# Ballyhack, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of St. James and Dunbrody, barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford; in Irish Baile Hac.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,103,061 m² (110.31 ha, 272.57 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 989 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 29 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: St. James and Dunbrody, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/st-james-and-dunbrody.md
- Barony: Shelburne
- Electoral division: Ballyhack, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,363 people lived in 533 households in the Ballyhack electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/53342
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240306
- Centre: latitude 52.248962, longitude -6.964144 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhack, from 6 m² to 467,092 m² (46.71 ha, 115.42 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 403123: 467,092 m² (46.71 ha, 115.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/403123.md
- Parcel 363821: 127,392 m² (12.74 ha, 31.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/363821.md
- Parcel 392790: 88,855 m² (8.89 ha, 21.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392790.md
- Parcel 392792: 49,744 m² (4.97 ha, 12.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392792.md
- Parcel 364714: 34,045 m² (3.4 ha, 8.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/364714.md
- Parcel 403194: 28,681 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/403194.md
- Parcel 377376: 26,839 m² (2.68 ha, 6.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/377376.md
- Parcel 399814: 16,701 m² (1.67 ha, 4.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/399814.md
- Parcel 411026: 15,345 m² (1.53 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/411026.md
- Parcel 398856: 12,132 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398856.md
- Parcel 397479: 11,134 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/397479.md
- Parcel 5908227: 9,664 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908227.md
- Parcel 2417417: 8,600 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2417417.md
- Parcel 364592: 8,306 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/364592.md
- Parcel 4130201: 5,759 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4130201.md
- Parcel 431350: 4,803 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/431350.md
- Parcel 2407889: 4,498 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2407889.md
- Parcel 408718: 4,358 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/408718.md
- Parcel 4130001: 4,026 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4130001.md
- Parcel 2407887: 3,966 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2407887.md
- Parcel 4130061: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4130061.md
- Parcel 423457: 3,930 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423457.md
- Parcel 430843: 3,887 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430843.md
- Parcel 366967: 3,609 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/366967.md
- Parcel 412045: 3,246 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412045.md
- Parcel 393673: 3,182 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/393673.md
- Parcel 406411: 2,930 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406411.md
- Parcel 398419: 2,507 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398419.md
- Parcel 399909: 2,344 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/399909.md
- Parcel 407203: 2,339 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407203.md
- Parcel 403034: 2,324 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/403034.md
- Parcel 372028: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372028.md
- Parcel 398182: 2,215 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398182.md
- Parcel 405418: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/405418.md
- Parcel 391578: 2,167 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/391578.md
- Parcel 397386: 2,147 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/397386.md
- Parcel 371604: 2,144 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/371604.md
- Parcel 371803: 2,036 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/371803.md
- Parcel 384184: 2,008 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/384184.md
- Parcel 409714: 1,939 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/409714.md
- Parcel 368556: 1,927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/368556.md
- Parcel 371688: 1,828 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/371688.md
- Parcel 407057: 1,803 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/407057.md
- Parcel 373948: 1,732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/373948.md
- Parcel 420569: 1,559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/420569.md
- Parcel 2691869: 1,559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2691869.md
- Parcel 375982: 1,554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/375982.md
- Parcel 364721: 1,503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/364721.md
- Parcel 2407892: 1,450 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2407892.md
- Parcel 422582: 1,397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/422582.md
- Parcel 5398149: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5398149.md
- Parcel 388849: 1,379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/388849.md
- Parcel 391188: 1,376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/391188.md
- Parcel 377701: 1,373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/377701.md
- Parcel 421043: 1,363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/421043.md
- Parcel 362966: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/362966.md
- Parcel 411984: 1,352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/411984.md
- Parcel 363391: 1,341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/363391.md
- Parcel 389793: 1,315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389793.md
- Parcel 5995425: 1,310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995425.md
- Parcel 407843: 1,292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/407843.md
- Parcel 405557: 1,277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/405557.md
- Parcel 409815: 1,221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/409815.md
- Parcel 374434: 1,180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/374434.md
- Parcel 365207: 1,171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/365207.md
- Parcel 4166480: 1,164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166480.md
- Parcel 410497: 1,142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/410497.md
