Ballyconnoe South

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyconnoe South, from 183 m² to 361,262 m² (36.13 ha, 89.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Ballyconnoe South 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.

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  to renovate the existing dwelling house, install a wastewater treatment system and all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26254

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  to build a new house, garage, install a waste water treatment system and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25275

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  to develop as follows: Construct a standalone Art Room structure

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22200

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 the townland of Ballyconnoe South.

Recorded monuments

• CL009-001002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on an elevated plateau of undulating pasture, on ground sloping slightly down to E, within a large field system (CL009-001001-). Hachured as a subcircular enclosure on the OS 25-inch map (1897) and on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular cashel (int. dims. 29.2m N–S; c. 28m E–W) defined by a stone wall (Wth 2.5–3.7m; H 0.4–1m). The cashel entrance (ext. Wth 0.8m; int. Wth 0.7m) is at the WNW and is lined by large stones (max. H 0.8m). There is a small cairn (4.8m E–W; 3.4m N–S; H 0.2–0.4m) at the centre of the cashel. Several overgrown raised features (L c. 4–8m; Wth 1–3.1m; H 0.3-0.7m) arranged in curved lines form a suboval shape (int. diam. c. 15m E–W; c. 10m N–S) around the cairn; these may be spoil heaps or wall remnants. The remains of a rectilinear house of indeterminate date (CL009-001036-) lie inside the cashel wall at N. A later drystone wall was built on top of the cashel wall, generally over its outer facing. This drystone wall survives upright from W to SE. Other cashels lie c. 140m to the SSE (CL009-001031-) and c. 255m to the SSW (CL008-045016-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 11 October 2021

• CL009-001030 Enclosure
  Description

  On an undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A small oval enclosure (int. dims. 13.7m E–W; 11.1m N–S) defined by a grass-covered collapsed wall (Wth 2.5m–4m; H 0.5m). Old field banks abut the enclosure at W, NE and SSE. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001031 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On an elevated plateau of undulating rough pasture and karst limestone, on ground sloping slightly down to the S, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular cashel (int. dims. 28.5m NW–SE; 27.7m NE–SW) defined by a low grass-covered stone wall (Wth c. 1.5–2.5m; H 0.4–0.5m). The original width of the wall (0.9–1.2m) is evident at N. Outer wall-facing survives at NNE and from S to W. Gaps at N (Wth 2m) and S (Wth 4.6m) are later features. A field boundary cuts across the interior from SE to W. Other field boundaries abut the wall at NNE, E, SSW and NW. There is a small house (CL009-001042-) c. 17m to the ENE. Other cashels lie c. 140m to the NNW (CL009-001002-) and c. 160m to the SW (CL008-045016-). Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001032 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise on a gently undulating karst limestone plateau, in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). No visible surface trace of the N end of this cashel survives as an E-W running road cuts across it. To the S of the road the remaining section is defined by a scarp (20.2m E-W; 14.6m N-S; H 0.2-1.5m), which is highest at S where two to three courses of the outer wall-face (H 1m) survive for a length of c. 5m. The interior is level. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001033 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). This subcircular or oval cashel (int. dims. 47.4m NNW–SSE; 40m ENE–WSW) is defined by a stone wall (original Wth 1.4–1.5m) that has generally collapsed to form a grass-covered stony spread (Wth 2.5–4m; ext. H 0.5–0.6m; int. H 0.3–0.4m), which is visible from S through W and N to E. The outer wall-face can generally be traced all round. A gap (Wth 0.8m) at N, lined on either side by outward-facing dressed stones, may be the original entrance. An old grass-covered N-S running field wall cuts across the E half of the interior. Field walls extending off the cashel at E and SSW may be contemporary with the field system. A later drystone wall has been built along the perimeter from S to NW. Drystone walls also cut through the SE quadrant. A possible enclosure (CL009-001057-) lies c. 79m to the WNW. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 October 2021

• CL009-001034 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope on a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). Based on its location, this is probably the cashel described by Westropp (1915, 49) as ‘a small house ring, its wall coarsely built, and now barely a yard high, on a knoll of crag’. The cashel (int. dims. 21.5m N–S; 19.1m), subcircular in plan, is defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.7-3m), which is visible at the base of a now mostly collapsed low drystone wall (Wth 0.4-0.8m; H 0.4-.06m). Traces of the inner and outer wall-facing of the cashel survive at E where the original width of the wall is 1.6m. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 October 2021

