Ballyboher

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyboher, from 73 m² to 178,947 m² (17.89 ha, 44.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyboher 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.

• 12 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of alterations and extensions to an existing

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240401

• 22 Mar 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190357

• 6 Mar 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190278

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 Ballyboher.

Recorded monuments

• WX047-056 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, where it is described as a stone on the earlier map and as a Gallan in gothic script on the latter. It is situated on a level landscape. This is a granite stone oriented NE-SW with a subrectangular cross-section (dims of base 0.9 1.45m NE-SW; 0.75 1.2m NW-SE; H 2.7m) The top is leaning slightly to the NE. 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. Date of upload/revision: 11 October, 2013 Compiled by: Michael Moore

• WX047-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slightly undulating landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AYK 10). It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop, but is visible with an entrance gap at SE on aerial photographs (MM (42) 33, 34). 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. Date of upload/revision: 11 October, 2013 Compiled by: Michael Moore

• WX047-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a circular bivallate enclosure with a wide outer and narrow inner fosse is visible on aerial photographs (MM (42) 30-1; (43) 6-14) and on digital aerial photographs (WX047-057_1 to _ 11). The central area (diam. c. 30m) is defined by a very slight feature compared to the outer fosse feature (int. diam. c. 50m) that is very wide (Wth up to c. 10m). It is visible on the ground as a low relief raised and dished area (diam. c. 50m) that is probably an eroded ringfort with a large hut-site at the centre. 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. Date of upload/revision: 11 October, 2013

• WX047-060001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The parish church of Ishartmon is within a rectangular graveyard (max. dims 47m N-S; 39.5m E-W) defined by earthen banks and hedges, with a gate at the SW corner to an E-W public road. The name of the parish is thought to derive from Diseart Munna – St. Munna’s church, according to John O’ Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 283-4; Dalton 1920 29). The church was described as decayed on the Down Survey (1655-6) terrier or commentary (Hore 1921, 91) and the parish may have been defunct by then as it does not feature in the Visitation of Bishop Ram in 1615 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 265-74). The church consists of a nave (ext. dims 10.2m E-W; 7.1m N-S) and chancel (ext. dims 6.2m E-W; 5.6m N-S) surviving complete, except the N nave wall. A narrow pointed doorway (Wth 0.82m; H 1.77m) of undressed stone in a lintelled embrasure (H 1.22m) is towards the W end of the S nave wall and a rectangular window (Wth 0.27m; H 0.68m) with glazing grooves towards E end has its embrasure partly blocked by the chancel arch wall. There is a double bellcote over the ivy-covered W gable, which has no other visible feature apart from putlog-holes. The chancel arch was originally rounded (Wth 1.34m; H 2.3m) but is now altered into a pointed doorway with brickwork. The external face of the nave walls oversail those of the chancel (int. dims 6.47m E-W; 4.2m N-S) by 1.2m permitting a larger chancel space while maintaining the rough proportions of 1:2 between the chancel and nave externally. The E window is blocked and obscured but there is a projecting slab on the N side internally, perhaps for a statue. There is a small pointed window towards the W end of both the N (Wth 0.2m; H 0.67m) and S (Wth 0.2m; H 0.69m) chancel walls, each with glazing grooves and in a lintelled embrasure. There is an aumbry niche blocked with spoil at the E end of the S chancel wall. There is a circular granite font (ext. diam. 0.64m; int. diam. 0.43m; ext. H 0.4m; D 0.18m) within the nave. The abpve 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. Date of upload/revision: 11 October, 2013

• WX047-060002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The parish church of Ishartmon (WX047-060001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (max. int. dims 47m N-S; 39.5m E-W) defined by earthen banks and hedges, with a gate at the SW corner to an E-W public road. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 October, 2013

• WX047-060003 Font
  Description

  Inside the nave of the parish church of Ishartmon (WX047-060001-) there is a circular granite font (ext. diam. 0.64m; int. diam. 0.43m; ext. H 0.4m; D 0.18m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 11 October, 2013

• WX047-142001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (263) 21-3; (265) 15-6; (267) 26-7). There is a ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m) inside the perimeter at N. It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000) where it is integrated with elements of a rectangular field system (WX024-142003-), and is also visible in images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 2 January, 2019

• WX047-142002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a ring-ditch (diam. c. 15m) is visible inside the perimeter of rectangular enclosure (WX047-142001-) at N on aerial photographs (ASIAP (263) 21-3; (265) 15-6; (267) 26-7). It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000)and on images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). . Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 October, 2013

• WX047-142003 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level low-lying landscape. In July 2018 a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix) recorded an image of the cropmarks of a field system covering about 13 ha (c. 32 acres). The fields are fairly rectangular (dims c. 30-50m x c. 100m) but not completely regular and are defined by single fosse features that appear to be unrelated to the field system depicted only on the 1902 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The N edge of rectangular enclosure (WX047-142001-) is incorporated in one of the E-W field drains but other enclosures within the fields appear to be unconnected with them. See the attached aerial view taken from N courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2019

• WX047-142004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible in images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). It appears to be cut by drains of the field system (WX047-142003-) and it appears to have wide entrance at E. See the attached aerial view taken from N courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2019

• WX047-142005 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level low-lying landscape. A small ring-ditch (diam. c. 5m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible in images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2019

• WX047-142006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible in images captured in July 2018 by a drone-mounted camera operated by Páid Bates (Skypix Aerial Works). It appears to be respected by drains of the field system (WX047-142003-) and it has an entrance at E. See the attached aerial view taken from N courtesy of Skypix Aerial Works Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyboher, 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 Ballyboher.

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

Name

Ballyboher · Baile Bóthair

Area

422,632 m² (42.26 ha, 104.43 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymore, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Tomhaggard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

550 people lived in 205 households in the Tomhaggard electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Churchtown, Grageen, Grageen Little, Harveystown, Knockhowlin, Linziestown, Paradise, Paradise Little

Placenames

Ballyboher 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.