Ballycallan

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycallan, from 21 m² to 239,275 m² (23.93 ha, 59.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycallan 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.

• 5 Mar 2026Refused

  of 21/33

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2623

• 3 Oct 2025Conditional

  to erect a slatted cattle house including underground slurry storage tank and ancillary concrete works on my lands

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 25106

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  for the alterations to site layout and site boundaries (previously approved under planning register reference 21/33)

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21886

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  to erect an agricultural machinery storage shed

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21106

• 26 Jan 2021Conditional

  for the erection of a dwelling house and domestic garage with treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2133

• 30 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the erection of a dwelling house with treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20932

• 1 Dec 2017Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house to replace existing dwelling, domestic garage, new site entrance to public road, new bore hole well, provision of a new treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 17798

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 Ballycallan.

Recorded monuments

• KK018-072001 Church
  Description

  On a low rise with good views to the NE, SE and S but limited elsewhere due to higher ground. The medieval church is not visible at ground level. According to the OS Letters (1839), ‘It is probable that the present Protestant Church, which may be fifty years old [built c. 1790], occupies the site of the ancient one’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 235 (79)). The C of I church had itself been demolished by 1900 as it does not appear on the revised 6-inch OS map. Several medieval architectural fragments from the church have been reused in the graveyard (KK018-072002-) as grave-markers. A ‘small ancient cross' (KK022-008----) was identified c. 1km to the SE in the 1850s and it was suggested that it may have been the gable cross (KK018-072003-) of the medieval church (Anon. 1854-5, 343-4). There are four graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard, which appear to be of 13th/14th-century date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a low rise with good views to the NE, SE and S but limited elsewhere due to higher ground. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the graveyard is shown by a dashed line which indicates that it had no fixed enclosing element. By the revised 1900 ed. the graveyard is indicated as a being slightly larger sub-square area (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) and it had been enclosed. It is defined by a stone wall, capped with concrete, and entered at the S end of the W wall. There is no visible trace of the medieval church (KK018-072001-) and the later late 18th-century C of I church has also been demolished. Several medieval architectural fragments from the church have been reused as grave-markers. There are four graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard, which appear to be of 13th/14th-century date. The OS Letters (1839) describe it as, ‘a large and popular burying ground’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 235 (79)). A particular custom was noted in the 1850s where, ‘On the first day of February (being St. Bridget’s day), parties who have relatives buried in the church-yard of Ballycallan come and strip the grass from the graves of their friends, which they then cover with gravel, and decorate with branches of laurel and other evergreens, being unable to procure flowers at the above season’ (Anon. 1854-4, 343-4). This custom is also described by Holahan (1883, 81-2) who writes, ‘St. Bridget, or Brigid, of Kildare, is the patroness of the Parish of Ballycallan. Her festival is observed on the first of February. On the eve of the festival children and men may be observed wending their way to the churchyard. The surface of the graves is dug up, sand is placed upon them, they are raised, made smooth, and neatly rounded. They are then decked with holly and ivy, and other evergreens, together with such flowers as can be procured. The “Pattern” day is usually celebrated on the following Sunday. Pilgrimages were made at the site of the ancient Church near the cross-roads of Ballycallan, until about fifty years ago [c. 1830s]’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072003 Cross
  Description

  Indicated in Curragh townland on the revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map and recorded as KK022-008----. This ‘small ancient cross' was identified in the 1850s and was described as being, 'evidently very old; the rubble work upon which its base is placed is modern, having been built by the country people, that by thus raising the cross it would look more important, as it is very small, and is called in Irish, 'Crois-gar,' or the little cross. The Rev. James Graves suggests that it may originally have been the gable cross of Ballycallan [medieval] church [KK018-072001-]' (Anon. 1854-5, 343-4). The church and graveyard (KK018-072002-) lie c. 1km NW of the cross. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072004 Graveslab
  Description

  Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated at the SE end of the graveyard (KK018-072002-) close to the E boundary wall. It is planted upright in the ground (exposed L 0.8m; Wth 0.4m at ground level, broadening out to 0.45m at its upper end; T 0.15m) and tilts towards the E. The E face is decorated with a cross with fleur-de-lis terminals and is incised with a Lombardic inscription which Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) transcribes as, 'HIC JACT (sic) SARRAMOYNATH' and translates as, 'Here lies Sarah Moynath'. It is one of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard noted by Carrigan (ibid.) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072005 Graveslab
  Description

  Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated W of centre of the graveyard (KK018-072002-) and directly E of the 19th-century Holmes memorial. The lower portion (L 0.4m; Wth 0.24m tapering towards the base; T 0.11m) of the slab protrudes above the ground. It is decorated with an incised cross-shaft with incised fleur-de-lis terminal. It is one of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard noted by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072006 Graveslab
  Description

  Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated at the NE end of the graveyard (KK018-072002-), E of a modern Celtic cross dedicated to Patrick Phelan. The lower portion (L 0.7m; Wth 0.27m tapering to 0.25m at the base; T 0.07m) of the slab protrudes above the ground. It is decorated with an incised cross-shaft with incised fleur-de-lis terminal. It is one of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) in the graveyard noted by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK018-072007 Graveslab
  Description

  Associated with the medieval church (KK018-072001-) of Ballycallan and situated in the graveyard (KK018-072002-). One of four taping graveslabs (KK018-072004-; KK018-072005-; KK018-072006-; KK018-072007-) noted by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 442) which appear to date from the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2021

• KK022-010 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1899-1900 revision, though clearest on the 25-inch OS map where is it depicted as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 46m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE), though the NE side is curving outward slightly. Satellite imagery (Digitalglobe viewed 17 May 2021) shows that the monument has been levelled. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycallan.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballycallan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Ballycallan · Baile Uí Challáin

Area

1,347,871 m² (134.79 ha, 333.07 acres)

Civil parish

Ballycallan, and its townlands

Barony

Crannagh

Electoral division

Ballycallan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballycallan electoral division: 461 people in 147 households; 94% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balleven, Ballyhack, Curragh, Damma Lower, Doorath, Rossdama, Toberbreedia

Placenames

Ballycallan 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.