• CL009-001036 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Abutting the N inner face of a cashel wall (CL009-001002-). A rectilinear hut structure (int. dims. 4m E–W; 3.1m N–S) defined by drystone walls (Wth 0.5-1m; H 0.4m) with no discernible entrance. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 21 July 2022

• CL009-001042 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a plateau of undulating rough pasture and karst, 17m to the E of a cashel (CL009-001031-) and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A one-roomed, rectangular house site (int. dims. 5.7m E–W; 3.2m N–S; ext. dims. 7.5m E–W; 4.8m N–S) is defined by grass-covered walls (Wth c. 0.8m; H c. 0.3m). There is a doorway (Wth 1m) in the centre of the N wall, and a similar but less well-defined gap in the S wall. An adjacent semi-enclosed space (int. dims. 6.4m E–W; 6.2m N–S) is defined by the house’s N wall and a grass-covered curvilinear wall (L c. 9m) which arcs from the NE corner towards the NW. Some 7m to the E of the house, another grass-covered field bank meanders SW and then S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 21 July 2022

• CL009-001057 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). The E half of a possible circular enclosure (diam. c. 16m) is visible on OSi digitalglobe aerial imagery (2011-2013). It is defined by a grassed-over stone wall that curves from roughly N through E to S. A stone field boundary cuts across from N to S and no visible surface trace of it is visible at ground level. A field boundary, possibly associated, extends off the enclosure wall at E. Noted by Conn Herriott. Another enclosure (CL009-001033-) lies c. 79m to the ENE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 November 2021

• CL009-232 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in pasture and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). An irregular enclosure (c. 78m E-W; c. 75m N-S) defined by a grassed-over wall curving E to SW, straight from SW to NW and very irregular at N. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). Later straight field walls cross the site NW-SE and SW-NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2023

• CL009-257 Enclosure
  Description

  On an elevated plateau in pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular or plectrum-shaped enclosure (c. 100m N-S) significantly broader at S (c. 90m) than at N (c. 70m), reported to the National Monuments Service by Conn Herriott. The enclosure is visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and is embedded in a particularly dense irregular field system. From N to SE there appears to be a second internal enclosing feature. There are a number of large internal subdivisions and contemporary field boundaries extend off the perimeter in many directions. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2021

• CL009-258 Enclosure
  Description

  On an elevated plateau in pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular enclosure (c. 82m N-s; c. 75m E-W) visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and embedded in a particularly dense irregular field system. Reported to the National Monuments Service by Conn Herriott. A later N-S field boundary crosses the E part of the enclosure and another crosses the middle from E to W. A hut site (CL009-258001-) lies just SW of centre. Field boundaries extend off the perimeter in almost all directions. An enclosure (CL009-259----) of similar size lies c. 22m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2021

• CL009-258001 Hut site
  Description

  On an elevated plateau in pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular hut site (diam. c. 12m) defined by a grassed-over stone wall near the centre of an enclosure (CL009-258----), visible on Digital Globe (2011-13). Reported to the National Monuments Service by Conn Herriott. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2021

• CL009-259 Enclosure
  Description

  On an elevated plateau in pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular enclosure (c. 70m N-s; c. 55m E-W) visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and embedded in a particularly dense irregular field system. Reported to the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maoldúin. A later NNE-SSW field boundary crosses the centre of the enclosure and other subdivisions are evident. Field boundaries extend off the perimeter in almost all directions. An enclosure (CL009-258----) of similar size lies c. 22m to the NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyconnoe South, 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 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 Ballyconnoe South.

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 Ballyconnoe South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballyconnoe South

Area

3,243,500 m² (324.35 ha, 801.49 acres)

Civil parish

Killeany, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Mount Elva, the unit of the census

Census 2022

91 people lived in 37 households in the Mount Elva electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 14% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnoe North, Ballygastell, Ballygoonaun, Ballyhenna, Ballykeel North, Cahermakerrila, Killeany, Knockavoarheen, Slievenabillog

Placenames

Ballyconnoe South 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.