- Parcel 361237: 1,122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/361237.md
- Parcel 388685: 1,085 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/388685.md
- Parcel 5431262: 1,075 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5431262.md
- Parcel 365085: 1,063 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/365085.md
- Parcel 404400: 1,035 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/404400.md
- Parcel 362865: 1,009 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/362865.md
- Parcel 406807: 1,003 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/406807.md
- Parcel 361663: 976 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/361663.md
- Parcel 395670: 873 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/395670.md
- Parcel 410121: 870 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/410121.md
- Parcel 419404: 857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/419404.md
- Parcel 362078: 830 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/362078.md
- Parcel 2439954: 822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439954.md
- Parcel 398784: 817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/398784.md
- Parcel 375812: 812 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/375812.md
- Parcel 431185: 809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/431185.md
- Parcel 405416: 754 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/405416.md
- Parcel 385924: 721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/385924.md
- Parcel 421201: 710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/421201.md
- Parcel 373846: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/373846.md
- Parcel 372593: 692 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/372593.md
- Parcel 410574: 678 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/410574.md
- Parcel 430321: 620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/430321.md
- Parcel 409131: 585 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/409131.md
- Parcel 412443: 563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/412443.md
- Parcel 3321602: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321602.md
- Parcel 2439959: 553 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439959.md
- Parcel 382935: 546 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/382935.md
- Parcel 2403113: 532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2403113.md
- Parcel 2439956: 531 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439956.md
- Parcel 2439957: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439957.md
- Parcel 2439976: 524 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439976.md
- Parcel 373111: 498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/373111.md
- Parcel 373287: 482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/373287.md
- Parcel 5414562: 480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5414562.md
- Parcel 2439946: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439946.md
- Parcel 2439932: 463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439932.md
- Parcel 363461: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/363461.md
- Parcel 402802: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/402802.md
- Parcel 2439949: 405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439949.md
- Parcel 2439953: 393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439953.md
- Parcel 2439952: 384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439952.md
- Parcel 2439951: 380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439951.md
- Parcel 2439941: 364 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439941.md
- Parcel 4935028: 362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4935028.md
- Parcel 2439943: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439943.md
- Parcel 4100281: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4100281.md
- Parcel 2439945: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439945.md
- Parcel 5501095: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5501095.md
- Parcel 404809: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/404809.md
- Parcel 428588: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/428588.md
- Parcel 365711: 219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/365711.md
- Parcel 2439964: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439964.md
- Parcel 2439970: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439970.md
- Parcel 5908230: 199 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908230.md
- Parcel 5051102: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5051102.md
- Parcel 2439934: 182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439934.md
- Parcel 401121: 172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/401121.md
- Parcel 2439940: 172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439940.md
- Parcel 5908219: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908219.md
- Parcel 2439966: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439966.md
- Parcel 2439969: 161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439969.md
- Parcel 386004: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/386004.md
- Parcel 2673524: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673524.md
- Parcel 2439936: 150 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439936.md
- Parcel 2439938: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439938.md
- Parcel 362838: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/362838.md
- Parcel 386502: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/386502.md
- Parcel 4166017: 96 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166017.md
- Parcel 5774841: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5774841.md
- Parcel 6053208: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6053208.md
- Parcel 3959805: 71 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3959805.md
- Parcel 408806: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/408806.md
- Parcel 5995594: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995594.md
- Parcel 5995614: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995614.md
- Parcel 5673303: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673303.md
- Parcel 5995636: 34 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995636.md
- Parcel 5995596: 33 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995596.md
- Parcel 4166010: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166010.md
- Parcel 4362439: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4362439.md
- Parcel 5673299: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673299.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhack in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

29 applications, newest first.

