Ballybrennan

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrennan, from 202 m² to 416,818 m² (41.68 ha, 103 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the erection of 2 No. aluminium silos, to the east side of our existing facility

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22317

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  development consisting of erection of solar PV panels fixed to the existing roof of the industrial building Unit 3 and all ancillary installation works and associated development

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22298

• 1 Apr 2021Refused

  development consisting of the construction of one wind turbine up to 5MW with overall tip height of up to 180m; Construct the wind turbine foundation, hard standing and assembly area; Provide a site entrance and an access track within the site; Construct an on-site 20kV substation and underground electrical cable; Install a 7.9km underground grid connection, which passes throught the following townlands: Rathbaun, Templehouse Demesne, Kilbrattan, Portinch, Emlaghnaghtan, Cartron (Percival), Cartron (Phibbs), Lecarrow, Carrowkeel, Cloonkeevy, Ballybrennan, connecting into the existing ESB Substation; and construct all associated site development and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared with this planning application

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21113

• 4 Mar 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the erection of solar PV panels fixed to the existing roof of the industrial building at the premises; and for all ancillary installation works and associated development

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2167

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  development consisting of 1. Retain existing Fuel Silo (7.55m high 2.86m diameter) 2. Retain existing boiler and control house (6m x 2.4m)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20419

• 2 Jan 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the following (1) construction of a new office, storage, and manufacturing facility (Manufacturing/Storage area 1871m2, Office, reception and meeting area 241m2) (2) Construct 3 no. Material Silos (3) Construct new road access approximately 200m East of the existing access, and new access road. (4) All ancillary services associated with the development.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 201

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 Ballybrennan.

Recorded monuments

• SL033-118 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by the remains of two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.8m) is best preserved along the N and E arcs. The intervening fosse (Wth 2m) is evident along the N and E arcs with the outer bank (Wth 1.6m; ext. H 1m) remaining along the NE arc. A line of stones along the W arc may also be the remains of an outer bank. The entrance (Wth. 1.8m) is at SW. There are trees along the perimeter. There is a possible house (SL033-118001-) in the SW quadrant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revised upload: 8 September 2015

• SL033-118001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Abutting the enclosing bank in the SW quadrant of a rath (SL033-118----). This possible house is evident as a shallow rectangular depression (5.4m E-W; 3.2m N-S; D 0.1-0.35m) defined on the S and W sides by the enclosing bank of the rath, and on the N and E sides by an artificial scarp. Some stone is visible in the N side. The entrance may have been on the E side. Attached image: SL033-118001-_01.JPG possible house viewed from N Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 September 2015

• SL033-119 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the edge of a shallow cliff scarp. A portion of the W side of a circular area remains as an arc of an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m). The interior of the rath is lower than the external ground level. The rath is indicated on the 1944 OS 6-inch map as a circular platform (diam. c. 30m) with a quarry hole to W. The adjacent field boundaries have been removed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-120 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, on a low ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21m) defined by a short section of an earthen bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) along the E arc and by a scarp (H 1.4m) elsewhere. There is an entrance ramp (Wth 5m) at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-121 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the S side of a road. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballybrennan, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1039 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballybrennan · Baile Uí Bhraonáin

Area

1,865,554 m² (186.56 ha, 460.99 acres)

Civil parish

Emlaghfad, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Ballymote, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,269 people lived in 927 households in the Ballymote electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconnell, Aughris, Camross, Carrigeenmore, Carrownanty, Cloonkeevy, Maghera, Rathdoony More

Placenames

Ballybrennan 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.