Balloonagh
Townland in the civil parish of Tralee, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Balúnach
Parcel 5651945
- Area
- 119 m²
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it, 280 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M2 Town/Village Centre (Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028)) The objective
- Townland
- Balloonagh
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 35 recorded monuments.
- KE029-119 Historic town
Description
The historic town of Tralee was described in the Urban Survey of Kerry as follows; 'Tralee, the county town of Kerry, is situated on fertile low-lying ground near the southern end of the north Kerry coastal plain. The placename is derived from Trá Lí, "the strand of the Lee". In fact, the town sits not on the Lee but on the Gyle or Big river, which is now largely covered over but which was an important topographical feature in the towns development (Hickson 1894, 257). In 1121 the annals cord that Toirdhelbhach Ua Conchobhair plundered Des-Mumha "from Magh Feimhin to Traigh-Li, both church and territory(ALC, AU), there is no evidence or any settlement at Tralee before the foundation of the Anglo-Norman borough there in the thirteenth century. Hickson's (1879-89, 578) claim that 'Gwyar's burgage', which is mentioned in a late sixteenth century document, preserves the memory is very unlikely and must be regarded as unproven. Tralee was, apparently an Anglo-Norman foundation on virgin soil. Details of the initial foundation have not survived and it is not known whether it was Meiler FitzHenry, who was granted north Kerry by King John c. 1200 (Orpen 1911-20, iii,123) or John FitzThomas, ancestor of the earls of Desmond, who was the founder of the town. It may be assumed that some form of settlement was in existence by 1234 when "the defeat of Tralee was inflicted by the Galls on the Gaels" in an attack by the Mac Carthaigh and Ui hEidirsgeoil (AI; Ó hInnse 1947, 99; Orpen 1911-20,iiii, 137). An important Dominican friary was founded 1243 by John FitzThomas, and the settlement was clearly flourishing by 1286 when John FitzThomas' grandson Thomas FitzMaurie was granted customs on the sale of merchandise on the vill for seven years in order to pay for its enclosure (Sweetman 1875-86, iii, no. 226). The earliest definite evidence that Tralee had achieved borough status occurs in 1298 when an extent of the lands of Thomas FitzMaurice noted that the burgesses of Tralee paid 100s in rent annually, which suggests the existence of one hundred burgages (Sweetman 1875-86, iv, no 551, p. 255). The borough, however, is almost certainly of earlier origin. Records of Tralee in the Later Middle Ages are scarce. In 1346, the outlawry of the earl of Desmond, Maurice FitzDavid and William Stakepoll, knights, were appointed custodians of the vill (Tresham 1828, 51, no. 29), but Tralee remained in the hands of the earls of Desmond throughout the Middle Ages (Curtis 1933-43, iii,35). Evidence of trading activity in the town is provided by a record of 1375 which notes that Henry Peverell, a merchant of Bristol, was robbed of goods to the value of 100 marks at Tralee (Tresham 1828, 94, no. 168). The upheavals in Munster caused by the struggle between the house of Desmond and the English government in the sixteenth century had a major impact on Tralee. This was foreshadowed in 1579 when two senior government officials, Arthur Carter and Henry Davells, while on their way to Dún an Óir were murdered in Tralee castle by brothers of the earl of Desmond (AFM) In 1580 the earl of Desmond, by now in open rebellion, was forced to abandon Tralee on the advance of the Lord Justice Sir William Pelham, but before leaving he burned the town so that Pelham found "all the houses at tralighe burnt and the castles razed, saving the abbey (Hamilton 1867, 223; Brewer and Bullen 1868, 237). The defeat and death of Desmond led to the establishment of English control in Tralee, and one of the first results of this was the preparation in 1584 of a Survey of Desmond 's property (PRO 1881) which provides valuable information on Tralee, and on the devastation in 1530. It is described as "a certain large towne or village called tralee, which was formerly a well-inhabited borough, with a castle and edifices in it, formerly well and fully repaired, but now ruined and broken", and it is noticeable that many of the buildings, burgages and tenements are described as "prostrated "waste" or "broken" (PRO 1881, 10-11). In the plantation of Munster that followed, Tralee was granted in 1587 to Edward Denny (16 RDKPRI 39, no. 5043) but any attempts at reconstruction were interrupted by the rebellion of the 'sugan' earl of Desmond in 1598-1600. In 1598 Tralee was abandoned by it's English garrison and settlers (Atkinson 1895, 326) and occupied by the rebels who were recorded as intending, on the advance of an English force, to "break down the Abbey of Tralee....with all other buildings fit to receive any garrisons (Atkinson 1895, 415). On his advance into Kerry in 1600 Sir Geore Carew noted that Denny's castle at Tralee was "utterly defaced" (Atkinson 1903, 367). Carew replaced a garrison in Tralee (AFM) and in the same year (1600) proposals for the government of Ireland recommended "a town to be builded at Castlemange or Traly; but at Tralie rather, for that is more open to the sea and land than the other, and more convenient for the whole shire" (Brewer and Bullen 1869, 505). The early seventeenth century saw the gradual building up of Tralee by the Denny family. In 1612 Arthur Denny got government approval to wall the town although this proved to be abortive. In 1613 the towne was granted a new charter of incorporation by James I which, as well as regulating the functioning of the corporation etc., granted a weekly market and yearly fair (Cusack 1871, appendix vi, lii-lx; Weinbaum 1943, 223). Sir Edward Denny received another grant of a weekly market and yearly fair at Tralee in 1630 (Morrin 1863, 542). English colonists were attracted to Tralee and a survey of 1622 noted thirty two new English households had been established there (MacCarthy-Morrogh 1986, 174-5). This growth was interrupted in 1641, however, when the town was attacked by a large force of Confederate Catholics. The townspeople in two castles, where were besieged for six months before eventually surrendering (Smith 1756, 301-12; Rowan 1854, 161-5, 177-80). In 1642, one of the townspeople, Edward Voakley [Vauclier] testified that "the besiegers of Tralee burnt Sir Edward Denny's castle there, with the greater part of the town, to the number of one hundred houses at least" (Hickson 1872, 198). An English force under Bridges and Story reached Tralee in 1643, and found it burnt by the retreating confederate forces (Smith 1756, 313). Further destruction may have occurred in 1652, when the Dominican friary was apparently destroyed by Cromwellian forces (O'Sullivan 1971, 38), and in 1691 when the town and castle were burned by Jacobite forces (Smith 1756, 322, note b). The Census of Ireland 1659 returned a population of 277 for "Traly Burrough" (Pender 1939, 245). Street Pattern: It is difficult to determine the form of the medieval street pattern because of the substantial alterations which have occurred during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Smith provides a plan of the town in 1756 which shows that it had a long east-west axis running from the west side of High Street, via Bridge Street and the Mall to Castle Street. Much of this pattern may well be of eighteenth century date, however, a period which is characterised by linear extensions to urban cores. The concentration of small streets on the west side of the axis on Smith's map suggests that this is the old core of Tralee, despite the fact that the castle, parish church and Dominican friary are located outside it. It was a normal feature in medieval towns for the castle to be located on the edge of the town, while friaries were normally outside or on the periphery. The location of the parish church is more problematic, however, and can only be explained on the grounds that it began as a hospital and consequently it would have been located away from the main area of settlement. Only one document provides any information on the early street plan, the 1584 survey of Desmond's property. This refers to "several other burgages and gardens there, being in the st
- KE029-119002 Church
Description
The parish church of St John in the town of Tralee was described in the Urban Survey of County Kerry as follows; 'This was probably a thirteenth century foundation and first referred to in the ecclesiastical taxation of 1302-6, when it was valued at 40s (Sweetman 1875-86 V, p. 296). Little more is known of its history, although a visitation by Bishop Crosbie in 1615 noted that "Trally Church is upp and soe is the Chancell" (Hickson 1874, 27). Hickson (1879-89, 297) suggested that the church was held by the Knights Hospitallers because of its dedication to St. John. There are no contemporary records to confirm this but a document of 1587 noted among the lands allotted to Sir Francis Walshinghan, Edward Denny and their associates "an hospital, sometime parcel of St. John's, Jerusalem, with some small closes near Tralye" (Brewer and Bullen 1868, 451). Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 338) suggest that it may have been a preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers. Description The church appears to be a 19th century construction but substantial sections of a rectangular building oriented E/W were incorporated into the present edifice. In the west end are two pointed windows and there are four flat lintelled rectangular openings in the west end of the north wall, all of which are now blocked. The north transept, the apse on the south, and the tower to the east are all additions (Denny 1907-9, 363-4)' (Bradley et. al. 1987, 105-6). Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 28 April 2022
- KE029-119003 Font
Description
17th century font located inside the parish church of St John in the town of Tralee was described in the Urban Survey of County Kerry as follows; '17th cent. Limestone. Octagonal basin with chamfered lower edge, sloping internal sides and lacking a drainage hole. The facets are tooled vertically and horizontally along the edges. One facet has I. C. in Roman lettering and PVOST in Gothic lettering. A second facet ANNO DNI 1623 in Roman lettering. The shaft and base are carved from a single block. The drum shaped shaft with sugar barley twist, rises from a rectangular base to an octagonal support which is too narrow for the basin. There may have been a further section between the shaft and the basin. One corner of the base is broken. Dims H. 94; W. of basin 69; Diam. of basin 46; T. 14. (Denny 1907-9, 366)' (Bradley et. al. 1987, 106). See attached photograph of font taken from the Urban Survey of Kerry Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 28 April 2022
- KE029-119004 Tomb - chest tomb
Description
A 15th century Knights panel which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). Possible chest-tomb surround described by Hunt (1974, 153) as; 'In the garden of the Dominican Priory, is a figure, perhaps from a tomb-front, of the type seen at Roscommon and at Dungiven, Co. Derry. It appears to represent a knight or gallowglass in a long aketon and w earing a pointed bascinet. He carries a shield on his left arm and holds a sword in the same hand. The sword has a large circular pommel and apparently a straight cross. The stone is so worn that the details are hard to distinguish. The figure is flanked by colonettes with multiple mouldings at the side and remains of bases'. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 May 2022
- KE029-119005 Architectural fragment
Description
This record is for the 'dragon panel' which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 20 January 2012
- KE029-119006 Architectural fragment
Description
This record is for a foliated pilaster which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 20 January 2012
- KE029-119007 Architectural fragment
Description
This record is for a fleur-de-lys fragment which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 20 January 2012
- KE029-119008 Architectural fragment
Description
This record is for the 'virgin and angel panel' which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 23 January 2012
- KE029-119009 Armorial plaque (present location)
Description
This record is for the heraldic crest which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 23 January 2012
- KE029-119010 Architectural fragment
Description
This record is for the 'foliated jamb' which is built into a rockery in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. It is presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 23 January 2012
And 25 more.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_106 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
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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
- 19.9 ha
- 49 acres
- Land parcels
- 107
- registered freehold, median 174 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 37
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balloonagh, from 4 m² to 16,251 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 104 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town/Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Education
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.1Carpark (Road)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Aug 2026N/a
for a vehicular entrance to the rear of my premises (Linnane's Bar) including ancillary site works .
