# Ballyvada, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Relickmurry and Athassel, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile an Bhádaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,353,573 m² (135.36 ha, 334.48 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,896 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Relickmurry and Athassel, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/relickmurry-and-athassel.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Ballycarron, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 346 people lived in 117 households in the Ballycarron electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/48587
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210428
- Centre: latitude 52.463487, longitude -7.986898 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvada, from 1,560 m² to 105,625 m² (10.56 ha, 26.1 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5302112: 105,625 m² (10.56 ha, 26.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5302112.md
- Parcel 5815997: 96,616 m² (9.66 ha, 23.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5815997.md
- Parcel 5462717: 20,499 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5462717.md
- Parcel 5260619: 12,896 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5260619.md
- Parcel 539557: 1,767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/539557.md
- Parcel 504820: 1,699 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/504820.md
- Parcel 557344: 1,560 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/557344.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyvada in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 21 Mar 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560226: N/a. Permission, 1 home. erection of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works - the site is within the curtilage of a protected structure (Reference: TRPS1117). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560226/0
- 27 Jun 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360463: Conditional. Retention. for a concrete slab and for partial construction of a domestic garage/shed (base slab, walls etc) and for permission to complete works to include completion of walls, addition of roof and doors/window, associated surface water drainage and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360463/0
- 10 Apr 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600361: Conditional. Retention. (i) Cubicle shed with underground effluent tanks (ii) Walled Concrete/collecting yard (iii) Milking parlour with dairy, plant room and meal bin (iv) Storage shed (v) Calf Shed (vi) Roofless cubicles area, (vii) feeding area with underground effluent tanks (vii) two Beef shed with underground effluent tanks (ix) two walled silage slabs and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600361/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC, site code 002137, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002137

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- TS068-043001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS068-043001-. On the W side of a natural platform (H c. 1m) which is on the edge of a steep precipice with the River Suir 30m to the E. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) the castle is described as being 'an old Castle that wants repayre' and the proprietor in 1640 is 'John Cantwell of Mockarky Esqr Irish Papist' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 10). This is a four-storey tower house (ext. dims. 12.85m N-S; 10.45m E-W) composed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed with well-cut quoins and a base-batter (NW angle almost 5m H; Wth 0.6m). There is a plinth foundation (H 0.12m) along the W side, with additional masonry (H 1.2m) providing support for steps up to the ground floor doorway at the N end of the W wall. The broken out doorway leads to a small square lobby defended by a murder-hole, with guardroom to N, main ground floor to the E and mural stairs which rises along the W wall, becoming a spiral stair at the SW angle. The ground floor is lit by two flat-headed loops in deep, window embrasures, in the N and S wall respectively. There is also a large wall cupboard at the N end of the E wall and another at the S end of the W wall. The first floor was entered from the mural stairs via a flat-headed doorway in the S end of the W wall. There are two large segmental-headed recesses in the N wall. At the N end of the E wall there is a large window embrasure which was completely broken out to accommodate a later doorway. At the S end of the E wall there is a flat-headed single-light window in a large embrasure. In the S wall there are two large window embrasures, both with blocked flat-headed single-lights windows. There is a central embrasure in the W wall containing a small loop and at the N end of the W wall there is a large recess providing access to the murder hole. The first floor was supported on a wooden floor, which rested on stone corbels. The second floor was entered from the mural stairs at the W end of the S wall through a slightly pointed doorway. This floor was lit by two windows, one in the N wall and the other in the E wall. At the E end of the N wall there is a large wall cupboard. At the N end of the W wall the flat arch of a joggle-jointed fireplace is visible, though the fireplace itself is blocked up and obscured by plaster. The second floor is carried on an offset on the E and W wall and is roofed by a barrel-vaulted roof. There are a number of mural chambers which are accessed off the mural stairs. There are two at roughly second-floor level, one runs along the S wall and dog-legs into the E wall and the other runs along the W wall and dog-legs into the N wall where there is a garderobe chute which exists directly below at first-floor level. The steps of the spiral stairs have been broken out and at some stage were replaced by a wooden spiral stairs, which is now largely collaspsed. The upper floors could not be accessed, however from the exterior it is evident that there is a third floor which was lit by a two-light ogee-headed window in the E wall and an ogee-headed single-light window in the N wall and that between the second and third floor there would appear to be a mural chamber running along the E wall. There is also a mural chamber at the E end of the N wall between second and third-floor level which appears to have a blocked flat-headed loop on the N face, c. 1.5m from the NE angle, and another small opening c. 3.5m further W. The mural chamber at parapet level appears to have two floors, one lit by a round-headed single-light window in the