Ballindoon

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballindoon, from 693 m² to 74,236 m² (7.42 ha, 18.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballindoon 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.

• 30 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission to Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance by boundary wall and install an on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660160

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: Lough Arrow SAC 001673
• Special Protection Area: Lough Arrow SPA 004050
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Arrow 001673

Recorded monuments

• SL034-205 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture, at the base of a slope. A raised circular area (int. diam. 24m) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m). Drains have been cut through the N side of the interior and a hole has been dug into the S arc. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-206 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In rocky pasture on a W-facing slope with a view across Lough Arrow to Kesh Corran and the Bricklieve Mountains. The E end of a gallery (min. L 3.5m; Wth 1.2m) is represented by an orthostat at the N end and two at the S. A prostrate stone at the S may be a fallen orthostat. Wood-Martin (1883-4, 462, no. 25; 1888, 186, no. 25) noted a further stone at the site. It stood just beyond the E end of the structure and, he claimed, had originally served as a roofstone before being removed to its new position by a tenant some 40 years before. The structure is at the SE end of an oval mound (13m E-W; 10m N-S). Two prostrate slabs lie at the N end of the mound. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 62, no. 101) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

• SL034-211001 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking Lough Arrow and forming the SW corner of Ballindoon graveyard (SL034-211002-), which lies within an early ecclesiastical enclosure (SL034-21104-). The priory is on a ledge from which the ground drops abruptly to Lough Arrow c. 6m below. The remains of the priory (Pl. 52) comprise of the ruin of the church consisting of a nave (int. 13.5m E-W; 6.9m N-S) and chancel (int. 8.2m E-W; 6.9m N-S) divided by a tower with a short transept (int. 4.1m N-S; 4m E-W) at the E end of the N wall of the nave. The church is built of uncoursed limestone in a lime mortar. The interior contains many burial memorials ranging in date from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It is entered through a doorway midway along the N wall of the nave; the chamfered door surround has a pointed arch and a decorated stop-chamfer and a hood-moulding; the doorway is covered by a segmental wicker-centred vault. Inside on its E side, is a stoup with an octagonal basin. The nave is lit by two windows: one in the centre of the W gable and the other near the E end of the S wall. The light of the W window has two mullions rising to three round sub-arches with switchline tracery above. The embrasure is deeply splayed with a rear pointed arch. The window in the S wall has a lintelled embrasure and a double round-headed light which is missing its mullion. The transept is an insertion, entered from the nave through a wide semicircular archway; it is lit by a single window high up on its W gable. The springing stone of the E side, cut from the same stone as the springer for the arch of the tower compartment, is from an earlier arch than that which now gives access to the transept. The chancel is lit by two windows in the N wall and a central window in the E gable. The E window is similar to the W window in the nave, but is wider with three mullions rising to four sub-arches. The windows in the N wall have lintelled embrasures and single (to E) and double (to W) round-arched lights. Near the E end of the S wall is a doorway facing into the chancel; the embrasure is lintelled and the door surround has a pointed arch. This doorway gives access to the church from the base of a stairs cantilevered from the external face of the S wall of the chancel. This rises to give access to the first floor of the tower at the SE corner. The central tower has a unique form which Leask (1960, vol. 3, 54-5) described as 'a magnified screen, rising through and above the roof of the church...the whole conception of this design is most original'. At ground-floor level are three barrel-vaulted compartments, the central one an open passage between the nave and chancel. There are two bell-rope holes in the vault over the passage, and two corresponding holes in the vault overhead. The side compartments are closed at their E end but open to the W (the opening on the S side is blocked by a supporting rubble wall). The central passage is linked to these side compartments by opposite doorways, and each side compartment has an inserted doorway and window in its outside wall. The graveslab (SL034-211007-) of David Duignan, the 17th-century scribe, and his wife, is in the N compartment (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). At first-floor level the central area contains a similar vaulted passage to that below but with taller arched openings, each with a cut-stone rib on its soffit. However, the sides of the vaulted area are also open with tall arched openings similar to those at either end. These also have soffit ribs, the terminal of the one at the SE corner is decorated with an octagonal rosette below a slight roll. There is a tall narrow window in both the N and S walls at first-floor level; these have double round-headed lights. The stone flashing course for the roof over the nave and chancel survives on either face of the tower and just below each apex is a small rectangular opening. At this level both ends of the tower are gabled but the central part is brought a storey higher and then also gabled (see Leask 1960, vol. 1, fig. 20). These are the remains of a Dominican foundation, known as St Mary's Priory, which was 'begun in 1507 by Thomas O'Farrell' (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 222; Conlan 2002, 225; Ó Muraíle 2002, 241, n. 38). The surviving structure, apart from the transept which is an insertion, is consistent with an early 16th-century date of construction. A font (SL034-211003-), which is named 'St Dominick's stone' on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, lies c. 70m to the N (Wood-Martin 1882, 228). There is a holy well (SL034-211006-) on level ground to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211002 Graveyard
  Description