- 16 Jul 2025, Wexford County Council 20250881: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for A) the conversion of the existing garage into two no. bedrooms. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/129416
- 27 Jun 2025, Wexford County Council 20250796: N/a. Retention. Permission for retention of the following: A) the conversion of existing garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/129320
- 3 Dec 2024, Wexford County Council 20241497: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to erect an agricultural storage shed and all associated. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128194
- 1 Nov 2024, Wexford County Council 20241356: N/a. Permission. Permission to erect a storage shed and all associated ancillary site and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128030
- 24 Sept 2024, Wexford County Council 20241151: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention for internal alterations for the conversion of part. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127821
- 1 Aug 2024, Wexford County Council 20240917: Refused. Permission. Permission to erect an agricultural storage shed and all associated. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127564
- 23 Jul 2024, Wexford County Council 20240882: N/a. Permission. Permission to erect an agricultural storage shed and all associated. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127519
- 24 Oct 2023, Wexford County Council 20231267: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention of outdoor seating area, covered patio area, rear cover. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126161
- 25 Sept 2023, Wexford County Council 20231148: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for the demolition of the existing outhouse building and for the. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126025
- 15 Nov 2022, Wexford County Council 20221508: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to demolish existing dwelling and replace it with a fully serviced. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/124502
- 20 Jun 2022, Wexford County Council 20220813: Refused. Permission, 2 homes. Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123734
- 7 Jul 2021, Wexford County Council 20211081: Refused. Permission. Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, domesti. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121721
- 18 Mar 2021, Wexford County Council 20210386: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission for the erection of a dwelling house extension. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/120029
- 25 Feb 2021, Wexford County Council 20210257: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention of velux roof lights and for a porch extension to. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/119143
- 15 Feb 2021, Wexford County Council 20210201: N/a. Retention. Permission for Retention of velux roof lights and for a porch extension to the. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/118887
- 15 Feb 2021, Wexford County Council 20210203: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the construction of extensions and alterations to the existing. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/118892
- 5 Oct 2020, Wexford County Council 20201135: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling and associated work. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117611
- 7 Feb 2020, Wexford County Council 20200140: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DW. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/113855
- 21 Jun 2019, Wexford County Council 20190876: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF (A) A NEW WASTEWATER. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108923
- 7 Jun 2019, Wexford County Council 20190786: N/a. Permission. PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF (A) A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108707
- 16 May 2018, Wexford County Council 20180652: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOC. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/106248
- 30 Apr 2018, Wexford County Council 20180565: N/a. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/106140
- 1 Feb 2018, Wexford County Council 20180107: Granted (conditional). Retention, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF AN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AND PLANNING PERMISSIO. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/105499
- 10 Nov 2017, Wexford County Council 20171456: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A STANDALONE EXTENSION COMPRISING OF 1 N. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/104967
- 26 Jul 2017, Wexford County Council 20170990: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/104331
- 24 Jul 2017, Wexford County Council 20170981: Granted (conditional). Retention. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDIN. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/104298
- 10 Jul 2017, Wexford County Council 20170890: N/a. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOC. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/104195
- 12 May 2017, Wexford County Council 20170587: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO SERVE AN EXI. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/103752
- 12 May 2017, Wexford County Council 20170588: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/103757

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyhack, site code 000695

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WX044-009001: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-009001-. The church of Balishauc was confirmed to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem in 1212, and this name has been mistakenly interpreted as Ballyhack (Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 241-50; Moore 1996, 168, No. 1503), but Balishauc is now identified as Ballyhoge parish in Shelmaliere and Bantry baronies (Colfer 2002, 202-05). Ballyhack was within the Cistercian estate of Dunbrody Abbey (WX039-030001-) and would have been built in the 15th century to protect its fishing community and the ferry with Passage East. At the Suppression in 1541 Dunbrody abbey held nine tenements at Ballyhack (Hore 1900-11, vol. 3, 126). The tower house is a National Monument (Harbison 1970, 245), and is open to the public from 22 June to 28 Aug. See this website accessed on 13 June 2013: http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/ballyhackcastle/ The tower house is located in a short steep-sided valley (L c. 400m NE-SW) that opens out to the Barrow/Nore/Suir estuary at a narrow point opposite Passage East (WA018-009----), Co. Waterford, which is c. 700m to the S. The dressed stone throughout is Old Red Sandstone conglomerate. This is a tower house (ext. dims. 10.75m NW-SE; 9.85m NE-SW) of five storeys surviving to the wall walk with good quoins and evidence of a base-batter. A rectangular doorway, protected by machicolation at the fourth floor, a yett, and a murder hole in the lobby, is towards the W end of the SW wall. The lobby leads through a pointed doorway (Wth 1.6m) to the ground floor (int. dims 6m NW-SE; 4.77m NE-SW), which has a slit window in an embrasure on every wall except the SE. The mural stairs in the SW wall lead to a passage in the SE wall. A lintelled doorway from the centre