E wall and the upper floor which is above the parapet level of the main tower house is lit by a window in the S wall and another in the E wall whose head does not relate to the jambs. At parapet level there are the remains of a machicolation over the main entrance and one over the garderobe chute exit. There are also the remains of a bartizan with inverted pyramidal corbel supports at the NE angle and one with rounded corbels at the SW angle. A small building (ext. dims. 4.9m N-S; 3.45m E-W; W wall H 2.43m; wall T 0.6m), which is of 18th/19th century date, was built onto the tower house at the S end of the W wall. There is a much denuded wall or revettment running roughly NE-SW along the top of the precipice immediately NW of the tower house. It may be the remains of a bawn wall or may be related to the later 18th/19th activity associated with a 'splendid mansion' Suir Castle house which was built at short distance c. 8m SE of the tower house by Lord Baron Massy in the 18th century (Davis White 1892, 104) and now, along with its outbuildings, only survives as foundations and fragmentary ruins. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 September 2013
- TS068-043002: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS068-043002-. In a slope at the base of a steep precipice which runs roughly N-S parallel with the River Suir which is c. 50m to the W. It is depicted on the 1st (1843) and 2nd (1900-05) ed. 6-inch OS map as being located on the E side of a stream and c. 40m NNW of Suir Castle (TS068-043001-), which is situated on top of the steep precipice. The stream is overgrown with rushes and flag irises, with scrub on both banks. The well, which is no longer visible, may have been a spring as the OS map depicts a stream running from the well and flowing SW into the River Suir. There are a lot of loose stones along the slope at the base of the precipice, however, roughly where the well appears to have been located, there is a distinctive cluster, c. 4m x 4m, which may mark the location of the well. The well may have been associated with the tower house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 September 2013
- TS068-047: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS068-047----. In improved pasture, on low rise of undulating land. Circular area (dims. 29m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) E-S-NNW and scarp NNW-N-E. Mature thorn trees all around bank and scarp. Gap (Wth 1.8m) in bank at ESE may be possible entrance. External fosse (Wth 6.15m; D 0.5m) E-S-W is in-filled with field clearance stones and organic debris in places. Interior tends downslope to N and has small mound of stones in W half, which support large rectangular block of concrete marking early 20th century burial place of 'O'Malley Baby.' Enclosure (TS068-048001-) and earthwork (TS068-048002-) are c. 175m and c. 125m to S respectively. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS068-048: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS068-048----. In improved pasture, on low rise of undulating land. No visible surface trace. Very slight depression near top of natural rise. Large amount of earth and rounded stones heaped up against field boundary to S, only along this stretch where monument was located. Depicted on 1905 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by bank. Earthwork (TS068-048001-) SE-W-NE defines exterior of bank and continues to E beyond monument. Enclosure (TS068-047----) is c. 175m to N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS068-048001: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS068-048001-. In improved pasture, on low rise of undulating land, ground falling to N and E. No visible surface trace. Large amount of earth and rounded stones deposited against field boundary to S, only along stretch where monument was located. Depicted on 1905 OS 6-inch map as curvilinear scarp defining enclosure (TS068-048----) SE-W-NE and continuing as a linear scarp (L c. 30m) (long-axis E-W) to E beyond monument and turning at a right angle and extending (L c. 65m) to N. Irregular field boundary, now removed, to N and W appears to enclose small field on this map edition. Field boundary, also removed, extends (L 125m) from N terminus of earthwork to SE side of enclosure (TS068-047----). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Suircastle House, house, 1810–1830, Regional interest, registry number 22206807, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS&regno=22206807. Detached house, built c.1820, having three-bay single-storey over half-basement front elevation and four-bay two-storey sides, two-bay single-storey flat roof extension to east and having two-bay two-storey lean-to and two-bay single-storey flat roof extension to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with painted rendered chimneystacks and overhanging sheeted eaves. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows to front with limestone sills and carved limestone label-mouldings with ornate label stops, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to basement and side elevations. Front end of north elevation has one first floor window with label-moulding and one ground floor camber-headed eight-over-eight pane window. Round-headed entrance opening with moulded render surround, set within concave recess having moulded render surround. Beaded cobweb fanlight over replacement uPVC door, accessed by flight of cut limestone steps. Outbuilding to west with crenellated roof line having roughcast render over coursed rubble limestone walls. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuildings to north having pitched corrugated-iron and artificial slate roofs with rubble limestone bellcote to north gable. Road entrance has cast-iron piers and railings set on rendered plinth terminating in rendered piers with ornate caps.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyvada, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyvada.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyvada.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyvada.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyvada.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyvada with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyslatteen: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyslatteen.md
- Cloghleigh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/cloghleigh-210832.md
- Lagganstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/lagganstown-upper.md
- Suirville: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/suirville.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyvada
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/ballyvada