Ballyphilip

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyphilip, from 1,814 m² to 326,365 m² (32.64 ha, 80.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyphilip 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.

• 14 Feb 2024Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460118

• 12 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a slatted agricultural livestock unit and retention permission for existing slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360402

• 9 Dec 2021Conditional

  the change of house type under permitted governing planning permission reference number 21/416 together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211706

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, single storey dwelling house, domestic waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21416

• 30 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of cubicles shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works. Demolition of open slurry tank is also required

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20739

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 Ballyphilip.

Recorded monuments

• LI023-102 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 17m) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 9.3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.3m). Interior is level and has been raised (H 1.3m) at N to compensate for hill-slope. Earthen field boundary runs E-W c. 1.5m to N of monument; margin of ground between monument and boundary is heavily poached by cattle. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 21 November 2013

• LI023-225001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15601: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15601. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 8 September 2020

• LI023-225002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225003-) to SE and within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15602: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15602. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225002-) to NW and within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15603: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 12m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15603. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225004 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225005-) to NE and within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a semicircular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15604: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a faint semicircular-shaped earthwork (C 11m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however it is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15604. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225005 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225004-) to SW and within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a semicircular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15605: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a faint semicircular-shaped earthwork (C 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however it is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15605. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225006 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, in the N corner of a field. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15606: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a faint roughly circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 7m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however it is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15606. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225007 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15607: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 11m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15607. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225008 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small, circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15608: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 7m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15608. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225009 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small, circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15609: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15609. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI023-225010 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows and conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225011-) at NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15610: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped earthwork (13m NW-SE; 11m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15610. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-225011 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows and conjoined to ring-barrow (LI023-225010-) at SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15611: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as an oval-shaped earthwork (6.5m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15611. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-225012 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15612: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (13m E-W; 11.5m N-S) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15612. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15704: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15704. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226002 Field system
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as four roughly parallel linear and slightly curvilinear-shaped cropmarks by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15709: AP 4/3665). Anomalies are visible as a series of at least nine roughly parallel linear and slightly curvilinear-shaped cropmarks (approx. L 300m) running NNW-SSE and covering an area of at least 16.5ha on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15709. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15701: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (9m E-W; 8m N-S) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15701. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226004 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows and abutting ring-barrow (LI023-226005-) to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a penannular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15702: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15702. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226005 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows and abutting ring-barrow (LI023-226004-) to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15703: AP 4/3665). Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15703. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2020

• LI023-226006 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15705: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a small roughly circular-shaped cropmark (9m ENE-WSW; 8.5m NW-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15705. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 September 2020

• LI023-226007 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrow (LI023-226008-) lies 3m to NE and enclosure (LI023-226009-) lies 30m to ESE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15706: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a small circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 9.5m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15706. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 September 2020

• LI023-226008 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrow (LI023-226007-) lies 3m to SW and enclosure (LI023-226009-) lies 30m to ESE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15707: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a small circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 9.5m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, however is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15707. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 September 2020

• LI023-226009 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses and which is adjacent to W of a linear land drain running N-S. Within a large complex of ring-barrows, where ring-barrows (LI023-226007/008-) lie 30m to WNW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a large semicircular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 15708: AP 4/3665). Monument is visible as a large, faint semicircular-shaped cropmark (diam. 50m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 15708. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 September 2020

• LI023-233 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On flat undulating pasture. The site is located 460m E of the townland boundary with Wonderhill, 150m NW of a ringfort (LI023-102----) and c. 300m S of a ring-barrow cemetery (LI023-226001-/009-). The barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 158; AP 4/3665) as an oval feature (ext. diam. c. 15m). It appears to have been levelled as there are no surface remains visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing ring-barrow labelled Bruff 158 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 31 August 2020

• LI023-291 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying, gently undulating pasture. Not depicted on OSi historic maps, although a small, roughly oval-shaped pond is depicted to the immediate NW, on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Identified by low-altitude oblique aerial photography taken by the ASI in 2003, as a substantial roughly circular-shaped bivallate cropmark (ASIAP 352, 21). Monument is visible as a very faint roughly circular-shaped cropmark (140m NW-SE; 120m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthophoto taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 and Archaeological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph labelled ASIAP 352 (21) and taken 05/01/2003. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• LI023-349 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In grassland. Outline of circular-shaped ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage and Bing maps aerial image. See attached Google Earth orthophoto and Bing Maps aerial image Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 18 May 2022

• LI023-350 Ring-ditch
  Description

  In grassland. Outline of circular-shaped ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage and Bing maps aerial image. See attached Google Earth orthophoto and Bing Maps aerial image Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 18 May 2022

• LI024-093 Penitential station
  Description

  At a road junction known locally today as ‘Guerin’s Cross’, in the townland of Ballyphilip, 100m S of Ballyphilip House. Annotated 'Crossalaghta' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a semicircular-shaped area (27m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) on the NW side of the road. Today, this crossroads is formed by a T-junction and the entrance to Ballyphilip House stands 100m to N. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded the following details; 'Cros a' Leachta, the cross-roads of the sepulchral monument. It takes its name from some large stones there, called in Irish as "Leacht", signifying "a sepulchral monument" (OSNB Aglishcormick Parish, 82). Area of monument on NW side of crossroads is visible as a semicircular-shaped tree-planted area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 21 July 2020

• LI024-180 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough pasture, 11m S of field boundary and 80m W of a stream that marks townland boundary with Feloree. A cluster of ring-barrows (LI023-226001-/009-) lie 280m to W and linear earthworks (LI024-179002-) lie 260 to NE. Not depicted on OS historical mapping. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 26; AP 4/3665) as a small circular cropmark of a possible ring-barrow. Cropmark is visible on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff survey image marked Bruff 26. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 July 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyphilip, about 1 in 5 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 Ballyphilip.

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

Name

Ballyphilip · Baile Philib

Area

1,215,011 m² (121.5 ha, 300.24 acres)

Civil parish

Aglishcormick, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Kilmurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynagally, Boherroe, Coolnashamroge, Feloree, Galboola, Kildromin, Milltown, Mountminnett, Wonderhill

Placenames

Ballyphilip 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.