Ballyorley Upper

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyorley Upper, from 199 m² to 241,951 m² (24.2 ha, 59.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Ballyorley Upper 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.

• 20 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for (i) retention of existing domestic garage/store

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240707

• 6 Jun 2024N/a

  Permission for retention of existing domestic garage/store

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240641

• 22 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a serviced dwelling house and to carry out all associated an

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211178

• 10 Jan 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A LIVESTOCK SHED WITH SLATTED UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANKS AND

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170013

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• WX021-001 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  Located towards the top of a NE-facing slope. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 26m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 15m; H 1.8–2.3m) with an external silted fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.4m) beyond which is a scarp (Wth 12m) sloping up to the surface of the surrounding field. There is no visible entrance. The church site (WX021-022001-) is c. 80m to the NW. An extensive geophysical survey conducted for Kilkenny Archaeology revealed that the visible ringwork is at the SE edge of a subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 72m E-W; 68m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 5m) that appears to be attached to the fosse defining the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX021-022002-) (Ó Drisceoil 2009, 12). (Barry 1987, 52–3). 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: 15 June, 2012

• WX021-002 Cross
  Description

  Set on top of the road bank on the NW side of a NE-SW road close to the point where the road turns SSW. It is located on a broad ridge. This is a Latin cross in granite which is in two portions joined together, but a portion of the shaft is probably missing (present H 0.78m; Wth 0.57m; T 0.21-0.25m). It is probably 18th century in date, and according to local reports was moved to its present location from the church site (WX021-022001-), c. 200m to the N. 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: 15 June, 2012

• WX021-022001 Church
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle NE-facing slope. A large circular enclosure (diam. c. 90m) defined by a scarp at W and E, with traces of a fosse (Wth 11m; D 0.4m) and external bank (Wth 5m; H 0.4m) at SW and N was visible in 1987. The enclosure is truncated at S by a NE-SW field bank. There is no evidence of burial, although there is a local tradition of burial. It is regarded locally as a church, although there is neither historical documentation nor evidence of an ancient church structure. The cross (WX021-002----), now mounted on the road bank c. 200m to the S is thought to have been removed from the site. The ringwork castle (WX021-001----) is c. 80m to the SE. At the centre of the enclosure are the grass-covered remains of a building that appeared in 1987 to have four cells. It is oriented E–W (ext. dims. 16.5m E–W; 9m N–S) and was thought to be recent and secular. It appeared to have an entrance (Wth 1m) at N. There was an earthen bank immediately adjacent to it on the W side and interupted sections of a bank outside it on the N side. The ecclesiastical enclosure was ploughed in 1995 which removed the traces of its outer bank and the banks associated with the central strucutre. The central building had been investigated by Rev. J. Ranson in 1948, but his results can only be reconstructed through local reports. He is thought to have recovered a cross and pottery that he thought was 14th century in date. A lot of ash was present. Since 2000 the site was fully researched by Kilkenny Archaeology for Peadar Ó Maoláin with a Hertiage Council grant, and an extensive area was surveyed with remote sensing techniques. In June 2009 the central structure was cleaned and surveyed accurately. (Ó Drisceoil 2009) The O'Dorans were brehons or lawyers to the Kavanaghs in the 15th and 16th centuries and in 1566 Donal O'Davoran, the head of the Burren law school in Co. Clare (CL009-001009-), visited the law school of David O'Doran at Ballyorley (Patterson 1991, 207-09). In 1570 Cahir O'Doran surrendered his lands to the King and received them back by letters patent (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 47), but by 1616 the O'Dorans were seeking the protection of the Crown from English settlers. By 1641 Brean O'Doran, a Protestant, had 200 acres at Garrybrit, but Ballyorley was held by a Rick Edward (Simington 1953, 25-6). The O'Dorans had tried to provide a bridge between brehon law and English common law, and the central structure may be the O'Doran law-school. The school is a rectangular building (ext. dims. 16.95m E-W; 7.35m N-S) defined by clay-bonded walls (Wth 0.9-1.2m; H 0.15m) with an entrance (Wth 1.18m) marked by a spud-stone towards the W end of the S wall. Two cross-walls that are not bonded to the outer walls create cells at the W (int. dims. 5.2m x 2.1m) and E (int. dims. 5.2m x 1.2m) ends. The building is within a rectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 25m x 24m) defined by a fosse that was identified by remote sensing. This in turn is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (dims. 112m x 103m) defined by a fosse (Wth 4m) with probable entrance gaps at NE and W. At least three fields (dims. c. 50m x c. 40m to c. 100m x c. 75m) can be identified through remote sensing attached to the E and NE of the ecclesiastical enclosure. 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: 15 June, 2012

