Balloughter

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balloughter, from 96 m² to 143,422 m² (14.34 ha, 35.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Balloughter 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.

• 18 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a new detached double domestic garage to the rear of the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260338

• 27 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage as a change of

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260247

• 24 Jun 2025N/a

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associa

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250778

• 26 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230728

• 4 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for solar farm consisting of circa 555,000 m2 of solar panels on

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211538

• 23 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associa

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211341

• 16 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for change of use from Educational/Schoolhouse to residential use

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210375

• 26 Feb 2021Refused

  Permission for a solar farm consisting of circa 160,000m2 of solar panels on

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210271

• 2 Feb 2021N/a

  Permission for Change of Use from Educational/Schoolhouse to Residential Use as

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210131

• 15 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SCHOOL COMPR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191398

• 9 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, TO ERECT A DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191375

• 13 Sept 2019Refused

  10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A SOLAR FARM WHICH WILL CONNECT TO THE NATIONAL

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191272

• 9 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO MY DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR RETENT

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181091

• 26 Jun 2018N/a

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO THE DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AS A

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180867

• 22 Feb 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR VARIOUS WORKS AT THE FORMER PAROCHIAL HOUSE, A PROTECTED STRUCTUR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160160

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 Balloughter.

Recorded monuments

• WX011-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (16) 31-3). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 12 April, 2012 Amended; 6 May, 2014

• WX011-074 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Balloughter 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 45). It is situated on a slight NW-facing slope and was completely excavated (E4286) by B. Sutton as a ploughed-out mound of burnt stone material (dims 3.25m E-W; 2.4m N-S; max. T 0.1m), which was c. 4m N of a subrectangular trough (dims 2.55m NW-SE; 1.85m NE-SW; max. D 0.35m). The trough had a small gully (L 1.1m; max. Wth 0.3m; max. D 0.16m) leading off from the W corner. A sample from this gully produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 717-399. (Hull and Ruttle 2012; Sutton 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of uplaod: 26 November, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1874, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (north). Renovated, 1976, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs with crested roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite beaded "Cavetto" kneelers with Cross finials to apexes including cut-granite coping to gable (south) on cut-granite beaded "Cavetto" kneelers with granite ashlar spirelet to apex on an octagonal plan, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cut-granite "Cavetto" cornice. Snecked fieldstone wall (south) on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with Cross finial-topped cut-granite stepped buttresses having cut-granite "slated" coping; snecked fieldstone walls (remainder) with cut-granite stepped buttresses to corners having cut-granite "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (south) with poured concrete threshold, cut-granite block-and-start surround having engaged colonnette-detailed reveals framing timber boarded double doors. Paired pointed-arch window openings (gable), cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with central aisle between timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations (1933) between frosted glass windows, pair of Gothic-style wall monuments (1886; 1892), exposed split arch braced collared timber roof construction on cut-granite beaded corbels with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, 1976, with replacement altar table below stained glass "North Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds with cruciform-panelled granite ashlar octagonal piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed polygonal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Hipped slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening, timber doorcase with fluted pilasters on step threshold supporting ogee-detailed cornice on fluted consoles, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (side elevations) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors centred on carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered chamfered piers to perimeter having corbelled stepped stringcourses below pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1921, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered wall.

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 Balloughter, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Balloughter.

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 Balloughter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Balloughter · An Baile Uachtarach

Area

997,533 m² (99.75 ha, 246.5 acres)

Civil parish

Toome, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

Balloughter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

555 people lived in 187 households in the Balloughter electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyclogh, Ballyeden, Ballygullen, Clonmore, Tullabeg, Worlough

Placenames

Balloughter 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.