Permission · Kerry County Council, 26131
23 Jul 2026N/a
(a) change of use of commercial premises to proposed two-storey residential dwelling, and (b) permission for elevational changes associated with the proposed residential dwelling
Permission · Kerry County Council, 26120
23 Mar 2026Conditional
Permission to construct an independent canopy structure and all associated site works to the front of St.John’s Laundry at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.:21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660247
11 Feb 2026N/a
Permission to construct an independent canopy structure and all associated site works to the front of St.John’s Laundry at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.:21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660097
26 Jan 2026N/a
permission to (1) construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing school building. (2) construct a new set down / parking area to the rear of the site with associated entrance and exit gates. (3) carry out elevational changes to the existing school building (4) install external signage and carryout all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660045
6 Mar 2025Conditional
construct a single storey café with new connections to St,Johns Convent chapel and Balloonagh Convent and all associated siteworks and landscaping all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. The former convent chapel is a protected structure registration No. RPS-KY-0917. The former mercy convent is a protected structure registration No. RPS-KY-0914
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560154
5 Feb 2025N/a
Planning permission to construct an independent canopy structure to the front of St.John's Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.: 21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560060
31 Jan 2025Conditional
(A) RETAIN CONVERSION OF ATTIC FOR USE AS STORAGE AREA ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES FOR ROOF WINDOWS INSTALLED TO REAR /SOUTH ELEVATION, AND (C) RETAIN THE PARTIAL INFILL OF THE EXTERNAL YARD TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO PROVIDE A UTILITY ROOM AND LOBBY FOR THE DWELLING, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2526
18 Dec 2024Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING 2 AND A HALF STOREY DERELICT HOUSE ON SITE, (B) DEMOLISH EXISTING BOUNDARY WALLS ON THE NORTH WEST. SOUTH WEST AND NORTH EAST BOUNDARIES, (C) CONSTRUCT A 3 STOREY BLOCK OF APARTMENTS, WHICH COMPRISE OF 4 NO. 2 BED APARTMENTS AND 2 NO. 1 BED APARTMENTS, (6 NO. APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) WHICH SHALL BE SERVED BY A CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460989
3 Oct 2024N/a
Invalid -PLANNING PERMISSION FOR; 1 - A CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE USE TO A CHILDCARE SERVICE 2 - THE PROVISION OF A NEW FIRE ESCAPE DOOR TO THE NORTH WEST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING 3 - BLOCKING UP THE EXISTING UTILITY ROOM DOOR WITH MATCHING BLOCKWORK ON THE NORTH EAST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING 4 - WIDENING OF THE EXISTING DOOR OPE ON THE SOUTH EAST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO FACILITATE A NEW FIRE ESCAPE DOOR 5 - CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF OPENING OF THE EXIT DOOR INTO THE EXISTING COURT YARD 6- INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING 7- ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460756
3 Oct 2024Conditional
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR; 1 - A CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE USE TO A CHILDCARE SERVICE 2 - THE PROVISION OF A NEW FIRE ESCAPE DOOR TO THE NORTH WEST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING 3 - BLOCKING UP THE EXISTING UTILITY ROOM DOOR WITH MATCHING BLOCKWORK ON THE NORTH EAST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING 4 - WIDENING OF THE EXISTING DOOR OPE ON THE SOUTH EAST FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO FACILITATE A NEW FIRE ESCAPE DOOR 5 - CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF OPENING OF THE EXIT DOOR INTO THE EXISTING COURT YARD 6- INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING 7- ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460757
13 Mar 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a two storey stairs and lift enclosure to the rear courtyard, to remove the existing staircase and to renovate the first floor of the St. Johns Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460152
