Ballyfeeny
Townland in the civil parish of Kilglass, barony of Ballintober North, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Baile Uí Fhíne
- Area
- 271.6 ha
- 671 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 22,058 m² (2.21 ha, 5.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfeeny, from 731 m² to 180,959 m² (18.1 ha, 44.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfeeny 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
29 Apr 2026N/a
Retention Permission for 1. Retention of existing agricultural gate and entrance from public road (R-371). 2. Retention of an existing hardstanding surface and fencing on lands at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660199
28 Apr 2026N/a
Retention Permission for the following: 1. Seek for temporary retention of a specialized support unit for a period of 7 years. The unit is used for ancillary therapeutic and educational purposes in support of a state-mandated Foster Care Program. 2. Retention of the existing wastewater connection from this unit to the on-site treatment system. 3. Retain minor elevational alterations to 2 existing outbuildings: Outbuilding 1: Enclosure of the front elevation with new blockwork wall and new entrance door; Outbuilding 2: Installation of a new lean-to roof structure. 4. Revise site boundary originally granted under Planning Ref. 20/243 at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660195
9 Apr 2026N/a
Retention Permission & Permission for the following: 1. Seek for Temporary Retention of a Specialized Support Unit for a period of 7 years. The unit is used for ancillary therapeutic and educational purposes in support of a state-mandated Foster Care Program. 2. Retention of the existing wastewater connection from this unit to the on-site treatment system. 3. Retain minor elevational alterations to 2 existing outbuildings: Outbuilding 1: Enclosure of the front elevation with new blockwork wall and new entrance door; Outbuilding 2: Installation of a new lean-to roof structure. 4. Revise Site boundary originally granted under Planning Ref. 20/243 at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660157
3 Mar 2026N/a
Permission to 1. Seek for Temporary Retention (Personal Condition, under Section 34 of the Act) of a Specialized Support Unit for a period of 7 years. The unit is used for ancillary therapeutic and educational purposes in support of a state-mandated Foster Care Program. 2. Retention of the existing wastewater connection from this unit to the on-site treatment system. 3. Retain minor elevational alterations to 2 existing outbuildings at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660089
15 Sept 2025Conditional
Permission for development consisting of: • The construction and operation of a wind farm consisting of six wind turbines; • The turbine specification is unconfirmed but will fall within the parameter range outlined by Roscommon County Council and will be one of the following three Options; - Technology Option 1: tip height of 160m, rotor diameter of 136m and hub height of 92m; or - Technology Option 2: tip height of 156m, rotor diameter of 133m and hub height of 90m; or - Technology Option 3: tip height of 159m, rotor diameter of 138m and hub height of 90m; • Construction of turbine hardstands (including crane and assembly areas) and turbine foundations; • Construction of approximately 3.9km of new permanent internal site access tracks and the upgrade of 0.5km of existing internal site access tracks; • Construction of a permanent onsite 38kV electrical substation, including one single storey substation building with welfare facilities, Lidar, diesel generator and fuel storage tank, all associated electrical plant and equipment, all associated underground cabling, rainwater harvesting and storage tank, wastewater holding tank, security fencing, gates, signage, and all ancillary structures and works; • Installation of underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the proposed onsite 38kV electrical substation; • Construction of two temporary site compounds with associated site offices, welfare facilities, car parking, site fencing and lighting; • Erection of a permanent 30m high communications relay tower; • Construction access via six site entrances (SE1 – SE6) to include: - SE1 on the R371, SE2 and SE3 on the L6018, and SE4, SE5 and SE6 on the L60498; - SE1 and SE6 are temporary and will be reinstated following construction. SE1 may be re-established if required for turbine component repair or replacement. SE2 – SE5 will be retained permanently for operational access; • Tree felling to facilitate the construction and operation of the proposed development; • Installation of approximately 5.1km of permanent underground electrical cabling for the grid connection including cabling within the public road corridor, extending from the proposed onsite 38kV electrical Substation at Ballyfeeny to end at the junction of the R371 and the Sliabh Bawn Substation Road in the townland of Tooreen; • All associated site works, including site clearance, landscaping, site drainage, s
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560446
8 Nov 2021Conditional
Permission to extend existing dwelling by way of extension to rear of existing dwelling, associated works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21637
18 Mar 2021Conditional
to construct dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21138
11 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct an agricultural shed for seasonal storage of organic fertilisers along with soiled water containment tank, concrete apron and all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20312
2 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct domestic house, along with treatment system and all ancillary site developments works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20243
27 Feb 2020Conditional
To construct a new 4 bay double sided slatted cattle shed, to include both slatted and solid floored lying area, together with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2076
23 Mar 2018Conditional
Planning permission is sought for proposed demolition of existing water tower, proposed extension to the front, side and rear of existing school building to include construction of 1 No. classroom, ancillary room/WC, entrance area, staff area with changes to existing pedestrian access to front, drainage and all ancillary site works all at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18134
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyfeeny.
Recorded monuments
- RO023-145 Ringfort - rath
Description
Just off the crest at the E end of a low E-W ridge, on a gentle SE-facing slope with the S-N Scrammoge river c. 220m to the W. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) NW-E-SW which is incorporated into a field bank NW-NE and replaced with a field wall (Wth 0.6m; H 1.2m) SW-NW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO023-221 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying level landscape at the W foot of a NNE-SSW ridge, with a S-N section of the Scramoge River just to the W. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m NNE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; ext. D 0.2m) SE-SW with slight traces of a low bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m) N-ENE (L c. 15m) but the edges of the monument have been removed at E and W. An entrance is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 June 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyfeeny.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyfeeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyfeeny · Baile Uí Fhíne
- Area
- 2,716,040 m² (271.6 ha, 671.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilglass, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballintober North
- Electoral division
- Kilglass South, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfeeny, Clooneen (hartland), Culleenaghamore, Gillstown, Kilgraffy, Killinordan, Moneenacully, Northyard, Tully
- Placenames
- Ballyfeeny on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.