Ballintemple
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcliff, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish Baile an Teampaill
- Area
- 115.7 ha
- 286 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 18,502 m² (1.85 ha, 4.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintemple, from 1,138 m² to 127,974 m² (12.8 ha, 31.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Ballintemple 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
17 May 2025Conditional
change of design to a dwelling house and domestic garage based on the previously granted planning permission, ref. no. PL 16/250, with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560200
4 Jun 2021Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house together with domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, connection to public services and associated works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 16250
28 Oct 2020Conditional
Development consisting of the conversion of an attic space of an existing dwelling, construction of new rooflights to the existing roof, enlarging of an existing window to the front (south facing) elevation, replacing an existing double door to the front (south facing) elevation with a new window and retention of a window to the existing porch (west facing elevation) along with all associated site works and services
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20374
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
- Special Protection Area: Ballintemple and Ballygilgan SPA 004234
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627
Recorded monuments
- SL007-014001 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- SL007-014002 Graveyard
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- SL007-014003 Graveslab
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballintemple.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Ballintemple.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballintemple with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Ballintemple · Baile an Teampaill
- Area
- 1,157,200 m² (115.72 ha, 285.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Lissadill West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lissadill West electoral division: 639 people in 246 households; 80% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballineden, Ballyconnell, Ballymuldorry, Carrigeens, Kilmacannon
- Placenames
- Ballintemple 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.