13 Mar 2024Refused
Planning Permission to construct an independent colonnade and canopy structure to the front of the St. Johns Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460154
3 Mar 2023Conditional
RETAIN A CHANGE OF USE FROM RETIREMENT/NURSING HOME/FAMILY CENTRE TO AN OUTPATIENT HEALTHCARE FACILITY PROVIDING TEAM BASES, CLINICAL SPACES AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 23234
30 Dec 2022N/a
CHANGE OF USE FROM RETIREMENT/NURSING HOME/ FAMILY CENTRE TO AN OUTPATIENT HEALTHCARE FACILITY PROVIDING TEAM BASES, CLINICAL SPACES AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
Retention · Kerry County Council, 221357
7 Dec 2022Conditional
(A) CHANGE THE USE TO CONVERT PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS-KY-0920 "PEMBROKE HOUSE" FROM OFFICE TO 2 APARTMENTS, (B) CHANGE THE USE TO CONVERT PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS-KY-0923 "OLD EGG AND BUTTER DEPOT" FROM A WAREHOUSE TO 6 TOWNHOUSE STYLE APARTMENTS WITH RELOCATED ENTRANCE AND WORKS TO BOUNDARY WALL, (C) CONSTRUCT AND INFILL APARTMENT BUILDING COMPRISING OF 6 APARTMENTS ON SITE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 221279
20 Sept 2022Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO GROUND FLOOR AREAS OF THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR AREAS OF THE EXISTING TWO STOREY BUILDING (A PROTECTED STRUCTURE) FOR DAY CARE ASSOCIATED USE, INCLUDING INTERNAL CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING DAY CARE FACILITY AND ALL RELATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22993
9 Jun 2022Conditional
INSTALL SOLAR PANELS ON EXISTING SHOP ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22600
21 Mar 2022N/a
A) CHANGE OF USE TO CONVERT PROTECTED STRUCTURE "PEMBROKE HOUSE" FROM OFFICE TO 2 APARTMENTS B) CHANGE OF USE TO CONVERT PROTECTED STRUCTURE "OLD EGG AND BUTTER DEPORT" FROM A STORE TO 6 TOWNHOUSE STYLE APARTMENTS WITH RELOCATED ENTRANCE AND WORKS TO BOUNDARY WALL C) CONSTRUCT AN INFILL APARTMENT BUILDING COMPRISING 6 APARTMENTS ON SITE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22306
30 Jul 2021Conditional
(A) RETAIN EXISTING FRONT PORCH TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO ALTER EXISTING FLAT ROOF TO A PITCHED ROOF FOR THE EXISTING FRONT PORCH, AND (C) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONVERT EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE THAT FORMS PART OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO A HABITABLE ROOM WITH EXTENSION TO FRONT OF PROPOSED HABITABLE ROOM TO INCORPORATE A FRONT BAY WINDOW, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21883
28 May 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF THE BAKERY BUILDING TO COMMERCIAL STORAGE USAGE, PERMISSION TO AMEND , WIDEN AND SET BACK THE ACCESS GATEWAY WITH ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITEWORKS (AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION REG. NO. 20/36) AND PERMISSION FOR NEW SIGNAGE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21576
20 Oct 2020Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED BUILDING FROM STORAGE USE TO USE AS A DEMENTIA MEMORY DAY UNIT FACILITY. ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING STORAGE SHED BUILDING INCLUDING A STAND ALONE ENTRANCE CANOPY. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SITE SERVICES. THE BUILDING IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS REF NO:24)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20993
22 Jan 2020Conditional
DEMOLISH BAKERY BUILDING, STORES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS, AMEND AND SET BACK THE SITE ACCESS AND TO CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY BUILDING CONTAINING SEVEN APARTMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 7 homes · Kerry County Council, 2039
3 Jan 2020Conditional
RETAIN CHANGE OF USE FROM A LAUDERETTE AND CAFE TO A RESTAURANT AND TAKE AWAY
Retention · Kerry County Council, 202
29 Nov 2019Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH AN EXISTING STORAGE AREA/OUTBUILDING, (B) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTRE. THE PROPOSAL WILL ACCOMMODATE A PRESCHOOL/PLAYSCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, (C) THE EXTENSION WILL UTILISE ALL EXISTING BUILDING SERVICES AND (D) CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 191210
The 25 most recent of 37 applications.
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 Balloonagh.
