Ballynamuddagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcleagh, barony of Clonlonan, Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 256.7 ha
- 634 acres
- Land parcels
- 95
- registered freehold, median 9,187 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynamuddagh, from 23 m² to 251,948 m² (25.19 ha, 62.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Ballynamuddagh 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
6 Jun 2026Conditional
RETENTION permission for an extension to an existing dwelling house together with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660300
23 May 2026Conditional
development which will consist of the following: (i) Single storey extension to the west elevation and the east elevation of the existing dwelling (ii) minor elevational changes to the north elevation and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660272
12 May 2026N/a
RETENTION permission for an extension to an existing dwelling house together with all associated site works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660240
23 Dec 2021Conditional
(i) the conversation of a former house into a habitable dwelling, (ii) Increase the eaves, ridge height and first floor level of dwelling (iii) demolition of 3 sheds located on the south elevation of the dwelling and demolition of existing porch located on the east elevation of the dwelling (iv) construction of an extension to the south elevation of the dwelling, construction of a porch to the east elevation, conversion of existing attached shed on the north elevation to 1&1/2 storey habitable space, increasing eaves and ridge height of same and the addition of rooflights to the west elevation of the dwelling, (iv) alterations to windows and door openings on the east, west and north elevations and the addition of new window openings to east and west elevations (v) the addition of a natural stone finish to sections of the dwelling (vi) the installation of a treatment system and percolation area (vii) and construction of a new dual entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21691
4 Dec 2017Conditional
The erection of an agricultural fodder shed in existing farm yard and all ancillary works on farm
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177219
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 Ballynamuddagh.
Recorded monuments
- WM036-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the SE edge of a low rise (259ft/79m OD), in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large oval-shaped earthwork. Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a D-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a bank reduced to a scarp in places and external fosse. A low earthen bank is visible from NW-N-NE and from SE-S-SW and a scarp is present elsewhere. There is a shallow external fosse visible from NW-N-NE. The interior slopes upwards from the perimeter towards the centre and the surface is uneven. Monument is visible today as a D-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019
- WM036-034 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
Situated on low hillock with good views of the surrounding countryside, higher ground to W and SW. Ballynamuddagh House 170m to SSE. Small sub-rectangular shaped flat-topped steep-sided mound (top diam. 4m; base diam. 10m; H 2m) of earth and stones with no visible trace of an enclosing fosse or external bank. A livestock track runs across the top of the mound from NW to NE. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 July 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynamuddagh.
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 Ballynamuddagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynamuddagh
- Area
- 2,567,024 m² (256.7 ha, 634.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcleagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonlonan
- Electoral division
- Moate, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Attimurtagh, Ballynakill, Ballyscarvan, Curries, Gorteen, Lurgan (Co. Offaly), Tinamuck West (Co. Offaly)
- Placenames
- Ballynamuddagh 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.