Ballyvarra

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvarra, from 22 m² to 299,329 m² (29.93 ha, 73.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvarra 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660351

• 3 Aug 2022Refused

  extension of permission for planning ref. 16/900: a 30 acre (12.1ha) solar farm compromising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 3 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey Sub-Station, security fencing, and all associated ancillary development works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 227018

• 15 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new shed consisting of a horse walker and tractor storage. Permission for retention is sought for wellness/sauna room and a flood light and pole

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211003

• 2 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, new vehicular access, installation of a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21929

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  construction of a new single storey house complete with a domestic garage, an effluent treatment system and a new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20907

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  the construction of a general purpose agricultural shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20672

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  converting existing buildings and yards previously used for de-polluting and dismantling of end of life vehicles back to storage sheds for agricultural machinery and agricultural use. Retention Permission is also sought for revised elevational changes to extension to rear of dwelling granted under planning application 05/3309

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18856

• 15 Dec 2017Refused

  a temporary 10 year consent for continued operation of the existing End of Life Vehicle (ELV) dismantling facility which includes an existing workshop, office, storage area and ancillary facility and services. Permission is also sought for the return of the site to agricultural use in future, post expiry of the consent and retention permission of the permitted shed (so as only to supersede the requirement to remove this under condition no 2 of Limerick City and County Council Ref 16/822 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL 91.247624). (The facility has an existing Waste Facility Permit Ref. WFP/L/2015/149/R1).

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171187

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI006-041 Earthwork
  Description

  On poorly drained grassland on the N bank of the Mulkear River, which marks the townland boundary with Scart, and 50m E of the townland boundary with Foyle. The monument is depicted as a small circular shaped area defined by a bank or possibly a small mound on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. On this map a Mill Dam is shown crossing the river approx. 45m to W which feeds a the mill race of Scart Mill standing 280m to W. On the 1897 OS 25-inch map the earthwork is shown as a raised circular area or platform (approx. int. diam. 24m) defined by a scarp. Monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 as tree-covered earthwork standing immediately N of the river with mature trees to the W. A drainage channel or watercourse running roughly E-W is visible 20m to the N. This earthwork standing on poorly drained land immediately adjacent to the Mulkear River and to the nearby mill and mill-race may be related to a medieval mill site at this location. The medieval mill (LI006-070----) of Ballyvarra depicted on the Down Survey map was located further upstream closer to the E boundary of the townland. This earthwork may have been some form of medieval fortification due to its riverside location and waterlogged surroundings. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 June 2020

• LI006-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland, in SE sector of a large field approx. 100m W of the public road R506. Depicted as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 21m; ext. dims. 27m NE-SW x 32m NW-SE) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. This map shows post-1700 field boundaries intersecting the site at E and SW. The 1897 25-inch OS map depicts the monument as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. ext. dims. 36m NE-SW x 32m NW-SE) defined by a bank that is incorporated into a field boundary at SE. Visible on Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13 as a sub-circular-shaped area enclosed by tree-covered bank with relict field boundaries visible to N and W. Google Earth imagery 2018 shows a similar image with the field recently planted. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 June 2020

• LI006-045 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland, 460m N of the Mulkear River and approx. 300 W of the public road R506. No monument is depicted at this location on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A semi-circular shaped rise of ground (approx. dims. NW-SE 22m x NE-SW 15m) is depicted at this location on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. On this map the raised area of ground is intersected by a post-1700 field boundary at N. A trackway is visible 23m to SE. Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13 shows no surface trace of any monument at this location. Google Earth imagery taken 28/06/2018 shows the field recently planted with no surface remains visible of any monument. Doubtful antiquity, may be a post-1700 feature. A Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018 shows faint outline of possible earthwork with relict field system to N. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 06/02/2018 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 June 2020

• LI006-046 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In rough poorly drained grassland, 80m N of the R506 and 40m S of a local access road. Depicted as a large circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank and ditch on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts the monument as a raised circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 24m N-S X 22m E-W; max. ocerall diam. 62m NE-SW) enclosed by a ditch (approx. W 10m), bank (approx. W 4.2m) with traces of an outer ditch from N to E. Post-1700 field boundaries intersect the monument at W and S. Google Earth orthoimage taken 2018 shows the monument heavily overgrown with trees and drainage features to the SE. The wetland location along with the representation of the monument on various editions of the OS maps suggests that this may be the remains of some form of barrow site or henge type monument due to the presence of an internal ditch. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 11 June 2020

• LI006-047 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland, in SE corner of a field, immediately N and W of a narrow stream. The townland boundary with Grange Upper lies 75m to NW. No archaeological monument depicted at this location on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE x 26m NE-SW) delimited by field boundaries at SE is depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Visible as a scrub covered earthwork in SE corner of field on Digital Globe imagery taken 2011-13. Google Earth imagery taken 28/06/2018 indicates that the boundary in the SE sector of the field has been removed and the area is shown as scrub with no clear evidence for any enclosing feature. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 05/04/2016 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney and Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 June 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyvarra, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Ballyvarra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballyvarra · Baile an Bharraigh

Area

1,946,447 m² (194.64 ha, 480.98 acres)

Civil parish

Killeenagarriff, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballyvarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardvarna, Ballyvarra Wood, Biddyford, Curragh, Foyle, Garrymore, Grange Upper, Killeenagarriff, Laghtane East, Scart

Placenames

Ballyvarra 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.