Ballymongaun
Ballymongaun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnamona, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Mhongáin.
Parcel 1430363
- Area
- 4,620 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- 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
- Ballymongaun
Planning applications on this parcel
22 May 2026Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P21/168 to (a) realign existing private roadway (b) alter and develop playing pitch utilising natural playing surface cover (c) construct seated spectator stand (d) erect columns and flood lighting (e) construct exercise track together with all associated site development works and services
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 26141
25 Feb 2021Conditional
to (a) realign existing private roadway (b) alter and develop playing pitch utilising natural playing surface cover (c) construct seated spectator stand (d) erect columns and flood lighting (e) construct exercise track together with all associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21168
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, 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.
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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
- 42.1 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 6,793 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymongaun, from 285 m² to 53,569 m² (5.36 ha, 13.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Ballymongaun 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
22 May 2026Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P21/168 to (a) realign existing private roadway (b) alter and develop playing pitch utilising natural playing surface cover (c) construct seated spectator stand (d) erect columns and flood lighting (e) construct exercise track together with all associated site development works and services
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 26141
3 Jul 2025Conditional
for development, the development consists of the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 25219
10 Nov 2021Conditional
on the grant of outline permission (Reference No. P18-642), to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211183
25 Feb 2021Conditional
to (a) realign existing private roadway (b) alter and develop playing pitch utilising natural playing surface cover (c) construct seated spectator stand (d) erect columns and flood lighting (e) construct exercise track together with all associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21168
30 Nov 2020Conditional
to demolish an exiting semi-detached dwelling and to construct a replacement semi-detached dwelling, with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20905
9 Aug 2018Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and garage with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18642
8 Mar 2018Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, detached garage, advanced wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18174
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 Ballymongaun.
Recorded monuments
- CL033-016 Earthwork
Description
On a S-facing slope. Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 25m) on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A slight oval grass-covered mound (dims. c. 29m N-S; c. 22m E-W; max. H 0.4m at N). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 2016
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymongaun.
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 Ballymongaun, 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 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 Ballymongaun.
- 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 Ballymongaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymongaun · Baile Uí Mhongáin
- Area
- 421,173 m² (42.12 ha, 104.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamona, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inchiquin
- Electoral division
- Kilnamona, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 959 people lived in 318 households in the Kilnamona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynabinnia, Caherbannagh, Moarhaun, Shallee
- Placenames
- Ballymongaun 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.