Ballicknahee

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballicknahee, from 130 m² to 219,997 m² (22 ha, 54.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Ballicknahee 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.

• 19 Feb 2026Conditional

  the part demolition of an existing dwelling house and the construction of an extension to the side and rear of the existing house, a new porch extension to the front of the existing house, internal and external modifications to the existing house, upgrade of existing sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660084

• 7 Feb 2026N/a

  the part demolition of an existing dwelling house and the construction of an extension to a dwelling house, upgrade of existing sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660056

• 3 Feb 2026Conditional

  20/555 FOR A PROPOSED NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING, GARAGE, DRIVEWAY, NEW CONNECTION TO LOCAL AUTHORITY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, STORMWATER SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & LANDSCAPING

  Extension of duration · Offaly County Council, EX26001

• 6 Dec 2024Conditional

  Construction of an extension to the rear of existing derelict dwelling. The application will also include the renovation of this dwelling, the introduction of a new biofilter treatment system & percolation area to replace existing septic tank & Percolation Area and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460495

• 13 Sept 2024N/a

  Construction of an extension to the rear of his existing dwelling. the application will also include the renovation of existing derelict dwelling, new biofilter treatment system & Percolation area to replace existing septic tank & Percolation Area and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460358

• 9 Aug 2024Conditional

  2 no. existing domestic storage sheds to the rear of the property together with all associated site development works

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2460306

• 5 Jul 2023Conditional

  A PROPOSED NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, DRIVEWAY, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23320

• 4 Feb 2021Conditional

  1 NO. PART SINGLE, PART TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE; DOUBLE BAY GARAGE, SEPARATE WORKSHOP, SEPTIC TANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY PERCOLATION AREA; WATER SOURCE WELL, SURFACE WATER SOAKAWAYS, DRIVEWAYS, LANDSCAPING AND GENERAL SITE WORKS; NEW PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SITE ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2141

• 30 Dec 2020N/a

  1 NO. PART SINGLE, PART TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE; DOUBLE BAY GARAGE, SEPARATE WORKSHOP, SEPTIC TANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY PERCOLATION AREA; WATER SOURCE WELL, SURFACE WATER SOAKAWAYS, DRIVEWAYS, LANDSCAPING AND GENERAL SITE WORKS; NEW PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SIDE ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20665

• 11 Nov 2020Conditional

  A PROPOSED NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING, GARAGE, DRIVEWAY, NEW CONNECTION TO LOCAL AUTHORITY PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, STORMWATER SOAKAWAYS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & LANDSCAPING

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20555

• 5 Mar 2020Refused

  A TEN YEAR PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 2 NO.WIND TURBINES, EACH WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF UP TO 160 METRES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS; INCLUDING TURBINE FOUNDATIONS, HARDSTANDING AREAS, SITE ACCESS TRACKS, 1 NO. SITE ENTRANCE, ELECTRICAL SWITCHROOM AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLING. THE COMBINED ELECTRICAL OUTPUT OF THE WIND TURBINES SHALL NOT EXCEED 4.98 MEGAWATTS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING OF THE WIND TURBINES. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2070

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 Ballicknahee.

Recorded monuments

• OF002-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SW facing slope of a hill with restricted view to the N. Circular area (diam 48m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m, ext. H 1.5m, int. H 0.5m) with slight traces of an external fosse with ramped entrance (Wth 3m) at SE. The interior of the site slopes from NE to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF008-064 Burial ground
  Description

  In 1997 several burials were unearthed by landowner Mr John Wyer while extracting gravel from a ridge that crossed his land. The farmer had opened up a large hole measuring 20m x 20m to a depth of between 4-5m. The burials were found in the W quadrant of this opening. The skeletons all came from this area and had been placed in shallow graves that were barely cut into the gravel. The partial remains of one inhumation which appeared to be extended in a north-east to south-west direction was visible still in situ just at the west edge of the hole. The remains found consisted of at least seven individuals and are likely to date from the pre-Christian or Early Christian period. There were no signs that these burials came from stone cists and the partial remains exposed near the west end would seem to represent an extended inhumation in a simple pit orientated north-east south-west. The remains discovered probably represent part of a pre-Christian or Early Christian cemetery (Murphy Unpublished report 1997). Following an initial site inspection a limited rescue excavation was carried out in1998 under licence no. 98E0286 Ballicknahee townland near Clara, Co. Offaly, following the discovery of several burials during gravel extraction from an esker ridge. The excavation took place to allow the sides of the quarry to be graded back and thereby stabilise the surrounding ground to protect further burials from collapsing into the quarry. There had been no previous indication of burials on the site. An area surrounding the top of the quarry was chosen for excavation. The remains of at least seventeen individuals were recovered, most of which had been disturbed by the machine during the extraction of the gravel from the esker ridge. All of the remains were recovered at a depth of c. 0.4m below modern ground level; however, only one of the burials (Burial 2) was undisturbed. This was orientated north-east to south-west and was placed in a shallow, simple grave cut. Of the seventeen individuals recovered, thirteen were adults and four were juveniles. Only seven of the individuals could be sexed, five of which were male and two female. The complete female burial (Burial 2) was 40-55 years at time of death. There was also at least one young adult aged 18-21 years and a juvenile aged 14-16 years among the disarticulated remains. No finds were recovered that would give any indication of date, and it was recommended that the site be entered in the Register of Historic Monuments as there was a high potential for further burials being uncovered. All of the burials appear to have been interred in simple pits and consisted entirely of extended inhumations (Excavations Bulletin 1998, 256). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

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

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 Ballicknahee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballicknahee · Baile Mhic na hOíche

Area

1,325,272 m² (132.53 ha, 327.48 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride (Tullamore Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Clara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clara electoral division: 4,229 people in 1,487 households; 72% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballard (Co. Westmeath), Ballickmoyler, Ballykilcross, Cappanamorath, Kilcollin, Kilmalady Big, Lissanisky

Placenames

Ballicknahee 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.