Ballyouragan

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyouragan, from 264 m² to 147,027 m² (14.7 ha, 36.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyouragan 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 Apr 2026Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter, and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660471

• 9 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) the change of use from garage/store (granted under planning ref. 99/279) to bedroom and bathroom to include the construction of a link to the existing dwelling house (2) changes to the dwelling house to include the provision of a balcony to the side elevation, provision of a two storey extension to the rear, the provision of 2 no. velux roof lights to the front and to change from velux roof lights to dormers on the rear elevation (3) retention of the storage shed on site

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23536

• 29 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a detached single storey dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary walls, waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter, including all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211084

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 Ballyouragan.

Recorded monuments

• LI021-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on a slight NNE-facing slope, with moderate to good views in all directions. On the demesne lands of Caherass House 590m to SW. Located 500m NE of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Ballynahown. Mound (LI021-094----) 85m to N. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown as a circular earthwork or platform (ext. diam. 26m N-S; 25m E-W) with a scarped edge on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 when it was described as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (int. diam. 23m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen scarped edge with external fosse (Wth 6.6m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.2m). The interior slopes slightly to the N, is dry and clear of overgrowth. Monument clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 16 August 2020

• LI021-094 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In level wet pasture with poor views in all directions. Located 600m NE of the River Maigue and the townland boundary with Ballynahown. On the demesne lands of Caherass House located 625m to SW. Woodland plantation annotated 'Brickfield Wood' shown on Cassini OSi 6-inch map 20m to W. Ringfort (LI021-093----) 85m to S. The site is first depicted as a small scarped mound on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map (ext. diam. 13m N-S; 15m E-W). Inspected by the ASI in 2000 when it was described as a roughly circular-shaped earthen mound (int. diam. 10m) defined by a scarped edge with external fosse (Wth 9m; base Wth 3.5m; int. D 0.65m; ext. D 0.2m). The mound is highest on N side where it survives as a D-shaped mound tapering gently to the S and more steeply to the N. The fosse is wider and better preserved at the N that at the S side. The monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 16 August 2020

• LI021-192 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  Cropmark of possible ditch barrow (approx. overall diam. 15m) consisting of a circular-shaped are (approx. diam. 9m) defined by a fosse with second barrow (LI021-193----) immediately to NE visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13, and earlier OSi orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2020

• LI021-193 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Cropmark of possible ditch barrow consisting of a circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 9m) defined by a fosse with second barrow (LI021-192----) immediately to SW visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_882 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballyouragan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballyouragan · Baile Uí Anragáin

Area

972,102 m² (97.21 ha, 240.21 acres)

Civil parish

Dysert, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Croom, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croom electoral division: 1,931 people in 671 households; 68% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahown, Caherass, Carrigeen, Croom, Laskiltagh, Rathbranagh, Skagh

Placenames

Ballyouragan 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.