Ballyhoge

203 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhoge, from 29 m² to 359,609 m² (35.96 ha, 88.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Ballyhoge 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.

• 30 Jul 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the decommissioning of existing septic tank and for the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250942

• 23 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241629

• 26 Apr 2023Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 7 FULLY SERVICED DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES ALL

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20181272

• 12 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a replacement

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220632

• 17 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store and assoc

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211470

• 17 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associa

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211467

• 26 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210615

• 16 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a serviced two storey dwelling house with

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201356

• 29 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191458

• 23 Aug 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191184

• 9 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION PLANNING PERMISSION OF PORCH TO FRONT OF DWELLING HOUSE AND RETENTION

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190458

• 10 Oct 2018Granted (conditional)

  PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOU

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181389

• 3 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING GRAVEYARD WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181059

• 26 Feb 2018N/a

  PERMISSION TO ERECT AN EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20180223

• 8 Feb 2018N/a

  PERMISSION TO ERECT AN EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180148

• 10 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DO

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171454

• 7 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A CARPORT & SHED TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171436

• 1 Nov 2017Refused

  PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING GRAVEYARD WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, WITHI

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171408

• 1 Nov 2016Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL ARRAY CONSISTING OF

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20161212

• 12 Sept 2016Granted (conditional)

  CONSTRUCT 1) NEW SLATTED CUBICLE SHED 2) CONSTRUCT NEW MILKING PARLOUR WITH

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20161012

• 22 Feb 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160161

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Special Protection Area: Wexford Harbour and Slobs SPA 004076
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX032-009001 Church
  Description

  Situated on the S side of a small fold towards the bottom of the steep E-facing slope of the Slaney valley with the N-S river c. 200m to the E. Ballyhoge has been identified as Ballishauc, a church of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John (Colfer 2002, 202-5), rather than Ballyhack (WX044-009----) on the river Barrow, and Commendators of Ballycoak occur down to the Suppression (Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 245-8), after which the church became parochial. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 the church of Ballykeoge was impropriate and there was no priest, but the condition of the church building is not recorded (idem. vol. 6, 271). The church of Ballyhoge is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 35m N-S) with straight N and W sides defined by masonry walls. The W wall (L 7.75m; T 0.9m; H 2m) of the church with no features survives. Other walls are grass covered foundations of a recatngular structure (dims 20.5m E-W; 8m N-S). The site of St John's Well where the pattern was held on 24th June until c. 1800 according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 44) lies c. 30m to the N, but this location is now occupied by a quarry. 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: 11 June, 2013 Amended: 4 Sep. 2013

• WX032-009002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on the S side of a small fold towards the bottom of the steep E-facing slope of the Slaney valley with the N-S river c. 200m to the E. The site of St John's Well where the pattern was held on 24th June until c. 1800 according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanasan 1933, vol. 2, 44) is c. 30m to the NW of the parish church (WX032-009001-), but this location is now occupied by a quarry. June 24th is the feast of the birth of John the Baptist, whose mother, Elizabeth, was a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus. John was blessed in the womb by Mary, but his father, Zachary, had the temerity to question the Angel Gabriel when he appeaered in a vision. Consequently Zachery was struck dumb until he named the baby John. John went on to lead the life of a hermit, wearing camel-hair and living in the desert. He may have been a teacher of Jesus, whom he baptised in the River Jordan, which was the first baptism. (Butler 1883, 90) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August, 2012 Amended: 20 February, 2014

• WX032-009003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the S side of a small fold towards the bottom of the steep E-facing slope of the Slaney valley with the N-S river c. 200m to the E. The parish church of Ballyhoge (WX032-009001-) is within a D shaped graveyard (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 35m N-S) with straight N and W sides defined by masonry walls. The site of St John's Well (WX032-009002-) is c. 30m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August, 2012

• WX032-014 Promontory fort - inland
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 55m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the W side of a broad N-S spur between the River Slaney on the E and a N-S tributary stream on the W that is called Redenegh in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 101, 104). This is a natural triangular or oval promontory (dims 49m E-W; 38m N-S) in mixed woodland with cliffs (H c. 10m) at N and S, and the remains of a fosse visible as a vegetation change (Wth 4-8m) in pasture at the E (landward) side. The following above 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: 31 August, 2012

• WX032-015001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a NE-facing slope with a short NW-SE stream c. 70m to the NE, but the N-S River Slaney is c. 500m to the E. The cropmark of a double-ditched enclosure is visible as concentric semicircles of fosse features (int. diam. c. 30m; max. ext. diam. c. 55m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDR 18). It is cut by a NE-SW field bank at S and is not visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (WX032-015002-) is c. 170m to the SE. 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: 31 August, 2012

