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

Townland in the civil parish of Oldross, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Baile Mhic Ara.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,471,824 m² (247.18 ha, 610.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,668 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Oldross, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/oldross.md
- Barony: Bantry
- Electoral division: Rochestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 265 people lived in 84 households in the Rochestown electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/53545
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240372
- Centre: latitude 52.377978, longitude -6.894546 (WGS 84)

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

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacar, from 21 m² to 364,319 m² (36.43 ha, 90.03 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 374930: 364,319 m² (36.43 ha, 90.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374930.md
- Parcel 400115: 221,719 m² (22.17 ha, 54.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400115.md
- Parcel 410512: 215,466 m² (21.55 ha, 53.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/410512.md
- Parcel 430815: 202,928 m² (20.29 ha, 50.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430815.md
- Parcel 399001: 148,902 m² (14.89 ha, 36.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/399001.md
- Parcel 378051: 144,827 m² (14.48 ha, 35.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/378051.md
- Parcel 401081: 125,202 m² (12.52 ha, 30.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/401081.md
- Parcel 429796: 118,563 m² (11.86 ha, 29.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/429796.md
- Parcel 397489: 105,060 m² (10.51 ha, 25.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/397489.md
- Parcel 389154: 103,637 m² (10.36 ha, 25.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/389154.md
- Parcel 408926: 84,342 m² (8.43 ha, 20.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/408926.md
- Parcel 414964: 83,058 m² (8.31 ha, 20.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/414964.md
- Parcel 385853: 62,311 m² (6.23 ha, 15.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/385853.md
- Parcel 376651: 60,943 m² (6.09 ha, 15.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/376651.md
- Parcel 393804: 42,279 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/393804.md
- Parcel 4880540: 36,507 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4880540.md
- Parcel 423735: 35,287 m² (3.53 ha, 8.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423735.md
- Parcel 400815: 33,748 m² (3.37 ha, 8.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400815.md
- Parcel 422670: 32,941 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/422670.md
- Parcel 402400: 31,394 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/402400.md
- Parcel 4882828: 30,938 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4882828.md
- Parcel 424851: 28,163 m² (2.82 ha, 6.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/424851.md
- Parcel 407068: 26,725 m² (2.67 ha, 6.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407068.md
- Parcel 410457: 17,136 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/410457.md
- Parcel 374683: 16,170 m² (1.62 ha, 4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374683.md
- Parcel 4896579: 12,743 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4896579.md
- Parcel 402046: 9,688 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/402046.md
- Parcel 2408139: 9,668 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2408139.md
- Parcel 5151642: 6,415 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5151642.md
- Parcel 422114: 4,527 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/422114.md
- Parcel 386763: 4,364 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386763.md
- Parcel 406314: 4,336 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406314.md
- Parcel 394689: 4,275 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394689.md
- Parcel 391625: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/391625.md
- Parcel 5307923: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5307923.md
- Parcel 423672: 3,911 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423672.md
- Parcel 406138: 3,768 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406138.md
- Parcel 397351: 3,569 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/397351.md
- Parcel 4867290: 3,493 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4867290.md
- Parcel 4867277: 3,235 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4867277.md
- Parcel 428451: 2,663 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/428451.md
- Parcel 411768: 2,268 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/411768.md
- Parcel 393426: 2,256 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/393426.md
- Parcel 395938: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/395938.md
- Parcel 374407: 2,112 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374407.md
- Parcel 5186420: 1,954 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5186420.md
- Parcel 5307910: 1,711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5307910.md
- Parcel 390094: 1,573 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/390094.md
- Parcel 2563305: 1,317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2563305.md
- Parcel 389213: 1,054 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389213.md
- Parcel 5084845: 550 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5084845.md
- Parcel 4955086: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955086.md
- Parcel 5084856: 328 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5084856.md
- Parcel 5307896: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5307896.md
- Parcel 4890779: 21 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4890779.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballymacar 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 23 May 2024, Wexford County Council 20240582: Granted (conditional). Retention. Permission for retention of extensions to the front and rear of. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127168
- 6 Nov 2023, Wexford County Council 20231341: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the erection of an agricultural shed. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126238
- 5 May 2023, Wexford County Council 20230483: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission for demolition of existing garage and construction of a single. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125295

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymacar.

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

- WX034-004001: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-004001-. Located in a fairly steep-sided S-N valley with a stream c. 55m to the W. This is a rectangular scrub-covered area (dims. 35m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3.7m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) on the E side and adjacent parts of the N and S sides. There are flat-bottomed moats (Wth of top 4-5.5m; Wth of base 1.7-3.5m; ext. D 1-1.8m) on each side that are fed from springs just to the E, and a leat leads from the SW angle towards the stream. In the N part of the interior is the remains of a stone-walled building (int. dims. 18m E-W; 4.5m N-S) defined by walls (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) obscured by the spread of cairn material. (Barry 1977, 214, WX 14) 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: 13 September, 2012
- WX034-004002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-004002-. Located in a fairly steep-sided S-N valley with the stream c. 55m to the W. In the N part of the interior of moated site (WX034-004001-) is the remains of a stone-walled building (int. dims. 18m E-W; 4.5m N-S) defined by walls (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) obscured by the spread of cairn material. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 September, 2012
- WX034-005: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-005----. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the E side of the summit of a hill and overlooking a col c. 200m to the SE with a higher NE-SW ridge c. 600m beyond the col to the SE. It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop but there is a slight bend (C c. 20m) in a field bank at W. 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: 13 September, 2012
- WX034-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-006----. Marked as a small D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 25m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) truncated by a WNW-ESE lane at S on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located in the bottom of a steep-sided SE-NW valley with the headwaters of a stream just to the S. It is visible at ground level as a slightly dished grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m). It may have been a rath. 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: 13 September, 2012 Amended: 1 May, 2014
- WX034-007: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-007----. Marked on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as ‘Byrne’s Well’ in gothic lettering on both. It is located towards the top of a steep W-facing slope. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 ‘Burns Well’ had been a place where the stations were performed at one time, but the name of the saint was forgotten (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 258). There is no evidence of a well in a pasture field. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 September, 2012

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)

- Erin Vale, farm house, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 15702939, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15702939. Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. "Improved", pre-1902, producing present composition. Sold, 1910. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cement rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds

## 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 Ballymacar, 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.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2555, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2555.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ballymacar.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballymacar.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballymacar.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballymacar 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)

- Arnestown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/arnestown-240028.md
- Begerin (Loftus): https://everytownland.com/wexford/begerin-loftus.md
- Finshoge: https://everytownland.com/wexford/finshoge.md
- Rochestown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/rochestown-242003.md
- Ryleen: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ryleen.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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.

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