Ballynakill

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynakill, from 268 m² to 259,868 m² (25.99 ha, 64.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Ballynakill 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.

• 6 Jul 2022Conditional

  of PL16/303 - demolish all existing pig/livestock houses and ancillary structures and to construct 3. No. pig houses and 2. No. ancillary manure storage tanks in accordance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bins etc.) and all associated site works on/adjacent to existing pig farm. An Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S) relating to this proposed development will be submitted with this planning application. This application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013.

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 22160

• 29 Jul 2021Conditional

  development consisting of a ten year permission for a solar farm on a site of approximately 34.54 hectares consisting of the following; 184,500 m2 of solar photo-voltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; Ring main unit (RMU) substation and associated hard standing; 12 no. inverter/transformer stations on 6 no. hardstandings; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fence; CCTV cameras; upgraded internal access tracks; new internal access tracks, internal bridge crossing and associated drainage infrastructure; and temporary construction compounds and all associated site services and works. The proposed development seeks to form an extension to the adjoining previously permitted "Middleton House" Solar Farm which was permitted under Longford County Council Reg. Ref 18135. Access to the proposed development is provided via the permitted "Middleton House" Solar Farm via the L-11261 local road

  Permission · Longford County Council, 21225

• 12 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to existing dwelling, new entrance, boundary fence and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2138

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  to construct a bell mouth entrance onto public road to facilitate access to forestry plantation together with internal access road and all associated site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1893

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 Ballynakill.

Recorded monuments

• LF013-045001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a SW facing slope in poorly drained pasture, c. 200m to the NW of a stream. This possible ecclesiastical enclosure (c. 200m ENE-WSW; c. 180m NNW-SSE) is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP 1970, BDK 93) to the N, E, S and W of the church (LF013-045002-) and graveyard (LF013-045009-). Described in 1975 (SMR file) as 'the curve of a probable large earthen enclosure bank’ that was visible in the field to the W of the graveyard and could be traced as far the roadway to the NW. It is now defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.2m), that is reduced to a scarp in places, and an external fosse (Wth 1m; ext. D 0.3m) in the field to the E of the graveyard. Earthworks (LF013-045008-) in this field and in the adjoining fields to the NE, E and W of the enclosure appear to be associated with land-reclamation schemes. Five cross-slabs (LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-, LF013-045013-) and two bullaun stones (LF013-045006-, LF013-045005-) are associated. (McNamee 1940b, 40-41; 1942b, 47-60; ITA Survey 1944; English 1971, 148) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2012

• LF013-045002 Church
  Description

  Within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LF013-045001-), in the SE part of a graveyard (LF013-045009-). Known as 'Cluain Deochra', this is traditionally regarded as the site of a monastery founded by St Ernan (McNamee 1942a, 16-20). A church is depicted in the townland of 'Clonoghery' on an early 17th-century map of Moydow barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.ii.28). A report in 1975 (SMR file) noted that only the N wall and part of the S wall of this medieval church survived. A possible doorway was evident at the W end of the N wall. A number of tombstones were visible in the interior and a modern tomb occupied the E end of the church. An ogival window head and a possible font had been placed within the canopy niche of the tomb and five cross-slabs (LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-, LF013-045013-) were cemented to the wall of the niche. A bullaun stone (LF013-045006-) was set in the ground outside the NW corner of the church. On inspection in 2008 only the foundations of parts of the N wall (L 10m; wall T 0.9m; H 1.2m) and the E gable (L 8m) survived. A drystone wall (H 1.2m; T c. 1m) built on top of the foundations relates to a graveyard clean-up scheme that was carried out in the 1990s. Several architectural fragments from the church can be seen in its fabric. A modern display feature has been erected on the site of the E gable and the five cross-slabs and the window head are now cemented into its W face. The bullaun stone was still visible at NW. A rockery had been built at the E end of the N wall and a second bullaun stone (LF013-045005-), possibly the font noted above, has been placed on it. A hospital (LF013-045014-) is also associated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF013-045004 Cross-slab
  Description