• WX032-015002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDR 18). A slight hollow (diam. c. 30m) is visible at ground level in pasture. Rath site (WX032-015001-) is c. 170m to the NW. 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: 31 August, 2012

• WX032-016 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The Knight’s Hospitaller’s manor of Balischauc, dating from at least 1212, can be traced convincingly through various name-changes – Ballycaock, Ballicauke, Baliscaoke, Ballikeiocke – to Ballyhoge, a parish in Bantry and Shelmaliere baronies, although it was no longer held by them at the Suppression 1540-1 (Colfer 2002, 202-05). A castle was established probably by the 16th century, and in 1641 Dudley Colclough had recently acquired 440 acres and the ruined castle at Ballykeoge in Shelmaliere (Simington 1953, 101, 122). A castle is marked on the Down Survey map (1655-6) at Ballyhoge. The property subsequently passed through the Saunders, Hore, and Ogle families. The name was changed to Bellevue in the later 18th century, and the house was burned and razed to the ground in January 1923 (Doyle 2000, 106), the only part surviving being the private Catholic chapel built by its last owners, the Cliffe family, in 1858-60. According to (Jeffrey 1979, 101-2) some notes of H. F. Hore made in 1838-9 record that a tower in Bellevue House was from the medieval castle, but no trace of it survives. Archaeological testing (18E0087) immediately to the S produced no related material (McLoughlin 2018; excavations.ie 2018:062). See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) 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: 12 August, 2012 Amended: 26 October 2018

Architectural heritage

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1743–1922 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1743-1922. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Bellevue, church/chapel, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic chapel, built 1858-60; dated 1860, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay full-height chancel (east); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-west). Damaged, 1923. Disused, 1923-8. In alternative use, 1928-47. In alternative use, 1947-52. "Restored", 1965, to accommodate occasional use. Pitched slate roofs with cut-granite ridge tiles including wrought iron-crested cut-granite ridge tiles (east), lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gables on trefoil-detailed gabled kneelers with wrought iron Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite "Cavetto" cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on tuck pointed snecked limestone plinth with buttresses to corners having lichen-spotted cut-granite "slated" coping. Cusped lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Grouped cusped lancet window openings ("cheeks"), cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Grouped cusped lancet window openings to entrance (west) front, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof "restored", 1965, with tessellated glazed terracotta tiled central aisle between Gothic-style timber pews, exposed pointed-arch braced timber roof construction on cut-granite corbels with stencilled polygonal vaulted ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (east) with pierced quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble altar below stained glass "East Window" (----). Set in grounds originally shared with Bellevue.

• Bellevue, gate lodge, 1870–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay (two-bay deep) single-storey pedimented gate lodge, extant 1903, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, central chimney stack on cut-granite cushion course on base having cut-granite stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on lichen-spotted cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on submerged plinth with paired lichen-spotted cut-granite pilasters to corners supporting lichen-spotted cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediment on blind frieze; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (porch) with lichen-spotted cut-granite pilasters to corners supporting lichen-spotted cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on blind frieze below parapet. Square-headed door opening (porch) with threshold, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows having margins. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows having margins. Square-headed window openings (side elevations) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having margins. Set at entrance to grounds of Bellevue.

• Brookhill House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey country house, extant 1840, on an L-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico to ground floor; five-bay two-storey side (south) elevation. Vacant, 1901. In occasional use, 1911. Sold, 1921. Resold, 1937. Resold, 1976. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with pressed or rolled lead ridges, paired rendered central chimney stacks having cut-granite stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners supporting rendered red brick header bond stepped cornice. Segmental-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico on two cut-granite steps with cut-granite columns having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze on entablature below blocking course, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing nine-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Brookhill House, gate lodge, 1842–1853 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1853, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey side elevations. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, rendered red brick Running bond central chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards on overhanging eaves having timber consoles. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with overgrown threshold, and concealed dressings with hood moulding over framing unhinged timber boarded double doors having fanlight. Segmental-headed flanking window openings in segmental-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing two-over-two timber sash windows having overlights. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Brookhill House.

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 Ballyhoge, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballyhoge · Baile Uí Cheog

Area

6,044,954 m² (604.5 ha, 1,493.74 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyhoge, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere West

Electoral division

Ballyhoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,332 people lived in 471 households in the Ballyhoge electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garranstackle, Kereight, Mackmine, Reddina, Shanahona, Tinnakilla

Placenames

Ballyhoge 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.