Ballykeefecastle

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballykeefecastle, from 14 m² to 433,392 m² (43.34 ha, 107.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballykeefecastle 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.

• 1 Apr 2026N/a

  for the renovation and extension of existing dwelling to include 1) remove the existing corrugated roof and raise the wall plate to the level of the existing slate roof including new dormer windows, 2) extension above existing flat roof to the side of the dwelling to create additional first floor habitable space

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660190

• 23 Dec 2024Refused

  to construct a dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment system & all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460667

• 10 Dec 2024N/a

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING, ENTRANCE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460616

• 21 Nov 2024N/a

  TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING, ENTRANCE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460561

• 12 Nov 2018Conditional

  to demolish the existing sub-standard cottage, outhouse and entrance walls on site, to erect a new two storey dwelling house with separate adjoining garage, to provide new proprietary sewage treatment system and percolation area, to create new vehicular entrance to the site with all associated site works to lands located

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18748

• 14 Feb 2017Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1782

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 Ballykeefecastle.

Recorded monuments

• KK022-013001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On a S-facing slope with good views to the S. A pond (dims. c. 18m NE-SW; c. 11m NW-SE) is indicated on the 1st (1839) OS 6-inch map and on the 1899-1900 revision immediately N of the bawn wall. A castle within a large bawn (KK022-013005-) is depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh and on parish map of ‘The Parrish of Ballicallan and parte of the Parrish of Tullohan’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map describes, 'a very Spacious House at Ballykeife with Small Thatcht Houses' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as the Countess of Ormond (ibid.). Three houses (KK022-013002-; KK022-013003-; KK022-013004-) are depicted outside the bawn on the Down Survey parish map (ibid.). Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 435) notes that, 'James Shortall, who died about 1540, is styled "lord of Balylorcan and of Balykife," on his monument, in St. Canice's Cathedral, and in an inscription in the Black Abbey. He cannot, however, have held the townland otherwise than as feudal tenant of the Ormond family. Thomas, the Black Earl of Ormond, was the owner of Ballykeeffe in 1550; the Duke of Ormond also held it in 1653'. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 436), 'Ballykeeffe castle is now in ruins. The upper portion has been thrown down, but what remains is still some 30 or 40 feet [9-12m] in height'. A 'Castle (in ruins)' is indicated on the 1st (1839) OS 6-inch map and on the 1899-1900 revision, as well as a 'Tower'. The tower relates to a flanking tower on the NW angle of the bawn. The bawn wall runs NE from the flanking tower and this walling appears to have been mistakenly indicated as the castle on the OS maps. The castle or fortified house does not survive above ground, with no visible trace at ground level. See attached: KK022-013001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) KK022-013001-_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of 'Ballicallan and parte of the Parrish of Tullohan’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2021

• KK022-013005 Bawn
  Description

  On a S-facing slope with good views to the S. A pond (dims. c. 18m NE-SW; c. 11m NW-SE) is indicated on the 1st (1839) OS 6-inch map and on the 1899-1900 revision immediately N of the bawn wall and this area is still very wet and waterlogged. A castle (KK022-013001-) within a large bawn is depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh and on parish map of ‘The Parrish of Ballicallan and parte of the Parrish of Tullohan’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying the parish map describes, 'a very Spacious House at Ballykeife with Small Thatcht Houses' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as the Countess of Ormond (ibid.). Three houses (KK022-013002-; KK022-013003-; KK022-013004-) are depicted outside the bawn on the Down Survey parish map (ibid.). Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 435) notes that, 'James Shortall, who died about 1540, is styled "lord of Balylorcan and of Balykife," on his monument, in St. Canice's Cathedral, and in an inscription in the Black Abbey. He cannot, however, have held the townland otherwise than as feudal tenant of the Ormond family. Thomas, the Black Earl of Ormond, was the owner of Ballykeeffe in 1550; the Duke of Ormond also held it in 1653'. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 436), 'Ballykeeffe castle is now in ruins. The upper portion has been thrown down, but what remains is still some 30 or 40 feet [9-12m] in height'.   A 'Castle (in ruins)' is indicated on the 1st (1839) OS 6-inch map and on the 1899-1900 revision, as well as a 'Tower'. The tower relates to a flanking tower (diam. 5m) on the NW angle of the bawn. The N wall of the bawn (ext. H 4.9m; int. H 3.42m; L c. 21m) runs NE from the flanking tower and this walling appears to have been mistakenly indicated as the castle on the OS maps. There is no visible trace of the castle or fortified house at ground level. The bawn is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble and appears to have an internal wall-walk, the top of the wall projects out both internally and externally by c. 0.2m, with the parapet of the wall-walk rising 0.82m above the projection internally and c. 0.5m above the projection externally. The external wall of the bawn, which is heavily ivy clad, has a base-batter (H 1.25m; Wth 0.5m). A large hayshed has been built up against the internal face of the wall. There are at least two narrow flat-headed loops in the wall and also a gun loop at the W end.  The flanking tower, at the W end of the bawn wall, is three storeys high and has a number of loops and gun loops. The W side is obscured by ivy and an adjoining farm building. At ground-floor level there is a loop one facing W, one facing N which has a triangular recess cut into the window head above the flat-headed opening, and one facing NE which is quite crude, possibly rebuilt, as the base of the loop consists of two jambs tilted inwards to form a point. At first-floor level there is a gun loop facing W. At second-floor level there are narrow loops facing S, SW and NW. Externally, at second-floor level, there is a squinch between the tower and the N wall of the bawn. See attached:  KK022-013005-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) KK022-013005-_02 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of 'Ballicallan and parte of the Parrish of Tullohan’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballykeefecastle, 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 the townland of Ballykeefecastle.

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 Ballykeefecastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Ballykeefecastle · Caisleán Bhaile Uí Chaoimh

Area

1,187,717 m² (118.77 ha, 293.49 acres)

Civil parish

Tullaghanbrogue, and its townlands

Barony

Crannagh

Electoral division

Tullaghanbrogue, the unit of the census

Census 2022

546 people lived in 178 households in the Tullaghanbrogue electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykeefe, Ballykeefe Bog, Ballykeefe Hill, Derreen, Greatwood, Kilballykeefe, Muck

Placenames

Ballykeefecastle 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.