Ballinadrum

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinadrum, from 262 m² to 276,316 m² (27.63 ha, 68.28 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballinadrum 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.

• 18 Nov 2025Conditional

  a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, decommissioning of existing septic tank, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560375

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

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 Ballinadrum.

Recorded monuments

• CW013-050 Moated site
  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 Almost square platform with low bank (40m N-S, 45m E-W; H at N 1.5m, at E 2.1m above base of fosse) enclosed by well-defined flat-base fosse (Wth at base 3m) and second low external bank. Situated below crest of hill. No evidence of causeway or entrance. Aerial photograph (GB89.AH.23) shows moated site. Well preserved rectangular earthwork in 1989. But the aerial photograph on website shows earthwork under cultivation which is unfortunate given that this was one of a very small number of well preserved moated sites surviving as upstanding monuments in County Carlow (Barrett 1989).

• CW013-051 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP R5/9 and MM (63) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-052 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: 17 July 2007 Shown by Mathews on his map of the townlands of Ballykealy in 1787 (NLI). Several circular features with trees are shown, but only this is marked 'forth'. Possibly a ringfort, of which no visible surface trace survives.

• CW013-053 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 Visible as slight very defaced rise with shallow concave interior (diam. c. 30m, H c. 0.4m). Aerial photograph (GB89.AH.24) shows position of the ringfort. On aerial photograph the monument is recorded as a low level circular earthwork defined by a fosse; currently under cultivation (Barrett 1989).

• CW013-096 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 1,2 and 4). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-097 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 1, 2 and 4). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-098 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure cut by field bank at E, visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-099 Field system
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 6 and 7). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-100 Ring-ditch
  Description

  One of two ring-ditches c. 40m apart (see also CW013-101----) visible on aerial photographs (MM (62) 35-36; MM (64) 7 and GB89.AH.22). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-101 Ring-ditch
  Description

  One of two ring-ditches c. 40m apart (see also CW013-100----) visible on aerial photographs (MM (62) 35-36; MM (64) 7 and GB89.AH.22). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW013-110 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AH13.) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Radiating fosses may represent an associated system. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballinadrum, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2663 (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 Ballinadrum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballinadrum · Baile na gCodarmán

Area

1,359,251 m² (135.93 ha, 335.88 acres)

Civil parish

Fennagh, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Rathrush, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,139 people lived in 350 households in the Rathrush electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballon, Ballygarret or Sandbrook, Ballykealey, Cunaberry, Rathrush

Placenames

Ballinadrum 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.