Ballyvareen

187 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvareen, from 34 m² to 198,165 m² (19.82 ha, 48.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Ballyvareen 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.

• 10 Apr 2026N/a

  existing extensions as constructed to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660413

• 16 Nov 2023Refused

  extension of permission for planning ref. 12/866: community centre, car parking, connection to existing drainage scheme, foul and surface sewers, new vehicular & pedestrian access to main N69 and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 237034

• 1 Mar 2022Refused

  the sale of fruit and vegetables from her front yard

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22232

• 4 Jun 2021N/a

  setting back the school entrance gates and staff parking area to accommodate a set down area for the school bus with revised staff parking spaces, provide new pedestrian access to south of set down area, provide a pedestrian access point to the north end of the school and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21782

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  the construction of a garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201021

• 11 Oct 2019Conditional

  installation of a new treatment system & polishing filter together with all associated site works. This application involves work to a Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191013

• 29 Nov 2018Conditional

  Extension of Permission of planning ref. 13/457: a commercial building and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 187039

• 16 Jul 2018Conditional

  Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. No. 12/866: community centre, car parking, connection to existing drainage scheme, foul and surface sewers, new vehicular & pedestrian access to main N69 and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 187027

• 26 Oct 2017Conditional

  the construction of four two storey detached houses and eight semi-detached two storey dwelling houses, site entrance, site roads and all associated site services

  Permission, 12 homes · Limerick County Council, 17988

• 29 May 2017Conditional

  change of use of our existing convenience shop at our existing petrol filling station to include use as an off-licence including minor alterations to internal layout

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17488

• 28 Apr 2017Conditional

  construct a dormer type extension to the back of my existing cottage with new sewerage treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17381

• 19 Apr 2017N/a

  change of use of our existing convenience shop at our existing petrol filling station to include use as an off-licence including minor alterations to internal layout

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17339

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 Ballyvareen.

Recorded monuments

• LI012-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough-pasture, on flat terrain ringed by marshy ground NE->NW. Roughly circular area (19.5m N-S; 20.3m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.05m; Wth 4.1m), best preserved NNE->SE. Interior is covered by overgrowth and its surface is very uneven due to dumping there of rotten timbers and tree stumps. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI012-147 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavated by Mary Henry (06E1100 ext.) who described it as 'located south of the centre of the field, near the western site boundary, one fulacht measured 22m north–south by 14m wide and 0.35m thick. It comprised a dark-brown/black sandy clay with frequent to abundant fist-sized pieces of sandstone. A number of straight-sided furrows cut through this feature on various alignments, which have had a serious physical impact upon the monument. On a north–south alignment and cutting through the western extent of the fulacht was a modern sewer line. The cut measured 0.3m wide and was filled with chippings protecting a pipe.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

• LI012-148 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavated by Mary Henry (06E1100 ext.) who described it a 'located on the western side of the site. This feature mainly comprised a burnt spread measuring 9.1m north–south by 7.5m and a depth of 0.19m. It consisted an irregular spread of black sandy clay with frequent small pieces of burnt sandstone. A sondage was opened in the western part of the feature, where it was cut by a furrow. The furrow had an exposed length of 2m by 0.47m wide and 0.09m deep. It was filled with a dark-brown silty clay with occasional gravels.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

Architectural heritage

• RIC barracks, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1860, having recent extension to rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Red brick walls with snecked limestone plinth course. Rendered walls to rear and west elevations. Paired round-headed openings to first floor with rounded brick surrounds, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Paired round-headed openings to ground floor having chamfered brick surrounds, fixed windows, cast-iron sill guards and painted stone sills. Round-headed opening with glazed overlight over double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors having chamfered red brick surround.

• An Teach Tuí, house, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house, built c. 1800, with single-bay single-storey extension to west and recent extension to rear (north)) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks and render copings. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening with replacement uPVC door.

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 Ballyvareen, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_777 (ZIP).

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.

• Ballyvareen, Kildimo51 sales

Name

Ballyvareen · Baile Mhoirín

Area

1,274,433 m² (127.44 ha, 314.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kildimo, and its townlands

Barony

Kenry

Electoral division

Ballynacarriga, the unit of the census

Census 2022

947 people lived in 310 households in the Ballynacarriga electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyculhane, Ballyrune, Coolbeg, Court, Faha, Knockroe

Placenames

Ballyvareen 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.