Ballynoe

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynoe, from 1,082 m² to 256,901 m² (25.69 ha, 63.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling house, installation of a new upgraded domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360456

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  erection of a 30m high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennae, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed in security fencing and extend existing access track

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21986

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 Ballynoe.

Recorded monuments

• LI039-099001 Castle - motte
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a broad rise. A circular earthen mound (base diam. 42.8m) with steeply inclined sides (Wth 9.25m; H 5.5m) and a circular summit (23.9m N-S; 24.7m E-W) which rises up very gently towards the centre (Westropp 1916-17, 490-1). The mound is partially covered by scrub overgrowth but where not covered by overgrowth has been poached by cattle; a concrete water trough is located at the base of mound at SSW. Near the centre of the summit is a concrete OPW plinth, and toward its E side is an OS trigonometrical station. On the W side is a fallen standing stone (LI039-09902-). The site is known locally as Knockdoha (Seoighe 2000, 211). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1973). See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 306/2 on 13/09/2002; 372/25 on 10/05/2003.

• LI039-099002 Standing stone
  Description

  The stone (L 1.1m; 0.44m x 0.28m) is now lying at the W side of the summit of Knockdoha barrow (LI039-09901-). In 1840 it was noted as 'not standing perpendicular but inclined a little to the east' (OSNB). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1973). See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 306/2 on 13/09/2002

• LI039-102001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In centre of Bruree graveyard (LI039-102003-) with site of St. Mainchin's Church (LI039-102002-) to E. Annotated 'Bruree Castle Upper (In Ruins)' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map, the castle stands in the townland of Ballynoe (An Baile Nua/Newtown) in the parish of Bruree (Brú Rí/ abode of kings), barony of Connello Upper (Conallaigh Uachtaracha). Residential tower of the Bishop of Limerick, and possibly the vicars residence or vicarage of 15th century date stands at the W end of the levelled medieval parish church of St. Mainchin/Munchin. The tower stands on high ground overlooking overlooking the River Maigue and the village of Bruree to the N and E. Castle depicted standing adjacent to the glebe land of the medieval parish church on the 17th century Down Survey map of Connello Barony (Hib. Reg.). On this map the 13th century Anglo-Norman castle of Bruree (LI039-097----) is shown standing to the NW with the annotation 'The castle plow & mannor of Brury'. On the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map this castle is depicted standing inside the glebeland of the church, closely matching the location on the Down Survey barony map. In 1700 Lewis Prytherch, Vicar of Bruree, described the church, glebe and castle as follows; 'The Rectorie belongs to the Deanerie of Limerick; and is, I thinke, part of the corps of it, the Dean presents to ye vicarage, & he income & tythes of the parish is betwixt them. There is in all the Down surveigh 23 acres, 1 rood & 16 perches of Gleab Land; There is a large tall old castle standinge by the church, & it belongs to the Rector or Dean of Liimerick, and onely 5 acres of the said Gleabe yt are next to it belong to it as ye people say & witness. The other 17 acres belong to the vicar; and they lie in three pieces' (Jackson 1945, 150). Castle described in 1837 as; 'Adjoining the church is a large and strong castle in a tolerably perfect state, erected by the Knights Templars in the 12th century' (Lewis 1837) which is certainly not the case (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 340). In 1896 the tower was described as follows; 'The enclosed area measures only twenty-four feet [7.3m] by thirteen [4m]. The north-eastern angle has fallen down, thus exposing to view the interior of the building. A narrow entrance gives admittance to the lower story, at the side of which may still be seen the stone sockets in which the door formerly turned. Two courses of stone corbels show that two floors rested upon them, thus dividing the interior space into three stories. The roof of the third story was arched and vaulted and is still uninjured. A spiral stone stairs, in an angle of the walls, runs to the battlements of the castle' (Dowd 1896, 61). Westropp (1906-7, 230) recorded the following details about this castle; 'The "Upper" C[astle]. stands at Bruree, near the church. It is traditionally a Templary. A peel tower about 70 feet [21m] high; the walls are 5½ feet [1.67m] thick. It has five stories, the third vaulted, and a spiral stair. The north-west angle has fallen (O.S.L, 9, p. 290)'. Castle described by O'Donovan in 1840 as follows; ‘the Castle of Upper Bruree stands in the Church yard close to the site of the old Church. It is a square tower measuring on the the outside twenty four feet six inches [7.46m] from north to south and thirty five feet [10.6m] from east to west. It is five stories high and its walls are five feet four inches [1.62m] thick. I do not believe that this Castle is more than four centuries old’ (OSL). Location in graveyard suggests this was a residential tower attached to W end of the parish church (Manning 1998, 129). Castle classified by Donnelly (1999, 37) as a Type 5 tower house which he described as consisting 'of tower houses which exhibited rectangular floor plans each of which is unique to an individual site, though each building had architectural features which placed them firmly within the Irish Gothic tower house tradition' (ibid. 22). Present remains consist of a rectangular tower (ext. dims. 7.5m N-S; 9.8m E-W) built of roughly coursed stone blocks. Outside elevations now completely masked with ivy. There are two main vaults, over third and fifth floors; lower one rounded and wicker-centred (axis E-W); upper one completely collapsed but had same axis. Entered through ground-floor doorway near E end of N wall; door, with pointed-arched surround, now blocked-up. Short lintelled doorway gives access on E side to base of spiral stairs rising in NE corner of tower, and straight through to main ground-floor chamber (4.3m N-S; 6.8m E-W). Latter lit by central window in S and W walls: both splayed inside and outside from central light. Just below level of sill of first-floor door, spiral stairs was blocked by three drawbars; the sockets for these survive showing bars withdrawn on S side. First-floor chamber entered directly from stairs through lintelled door at N end of E wall. Like room below lit by central window in S and W walls; outside of W window missing; S window very narrow but probably double splayed. Third-floor chamber probably entered via mural chamber from stairs but this area now largely ruined. Chamber lit by singe window in centre of W wall with splayed and lintelled embrasure and flat-headed light. Overhead is vault which has broken opening at apex on both E and W ends. Third-floor chamber entered directly from stairs via lintelled door at N end of E wall; a small slit window looks into the stairwell, on its S side, from the main chamber. East wall is fallen at this level; this room has window in centre of W, N and E walls, all now very ruinous. At fourth-floor level doors from stairs gave entry S into mural chamber, now gone, and into main chamber which has central window in W wall with narrow splayed and lintelled embrasure. Only springings of vault, which covered this chamber, no left. Tower does not survive to fifth-floor level except for lintelled door at top of spiral stairs which faces S but was closed from the inside suggesting it gave entry to wall walk. See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 372/26, 27 on 10/05/2003; 321/5, 6 on 05/10/2002 and photographs provided courtesy of Gary Dickinson and recent photographs provided courtesy of Sarah McCutcheon. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Sarah McCutcheon Date of revised upload: 25 October 2022