Recorded monuments
- KE029-119027 Castle - unclassified
Description
This record refers to the castle, known as 'Castle Mac Ellistrum' which was held in 1641 by Christopher Walsh. Its location is marked on the OS 6-inch map (1st ed). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 24 January 2012
Architectural heritage
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, church/chapel, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Attached eight-bay single-storey convent chapel, built c. 1860, with projecting entrance porches and tower. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked limestone ashlar walls with limestone string course at sill level. Paired leaded stained glass set in lancet arched openings with quatrefoil above, having hood mouldings. Timber matchboard double leaf doors with hood mouldings and wrought-iron hinges.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Multiple-bay two-storey with attic accommodation convent, built c. 1860. Pitched and single-pitched natural slate roofs with snecked limestone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked limestone ashlar walls. Timber matchboard single and double leaf doors with wrought-iron hinges having hood moulding above. Single and paired timber sliding sash windows in lancet and segmental-arched openings. Cast-metal fire escape. Limestone boundary walls. Single-storey outbuildings.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, laundry, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey former Magdalen Asylum, built c. 1865, terminating left hand side and right hand side bays are gabled. Various single- and two-storey extensions to sides and rear. Now disused. Pitched natural slate roof with limestone ashlar chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Nap rendered walls with limestone quoins. Single and paired timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Timber half glazed door with limestone surround. Trefoils to gabled bays. Single- and two-storey outbuildings.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Attached eight-bay three-storey extension to convent, built c. 1915. Pitched natural slate roof with snecked limestone ashlar chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked limestone ashlar walls. Timber sliding sash windows, some in pointed arch openings with limestone sills. Timber matchboard doors.
- House, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced six-bay three-storey former house, built 1893, now in use as retail outlet. Four single-storey extensions to rear. Pitched slate roof with nap rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded parapet. Pitched natural slate roof to single-storey extensions. Painted nap rendered walls with moulded quoins, platband and projecting cornices having carved limestone pilasters to ground floor. Rubble stone and cement rendered walls to extensions. Timber sliding sash windows with moulded reveals and surrounds. Timber fixed windows with timber glazed double leaf doors to ground floor having painted shop sign above. Timber sliding sash windows with metal grilles to rear.
- House, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey former house, built c. 1855, now in use as retail outlet. Pitched purple slate roof with nap rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted nap rendered walls with projecting cornice to sill level first floor and having limestone pilasters to ground floor. Timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills to upper floors. Fixed timber windows with glazed double leaf doors to ground floor having painted shop sign above.
- House, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace single-bay three-storey former house, built 1872, now in use as public house. Pitched artificial slate roof with painted nap rendered chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled nap rendered walls with cement rendered snecked cladding to ground floor side elevations. Timber sliding sash windows with painted limestone sills to upper floors. Timber fixed windows and panelled door to ground floor, surrounded by timber pilaster and entablature shopfront.
- House, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1862, now in use as public house. Pitched artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted cement rendered walls with projecting timber shop sign. Timber sliding sash windows with painted stone sills to upper floor. Timber top hung outward opening window and timber panelled door to ground floor.
- Store/warehouse, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay two-storey former warehouse, built 1877, now in use as laundry. Pitched natural slate roof with carved eaves board. Limestone rubble walls and sandstone quoins to sides and rear. Painted cement rendered walls to front with timber shop sign to first floor and carved date stone. Timber sliding sash windows set in segmental-arched openings with metal bars. Timber matchboard double leaf doors to ground floor. Brick arches over rear openings.
- Saint Anthony's, house, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1870. Pitched natural slate roof with cement rendered chimneystack, polygonal clayware pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered rubble stone walls with cement rendered plinth. Bill board to gable wall. Timber sliding sash windows with painted stone sills. Timber panelled door with toplight.