  Within an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL034-211004-). The rectangular graveyard (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) is enclosed by a stone wall and has an entrance on the NE side. The ruin of Ballindoon Abbey (SL034-211001-), a Dominican foundation, occupies the SW corner. The graveyard, which is still in use, is grass-covered and full of 19th- and 20th-century headstones. There is a plain 19th-century barrel-vaulted mausoleum, belonging to the Gethin family, to the NW of the priory. According to local information, burials were uncovered during surface quarrying in the vicinity of the graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211003 Font
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a small pile of stones c. 70m N of Ballindoon Dominican priory (SL034-211001-). It is named 'St Dominick's Stone' on the 1914 OS 6-inch map and known locally by this name. It comprises a roughly beehive-shaped limestone block (L 0.4m; Wth 0.34m; H 0.22m) with a circular round-bottomed depression (diam. 0.13m; D 0.06m) in its upper surface. The block has two vertical sides and one bowed (the N side). The bowed side has four distinct ribs (Wth 0.01m) dividing it into five sub-triangular faces. Two corners are chamfered with slightly bulbous projections at the base of the chamfers. The S vertical face between these corners has a slightly sunken panel (0.24m x 0.14m) with an IHS carved in relief; there is a cross on the bar of the 'H'. This is a late 18th/early 19th-century addition (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). According to Wood-Martin (1882, 227-8), the water which collects in the stone 'is supposed by the country-people to be a certain cure for warts'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Surrounding Ballindoon Dominican priory (SL034-211001-) and graveyard (SL034-21102-). Described by Wood-Martin (1882, 227-8) as a 'formidable intrenchment' which surrounded the priory and graveyard on the NE side, stopping at the steep-sided lakeshore. It is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a curved hachured scarp N-E and as a hachured bank E-SSE with a short extension to the E. None of these features are evident in a field of reclaimed grassland which surrounds the graveyard. However, a denuded linear earthen bank (L 32m; H 1.35m) (SL034-211005-) was noted parallel to, and c. 32m from, the NW wall of the graveyard. The area between this bank and the graveyard is gently undulating and slopes gradually down to the W. In a wooded area c. 80m SE of the priory is a holy well (SL034-211006-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211005 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on slight W-facing slope and to W of the priory at Ballindoon (SL034-211001-). This is a denuded linear earthen bank (L 32m; H 1.35m) which lies parallel to, and c. 32m from, the NW gable of the priory and graveyard wall. The area between this bank and the priory/graveyard is gently undulating and sloping gently down to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a wooded area, on level ground to c. 80m SE of Ballindoon Dominican priory (SL034-211001-) and on the S side of a 6m high cliff. The well is now covered by a pump-house (2.7m x 2.7m). A small muddy stream flows SW from the pump-house toward Lough Arrow. No pilgrimage tokens or other signs of recent use are evident. According to Wood-Martin (1882, 228), the well gushed forth from the base of the cliff and stations were held there on St Dominick's Day, the 4th of August. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-211007 Graveslab
  Description

  In Ballindoon Priory (SL034-211001-). The graveslab of David Duignan, the 17th-century scribe, and his wife, is in the N compartment of the ground-floor of the priory (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Ballindoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Ballindoon · Baile an Dúin

Area

266,603 m² (26.66 ha, 65.88 acres)

Civil parish

Killadoon, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Killadoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

276 people lived in 104 households in the Killadoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barroe Lower, Barroe Upper, Carrickglass, Derry Beg, Kingsborough

Placenames

Ballindoon 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.