• LI039-102002 Church
  Description

  19th-century Church of Ireland church ruins stands in SE corner of a rectangular shaped graveyard (LI039-102003-) with Bruree Castle (LI039-102001-) ruins to W. No surface remains visible of site of levelled church (Teampall Mainchín/Saint Mainchin's Church) dedicated to St. Munchin that was probably attached to the E face of the building annotated Bruree Castle on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. This castle may have been the residential tower or the Dean's Castle of the medieval church and was the possession of the Bishop of Limerick. The church and graveyard stands in the townland of Ballynoe (An Baile Nua), in the parish of Bruree (Brú Rí/abode of kings), diocese of Limerick, barony of Connello Upper (Conallaigh Uachtaracha). The graveyard stands on high ground overlooking the River Maigue and the village of Bruree to N and E. St. Munchin's holy Well (LI039-114----) lies 130m to the NE. Church, graveyard and Bruree Castle depicted standing on Glebe land on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The patron saint of Bruree was St. Munchin, whose feastday falls on the 2nd of January (Begley 1906, 71). In 1302 the 'Vicarage of Brunrry (Bruree) was listed in the Ecclesiastical Taxation of the Diocese of Limerick where it was valued at £5 6s. 8. with the tithe valued at 10s. 8d. (Begley 1906, 189; Cal. doc. Ire.). In 1418 the Taxation records of the Deanery of Limerick described the site as 'The church of Bruree; the dean is rector and presents the vicar' (Begley 1906, 262). In 1503, 'The venerable Ugo, alias Villae Leys, bound himself to the Apostolic Chamber for the first fruits of the perpetual vicarages of Brury (Bruree) and Soyndroin (Shandrum), in the dioceses of Limerick and Cloyne, vacant in a certain manner, to be united to the rectorship of the church of Clohynarwltey, alias Doondonnell, for the life of Ugo' (Begley 1906, 312). In Father Jasper White's late 17th century List of the Churches of the Diocese of Limerick, the parish church of Bruree, situated in the Deanery of Kilmallock is described as belonging to the 'Dean of Limerick, dedicated to St. Munchin, Bishop' (Begley 1906, 446). Westropp (1904-5, 422) recorded the following details about St Mainchin's (Munchin's) Church; 'Brughrighursi, 1201. Held by Keynsham, 1237. In 1242, Brunry was seized from John de Marisco, and his wife Mabel, grand-child of Ric [hard]. de Burgh; it was restored to her (C.S.P.I, No. 2584). In 1289 it was held under warrant of Maurice and Eva de Lesse [Lacy], by R[o]bert de Mariscis (Plea R, xviii Ed. I, Cal. i., pp. 52, 80). In 1318 Reginald, its vicar, was robbed by Patrick de Lees (ib., 123 of xi Edward II, m. 36). Brury dedicated to St. Mainchin, 1410, D.S. (A), map 32, 41. Site - The modern I C. church is on the old site'. Residential tower (LI039-102001-) of the Bishop of Limerick, and possibly the vicars residence or vicarage of 15th century date stands at the W end of the levelled medieval parish church of St. Mainchin/Munchin. The tower stands on high ground overlooking overlooking the River Maigue and the village of Bruree to the N and E. Castle depicted standing adjacent to the glebe land of the medieval parish church on the 17th century Down Survey map of Connello Barony (Hib. Reg.). On this map the 13th century Anglo-Norman castle of Bruree (LI039-097----) is shown standing to the NW with the annotation 'The castle plow & mannor of Brury'. On the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map this castle is depicted standing inside the glebeland of the church, closely matching the location on the Down Survey barony map. In 1700 Lewis Prytherch, Vicar of Bruree, described the church, glebe and castle as follows; 'The Rectorie belongs to the Deanerie of Limerick; and is, I thinke, part of the corps of it, the Dean presents to ye vicarage, & he income & tythes of the parish is betwixt them. There is in all the Down surveigh 23 acres, 1 rood & 16 perches of Gleab Land; There is a large tall old castle standinge by the church, & it belongs to the Rector or Dean of Liimerick, and onely 5 acres of the said Gleabe yt are next to it belong to it as ye people say & witness. The other 17 acres belong to the vicar; and they lie in three pieces' (Jackson 1945, 150). Lewis (1837) described the site as follows; 'It is a rectory & vicarage, in the diocese of Limerick; the rectory forms part of the union and corps of the deanery of Limerick, and the vicarage is in the patronage of the Dean. The tithes amount to £600.4., of which two-thirds are payable to the dean and the remainder to the vicar. The church is a neat edifice, in the early English style, with a square tower and octangular spire of hewn stone; it was built near the site of the old church, by aid of a gift of £800 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1812. Attached to the rectory is a glebe of 7a. 1r. 8p.; the glebe belonging to the vicarage comprises 15 acres. Adjoining the church is a large and strong castle in a tolerably perfect state, erected by the Knights Templars in the 12th century'. See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 372/26, 27 on 10/05/2003; 321/5, 6 on 05/10/2002. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 October 2022

