Ballyheashill

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyheashill, from 75 m² to 486,787 m² (48.68 ha, 120.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Ballyheashill 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.

• 4 Jun 2026Refused

  A) Erection of single storey type house, (B) Garage / store for domestic use, (C) Installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660300

• 28 May 2026N/a

  A) Erection of single storey type house, (B) Garage/store for domestic use, (C) Installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660285

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Black Castle Bog NHA 000570

Recorded monuments

• OF004-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Very large enclosure (c. 250m E-W) almost circular and defined by a wide shallow fosse (max. W 11m, max. D 1m) at E and S and by a much smaller one elsewhere. N portion of site appears to be ploughed out. Smaller enclosure (c. 45m E-W) in E sector of site. Site maybe of ecclesiastical nature. Aerial photos (GSI N490/1, N483/2). 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

• OF004-015001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Rectangular-shaped tower house (max. ext. dims. 8.45m N-S, 12.65m E-W, wall T. 1.25m) probably no more than two storeys high. N and E walls collapsed, S and W walls built with rubble limestone and have slight base batter. Almost featureless except for cubby holes, plain splayed opes and an inter mural stairs in W wall which give access to first floor level. Possible earthworks at NE side of castle. 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

• OF004-015002 Bawn
  Description

  High vegetation during site inspection obscured the earthworks that were located to the NE of the castle (OF004-015001-). Described by T. Lynch on the 09 October 1980 as, 'on the NE side there are traces of a bawn and earthen banks, and beyond this are remains of further earthworks (SMR file 1980). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 19 December 2011

• OF004-026 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Circular stone-lined spring well (diam. 0.6m; D 0.3m) partially covered over with bog oak timbers which is still in use and known locally as 'Anne's Well', often referred to as the blessed Well. Bog oak timbers form part of the ritual carried out at the well. According to the landowner the local tradition is to take some water from the well along with a small piece or splinter of the bog oak timber. A large boulder was brought into the field recently to mark the site of the well, and an iron cross was erected about a year ago. Well was referred to as 'Tabararaan' in 1932 when the following description of the well was given; 'This well is very well known in the neighbourhood still. Every May Day it is the custom to visit it, and beads, pins, handkerchiefs, etc., are left at it. The people pray there and bless themselves with the water. The name of the saint associated with the well is not known. Until about 80 years ago, a large "Pattern" was held there annually, and visitors used even come down from Dublin to attend it. It is believed that many cures were effected at the well. An interesting incident is told about a certain man who once owned the field in which the well is situated. Thinking to prevent visits to the well, he closed it altogether. The next morning the whole field was flooded, and he was forced to open the well again; it was never again closed' (Anon 1933, 172). Today the well is visited on 30th of April by people in the locality who recite 1 Our Father and 3 Hail Mary's. The water for the well is believed to improve the general health of the person and is specifically resorted to for the relief of a headache or tootache. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 June 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_2219 (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 Ballyheashill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballyheashill · Baile Éisill

Area

2,437,873 m² (243.79 ha, 602.41 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacwilliam, and its townlands

Barony

Warrenstown

Electoral division

Ballymacwilliam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymacwilliam electoral division: 652 people in 214 households; 94% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybryan, Ballynamona, Clonmore, Fahy, Grovesend or Mooneysland, Killowen, Tooreen

Placenames

Ballyheashill 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.