Ballydoole

94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydoole, from 83 m² to 141,043 m² (14.1 ha, 34.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Ballydoole 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.

• 16 Jul 2025N/a

  Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. 20/596: construction of a slatted shed incorporating feed passages, cattle crush, slatted tank and concrete apron

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 257017

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560114

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  an extension to the farmyard consisting of a cattle shed with underground slurry storage tank

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23253

• 26 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, installation of a waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211055

• 19 Mar 2021Conditional

  the demolition of existing building in ruins and the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of waste water treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21330

• 7 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed incorporating feed passages, cattle crush, slatted tank and concrete apron

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20596

• 19 Jun 2020Conditional

  construction of a livestock underpass along with associated soiled water storage facilities & livestock entrance and all other associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20524

• 19 Oct 2017Conditional

  existing garage as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17959

• 24 Jul 2017Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17703

• 30 Jan 2017Conditional

  (A)construction of 44sqm single storey domestic garage to rear, (B) new double doors to side (south) elevation of existing dwelling, (C) Alterations to existing vehicular entrance comprising new gates, piers and splayed walls, (D) General landscaping and resurfacing works throughout site and (E) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 1769

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore 000435

Recorded monuments

• LI003-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Oval area (40m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 2.1m; Wth 3.45m). Scarp, best preserved and stone-faced at W, has been extensively quarried out NE->ESE. Stone shed built into scarp face ESE->S. Interior surface very uneven, with quarried-out centre containing two partially buried cars; an ESB pole stands in SE quadrant. Modern farm passage skirts around W arc. Farm buildings, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map immediately to S of enclosure, have recently been demolished. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI003-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope below brow of hillock. Roughly circular area (32.5m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.15m). Bank roughly faced with loose stones SW->N. Two-phase linear wall (H 1.9m), with stepped external profile, runs along line of enclosing bank NE->E for c. 5.2m. Gap (Wth 2.2m) in bank at ESE. Interior, under rough pasture, slopes down gently to N; there is a large boulder (H 1.2m; 1.9m E-W; 1m N-S) at N verge. Deciduous trees grow along bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI003-025 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on low-lying marshy terrain. Depicted on 1841 and later OS 6-inch maps as distinct curve in field boundary. Semi-circular area (diam. c. 135m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) N->S with external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.6m) N->SE. Field boundary cuts across interior on rough E-W axis to abut inner bank face at SE. Interior, under pasture, forms part of adjoining fields. Field boundary abuts external bank face at E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI004-035 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, overlooking the River Shannon estuary, c. 2km to N. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. A circular-shaped enclosure visible on aerial photography taken by Michael Moore 04/03/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 05/02/2009. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 June 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballydoole.

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 Ballydoole, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballydoole · Baile Uí Dhúill

Area

2,490,523 m² (249.05 ha, 615.42 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcanny, 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

Ballydoole, Cartown, Mellon, Pallas, Shannongrove, Shanpallas

Placenames

Ballydoole 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.