• LI039-102003 Graveyard
  Description

  Church of Ireland church built on site of medieval church (LI039-102002-) dedicated to St. Munchin standing inside a rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 50m N-S x 65m E-W) which also contains the ruins of Bruree Castle Upper (LI039-102001-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 May 2019 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 372/26, 27 on 10/05/2003; 321/5, 6 on 05/10/2002.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Munchin's Church (Bruree), church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, built in 1812, comprising three-bay single-storey nave and square-plan, stepped, three-stage crenellated tower to west elevation. Pitched slate roof with limestone copings. Octagonal limestone spire to tower of rough hewn stone having ball finial to apex. Roughcast render over rubble limestone walls. Render stringcourse to rear (east) elevation. Pointed arch openings having tooled limestone sills. Ogee-headed pointed arch opening to tower, second stage, with tooled limestone surround. Pointed arch opening to tower, third stage, having limestone surround. Trefoil window opening to rear. Pointed arch door opening to tower, north elevation, with tooled limestone surround and step. Geometric tiles to interior. Graveyard to site. Pair of square-plan rubble limestone piers to north with double-leaf metal gates.

• Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan former rectory, built in 1813, comprising two-bay two-storey east block having gabled porch to front (north) and two-bay two-storey west block with half-basement to rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof to east block with roughcast rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof to west block with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings to east block having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed openings to west block having replacement uPVC windows and painted sills. Square-headed openings to east block, east elevation. Those to second floor having tripartite six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows with flanking two-over-one pane windows. Those to first floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with flanking two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to porch having render surround and spoked fanlight over timber panelled door. Flight of limestone steps to entrance. Elliptical-headed carriage arch entrance to west having leading to yard having four-bay single-storey outbuilding. Pitched slate roof. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with fixed timber fittings. Elliptical-carriage arch, now partially blocked up. Square-headed openings having timber battened half-doors. Pair of roughcast rendered square-profile piers to north having double-leaf cast-iron gates.

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 Ballynoe, 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 Ballynoe.

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.

• Ballynoe, Bruree5 sales

Name

Ballynoe · An Baile Nua

Area

483,704 m² (48.37 ha, 119.53 acres)

Civil parish

Bruree, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Bruree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,294 people lived in 406 households in the Bruree electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bruree, Garroose, Knockfenora, Lotteragh Upper, Mounteagle

Placenames

Ballynoe 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.