 1 NO. ONSITE 38KV SUBSTATION, CONTROL BUILDING AND PLANT, ASSOCIATED SECURITY FENCING AND WASTE WATER HOLDING TANK, ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGOROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON - SITE SUBSTATION, CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED 38KV ON - SITE SUBSTATION VIA UNDERGROUND CABLE IN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EXISTING CLAHANE 110KV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLNAD OF PALLAS, ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, APPARATUS AND SIGNAGE. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT (NIS) AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211441
24 Nov 2021N/a
CONSTRUCT 7 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PARAMETERS: OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 170M MAXIMUM TO 169.5M MINIMUM O HUB HEIGHT OF 95M O ROTOR DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF 150 MAXIMUM TO 149M MINIMUM. TURBINE HARDSTAD AREAS. PROVISION OF 1 NO. PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST WITH A HEIGHT OF 110 METRES. UPGRADE OF EXISTING ROADS AND ACCESS JUNCTIONS. PROVISION OF NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ROADS AND HARDSTAND AREAS. 2 NO. TEMPORARY PEAT STORAGE AREAS. 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS. 1 NO. BORROW PIT. ALL SITE DRAINAGE WORKS. 1 NO ONSITE 38 KV SUBSTATION, CONTROL BUILDING AND PLANT, ASSOCIATED SECURITY FENCING AND WASTEWATER HOLDING TANK. ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON-SITE SUBSTATION. CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED 38 KV ON-STIE SUBSTATION VIA UNDERGROUND CABLE IN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EXISTING CLAHANE 110 KV SUBSTATION IN TEH TOWNLAND OF PALLAS. ALL ANCILLARY STIE AND GROUND WORKS, APPARATUS AND SIGNAGE. THE APPLICATION IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING OF THE WINDFARM. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BYA NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211338
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 404.6 ha
- 1,000 acres
- Land parcels
- 218
- registered freehold, median 7,482 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
218 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynagare, from 95 m² to 586,141 m² (58.61 ha, 144.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 47 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynagare 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Dec 2021Refused
SEEKING A TEN - YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSION OF THE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION OF 7 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PARAMETERS OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 170M MAXIMUM TO 169.5M MINIMUM, HUB HEIGHT OF 95M, ROTOR DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF 150M MAXIMUM TO 149M MINIMUM, TURBINE HARDSTAND AREAS, PROVISION OF 1 NO. PERMANENT METEORLOGICAL MAST WITH A HEIGHT OF 110 METRES, UPGRADE OF EXISTING ROADS AND ACCESS JUNCTIONS, PROVISION OF NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ROADS AND HARDSTAND AREAS, 2 NO. TEMPORARY PEAT STORAGE AREAS, 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, 1 NO. BORROW PIT, ALL SITE DRAINAGE WORKS, 1 NO. ONSITE 38KV SUBSTATION, CONTROL BUILDING AND PLANT, ASSOCIATED SECURITY FENCING AND WASTE WATER HOLDING TANK, ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGOROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON - SITE SUBSTATION, CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED 38KV ON - SITE SUBSTATION VIA UNDERGROUND CABLE IN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EXISTING CLAHANE 110KV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLNAD OF PALLAS, ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, APPARATUS AND SIGNAGE. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT (NIS) AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211441
24 Nov 2021N/a
CONSTRUCT 7 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PARAMETERS: OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF 170M MAXIMUM TO 169.5M MINIMUM O HUB HEIGHT OF 95M O ROTOR DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF 150 MAXIMUM TO 149M MINIMUM. TURBINE HARDSTAD AREAS. PROVISION OF 1 NO. PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST WITH A HEIGHT OF 110 METRES. UPGRADE OF EXISTING ROADS AND ACCESS JUNCTIONS. PROVISION OF NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ROADS AND HARDSTAND AREAS. 2 NO. TEMPORARY PEAT STORAGE AREAS. 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS. 1 NO. BORROW PIT. ALL SITE DRAINAGE WORKS. 1 NO ONSITE 38 KV SUBSTATION, CONTROL BUILDING AND PLANT, ASSOCIATED SECURITY FENCING AND WASTEWATER HOLDING TANK. ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON-SITE SUBSTATION. CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED 38 KV ON-STIE SUBSTATION VIA UNDERGROUND CABLE IN THE PUBLIC ROAD TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EXISTING CLAHANE 110 KV SUBSTATION IN TEH TOWNLAND OF PALLAS. ALL ANCILLARY STIE AND GROUND WORKS, APPARATUS AND SIGNAGE. THE APPLICATION IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING OF THE WINDFARM. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BYA NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211338
16 Nov 2018Conditional
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOWER SLURRY TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 181125
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
- KE016-001 Ringfort - rath
Description
This circular enclosure is situated NE of KE016-004002- & KE016-004003-. It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS maps, but no trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 614. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE016-003 Mound
Description
Situated on low-lying land, this site is a sub-circular mound, c 33m NE-SW, rising to .8m in height. In the interior is a slight depression, 1.7m x 4.8m x .1m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1116. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE016-004001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
This sub-circular enclosure, dotted in on the 1841-42 OS map, is also delimited on the later 1914-15 map. 'Clooncraff Fort' (KE016-0040012-) lies in the centre of the enclosure, and another rath (KE016-004003-) is situated on its SE perimeter, cut slightly by the enclosing bank. This possible ecclesiastical enclosure is c 264m N-S and 330m E-W. The enclosure is situated c 530m NW of Kilbinane Church (site of) (KE016-014001-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 835. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE016-004002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 25m N-S, 28m E-W Clooncraff Fort/Cluain Creamh (meadow of the wild garlic). This circular univallate rath would appear to be situated in the centre of a large sub-circular enclosure (KE016-004----) which is clearly outlined on the 1841-42 OS map. This rath is cut to the S and NE by fieldbanks. The enclosing bank is fairly overgrown and is 5m wide. It rises to a maximum external height of 1.6m and 1.6m above the interior. A slight external fosse can be noted from the N to NE, where it is c 3m wide. Immediately to the N of this rath lies a quarry. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 612. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE016-004003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 21m E-W This circular univallate rath is situated SE of KE016-004002- and lies just outside the large sub-circular enclosure (835). It has been cut on its N sector by a fieldbank and all that survives today is a semi-circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing bank is 4m-6m wide and rises to 1m externally and to a maximum of .8m internally. The external fosse can only be identified from the S to W, it is c 2m wide and .4m below the height of the surrounding land. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 613. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynagare.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballynagare, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynagare.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynagare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynagare · Baile na nGearradh
- Area
- 4,045,612 m² (404.56 ha, 999.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dysert (Listowel Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Kiltomy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 425 people lived in 164 households in the Kiltomy electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clogher, Curraghcroneen, Dysert, Dysert Marshes, Farrandeen, Knockaunacurraheen, Muckenagh
- Placenames
- Ballynagare 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.