of the passage leads to the first floor under the NW-SE vault, which has one window in the NW wall. The floor is supported on corbels in the NE and SW walls, and there is a garderobe at the N angle which is accessed by a passage in the NE wall. Mid seventeenth-century pottery was found in the pit of this garderobe, indicating a date for the abandonment of the castle (Fanning 1975). There is an oubliette or hidden chamber in the masonry of the vault in the NE wall, entered from the floor above, but this is now blocked. The stairs rise in the SE wall where a pointed doorway at the E angle provides access to the second floor over the vault. This floor has a large destroyed window with seats in the SW wall placed over the main entrance doorway, which also commands the murder-hole over the lobby. This wall has a fireplace and light to the E of the window with seats. There is a rectangular window with seats in the NW wall and two chambers in the NE wall, one a garderobe at the N angle, the other with blocked access to the oubliette. There is a single light in the SE wall. The ceilings of the second to fifth floors are supported on corbels in the NE and SW walls. A newel stairs at the E angle leads to the third and fourth floors, but it is now blocked. A pointed doorway leads from the stairs to the third floor, which has an ope with a pointed rear-arch, a destroyed window, a fireplace, and a two-light ogee-headed window in the SW wall. There is a single ogee-headed window in the NW wall. There are three chambers, in the thickness of the NE wall. The most northerly is a garderobe, the central may be a sacristy, and the E chamber is a chapel with a piscina, aumbry, and altar shelf. The chapel is open to the rest of the floor, and has a rounded arch over it, but it is now inaccessible. The fourth floor commands the machicolation over the main entrance in the SW wall and there are two two-light windows in this wall, one with seats and ogee-headed lights. There are single-light ogee-headed windows in the NW and NE walls. This floor also has a small chamber at the E angle, while the destroyed mural stairs continue in the SE wall to emerge on the destroyed battlements at the S angle where the corbels of a machicolation survive. Archaeological monitoring (03E1630) immediately outside the entrance doorway identified the foundations of a cottage and its drains that could be dated to the 17th or 18th century through finds of Staffordshire slipware, clay-pipe fragments and glass (Reid 2006). This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 516. 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 revision: 17 June 2013
- WX044-018001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-018001-. Located at the top of a steep cliff (H c. 30-40m) overlooking the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir, which is to the S. This is the site of a church serving the village of Ballyhack and its castle (WX044-009001-) c. 600m to the NW. According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 the churches of St. James and Killesk were impropriate to Dunbrody, but St. James’ was in good repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 269). The church is described as in ruins in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 194). However, it became the Church of Ireland parish church of St James and Dunbrody, which was described as small and without a tower or steeple that had been repaired by the Ecclesiastic Commissioners in the 1830s (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 28). It does not survive within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by masonry walls. The stone head (WX044-033001-) and small stone effigy (WX44-033002-), now in Arthurstown village c. 500m to the E, probably came from this church, and the granite trough in the graveyard could have been a sarcophagus for the effigy. 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: 17 June 2013 Amended: 2 Sep. 2013, 9 Sep. 2020
- WX044-018002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-018002-. Located at the top of a steep cliff (H c. 30-40m) overlooking the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir, which is to the S. The church of St James and Dunbrody (WX044-018001-) was within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by masonry walls. Some grave-markers are decorated with plain latin crosses in relief. A granite trough (ext. dims 1m x 0.63m; H 0.25m; int. dims 0.82m x 0.44m; D 0.16m) is coffin-shaped and child-sized, and might have been closed by the stone effigy (WX44-033002-) now in Arthurstown village c. 500m to the E. The stone head (WX044-033001-) now in the village also probably came from this church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 June, 2013 Amended: 9 September 2020
- WX044-018003: Stone trough, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-018003-. Inside the gate of the graveyard (WX044-018002-) is a granite trough (ext. dims 1m x 0.63m; H 0.25m; int. dims 0.82m x 0.44m; D 0.16m) which is coffin-shaped and child-sized, and might have been closed by the stone effigy (WX44-033002-) now in Arthurstown village c. 500m to the E. Unlike most sarcophagi it does not have drain-holes. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 September 2020
- WX044-031: Millstone quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-031----. Situated on top of cliffs (H c. 30-40m) down to the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir, which is immediately to the SW. The medieval settlement on Great Island (WX039-090----) produced millstones in the middle ages, perhaps from this location. Robert Leigh writing in 1684 records that millstones were quarried from rock over Ballyhack (Hore 1858-9, 458). There are rectangular troughs (dims. c. 6m x 4m; D 0.3-0.5m), with the curved negative impression of millstones, cut into the surface of the rock outcrop. There are also some unfinished millstone rough-outs in the vicinity. 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: 17 June, 2013
- WX044-041: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX044-041----. Located on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 55m) defined by a narrow ditch feature with an inturned entrance at E is visible on aerial photographs (MM (41) 0-2) and (ASIAP (9) 13, 14). It is also visible on digital aerial photographs (WX044-041_1 to _3). WX044-041----_1.jpg from E Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 June, 2013

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Ballyhack Church (Saint James and Dunbrody), graveyard/cemetery, 1762–2006, Regional interest, registry number 15616001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15616001. Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1762-2006. Set in unkempt grounds with part creeper- or ivy-covered piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyhack, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyhack.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyhack.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyhack.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyhack.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyhack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Kilhile: https://everytownland.com/wexford/kilhile.md
- Nook: https://everytownland.com/wexford/nook.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyhack
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