Ballynacree

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacree, from 433 m² to 358,773 m² (35.88 ha, 88.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Ballynacree 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 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to decommission existing septic tank system and upgrade to a

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250311

• 10 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)

  THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: PROPOSED SELF CONTAINED SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTI

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181237

• 31 Jul 2018N/a

  PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE O

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181038

• 26 Jan 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING HAY SHED AND CALF HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO CONSTR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180082

• 5 Dec 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF THE FOLLOWING ; ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING DESIGN INCLU

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20161348

• 19 Sept 2016Granted (unconditional)

  CONSRTUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING:

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20110710

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilgorman River Marsh 001834

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballynacree.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1884-5; opened 1885, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (north) on a bowed plan. Renovated, 1974, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof; half-conical slate roof (north), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on roll moulded gabled kneelers including cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (south) front on roll moulded gabled kneelers with buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing cast-bronze bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced granite walls with granite ashlar buttresses including granite ashlar buttresses to corners having cut-granite "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Lancet window openings (north) with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (south) front approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded double doors. Lancet "Trinity Window" (gable) with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (south) on octagonal pillars, tessellated glazed "quarry tile" central aisle between roll-topped timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, exposed Hammerbeam timber roof construction on cut-granite beaded corbels with wind braced diagonal timber boarded ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1974, with pointed-arch chancel arch framing stained glass memorial windows (----) centred on tabernacle. Set back from line of road with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having stepped capping supporting trefoil-detailed wrought iron double gates.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Catholic chapel, dated 1806, on a T-shaped plan originally three-bay single-storey single-cell comprising two-bay single-storey nave opening into single-bay single-storey gabled transepts with single-bay single-storey lean-to advanced porch to entrance (south) front. "Improved", 1829, producing present composition. Closed, 1885. Disused, 1905. In alternative use, 1940. Now in ruins. Pitched roofs now missing; lean-to slate roof (porch), creeper- or ivy-covered coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on slate flagged rubble stone eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls retaining sections of limewashed surface finish. Remodelled square-headed window openings with lichen-spotted sills, and timber lintels framing timber casement windows. Camber-headed door opening to entrance (south) front in square-headed recess. Remodelled square-headed window opening (gable) below rough hewn date stone ("1806") with lichen-spotted sill, and timber lintel with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set back from line of road with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 Ballynacree, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballynacree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ballynacree · Baile na Craoibhe

Area

696,339 m² (69.63 ha, 172.07 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgorman, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

Kilgorman, the unit of the census

Census 2022

890 people lived in 297 households in the Kilgorman electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahare, Castletown, Clondarragh, Cloneranny, Clones Middle, Clones Upper, Monagarrow Lower

Placenames

Ballynacree 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.