Ballyvorneen

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvorneen, from 382 m² to 506,406 m² (50.64 ha, 125.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvorneen 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.

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) Permission for (a) renovate existing dwelling, including elevational changes (b) decommission existing foul treatment system and install a new tertiary treatment system and infiltration/ treatment area c construct a new vehicular site entrance (d) all ancillary site works. (2) Retention Permission to retain existing sheds to rear of dwelling

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23181

• 18 Oct 2021Refused

  extension of duration for 16/868 for alterations and extension to existing public house, provision of car parking, external play area, installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 217041

• 1 Oct 2021Conditional

  temporary living accommodation unit and screen wall together with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211376

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  the construction of a granny flat extension to the side of existing dwelling, construct domestic garage including all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19211

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  raising the level of existing agricultural lands including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 1999

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 Ballyvorneen.

Recorded monuments

• LI023-026 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In farmyard complex. Castle and bawn recorded here in Civil Survey belonging to MacClancy family (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 47). Some remains of a tower house (11.5m x 9m) that had been lowered in height and converted into a thatched two-storey dwelling survived here in 1990 though by then much ruined (ibid.). This has since been demolished and a farm shed now stands on the site. Westropp (1906-7, 100) incorrectly suggested that this may have been the castle mentioned in 1586 as 'Beale Ruffyn C[astle]. in Monasterio Wony', although this reference relates to an unlocated castle within the townland of Ballyvorheen (LI007-011----). Tower house type castle with two storey house attached to one side depicted at this location on the Down Survey map of Clanwilliam Barony (Hib. Reg.). The castle is depicted in a similar fashion on the Down Survey map of Caherconlish parish (NLI, MS 718). Ballyvorneen House may be the two storey house added on to the side of the tower house in the 17th century as depicted on the Down Survey parish map of Caherconlish (ibid.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Connor Clancie [Clancy] of Ballybricken, an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Ballyvorneen which contained 'a lardge Castle bawen and orchard' (Simington 1938, 68). Westropp (1906-7, 95) recorded the following details about Ballyvorneen Castle; 'Not marked in 1840, but appears at the modern house on the new maps. 1651-54 Ric. Kirle paid for "hey" for the horses of the garrison of Ballvorneene (Acct. R. 7b). 1655 Held by Conor Clancie. Shown as a strong tower, with large gabled wing attached, "a very fair C[astle], in good repair" (C.S., xxi., p. 16 D.S.A., 14, 18, exp.). 1667 Confirmed to J. Maunsell (Act Sett.)'. Ballyvorneen House described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the parish of Caherconlish as following; 'This house, the property of the Gabbetts, is now occupied by a tenant. It is 2 story high, of a decayed appearance, and was rebuilt some time ago on the site of an old castle, the seat of Clancey, one of the chieftains of old' (OSNB). This house was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a 'Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21902318). See attached Down Survey images of Ballyvorneen Castle Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 16 June 2020

• LI023-026001 Bawn
  Description

  In farmyard complex. Castle (LI023-026----) and bawn recorded here in Civil Survey belonging to MacClancy family (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 47). Some remains of a tower house (11.5m x 9m) that had been lowered in height and converted into a thatched two-storey dwelling survived here in 1990 though by then much ruined (ibid.). This has since been demolished and a farm shed now stands on the site. Tower house type castle with two storey house attached to one side depicted at this location on the Down Survey map of Clanwilliam Barony (Hib. Reg.). The castle is depicted in a similar fashion on the Down Survey map of Caherconlish parish (NLI, MS 718). Ballyvorneen House may be the two storey house added on to the side of the tower house in the 17th century as depicted on the Down Survey parish map of Caherconlish (ibid.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Connor Clancie [Clancy] of Ballybricken, an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Ballyvorneen which contained 'a lardge Castle bawen and orchard' (Simington 1938, 68). Ballyvorneen House described by the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the parish of Caherconlish as following; 'This house, the property of the Gabbetts, is now occupied by a tenant. It is 2 story high, of a decayed appearance, and was rebuilt some time ago on the site of an old castle, the seat of Clancey, one of the chieftains of old' (OSNB). This house was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a 'Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21902318). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 June 2020

• LI023-144001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 228: AP 4/3713.

• LI023-144002 Mound
  Description

  In wet, scrubby pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses and abutting a townland boundary with Gortbrien. Described by the ASI in 2010 as a large oval-shaped mound (45m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) is visible at this location on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018, however it is unclear if this is the intended monument or a natural feature that has been landscaped into a mound. Of uncertain antiquity. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 August 2020

• LI023-145001 Mound
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21301: AP 4/3713.

• LI023-145002 Mound
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21302: AP 4/3713.

• LI023-145003 Enclosure
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 21303: AP 4/3713.

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pole-mounted cast-iron round-headed letter box, erected c. 1905, with GR monogram, crown motif and lettering cast in relief. It was originally sited in Ballybrood.

• Outbuilding, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey range of outbuildings, built c. 1800, with central gabled breakfront, four-bay single-storey block adjoining east elevation at right angle and single-storey lean-to to west elevation. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Corrugated-iron single-pitched roof to lean-to and pitched artificial slate roof to east block. Dressed limestone walls. Rendered walls to lean-to and east block. Square-headed openings with cut stone sills, dressed stone voussoirs and leaded windows, bipartite and round-headed to first floor. Square-headed openings with timber battened half-doors and dressed stone voussoirs. Elliptical-arched carriage arch to central bay with dressed stone voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened doors. Random rubble boundary walls, rusticated stone piers with cut stone caps and timber gate.

• Ballyvorneen House, country house, 1690–1710 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house, built c. 1700, on site of c. 1100 castle. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack on west gable. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls, loop openings, square-headed openings and segmental-arched openings.

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 Ballyvorneen, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyvorneen.

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

Name

Ballyvorneen · Baile Bhoirnín

Area

1,370,761 m² (137.08 ha, 338.72 acres)

Civil parish

Caherconlish, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Kilmurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyadam, Boskill, Caherline, Clashbane, Gortbrien, Gragane, Killeagh, Lombardstown, Rockfarm

Placenames

Ballyvorneen 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.