Ballygerry

128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygerry, from 3 m² to 76,238 m² (7.62 ha, 18.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential & Infill (Existing residential)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 92 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.1Transport Infrastructure (Road)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industry (General industry)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Port Related Activities (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Business & Technology (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Ballygerry 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

• Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA 004237

Recorded monuments

• WX048-017 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape c. 420m S of the sea-shore W of Rosslare Harbour. Katherine Synnott, a daughter of Simon Synnott of Ballygerry, is recorded in a memorial stone dated 1570 at Ballyconor Big (WX048-033005-) (Browne 1937). Phillip Synnott held Bellygerry from the Queen when he died in 1590 (Jeffrey 1979, 6), and Simon Synnott held 185 acres at Ballygerry in 1640 according to the Book of Survey and Distribution (1660s) (Simington 1953, 306). John Synnott of Ballygerry was listed for transportation in 1653 with four dependents (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 502). A substantial house and a windmill are depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Forth at Ballygerry, and the parish map of Kilrane where Ballygerry incorporates Haysland townland to its W. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 no part of the castle was then visible although the site was known (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 275), and it is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map. An overgrown area, containing some wall footings is situated c. 30m E of a N-S road and behind some farm buildings. This is known as the site of the castle, but it was probably a substantial house rather than a castle. Archaeological monitoring (05E0892) by M. Henry c. 80m to the W failed to produce archaeological material. (Henry 2008). See the attached view from the Down Survey parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 3 January 2014

• WX048-018 Windmill
  Description

  Located on a level landscape c. 120m S of the sea-cliffs (H c. 10m) W of Rosslare Harbour. A substantial house and a windmill are depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Forth and the parish map of Kilrane, where Ballygerry incorporates Haysland townland, and the windmill is depicted at the E edge of Ballygerry close to the sea. A windmill stump is depicted on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map in this area and was probably the original mill, of which there is no trace now. See the attached view from the Down Survey parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 January, 2014

• WX048-155 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape with clay cliffs (H c. 10m) down to the seashore c. 150m to the N. Archaeological excavation (04E1214) recorded a number of pits (dims 1.3m x 0.47m; D 0.15: 2.1m x 0.58m; D 0.31m: 0.91m x 0.9m; D 0.12m) and linear features. A trench (dims 5.65m N-S; 1.2m E-W: D 0.48m) curved to the W at either end and produced a sherd of coil-made pottery. Another pit (dims 2.85m E-W; 0.71m N-S; D 0.16m) had a large charcoal content, while charcoal from another trench (dims 4m E-W; Wth 0.84m; D 0.23m) produced a C14 date of 4060 +- 60 BP. The area was truncated by furrows and most of the 28 sherds of unidentified pottery had no contexts. (Henry 2004; 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 January, 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballygerry, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballygerry · Baile Déire

Area

617,226 m² (61.72 ha, 152.52 acres)

Civil parish

Kilrane, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

St. Helen's, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,719 people lived in 1,005 households in the St. Helen's electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygillane Little, Churchtown, Hayesland

Placenames

Ballygerry 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.