Ballybrennan

134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrennan, from 67 m² to 287,447 m² (28.74 ha, 71.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybrennan 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.

• 16 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)

  permission for the following; 1) proposed new agricultural entrance onto public

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251671

• 29 Oct 2025N/a

  Permission for tunnels for the purpose of growing soft fruit, with all

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251395

• 14 Aug 2025Refused

  Permission for tunnels for the purpose of growing strawberries all with

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251003

• 1 Aug 2025N/a

  Permission for tunnels for the purpose of growing strawberries all with

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250947

• 5 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240235

• 14 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of altered land levels with associated works and

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231365

• 26 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211368

• 27 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully services dwelling house and associated an

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211198

• 13 Aug 2019Granted (unconditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20140323

• 27 May 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELL

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190730

• 30 Jan 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CUBICLE SHED OVER SLATTED TANK, CONCRETE APRON

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190108

• 25 Oct 2018Refused

  PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXIST

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181475

• 3 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181068

• 9 Nov 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE,

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20161249

• 28 Oct 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SLATTED SHED, CONCRETE APRONS AND ASSOCIATED

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20161204

• 10 Jun 2016Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION OF BOARDING KENNELS AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160646

• 25 Apr 2016Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION EXTENSION TO DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER EXD00320

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160406

• 21 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT AN EXTENSION TO BUNGALOW STYLE DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY GRA

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160281

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX031-007001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a shelf with a small SW-NE valley c. 70m to the SW and a bend in the W-E Boro River at its most southerly point is c. 250m to the N. The parish church of Kilcowanmore had been granted by the Keatings to the Knights Hospitalers by 1338 (Brooks 1950, 115). According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Robert Dreighan was the priest, but the church and chancel were in need of repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 270). It is within a raised subrectangular graveyard (dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined by a stone-faced scarp and hedge which is bordered by a N-S road and its bank at W. It is possibly on the site of an early monastic church. The single cell church is oriented ESE-WNW (dims. 21.5m x 7m) with only the W wall surviving to the full height with good dressed quoins in a green stone. There are possible entrances towards the W end of the N and S walls. The remains of a later building (dims. c. 8m N-S; 4m E-W), represented by the base of the W and E walls, are built over the E end of the church. A fragment of a small granite cross (dims. 0.35m x 0.25m; T 7-9cm) with recessed arcs at the angles of the crux was recorded in 1987 but was missing in 1999. A medieval grave cover (L 1.63m; Wth 0.41-0.53m) with an incised eight-pointed cross was in the graveyard in 1999 but could not be found in 2012. St Cowan's Well, where patterns were held on 3rd February in the 1920s (Sheil 1920, 115), lies c. 80m to the SW. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 27 August, 2012 Amended: 4 Sep. 2013

• WX031-007002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a shelf with a small SW-NE valley c. 70m to the SW and a bend in the W-E Boro River at its most southerly point is c. 250m to the N. The parish church of Kilcowanmore (WX031-007001-) is within a subrectangular raised graveyard (dims. c. 70m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined by a stone-faced scarp and hedge, which is bordered by a N-S road and its bank at W. A fragment of a small granite cross (WX031-002003-) and a medieval graveslab (WX031-007004-) were recorded in the graveyard in 1987 but cannot be found now. St Cowan's Well (WX031-008----) is c. 80m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27/08/2012

• WX031-007003 Cross
  Description

  A fragment of a small granite cross (dims. 0.35m x 0.25m; T 7-9cm) with recessed arcs at the angles of the crux was recorded in the graveyard (WX031-007002-) of the parish church of Kilcowanmore (WX031-007001-), but was missing in 1999. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 August, 2012

• WX031-007004 Graveslab
  Description

  A medieval graveslab (L 1.63m; Wth 0.41-0.53m) with an incised eight-pointed cross was in the graveyard (WX031-007002-) of the parish church of Kilcowanmore (WX031-007001-) in 1999, but it could not be found in 2012. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 August, 2012

• WX031-008 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Cowan’s Well in both. It is situated in a small SE-NW valley with two streams that join together c. 10m to the W and join the W-E Boro River c. 270m to the NW at that river’s most southerly point. St. Cowan, or St. Cuán of Airbhre, now probably Kilcowan (WX046-042001-) in Bargy barony, is recorded in the life of St. Munna of Taghmon (Ó Riain 2011, 239). His pattern is recorded on the 6th July in the martyrologies, but was celebrated here at one time on the 3rd of February (Sheil 1921, 15). The well is now a rectangular feature (dims. 1.1m NW-SE x 1.05m NE-SW; D 0.5m) set into the concrete apron surrounding a nearby Lourdes grotto. The well is partly set into the facing on the NW side of a road bridge over the SW stream. There is a round-headed alcove (Wth 0.19m; H 0.38m; D 0.29m) with some offerings in this wall above the well. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 27 August, 2012

• WX031-009 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Kilcowanmore or Ballybrennan was held by half a knight’s fee by Adam Keating from William de Valence in 1247 and the Keatings continued in possession into the 16th century (Brooks , 11, 115-6). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Luke Kaeating owned 500 acres in Ballybrittas in 1641 while Thomas Fitz Harris owned a thousand acres in Ballybrennan, Carriggenjenane (Carrigunane) and Tomfarnine (Tomfarney) townlands. However, there is no record of a castle at Ballybrennan (Simington 1953, 218-9). The location is marked 'Castle (Site of)' on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6 inch maps. There is a mound (diam. c. 25m; H c. 1m) at the site which must contain the foundations of the castle, but it is largely obscured by spoil from land reclamation. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 27 August, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Ballybrennan House, farm house, 1700–1798 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey farmhouse, extant 1798, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to ground floor; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Vacated, 1977. Derelict, 1986. Renovated, 2001. Replacement hipped slate roof; replacement hipped slate roof (west), clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves. Replacement cement rendered walls. Elliptical-headed central door opening with timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows having two-over-two or one-over-two (top floor) sidelights. Square-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in wooded grounds.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Ballybrennan.

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.

• Ballybrennan, Bree10 sales

Name

Ballybrennan · Baile Uí Bhraonáin

Area

4,044,656 m² (404.47 ha, 999.46 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcowanmore, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Bree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bree electoral division: 1,509 people in 508 households; 89% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinavary, Ballybrittas, Ballyeden, Carrigunane, Curraghnabola, Kellystown, Raheen, Raheennahoon, Tomfarney Lower

Placenames

Ballybrennan 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.