- Pembroke House, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with extensive render decorative mouldings. Pitched natural slate roof with artificial slate roof repairs, cement rendered chimneystack, polygonal clayware pots and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted nap rendered walls with render pilasters, quoins, cornice and string course. Timber sliding sash windows set in segmental-arched openings with moulded reveals, hood mouldings, moulded surrounds with decorative key stones and moulded stone sills. Timber panelled door with fanlight. Bow window to side wall. Corrugated metal sheet double leaf doors with cement rendered piers immediately adjacent to right hand side.
- Creamery, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached thirteen-bay single-storey former creamery depot, built 1896, now mostly vacant. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron ridge ventilators, red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble sandstone walls with limestone quoins and having date stone to south gable. Timber sliding sash windows and boarded up openings with red brick sills and surrounds. Timber matchboard door and galvanised double leaf doors. Rubble stone walls and corrugated metal sheet to single-storey outbuilding. Rubble stone boundary wall to west side.
- Store/warehouse, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached two-bay three-storey former warehouse, built c. 1880, now in use as offices and flats. Hipped artificial slate roof with uPVC rainwater goods. Painted cement render quoins. Timber top hung outward opening windows with painted concrete sill and timber glazed door. Possibly contains fabric of Castle Macallistrim.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, orphanage/children's home, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay two-storey former orphanage with seven-bay two-storey wing to rear, built 1866, now in use as convent. Projecting glazed porch. Pitched natural slate roof with squared rubble sandstone chimneystacks, rooflights, gabled dormers, metal rainwater goods and ashlar gable apex stones with wrought-iron cross finials. Squared red sandstone rubble walls with tooled ashlar limestone quoins and canted plinth course. Timber sliding sash windows in groups of two or three with moulded ashlar mullions having segmental-arched rubble stone relieving arches over. Timber replacement dormer windows. Glazed doors to porch. Timber matchboard door with dressed stone segmental arch above.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, gate lodge, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built 1894, with gabled and hipped projections and entrance porch to rear. Two-bay single-storey extension to north-west c. 1990. Pitched artificial slate roof with ashlar chimneystack having moulded coping, decorative timber gable boarding and uPVC gutter. Snecked red sandstone walls with ashlar limestone quoins, plinth course and blank plaque. Split concrete block to extension. Replacement uPVC top hung outward opening windows and door with ashlar limestone lintels, reveals, sills, and having trifoliated heads to south west gable windows. Haunched lintel to former open porch now enclosed with timber fixed windows.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, gates/railings/walls, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Entrance gates to convent, built c. 1890. Sandstone piers with limestone quoins and buttresses having limestone copings. Wrought-iron double leaf gates.
- Saint John's Convent of Mercy, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted two-bay two-storey school with single-bay two-storey recessed gabled entrance bay to left hand side and having three-bay single-storey classroom wing, built c. 1891. Two-bay extension and projecting gabled end-bay beyond c. 1932. Corridor extension to rear c. 1960. Pitched purple slate roof with ridge ventilators, cast-iron rainwater goods, ashlar gable copings with corbel skews and wrought-iron finials, and ashlar chimneystacks. Flat metallised felt roof to corridor to rear. Snecked ashlar red sandstone walls with limestone string course, canted plinth course, carved name plaque over entrance door with hood moulding and having ashlar limestone quoins. Painted nap rendered walls to rear, having metal vent grilles. uPVC top hung outward opening windows and panelled double leaf doors with ashlar mullions, transoms, lintels, and pointed segmental ashlar arch to door. Polychromatic pointed segmental relieving arches over major openings. Timber sliding sash windows to rear. Cast-iron railings to rubble boundary wall with ashlar copings.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_106 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Balloonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Balloonagh · Balúnach
- Area
- 198,676 m² (19.87 ha, 49.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tralee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Tralee Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tralee Urban electoral division: 6,104 people in 2,758 households; 35% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caherslee, Gallowsfields, Pluckeen, Tralee
- Placenames
- Balloonagh 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.