Ballylanders

295 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylanders, from 12 m² to 338,222 m² (33.82 ha, 83.58 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 Ballylanders 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Ballylanders in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Ballylanders.

Recorded monuments

• LI049-176 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Ballylanders (Baile an Londraigh) Mills depicted on the 1841 ed. OS 6-inch map may have been built on site of or incorporated fabric of watermill annotated '2 Mills' on the 17th century Down Survey Map of Coshlea Barony (Hib. Reg.). See attached Down Survey Barony Map showing the 2 Mills at Ballylanders, courtesy of TCD Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 November 2022

• LI049-177 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  National Monument No. 625. Situated on flat grassland 60m S of stream marking townland boundary with Killeen. Well preserved platform type ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (approx. diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank intersected at E by a field boundary/drain running N-S. Curving linear earthworks visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph in field 80m to SW and W may be related to the platform ringfort. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 May 2018

• LI049-178 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise, in wet pasture, 60m E of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Killeen. Ringfort (LI049-177----) lies 170m to NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure planted with trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 16m) defined by a scarp. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped area delimited by trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 October 2021

• LI049-179001 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 454) recorded the following details about Ballylanders Church; 'This is named from the ancient family de London, de Londiniis, and de Loundres. Ballylondery and Ballylondry, 1657 (D.S. (A), 54 ; and Petty, 74). Fabric - The gables were broken to level of walls before 1840, but the north walls were intact. It is 50 feet [15.25m] by 20½ feet [6.25m]. The east window and south door had pointed heads cut out of single blocks; the south windows and north door were defaced. Near it lay Lady's Well [LI049-179003-] (O.S.L., 8, p. 86) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 June 2019

• LI049-179002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval church ruins (LI049-086002-) of Ahatemple stands in centre of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 48m N-S x 37m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at S. Graveyard has been extended to W forming a sub-triangular shaped graveyard. Lady's Well (LI049-179003-) in N quadrant of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 July 2019

• LI049-179003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 207) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Lady's Well on 1840 map. A small well in Ballylanders churchyard; the water from the well flows into a small overflow basin. Now embellished with statues of Our Lady and St Bernadette Soubirous. Still popular: rounds are often made there, especially in May and August. The water cures many ailments. A pattern is held on 15th August, the largest of its kind in the county, with parades, games and dances in addition to the devotions at the well. Formerly rags were hung on the bushes near the well, but this is no longer done. On the pattern day the well is decorated with flowers, &c, and small contributions of money towards this are made to the custodian of the well. In making it was customary to kneel and pray at the well and at three other "stations"; at one of these, in the church ruin, a cross was marked. Legends: A trout is seen in the well by those who are about to have their prayers answered. The water from the well cannot boil. The well was first found when an ailing woman dreamed of a cure there; she came and was cured'. The following folklore was recorded from Ballylanders National School about Lady's Well; 'The graveyard in which the well is is a very old one but is still in use. Trees grow in the churchyard mostly whitethorn - and there is the ruins of an ancient monastery. People are buried within the ruins as there are many headstones there. A bush stands near the well and on that bush coloured pieces of rags were tied after making the rounds. After finishing the rounds to complete them a visit to the old monastery is made and five Our Fathers and five Hail Marys and five Glory's are said' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 141; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922053/4847934/4956043). A second story about Lady's Well was collected from Anglesborough National School; 'The 15th of August is the Pattern Day of Ballylanders Co. Limk. People make the rounds at Our Ladys Well for 8 days before the 15th and many do so on the 15th itself. Its the great day in this part of East Limk. and people look forward to the Pattern for months before. hand. "Are you going the Pattern?" is the usual question in August. Tinkers thimble-rigers, card-sharpers and sweet-cars begin to arrive in the village a week before hand. One old fellow with a shooting gallery always takes up his place at the Church Gate and shouts out "Two shots a penny or five for two pence" (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0514, Page 123; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922062/4848898). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00064 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16961; F025.21.00025 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24574 and F025.21.00023 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16947. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 October 2020

• LI049-181 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 255m NE of townland boundary with Glennahaglish. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 36m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by a bank. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded this monument as one of ‘three ancient forts’ in the townland (OSNB Abbeyfeale to Bruree, 308). Monument visible as a circular-shaped area, enclosed by a tree-lined bank on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 2 November 2021

• LI049-210 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture 10m N of a local road and c. 130m N of Ballylanders village. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 28m). Partially levelled monument shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a bank curving from E to SSW. No surface remains visible of levelled enclosure on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 October 2021

• LI049-277 Enclosure
  Description

  Outline of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 31m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 18/11/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 March 2020

Architectural heritage

• Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, built c. 1860, having pitched roof extension to rear (west). Now in use as a presbytery. Hipped slate roof having overhanging eaves, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and cut limestone sills. Square-headed opening having timber doorcase comprising pilasters and consoles flanking timber panelled door and overlight, approached by cut limestone steps. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding with pitched corrugated-iron roof and roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having timber windows and square-headed opening having timber battened door. Entrance to well visible in yard, covered.

• Walsh, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with render shopfront to front (west) elevation. Formerly also in use as shop, now disused. Pitched slate roofs with render copings, ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins and plinth. Square-headed openings with replacement windows, moulded render surrounds with keystone details and cut limestone sills. Elliptical-headed opening to ground floor with render surround comprising pilasters, roll moulded arch and keystone. Timber panelled half-glazed door. Shopfront comprising render pilasters with decorative capitals and brackets supporting architrave, fascia and cornice. Square-headed openings with plate glass windows and square-headed central opening with timber battened door.

• Monument, 1950–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding memorial, erected in 1955, comprising carved marble figure statue on square-profile carved limestone tapering pedestal with cross motif and plaques in relief. Square-profile slate base surrounded by metal railings.

• Ballylanders Church, church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-cell former Church of Ireland church, built in 1861, with square-plan three-stage tower to south and three-bay nave elevations. Nave of church roofless. Cut limestone crenellations and corner pinnacles and cut limestone eaves courses. Cut limestone copings and cross finial to north. Cut and dressed sandstone walls having tooled sandstone quoins and cut limestone stringcourses. Carved limestone plaque to first stage and carved limestone crest to second stage of tower. Paired lancet openings to ground floor of tower, having tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and sills. Paired round-headed openings to first stage with tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and circular openings above. Ogee-arched openings to second stage having crossed mullions and tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds. Ogee-arched openings to nave having limestone sills, tooled sandstone Y-tracery and block-and-start surrounds. Pointed arch window to north elevation having tooled limestone block-and-start surround, sill, and elaborate tracery. Pointed arch door opening to south elevation. Retains remains of interior cut limestone staircase. Rendered boundary walls.

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 Ballylanders, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballylanders · Baile an Londraigh

Area

3,058,593 m² (305.86 ha, 755.79 acres)

Civil parish

Ballylanders, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Ballylanders, the unit of the census

Census 2022

659 people lived in 257 households in the Ballylanders electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballingarry, Bohereenkyle, Curraghturk, Glennahaglish, Griston East, Killeen, Spittle

Placenames

Ballylanders 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.