Ballymoney
Ballymoney is a townland in the civil parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Baile na Moinge.
Parcel 1294723
- Area
- 419,460 m² (41.95 ha, 103.65 acres)
- Buildings
- 14 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,582 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
- Ballymoney
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- WI031-016 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a marked NW-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 24m) marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; now the site of a quarry. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Architectural heritage
- Ballymoney House, country house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three storey country house, built c.1800. To the south west there is an early 18th century wing. To the north side there is a modern conservatory while to the south-west there is a range of late 19th century outbuildings. The country house is finished with roughcast render with stone dressings. The panelled front door is flanked by three-quarter Ionic pilasters and plain sidelights; these support a projecting stone cornice and an elliptical-headed radial fanlight. Window openings are mainly flat-headed with either six over six or three over three sash frames. Directly over the door there is a tripartite window and above this there is a semi-circular arched window with spider's web frame. Chimneystacks are rendered with corbelled caps and clay pots. The country house is set within large landscaped gardens.
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 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 139.3 ha
- 344 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 2,562 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymoney, from 369 m² to 620,259 m² (62.03 ha, 153.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Ballymoney 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
28 Jan 2026Conditional
discontinue use of existing septic tank, installation of new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter to current regulations and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660053
21 Dec 2017Conditional
extensions and alterations to existing 151.44 sqm dwelling. The works will include alterations to existing floor plans and elevations including an additional c34 sqm of floor area incorporating new bay windows, a new bedroom, a new living room as well as the upgrading of the existing on site treatment system to a proposed new secondary treatment system and percolation area to current EPA guidelines and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171526
31 May 2017Conditional
2 no conservatories to sides of dwelling and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 17632
24 Feb 2017Conditional
conversion of attic rooms into a guest bedroom and cinema room, permission to install seven roof lights to the rear of the house, two over main entrance, retention permission for new stone front to the main entrance porch
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17201
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymoney.
Recorded monuments
- WI031-016 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a marked NW-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 24m) marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; now the site of a quarry. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI031-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope at the foot of steeper ground. Circular area (diam. 25m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m). At E the bank has drystone facing and is incorporated into a field boundary while at W a good portion of the site has recently been destroyed. The entrance (Wth 1m) is at the NE. No indication of an external fosse or internal features. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Architectural heritage
- Ballymoney House, country house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three storey country house, built c.1800. To the south west there is an early 18th century wing. To the north side there is a modern conservatory while to the south-west there is a range of late 19th century outbuildings. The country house is finished with roughcast render with stone dressings. The panelled front door is flanked by three-quarter Ionic pilasters and plain sidelights; these support a projecting stone cornice and an elliptical-headed radial fanlight. Window openings are mainly flat-headed with either six over six or three over three sash frames. Directly over the door there is a tripartite window and above this there is a semi-circular arched window with spider's web frame. Chimneystacks are rendered with corbelled caps and clay pots. The country house is set within large landscaped gardens.
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 Ballymoney, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymoney.
- 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 Ballymoney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymoney · Baile na Moinge
- Area
- 1,393,428 m² (139.34 ha, 344.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunganstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Dunganstown East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 925 people lived in 305 households in the Dunganstown East electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinteskin, Ballydowling, Ballykeppoge, Ballymurrin Lower, Ballymurrin Upper, Dunganstown West, Gormanstown, Kilbride
- Placenames
- Ballymoney 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.