Ballyfookeen

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfookeen, from 21 m² to 321,237 m² (32.12 ha, 79.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Ballyfookeen 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.

• 24 Jan 2026Conditional

  a change of house design and site layout from that previously granted permission under Ref 25/60431 including all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660056

• 12 May 2025Conditional

  erection of a 24 metre high telecommunications lattice tower with antennas, dishes and associated equipment attached, and with equipment cabinets at ground level, all enclosed by security fencing and accessed using an existing farm track which will be modified and widened at its entrance with the public road, L-1539

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560435

• 11 May 2025Conditional

  (1) the demolition of an existing dwelling house, (2) permission for the temporary placement of a mobile home, (3) permission for the construction of a replacement dwelling, including all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560431

• 10 Nov 2023Conditional

  the erection of a 24m high lattice tower together with antennae, dishes, and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed by security fencing

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360822

• 12 Apr 2017N/a

  a new roundabout controlled Junction is to be constructed necessitating alteration to the present junction layout and the construction of new N20 approaches to the junction & the alteration of the existing R518 approaches to the junction, a new combined cycleway/footway, relocation of the Bus Stops, Road and Drainage impact attenuation, Fencing & Accommodation works, Landscaping, Public Lighting and Associated Site, Works, the implementation of the works proposed will result in a rearrangement of the existing road network in the vicinity of the Scheme. Changes to the existing road network will include the relocation of points of access onto the national and local road network and the extinguishment of public rights of way by a separate statutory process.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 178005

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 Ballyfookeen.

Recorded monuments

• LI038-141 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying marshy pasture. Circular area (diam. 40.5m N-S) defined by scarped edge (H 1.45m; Wth 2m) with external fosse (D 1.1m; Wth 2m). Enclosing element is abutted at S side by field boundary; in this area fosse has been deepened for drainage associated with boundary. Farm trackway (Wth c. 2m) crosses scarp at SW. Interior under rough pasture except for central area which is covered by briars. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-142 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Formerly circular area (diam. 33m SW-NE) enclosed by eroded earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) S->NW, and defined by scarped edge (H 1.25m; Wth 5.4m) NW->E, but enclosing element replaced elsewhere by two linear field boundaries, which form right angle at SE corner. In SE corner is low earthen mound (H 0.7m; Wth 11m NW-SE) defined by curving scarped edge W->N but truncated by field boundary N->W. Enclosing element overgrown with gorse W->NW but site otherwise under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-144 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing hill slope. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20m), is now largely inaccessible due to dense cover of thorn and briars. Enclosure is contained on all sides by field boundaries forming square enclosure around site. Rubbish-filled dip visible along E side (Wth 2.6m) between enclosure and field boundary. External face (H 1m) of enclosing bank/scarp is accessible only at ESE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-145 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. 77m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (ext. H 1.2m; int. H 0.9m) which is covered by densely covered by overgrowth. Interior covered by deciduous and coniferous woodland and dense undergrowth. Enclosure truncated at W side by N-S field boundary. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI039-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on slight E-facing slope. A field drain, on E-W axis, truncates formerly circular enclosure (diam. 29.3m E-W) on N side, leaving interior now 21.4m N-S. Enclosure defined by very slight scarped edge NE->SE and W->NE, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 1.8m) SE->W. Gap (Wth 2m) in bank at SW. Distance from field drain to bank at S: 21.4m. Enclosing bank covered by overgrowth but otherwise site is under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having single-bay single-storey extension to rear (north). Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack and render gable copings. Corrugated-iron lean-to roof to extension. White washed rubble stone walls having rendered walls to side (east) and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout having timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings having glazed timber doors to front and rear elevations. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to east of house with single-pitched corrugated-iron roof. Dry rubble stone boundary walls with rubble stone coping.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having recent porch to front (south) and recent corridor block linking to four-bay single-storey extension, built c. 2007, to rear (north). Hipped thatched roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered roof with cornice to porch. Battered roughcast-render walls to original house with recent buttresses to side (west) elevation. Rendered walls to porch, corridor and extension block. Square-headed window openings having render sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Bipartite window to front elevation and side (west) elevation of porch and extension having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings having replacement timber battened Dutch doors.

• Post box, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pole-mounted round-headed cast-iron post box, installed c. 1915, having curved corners with banding to door. Raised lettering and royal cipher of King George V. Located on road side.

• Saint Munchin's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1842. Comprising three-bay nave with single-bay transepts to sides (east, west) and flat-roofed porches to front elevations of nave and transepts. Later two-bay double-pile sacristy, projecting confessional booths and single-bay single-storey toilet block to rear (north). Renovated between 1950-51. Pitched slate roofs having timber clad eaves courses. Render gable copings to nave and transepts on rendered corbels. Rendered bellcote to front elevation of nave with cast-bronze bell surmounted by render cross finial. Flat bitumen clad roof to nave porch. Rendered parapet walls with rendered stringcourses, frieze and cornice to transept porches with concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Bitumen clad flat roofs to side chapels and toilet block. Double-pile slate roofs to sacristy with rendered and metal chimneystacks, timber fascia and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth and platbands. Artificial slate hanging to side (north) elevation of sacristy. Pointed arch window openings with render sills and surrounds throughout, having timber Y-tracery with lead-lined windows to side elevations of nave and transepts. Intersecting timber tracery to front elevation of nave having lead-lined windows. Lancet window openings to side (east, west) elevations of porch to nave having render surrounds, sills and lead-lined windows. Square-headed window openings to side (east, west) elevations of porches to transepts, having render surrounds, sills and lead-lined windows. Timber casement windows to side (north) elevation of toilet block and side elevations of sacristy. Pointed arch door opening to front elevation of nave porch having diminishing moulded render surround, rendered stepped approach and double-leaf timber battened doors with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges. Shouldered square-headed door openings to front elevations of transept porches having render steps, render surrounds and double-leaf timber battened doors with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges. Square-headed door openings to side (east) elevation of sacristy having timber battened and timber louvered doors. King post timber framed roof to interior springing from rendered corbels. Timber balcony to western end of nave having dog-leg timber staircase. Timber herringbone clad floors with marble steps to chancel area having decorative carved marble reredos and altar with polychrome marble panels and engaged columns. Rendered shrine depicting Blessed Virgin Mary with Christ as child and statues of the Sacred Heart and Blessed Virgin Mary flanking reredos. Carved marble altar rail with polychrome engaged columns and panels. Timber confession booths to north ends of transepts with statues of Saint Brigid to western transept and Saint Joseph to eastern transept. Tooled marble font to south western corner of nave. Rubble stone enclosing wall to east, west and north having render and rubble stone coping. Roughcast rendered enclosing walls with render coping and square-profile piers forming splayed entrance with single- and double-leaf wrought-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 Ballyfookeen, 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 Ballyfookeen.

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

Name

Ballyfookeen · Baile an Phúicín

Area

2,447,561 m² (244.76 ha, 604.81 acres)

Civil parish

Bruree, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Rockhill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

337 people lived in 124 households in the Rockhill electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 17% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinoran, Ballinwillin, Ballyteige Lower, Ballyteige Upper, Cappanafaraha, Kilbreedy, Knockaunavoddig, Lotteragh Lower, Lotteragh Upper

Placenames

Ballyfookeen 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.