Ballygreighan

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygreighan, from 4 m² to 387,999 m² (38.8 ha, 95.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballygreighan 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.

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  Construct dwelling house, construct domestic garage, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660046

• 1 Mar 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of a dwelling house, installation of effluent treatment system with percolation area, construction of site entrance and access road and carry out all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1968

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of (1): Refurbish existing dwellinghouse, remove existing twin roof and replace with new hipped roof (2): Retain domestic garage (3): Carry out all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18160

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 Ballygreighan.

Recorded monuments

• SL012-067001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, located in wet ground at the base of a N-facing slope. This holy well is named Tobercahillboght on the 1837 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a circular, steep sided hole (diam. 0.55m, D 0.8m) whose sides and floor are lined with stones. It is now dry. It is located 12m to SE of a natural spring, which emerges from the base of the slope and flows N into a small pool. There is a crucifix plaque (SL012-067002-), located within a small circle of stones, 2m E of the stone-lined well. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-067002 Cross
  Description

  Located 2m to E of a holy well (SL012-067001-). A small stone crucifix (H 0.53m; Wth of arms 0.44m; Wth shaft 0.17m, T 0.007m) lies on the ground in the centre of a circle (diam. 2m) of loosely piled small stones. Carved in relief on one face of the cross is a depiction of Christ with simplified facial features and crossed feet. Diagaonal lines represent a loin cloth. The right arm of the cross bears the date 1749. The left arm, which has been broken off but lies adjacent to the cross, bears indecipherable symbols. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 May 2013

• SL012-068001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on an E-W rise or low ridge in pasture. The ground level falls away to the N. Large raised circular area (68.8m E-W; 66m N-S) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.5m at E, 0.8m at W), with slight traces of the original bank (Wth c. 3.5m) at NW. The entrance is not clearly defined but may have been at SW where the internal ground level is lowest relative to the exterior. Within the SE quadrant is a possible house (SL012-068002-). The NW quadrant is separated from the remainder by a curving bank (Wth 3-3.5m; H 0.7-0.9m). Large stones set in the bank may be remnants of stone facing. Constructed against the inner face of this bank, within the SE portion of the area it encloses, are the remains of a possible house (SL012-068003-). The NW quadrant is further sub-divided by low bank which extends from the NW corner of the house site to the perimeter at NNW. There is a holy well (SL012-067001-) at the base of the slope c. 90m to N. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-068002 House - early medieval
  Description

  At a rath (SL012-068001-). Within the SE quadrant of the rath is a subrectangular raised platform (13.8m N-S; 14.5m E-W; H 0.5 at W, 0.65m at E), probably a house. Remnants of a bank (Wth. 1.7m; int. H 0.2m) defined the W side of the platform. There is another house (SL012-068003-) c. 10m to NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-068003 House - early medieval
  Description

  At a rath (SL012-068001-). The NW quadrant of the rath is separated from the remainder of the rath by a curving bank (Wth 3-3.5m; H 0.7-0.9m) which may have been faced with large stones. Constructed against the NW side of this bank, within the SE portion of the area it encloses, is a much disturbed rectangular house (14.5m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by a bank (Wth. 2.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.5m) of earth and stone. Its internal ground level is lower than that outside. There is a break midway along the bank on the N side, and two breaks on the S side. There is another possible house (SL012-068002-) c. 10m to SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-037 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of a natural rise in sharply undulating pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map but not shown on later editions. This enclosure has been levelled but the barely discernible outline of a roughly circular area (diam. c. 15m), defined at E by a slightly raised contour, is visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the narrow top of an E-W ridge in undulating, hilly pasture. Raised circular area (22.5m E-W; 20.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.5m, at NE). The bank is very low on the internal face and, for much of the circuit, is largely reduced to a scarp (ext. H 2.6m at SW). A break in bank (Wth 4m) at E may mark the original entrance. Within the S part of the interior is a hollow area (5.4m E-W; 3.8m N-S; D 0.6m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-039001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, situated on a level area beneath the top of a broad E-W ridge. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) with an external fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 1.1m), U-shaped in profile. At the outer lip of the fosse at S are ephemeral traces of a possible outer bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2m). A break (Wth. 6m) in the bank and fosse at WNW may mark the original entrance. Centrally located within the interior is a possible souterrain (SL018-039002-). The remainder of the internal ground level of the rath is uneven. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-039002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Ballygreighan rath (SL018-039001-). Centrally located within the interior is a circular sunken area (dims. 7m E-W; 6.3m N-S - D 0.4m) defined by a low bank (ext. H 0.3m). On its SSE side is a gap (Wth. 1.5m) which opens into a sunken passage (Wth. 1.6m; D 0.6m - 0.7m) which extends in a SSE direction for 5m until it intersects with a ditch or gully (Wth. 0.8m; D 0.6m) which extends from E-SE-SSE immediately inside the bank. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated near the break of slope on the SE side of a high NE-SW ridge in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (26m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1m) with ephemeral traces of a levelled bank at its upper edge (Wth 2.6m). At the foot of the scarp is a shallow fosse (Wth 2- 3.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.6-4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1-1.2m) which has been quarried away at S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-083 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At the S edge of a low rise in level pasture. Indicated as an oval shaded area (c. 15m E-W; c. 10m N-S) on the 1837 OS 6-inch map and on the 1913 edition as a small rectangular structure (c. 5m N-S; c. 2m E-W) enclosed within a polygonal area (c. 13m ESE-WNW; c. 8m NNE-SSW). Roughly oblong or subrectangular raised area (12.2m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW) which appears to be revetted with a kerb of stones. On top of the mound there are ephemeral remains of a roughly circular area (diam. 3m) defined by what appears to be a low bank or kerb of sod-covered stones. At the NW end, the top of the mound is level but there is a slight slope down at the SW end. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballygreighan, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballygreighan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Ballygreighan · Baile Uí Ghréacháin

Area

2,356,906 m² (235.69 ha, 582.4 acres)

Civil parish

Templeboy, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Templeboy South, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ardgivna, Ballinphull, Ballygreighan Barr, Doonmadden, Grangebeg Barr, Kingsmountain, Lugdoon, Rathglass, Rathurlisk

Placenames

Ballygreighan 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.