Ballybeg
Ballybeg is a townland in the civil parish of Oola, barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Baile Beag.
Parcel 4887229
- Area
- 83,984 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballybeg
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.
- LI033A009 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture, 91m N of townland boundary with Boherdotia, 450m W of county boundary with Tipperary, an enclosure (LI033A010----) lies 210m to the NE. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by a scarp and waterlogged external fosse from NW-N-E-S-SW, intersected at W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 April 2021
- LI033A013 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A014 Earthwork
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped earthwork visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A015 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A016 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 November 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 64.6 ha
- 160 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 2,500 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg, from 1,017 m² to 444,060 m² (44.41 ha, 109.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballybeg 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Sept 2021Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, recessed site entrance, wastewater treatment system with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211361
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballybeg.
Recorded monuments
- LI033A009 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture, 91m N of townland boundary with Boherdotia, 450m W of county boundary with Tipperary, an enclosure (LI033A010----) lies 210m to the NE. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) defined by a scarp and waterlogged external fosse from NW-N-E-S-SW, intersected at W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 April 2021
- LI033A010 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture, 91m N of townland boundary with Boherdotia, 200m W of county border with Tipperary, enclosures (LI033A009/A011----) lie 210m to the SW and 200 to the NE respectively. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as an oval shaped platform. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped area (diam. c. 15m) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area defined by a tree -ined fosse on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 April 2021
- LI033A011 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture, 36m W of County boundary with Tipperary South, an enclosure (LI033A010----) lies 205m to the SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 26m) defined by a scarp and an external fosse from W-N-E. Monument is clearly visible on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 22 April 2021
- LI033A013 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A014 Earthwork
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped earthwork visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A015 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A016 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Cropmark of possible ditch-barrow visible on OSi orthophoto and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- LI033A017 Earthwork
Description
On poorly drained, partially reclaimed pasture with Tipperary county boundary immediately to E and 70m to S where it is marked by a stream running roughly E-W. Ditch-barrow (TS058-014----) in field 80m to E, earthwork (LI033A010----) 210m to NW. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 31m) defined by a ditch visible on OSi orthophotos and on Google Earth orthoimage. Outline of three possible ditch-barrows to SW visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/01/2022. See attached Google Earth orthoimages courtesy of Faith Bailey Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Faith Bailey Date of upload: 21 November 2022
- LI033A018 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
On poorly drained, partially reclaimed pasture with Tipperary county boundary immediately to E and to S where it is marked by a stream running roughly E-W. Ditch-barrow (TS058-014----) in field 160m to ENE, earthwork (LI033A017----) 60m to NE. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 3m) defined by a ditch visible on OSi orthophotos and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/01/2022. Cropmark of two other possible ditch-barrows visible on Google Earth orthoimage to E. See attached Google Earth orthoimages courtesy of Faith Bailey Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Faith Bailey Date of upload: 21 November 2022
- LI033A019 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
On poorly drained, partially reclaimed pasture with Tipperary county boundary immediately to E and to S where it is marked by a stream running roughly E-W. Ditch-barrow (TS058-014----) in field 160m to ENE, earthwork (LI033A017----) 60m to NE. Cropmark of circular-shaped area defined by a ditch visible on OSi orthophotos and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/01/2022. Cropmark of two other possible ditch-barrows visible on Google Earth orthoimage to E and W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages courtesy of Faith Bailey Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Faith Bailey Date of upload: 21 November 2022
- LI033A020 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
On poorly drained, partially reclaimed pasture with Tipperary county boundary immediately to E and to S where it is marked by a stream running roughly E-W. Ditch-barrow (TS058-014----) in field 160m to ENE, earthwork (LI033A017----) 60m to NE. Cropmark of circular-shaped area defined by a ditch visible on OSi orthophotos and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/01/2022. Cropmark of two other possible ditch-barrows (LI033A019/018----) visible on Google Earth orthoimage to W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages courtesy of Faith Bailey Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Faith Bailey Date of upload: 21 November 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybeg.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballybeg, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybeg.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballybeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybeg · An Baile Beag
- Area
- 646,307 m² (64.63 ha, 159.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oola, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coonagh
- Electoral division
- Oola, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,119 people lived in 427 households in the Oola electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrien (Co. Tipperary), Boherdotia, Knockphelagh (Co. Tipperary), Moanmore (Co. Tipperary), Oolahills East
- Placenames
- Ballybeg 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.