Ballyknock

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknock, from 45 m² to 220,637 m² (22.06 ha, 54.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyknock 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.

• 14 Sept 2026N/a

  extension of duration of PL20/463 for construction of a single storey dwelling, with bored well, entrance off existing laneway, two storey agricultural shed, a waste water treatment system with sand polishing filter and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 2617

• 14 May 2025Conditional

  the installation of a new drainage pipe to an existing open drain as part of restoration work of the bog and the construction of a new wooden boardwalk, passing points and observation platform for safe access to the bog, along with all associated site and landscaping works. This submission includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS), Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) and other associated documentation for these works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560123

• 26 Jul 2024Conditional

  the extension of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460216

• 29 Mar 2024Conditional

  the erection of a storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460079

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey dwelling, with bored well, entrance off existing laneway, two storey agricultural shed, a waste water treatment system with sand polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20463

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  for a waste water treatment system and percolation area servicing an existing dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20174

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW026-012 Earthwork
  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 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as small circular feature (max. diam. c. 15m), probably mound with lime kiln at E. No visible surface traces.

• CW026-013 Ringfort - rath
  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 Subrectangular area (max. Dim c. 42m WNW-ESE) incorporated into field system. Originally enclosed by bank extensively modified and in places replaced by wall. Gaps at NE, ESE and SW, but original entrance not identifiable.

• CW026-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On high ground in pasture with forestry immediately to NW, excellent views to N, E and W. According to local information ringfort ploughed out sometime around the 1950's. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyknock, 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 Ballyknock.

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 Ballyknock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballyknock · Baile Chnoc an Bhiocáire

Area

2,021,366 m² (202.14 ha, 499.49 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mullins, and its townlands

Barony

St. Mullin's Lower

Electoral division

Glynn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

395 people lived in 136 households in the Glynn electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bahana, Bauck, Dranagh, Drummin, Glebe, St. Mullin's, Turra

Placenames

Ballyknock 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.