Ballard
Ballard is a townland in the civil parish of Glencolumbkille, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is An Baile Ard.
Parcel 1361296
- Area
- 1,155 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Ballard
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC 000190
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 high.
- 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.
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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
- 321.7 ha
- 795 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 2,948 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballard, from 43 m² to 2,864,280 m² (286.43 ha, 707.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Ballard 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
10 Sept 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461403
15 Jun 2024N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460902
3 Oct 2023Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351484
7 Jun 2023Conditional
A 6.1 METRE HIGH BY 2.3 METRE DIAMETER PAINTED METAL, CYLINDRICAL STEEL FRAMED SHEEP FEED SILO AT THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING SHEDS AND GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350806
23 Feb 2022Conditional
DEMOLITION WORKS AND DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 20/51353
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250305
17 Jan 2022N/a
(1) DEMOLITION WORKS (2) DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250029
24 Sept 2020Conditional
RENOVATIONS & CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051353
27 Aug 2020N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051185
5 Feb 2020N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050096
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: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC 000190
- Special Protection Area: West Donegal Coast SPA 004150
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay 000190
Recorded monuments
- DG080-004001 Enclosure
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004002 Cairn - unclassified
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004003 Cross-slab
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004004 Cairn - unclassified
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004005 Cross-slab
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004006 Cairn - unclassified
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG080-004007 Cross-slab
Description
A six-sided stone-walled enclosure (DG080-004001-) known as Garrai an Turas (the pilgrimage field). It was probably originally rectangular with a secondary extension to the S. It now measures 19.55m E-W and 16.1m maximum N-S. In the interior are three penitential cairns (DG080-004002-) with associated slabs. (1) a horseshoe-shaped cairn 3.85m × 4.5m, 1.46m in height. Near the centre is a slab (DG080-004003-) 1.3m × 0.35m. On its NW face are two simple crosses. (2) A cairn (DG080-004004-) 4.35m × 3.4m, 1.46m in height. Set on top of this is a slab (DG080-004005-) .65m × 0.25m. On the N face is a geometric design consisting of rectangular grooved divisions along each edge. (3) A cairn (DG080-004007-) 4.9m × 3.6m, 1.2m in height. Set on top of this is an uninscribed slab (DG080-004008-) .95m × 0.38m which might be said to have a vague cross-shaped elevation. The site is located on a ledge on the N flank of Glencolumbkille valley in fair pasture surrounded by rougher land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, having windbreak porch to the front elevation (south) and bed outshot to the rear (south). Pitched/domed thatched roof (recently re-thatched with reed) having stone pegs below eaves level and with rendered chimneystack. Limewashed rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and remains of one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Blank elevation to rear (north). Square-headed door opening to front face of windbreak porch having battened timber door and plinth blocks. Set adjacent to rural lane to the north of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding adjacent to the east having rubble stone walls, pitched corrugated-metal roof, and with square-headed openings having remains of timber fittings.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single storey thatched house, built c. 1820. Pitched roped reed thatch having pegs below eaves level and with smooth rendered chimneystacks to either gable end (east and west). Painted smooth rendered wall. Square-headed window openings and cut stone sills and two-over-two pane horned timber sash windows. Central square-headed door opening with timber sheeted door. Set slightly back from road with yard to site. Set in former clachan to the north of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille. Detached single-bay single-storey outbuildings to the south-west and west having pitched roped thatched roof with pegs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed door openings with timber sheeted doors. Cast-iron water pump, c. 1900, to east having banded shaft, decorative moulding to spout, and fluted domed cap with acorn finial over. Handle now missing. Foundry mark to base plate, not legible.
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 Ballard, 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 Ballard.
- 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 Ballard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Ballard · An Baile Ard
- Area
- 3,217,139 m² (321.71 ha, 794.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glencolumbkille, and its townlands
- Barony
- Banagh
- Electoral division
- Kilgoly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 365 people lived in 152 households in the Kilgoly electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bangort, Beefan, Beefan and Garveross Mountain, Cashel, Farranmacbride, Faugher Mountain, Garveross, Straid or Glebe
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ballard 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.