Ballybuckley
Townland in the civil parish of Clonmore, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Baile Uí Bhuachalla
- Area
- 92.6 ha
- 229 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 3,825 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybuckley, from 55 m² to 233,478 m² (23.35 ha, 57.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Ballybuckley 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
18 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, utilising an
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260340
19 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with services as a change of design and location
Permission, 8 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251708
8 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling, ancillary domestic
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250006
10 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a serviced dwelling house with all associated
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241541
29 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of works to date
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241336
9 Sept 2022Refused
Permission for retention of works to date and permission to complete a dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221205
22 Apr 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage,
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220532
22 Apr 2021Granted (unconditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH STABLES AND ANCILLARY SERVICE
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20161182
21 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house and garage with associat
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201218
9 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, carport, garden
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201159
9 Jun 2020Refused
Permission for retention for a timber framed, timber cladded garden storage and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200596
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 Ballybuckley.
Recorded monuments
- WX025-034 Hilltop enclosure
Description
Situated on top of Ballybuckley hill that rises from the E edge of a plateau between itself and Bree Hill c. 1.5km to the W and Carrig Hill c. 1km to the NW but with wide views to the E of the N-S River Slaney that is c. 2.7 km distant. This is a grass-covered area (diam. c. 140m N-S; c. 140m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 9-11m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.4-2.2m). The bank is replaced by a stone-clad field bank NW-NE and there is an outer field bank NE-SSW, but there is no evidence of a fosse. There are modern entrances at NW, NE and S. 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: 2 July 2012
- WX025-059 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
Located towards the top of a SE-facing slope. Archaeological testing (07E0397) in the area of a proposed quarry immediately E and S of hillfort (WX025-034----) concentrated on locations with geophysical anomalies. A collection of linear features, including a stone-lined drain, occurred at one point. The character of the site is not clear but many of the features contained Leinster cooking ware. (Quinn 2010) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 July, 2012
Architectural heritage
- Saint John's Church (Clonmore), church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1825-7; consecrated 1828, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed vestries centred on single-bay two-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. "Improved", 1832, producing present composition. "Restored", 2003. Pitched slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gables on cut-granite kneelers including cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gable to chancel (east) on cut-granite kneelers with cut-granite octagonal pinnacle to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Slate hung walls; fine roughcast surface finish to tower on lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered plinth with cut-granite "Cavetto" stringcourse (bell stage) supporting cut-granite octagonal pinnacles centred on battlemented parapets having cut-granite "saddleback" coping. Pointed-arch window openings with Y-mullions, and rendered cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening to chancel (east) with Y-mullions, and rendered cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixes-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Tudor-headed door opening to tower with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having overpanels. Pointed-arch opening (bell stage), cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing applied timber Y-mullions over louvered timber fitting. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with quatrefoil-detailed memorial baptismal font (1877) on an octagonal plan on clustered colonette pedestal, tessellated glazed terracotta tiled central aisle between Gothic-style timber pews, cut-white marble Classical-style wall monuments (----), trefoil-perforated Gothic-style timber pulpit on an octagonal plan with timber clerk's desk, encaustic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with wrought iron-detailed barley twist balusters supporting carved timber communion railing centred on Gothic-style altar below frosted glass "East Window", and vaulted ceiling on moulded plasterwork cornice. Set in landscaped grounds with benchmark-inscribed granite ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
- Clonmore Glebe, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1842–1852 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey Church of Ireland glebe house, extant 1852, on an F-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch abutting two-bay single-storey projecting end bay; four-bay (north) or two-bay (south) single-storey side elevations with four-bay single-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof on an F-shaped plan with concrete ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber box eaves having beaded consoles retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered plinth with rendered band to eaves. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of four concrete steps with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with rendered, ruled and lined piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted capping.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Ballybuckley.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ballybuckley, Bree5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballybuckley · Baile Uí Bhuachalla
- Area
- 925,924 m² (92.59 ha, 228.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmore, 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.
- Placenames
- Ballybuckley 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.