  One of five early medieval cross-slabs (see also LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-, LF013-045013-) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF13-045002-). This cross-slab (H 0.75m; Wth 0.45m; T 0.08m) bears an incised ringed cross with decorated expanded terminals in false relief. Much of the central portion and the head of the cross are missing. Macalister (1949, vol. 2, 196) recorded a possible 'B', 'D', and some other letters of a now-illegible inscription. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045005 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In a rockery at the E end of the N wall of a church (LF013-045002-). A circular depression (diam. 0.36m; D 0.16m) is carved into a large boulder. A second bullaun stone (LF013-045006-) lies nearby within the graveyard (LF013-045003-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045006 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Just outside the W end of the N wall of a church (LF013-045002-), within a graveyard (LF013-045009-). A circular depression (diam. 0.45m; D 0.16m) is carved into a boulder. Coins have been deposited in the depression as votive offerings. Almost all of the stone is below the present ground level. Another bullaun (LF013-045005-) lies in a rockery at the E end of the N wall of the church. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045007 Enclosure
  Description

  In the field immediately to the W of the church (LF013-045002-) and graveyard (LF013-045009-). Described in 1975 (SMR file) as a rectangular enclosure (30m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a low bank. It extended to the W wall of the graveyard and was considered to represent the remains of a possible domestic building associated with the 'abbey' or an earlier church. Present remains consist of a low elevated platform. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 December 2012

• LF013-045008 Earthwork
  Description

  There are numerous earthworks visible in the fields to the N, E, S and W of the graveyard (LF013-045009-). The majority - if not all - of these earthworks are associated with modern drainage channels which have been constructed in an attempt to reclaim the wet marshy land that surrounds the church (LF013-045002-) and graveyard (LF013-045009-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF013-045009 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a medieval church (LF013-045002-), within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LF013-045001-). This irregularly shaped graveyard (64m N-S; 38m E-W) is enclosed by a stone wall. Access is via a wrought-iron gate in the N wall. Memorials date from the 18th to the 21st centuries and a number of architectural fragments from the church have been reused as grave-markers. McNamee (1942a, 18, 20) recorded an uninscribed stone that was believed locally to cover a bishop's grave. It was not located. (McNamee 1940b, 40-41; 1942b, 47-60; ITA Survey 1944; English 1971, 148; Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF013-045010 Cross-slab
  Description

  One of five early medieval cross-slabs (see also LF013-045004-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-, LF013-045013-) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF013-045002-). This rough undressed cross-slab (H 0.83m; Wth 0.52m; T 0.12m) bears an incised ringed cross with decorated expanded terminals in false relief. There is an indication that the head of the cross may have been within a circular setting. The inscription reads MAEL – CHOLUIM (Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 196). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045011 Cross-slab
  Description

  One of five early medieval cross-slabs (see also LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045012-, LF013-045013-) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF013-045002-). This cross-slab (H 0.42m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.04m) is the smallest of the series. It bears the lower portion of the stem of an incised cross with a decorated expanded terminal in false relief. Of the original inscription, only the letters THIR survive (Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 196). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045012 Cross-slab
  Description

  One of five early medieval cross-slabs (LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045013) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF013-045002-). This cross-slab (H 1.22m; Wth 0.62m; T 0.12m) is the largest of the series. It bears an incised ringed cross with decorated expanded terminals in false relief. The ring is decorated with rosette ornamentation. The inscription reads ‘OR DO AEIRECHTANE’ (Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 195). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

• LF013-045013 Cross-slab
  Description

  One of five early medieval cross-slabs (see also LF013-045004-, LF013-045010-, LF013-045011-, LF013-045012-) attached to the W face of a display feature that has been constructed on the line of the E gable of a church (LF013-045002-). This cross-slab (H 0.97m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.1m) bears a simple, incised, double-lined cross, which is quite distinct in form from the others. The inscription reads OR DO CHORMACAN (Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 195-6). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF017-002001 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  This road, orientated NE-SW, was found at a epth of 0.09m below the bog surface. It was an extension of LF017-001---- and was recorded by Rynne in 1957 and excavated in 1958 (NMI I.A. 32/57; 4/58- Rynne). Compiled by: Mary Tunney based on data supplied by the former Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, University College, Dublin. Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballynakill, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballynakill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Ballynakill · Baile na Cille

Area

2,140,625 m² (214.06 ha, 528.96 acres)

Civil parish

Killashee, and its townlands

Barony

Moydow

Electoral division

Mountdavis, the unit of the census

Census 2022

238 people lived in 82 households in the Mountdavis electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunacloy, Cloonard, Cloonbrock, Cloonkeel, Derryaroge, Knappoge, Middleton

Placenames

Ballynakill 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.