Ballyea

122 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyea, from 37 m² to 474,372 m² (47.44 ha, 117.22 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 Ballyea 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.

• 20 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of a single storey side extension and Planning Permission for a front boundary wall, site entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2614

• 21 Nov 2025N/a

  the construction of a single storey side extension and Planning Permission for a front boundary wall, site entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25375

• 14 Oct 2025N/a

  the construction of a single storey side extension and Planning Permission for a front boundary wall, site entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25339

• 1 Aug 2025Refused

  farm entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560755

• 17 Jun 2024Conditional

  the demolition of an existing farm shed; the construction of a single storey dwelling house and vehicular entrance, garage, domestic waste water treatment system and polishing filter, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460603

• 15 May 2024Conditional

  the installation of a mobile home (3.68m x 10.69m) on site for a period of 12 months for residential use only by his family while his dwelling is being made habitable and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24203

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  an all-weather pitch with 12 metre high floodlighting and the construction of a precast hurling wall. Permission is also sought for the erection of lighting around the existing walking track

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22148

• 14 May 2020Conditional

  construction of extension to side of existing property at ground & first floor levels and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20388

• 6 Mar 2019Conditional

  a two storey side extension and to convert existing attic space into a habitable room, new dormer window to rear elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19197

• 24 Mar 2017Conditional

  a) retention of ground floor slab level to detached house (number 39) and permission for completion of detached dwelling unit, b) retention of and permission for completion of as constructed semi-detached houses (numbers 40 & 41); and c) all associated site development works

  Retention, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 17258

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 Ballyea.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-135 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'A fort similar to the last two [LI022-139-/136-], i.e., a platform with a bank at its edge, the whole surrounded by a fosse. The entrance is on the W. side, where an opening in the bank leads on to a causeway across the fosse. The maximum height of the bank over the fosse-bottom is 8' [2.4m], and the overall diameter is 150' [47m]. It has a slightly higher situation than the last monument [LI022-136----] described and is distant from it by approximately 100 yds. [90m]. Both are densely overgrown' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 223). Outline of monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-136 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This is similar to the last [LI022-139---], i.e., a raised platform with a bank on its edge, the whole surrounded by a fosse. The platform and bank are of earth and gravel. The entrance is on the East side where a causeway interrupts the fosse opposite an opening in the bank. The latter was faced on the outside with stone for some distance on each side of the entrance. The greatest height of the bank over the fosse-bottom is 11' [3.3m] and the overall diameter is 150' [47m]. It stands on rising ground' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 223). Cropmark of levelled monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-137 Enclosure
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'This structure has been almost completely levelled, so it is not possible to say to which type it belongs. It seems to have been a simple ring fort, Only one small fragment of the bank remains and this is composed mainly of earth, with a considerable proportion of stones, but these are not used as a facing. The fosse either did not exist or has been completely filled up. The overall diameter is approximately 180' [55m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 223). Cropmark of levelled monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-138 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1943 as following; 'About one-third of the east side of this monument has been levelled out. It consists of a platform around the edge of which there was a bank. A fosse is not visible. The overall diameter is 200' [61m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 179). A modern bungalow standing on the site of the enclosure is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-139 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Ringfort described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is an earthen platform on the edge of which there is a bank. The latter seems to have been faced on the inside with stone, but little of this facing now remains. The whole is surrounded by a fosse. The entrance was on the side where a sloping causeway leads across the fosse to a break in the bank. The greatest height of the latter over the fosse bottom is 10' [3m] and the overall diameter is 150' [45m]. The fort, which is called Rath na Gréine on the O.S map, is situated on a sharply rising knoll on the bank of the Camoge River' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). The outline of the monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-146 Standing stone
  Description

  Described in 1840 as following; 'a very remarkable stone called Gearán Bán, that is White Horse, i.e., equus albus, which is seven feet high, four feet broad and one foot thick, being nearly perpendicular' (OSL, Parish of Fedamore). Site of standing stone described in 1943 as following; 'O'Donovan gives this townland as the location of a standing stone which he says was called Gearán Bán. It was 7' [2.1m] high by 4' [1.2m] wide by 1' [0.3m] thick. The stone has since disappeared and its site is not known' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-170 Well
  Description

  Described in 1840 as following; 'There are five forts in Ballyea Townland, one of which is called Rath na Gréine (LI022-139----), which signifies the Rath of the Sun. Here is a spring well called Tobar Rath na Gréine, that is the Well of the Rath' (OSL, Parish of Fedamore). Site of well described in 1943 as following; 'O'Donovan mentions a well called Tobar Ratha na Gréine, which, he says, stood beside a fort called Rath na Gréine. The fort exists, but the well has disappeared' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). Well depicted on 25-inch OS map 30m S of ringfort (LI022-139----) known as 'Rath na Gréine' and immediately N of the Camoge River is probably the site of the well called 'Tobar Ratha na Gréine'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

• LI022-214 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  In elevated pasture with excellent views in all directions. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1987 and listed for deletion in Bruff files. The site was subjected to archaeological testing by Rose M. Cleary (Licence No. 05E981) when it was described as following; ‘Site 22:214 was recorded by the Archaeological Survey as an enclosure and initially detected from aerial photographs. It is now not perceptible on the ground. Test excavation established an enclosing ditch on the site and uncovered the upper surface of a small pit. Both the ditch and pit are of unknown date’ (www.excavations.ie, Site No. 984; Cleary 2008, 245). Surveyed by ASI in 2000 when no trace of the enclosure was visible. The possible outline of monument visible as a sub-circular shaped area of vegetation on Google Earth orthoimage dated 26/06/2018. See attached Google earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-222 Field system
  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 LI022: Bruff 111: AP 4/3647.

• LI022-233 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. This monument was identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: map 22, Bruff 109). It has been levelled and there was no evident trace of it when site inspected. Described by Doody (2008, 130) as a 'subcircular ditched enclosure, c. 33m x 30m'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• LI022-234 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on slight NE-facing slope. This monument was identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: map 22, Bruff 110). It has been levelled and there was no evident trace of it when site inspected. Described by Doody (2008, 130) as a 'subcircular ditched enclosure, c. 35m x 25m'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 November 2013

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist, church/chapel, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built in 1830, and remodelled in 1980, having three-bay nave elevations and sacristy to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with overhanging eaves, timber eaves and bargeboards and rendered bellcote to west elevation. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render plinth and smooth render platband to south transept. Limestone wall plaque to south elevation. Pointed arch openings with stained glass windows and painted sills, timber Y-tracery to east elevation, circular window to sacristy. Camber-headed door opening with replacement timber and glazed door having overlights and render surrounds. Timber gallery to interior. Upstanding grave markers, grotto and crucifixion to site. Rubble limestone boundary wall to front of church with cut limestone square-profile piers with cut limestone caps flaking 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 Ballyea, 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 Ballyea.

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

Name

Ballyea · Baile Uí Eachach

Area

1,937,981 m² (193.8 ha, 478.89 acres)

Civil parish

Fedamore, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Fedamore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,340 people lived in 449 households in the Fedamore electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boolavoord, Castlequarter, Drominycarra, Fedamore, Glenogra, Kilcaskin, Mortgage

Placenames

Ballyea 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.