Ballintemple
Ballintemple is a townland in the civil parish of Ardoyne, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Baile an Teampaill.
Parcel 806993
- Area
- 8,653 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 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
- Ballintemple
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 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 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
- 392.1 ha
- 969 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 15,860 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintemple, from 229 m² to 486,247 m² (48.62 ha, 120.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballintemple 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
10 Apr 2026Conditional
the construction of an extension to the northwest elevation of existing agricultural shed/store and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660101
26 May 2025Conditional
the Construction of a new cattle feeding area including underground slatted tanks, and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560142
7 Feb 2025Conditional
of a Garden Room/Office to the side of garden space of an existing dwelling
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560025
4 Feb 2025N/a
indefinite retention of a Garden Room/Office to the side of garden space of an existing dwelling
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560021
5 Oct 2023Conditional
2 no. disabled parking spaces and 2 no. EV charging points to the existing public parking area. The proposal also includes for a proposed new length of circa 327.35 sq.m concrete post and wire fencing to the northern site boundary and all other associated site works and ancillaries. These works are taking place within the curtilage of Protected Structure Altamont House, CW89
Permission · Carlow County Council, 23170
22 Oct 2021Conditional
single storey residence, garage and the installation of a septic tank and wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21406
12 Nov 2020Conditional
the construction of a straw/hay shed, and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20395
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781
Recorded monuments
- CW017-010 Church
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 According to Comerford (1886, Vol II, 395) 'portions of the walls (of the church) were still standing within the memory of persons still living'. During land clearance, bones, one double-and two single-basin bullauns, circular shallow stone basin and small stone stoup or mortar were uncovered; later removed to Tullow parochial house. Site may have been enclosed by series of fosses and banks. Became parish church of Pubbledrum in medieval period.
- CW017-010001 Bullaun stone
Description
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW017-010002 Bullaun stone
Description
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW017-010003 Bullaun stone
Description
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW017-010004 Font
Description
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW017-010005 Architectural fragment
Description
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW017-056 Enclosure
Description
One of two sub-rectangular shaped cropmarks (see also CW017-057----) visible on an aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (62) 26-29). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 24 January 2012
- CW017-057 Enclosure
Description
One of two sub-rectangular shaped cropmarks (see also CW017-056----) visible on an aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (62) 26-29). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 24 January 2012
- CW018-002001 Enclosure
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 25 January 2012 Aerial photograph (GSI S 262) shows faint and indistinct cropmarks of three small oval features (max. diam. of largest (CW018-002001-) c. 25m NW-SE, of medium (CW018-002002-), c. 20m NW-SE; smallest (CW018-002003-) is indistinct).
- CW018-002002 Enclosure
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 25 January 2012 Aerial photograph (GSI S 262) shows faint and indistinct cropmarks of three small oval features (max. diam. of largest (CW018-002001-) c. 25m NW-SE, of medium (CW018-002002-), c. 20m NW-SE; smallest (CW018-002003-) is indistinct).
- CW018-002003 Enclosure
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 25 January 2012 Aerial photograph (GSI S 262) shows faint and indistinct cropmarks of three small oval features (max. diam. of largest (CW018-002001-) c. 25m NW-SE, of medium (CW018-002002-), c. 20m NW-SE; smallest (CW018-002003-) is indistinct).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballintemple.
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 Ballintemple, 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 Ballintemple.
- 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 Ballintemple with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballintemple · Baile an Teampaill
- Area
- 3,921,308 m² (392.13 ha, 968.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardoyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Ballintemple, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 599 people lived in 210 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Altamont, Ballinastraw, Broomville or Clonachona, Coolroe, Drummin, Kilbride, Kilgraney, Monaughrim
- Placenames
- Ballintemple 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.