Ballynapierce
Townland in the civil parish of St. Johns (Enniscorthy Ra), barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Baile na bPiarsach
- Area
- 156.2 ha
- 386 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 3,628 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynapierce, from 221 m² to 201,443 m² (20.14 ha, 49.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Ballynapierce 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
26 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of tunnels for the purpose of planting soft fruits
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251221
20 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for a single storey side extension
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231385
25 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
Retention planning permission for an existing domestic garage and all
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230990
8 May 2023Refused
Permission for the following: Farm diversification project to create a new
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230485
12 Sept 2022Refused
Permission for the following: Farm diversification project to create a new glamp
Permission, 6 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221213
18 Aug 2022N/a
Permission for the following: Farm diversification project to create a new glamp
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221100
17 Jun 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of 1) the erection of an existing well pump house and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220812
27 Oct 2021Refused
Permission for farm diversification project to create a new glamping site for
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211657
2 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of Garage/ Shed with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201007
11 Jun 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the propsed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20200612
2 Jun 2020N/a
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and dome
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200568
17 Apr 2019Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICEDE DWELLING HOUSE AND
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190505
14 Sept 2018Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND DOME
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181256
5 Sept 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160989
29 Jul 2016Refused
RETENTION OF WORKS TO DATE AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE THE ERECTION OF A DWELLING
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160858
25 May 2016Granted (conditional)
A 2 STOREY EXTENSION (41SQ.M) TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160559
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
Recorded monuments
- WX025-015 Moated site
Description
Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) bisected by a NE-SW road on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located at the S edge of a low plateau with the W-E Bora River c. 180m to the S. It is described in the 1940s as a rectangular area (dim. 34m NE-SW) defined by a flat bottomed fosse (Wth c. 2.7m; D c. 1-1.5m), and with an outer bank (ext. H c. 0.5m) on the NW side at least. It was divided by the modern road (SMR file). It is now removed NW of the road but traces of the moats (Wth c. 12m; D c. 0.3m) are still visible as slight depressions SE of the road (int. dims. c. 33m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE). (Barry 1977, 217, WX 23) 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: 2 July 2012
Architectural heritage
- Ballynapierce House, farm house, 1842–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two- and three-storey split-level farmhouse, extant 1900, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch to ground floor abutting single-bay two-storey advanced end bay; two-bay two-storey (south) or three-bay three-storey (north) elevations. In alternative use, 1905-7. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1964. Resold, 1968. Refenestrated, ----. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan abutting hipped slate roof (west), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having paired stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated quoins to corners. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, three quarter-engaged colonettes on plinths supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds framing replacement aluminium casement 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.
- Ballynapierce House, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1903 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of lichen-spotted granite ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having pyramidal capping supporting "Lotus"-detailed looped wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having pyramidal capping supporting "Lotus"-detailed looped wrought iron railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Ballynapierce House.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2884 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Ballynapierce with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynapierce · Baile na bPiarsach
- Area
- 1,561,931 m² (156.19 ha, 385.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Johns (Enniscorthy Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Enniscorthy Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Enniscorthy Rural electoral division: 10,897 people in 4,009 households; 56% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygillistown, Dunanore, Garr, Knockmarshal, Moneyheer, Monfin, Sweetfarm, Tomnalossett, Wilton
- Placenames
- Ballynapierce 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.