Ballymurry

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurry, from 13 m² to 84,148 m² (8.41 ha, 20.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballymurry 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  RETENTION of shed and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660441

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  Retention Permission for the Following; 1. Part of existing stable shed on site and Planning Permission for the follwoing works; 1. To demolish part of existing stable shed 2. To construct a new side and rear extension to my existing dwelling, reconfiguring the existing house floor layout to include the creation of a granny flat accommodation 3. Alternations to existing window and door openings 4. Erection of new porch to front entrance 5. Decommission existing septic tank and install a single dwelling treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22115

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling and associated garden shed and home office with a new vehicular entrance, new bore well, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site and development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21547

• 11 Feb 2021Conditional

  Conversion of an in-house garage to a downstairs bedroom, alterations to internal layout to include study/playroom, alterations to front elevation to include changing of garage door to window and other cosmetic changes, new front boundary wall including pillars and the construction of a garage with first floor office/storage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2160

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 Ballymurry.

Recorded monuments

• WM030-065 Barrow - stepped barrow
  Description

  Situated on top of a hill with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. According to local tradition this hilltop enclosure was the inauguration place of the Mac Amhalghaidh / Magawley clan (Cox 1972, 155). Fitzpatrick (2004, 171) however suggests that the bowl-barrow (WM030-104----) on Knockdomny Hill is the more likely location for the inauguration place of the Mac Amhalghaidh clan. Monument consists of a circular raised area or platform (diam. c. 29m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, berm and outer bank. Gap in bank at W appears to be of recent origin, second gap in bank at NNE may be remains of original entrance feature. A trackway leading up to this possible entrance gap may be remains of an ancient pathway. The interior of the monument is divided by a field boundary consisting of a low bank and fosse running N-S. This field boundary is a later feature as it runs across and cuts into the enclosing bank and scarp of the monument at NNW. At the S end of this bank there are two stones set in line with the bank which suggests contemporaneity with this feature. The N stone (H 1.25m x 1.25m x 1m) is higher than the S stone which is more stump like in its appearance. Large boulders and rock outcrop can be seen protruding from the surface of the interior and from the top of the enclosing bank. A small depression in the N quadrant of the interior facing onto the inner face of the enclosing bank may be the remains of a possible hut site or could be the remains of a small post medieval quarry hole. Ordnance Survey trig. station marking 387 ft OD located in centre of monument as depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 21 July 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1980).

• WM030-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture. A stepped barrow (WM030-065----) lies c. 95m to NE. Not depicted on OS mapping,within an area depicted as a subrectangular-shaped field (approx. dims. 65m ENE-WSW; 40m NNW-SSE). Levelled monument described in 1982 as a slightly raised area (approx. dims. 28m E-W; 24m N-S) enclosed by a ring of large, rough boulders. No fosse or other archaeological features were noted. Monument appears to have been recently levelled and scrub which had been removed from it had been dumped in the centre of the remains. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with extensive views to E, SE and S. A stepped barrow (WM030-065----) lies c. 285m to N. Not depicted on OS mapping. Monument described in 1979 as a large roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 73m E-W; 62m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The faint bank is best preserved from SW-W and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The wide, shallow fosse is best preserved from NNE-E-SE and is not readily visible elsewhere. A modern field fence runs along the perimeter from NNW-N-NNE. There is no sign of an entrance. The interior has an uneven E-facing slope. There is a fairly flat area in the W quadrant which is slightly more elevated that the rest of the interior and there is a large stone just inside the perimeter at NNW. Monument is visible today as a large oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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).

No address of the register names Ballymurry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Ballymurry · Baile Uí Mhuirígh

Area

363,179 m² (36.32 ha, 89.74 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyloughloe, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Carn, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cappaghbrack, Carnpark, Fassagh, Mackanrany, Nahod More, Tully

Placenames

Ballymurry 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.