Ballygilcash
Ballygilcash is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacshalgan, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Baile Mhic Giolla Chais.
Parcel 775243
- Area
- 20,553 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 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
- Ballygilcash
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dunneill River 001664
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- SL012-037001 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
In pasture, located on top of a hill overlooking the junction of the Carrowcor River and the Dunneill River at base of the W slope of the hill. The W slope of the hill has been partly quarried away. Oblong area (38.5m N–S; 26.5m E–W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m at N, 3.5m at S; int. H 0.6-0.75m; ext. H 1.7m at N, 1.2m at S. A gap (Wth 3.2m), slightly off-centre to S on the E side, probably represents the original entrance. In the N half of the interior, close to the bank at E, there is a possible subcircular hut site (SL012-037002-). In the SW quadrant of the interior, remnants of a low bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.2m) extend from the enclosure bank at W for 8m into the interior to SE. This may be part of a structure (SL012-037003-) built against the enclosure bank. There are also traces of a possible E-W division in the S half of the interior but, at the time of visit, the remains were obscured by long grass and difficult to interpret. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 July 2013
- SL012-037002 Hut site
Description
In a possible rath (SL012-037001-). In the N half of the rath interior, close to the bank at E, there is a possible hut site (SL012-037002-). It consists of a subcircular area (diam. 5m) defined by a low bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 July 2013
- SL012-037003 Structure
Description
In a possible rath (SL012-037001-). In the SW quadrant of the rath interior, remnants of a low bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.2m) extend from the rath bank at W for 8m into the interior to SE. This may be part of a structure built against the enclosure bank. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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.
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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
- 105.8 ha
- 261 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 3,023 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB – green belt
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygilcash, from 88 m² to 227,710 m² (22.77 ha, 56.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 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
No planning application touches the townland of Ballygilcash 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dunneill River 001664
Recorded monuments
- SL012-033001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a NE-facing slope in poorly drained pasture. Raised subcircular area (28.6m NW-SE; 24.6m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 4.6-6.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.55-2.3m). A fosse, evident as a shallow depression (Wth 4.5-5m), can be traced at the outer foot of the bank at NE-SE. A break in bank (Wth. 4.4m) at E, with traces of an accompanying causeway across the fosse, represents the original entrance. At the inner foot of the bank at SE-SW is a low terrace (Wth 3m; H 0.4m). Incorporated into this and built against the inner face of the bank at S is a subrectangular platform (6.8m E-W; 4.8m N-S; H 0.8m), possibly the remains of a house(SL012-033002-). There is a possible rath (SL012-034----) c. 95m to ESE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL012-033002 House - indeterminate date
Description
At a rath (SL012-033001-). Built against the inner face of the rath bank at S is a subrectangular platform (6.8m E-W; 4.8m N-S; H 0.8m). The top of the platform has a slightly sunken central area (diam. 2.6m). Possibly the remains of a house. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL012-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise at the NE end of an E-W ridge in average pasture. Slightly raised D-shaped area (diam. 24m NE-SW; 16m NW-SE to field fence) defined from N-WSW by a low bank (Wth. 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m, at SE) of earth and stone, and bordered on the straight side to NW by a modern field fence. There is no trace of a continuation of the enclosure to NW of the field fence. This may be the remains of a circular enclosure, the NW third of which has been levelled. There is a rath (SL012-033001-) c. 95m to WNW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Architectural heritage
- Donaghintraine Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span limestone road-over-river bridge, built c. 1820. Rubble stone walling rising to parapets, round-headed arch with cut stone voussoirs, rubble stone buttresses with splayed caps to both sides of arch on north elevation, dressed limestone parapet copings. Bitmac twin-carriageway surface, grass verges to both sides. Spans north-south over Carrowcor River.
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 Ballygilcash, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballygilcash.
- 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 Ballygilcash with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Ballygilcash · Baile Mhic Giolla Chais
- Area
- 1,057,897 m² (105.79 ha, 261.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacshalgan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Dromore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 527 people lived in 205 households in the Dromore electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowcor, Carrowmably, Cloonascoffagh, Donaghintraine, Doonaltan, Knockaculleen, Portaghbradagh
- Placenames
- Ballygilcash 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.