• WX021-022002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle NE-facing slope. A large circular enclosure (diam. c. 90m) defined by a scarp at W and E, with traces of a fosse (Wth 11m; D 0.4m) and external bank (Wth 5m; H 0.4m) at SW and N was visible in 1987. The enclosure is truncated at S by a NE-SW field bank. There is no evidence of burial, although there is a local tradition of burial. It is regarded locally as a church, although there is neither historical documentation nor evidence of an ancient church structure. The cross (WX021-002----), now mounted on the road bank c. 200m to the S is thought to have been removed from the site. The ringwork castle (WX021-001----) is c. 80m to the SE. At the centre of the enclosure are the grass-covered remains of a building (WX0231-022004-) that may be the O'Doran law-school of the 16th century, and remote sensing techniques have recorded elements of a field system (WX021-022003-) attached to the ecclesiastical enclosure at the E and N. Since 2000 the site was fully researched by Kilkenny Archaeology for Peadar O Maoláin with a Hertiage Council grant, and an extensive area was surveyed with remote sensing techniques (Ó Drisceoil 2009). The ecclesiastical enclosure (dims. 112m x 103m) is defined by a fosse (Wth 4m) with probable entrance gaps at NE and W. At least three fields (WX021-022003-) are attached to the E and NE of the ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 June, 2012

• WX021-022003 Field system
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle NE-facing slope. At least three fields (dims. c. 50m x c. 40m to c. 100m x c. 75m) were identified in remote sensing attached to the N and E of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX021-022002-) at the possible church site (WX021-022001-). The fields are defined by single ditches and post-date the enclosure. (Ó Drisceoil 2009, 29-30) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 June, 2012

• WX021-022004 School
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle NE-facing slope. At the centre of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX021-022002-) are the grass-covered remains of a building that appeared in 1987 to have four cells. It is oriented E–W (ext. dims. 16.5m E–W; 9m N–S) and was thought to be recent and secular. It appeared to have an entrance (Wth 1m) at N. There was an earthen bank immediately adjacent to it on the W side and interupted sections of a bank outside it on the N side. The ecclesiastical enclosure was ploughed in 1995 which removed the traces of its outer bank and the banks associated with the central strucutre. The central building had been investigated by Rev. J. Ranson in 1948, but his results can only be reconstructed through local reports. He is thought to have recovered a cross and pottery that he thought was 14th century in date. A lot of ash was present. Since 2000 the site was fully researched by Kilkenny Archaeology for Peadar Ó Maoláin with a Hertiage Council grant, and an extensive area was surveyed with remote sensing techniques. In June 2009 the central structure was cleaned and surveyed accurately. (Ó Drisceoil 2009) The O'Dorans were brehons or lawyers to the Kavanaghs in the 15th and 16th centuries and in 1566 Donal O'Davoran, the head of the Burren law school in Co. Clare (CL009-001009-), visited the law school of David O'Doran at Ballyorley (Patterson 1991, 207-09). In 1570 Cahir O'Doran surrendered his lands to the King and received them back by letters patent (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 47), but by 1616 the O'Dorans were seeking the protection of the Crown from English settlers. By 1641 Brean O'Doran, a Protestant, had 200 acres at Garrybrit, but Ballyorley was held by a Rick Edward (Simington 1953, 25-6). The O'Dorans had tried to provide a bridge between brehon law and English common law, and the central structure may be the O'Doran law-school. The school is a rectangular building (ext. dims. 16.95m E-W; 7.35m N-S) defined by clay-bonded walls (Wth 0.9-1.2m; H 0.15m) with an entrance (Wth 1.18m) marked by a spud-stone towards the W end of the S wall. Two cross-walls that are not bonded to the outer walls create cells at the W (int. dims. 5.2m x 2.1m) and E (int. dims. 5.2m x 1.2m) ends. The building is within a rectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 25m x 24m) defined by a fosse that was identified by remote sensing. This in turn is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (dims. 112m x 103m) defined by a fosse (Wth 4m) with probable entrance gaps at NE and W. At least three fields (dims. c. 50m x c. 40m to c. 100m x c. 75m) can be identified through remote sensing attached to the E and NE of the ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 June, 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyorley Upper.

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 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 Ballyorley Upper.

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.

No address of the register names Ballyorley Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ballyorley Upper · Baile Órlaithe Uachtarach

Area

1,255,504 m² (125.55 ha, 310.24 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcormick, and its townlands

Barony

Gorey

Electoral division

Kilcormick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcormick electoral division: 731 people in 245 households; 92% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyorley Lower, Garrybrit Lower, Garrybrit Upper, Knocknaskeagh, Tobergal, Tomnaboley Lower, Tomnaboley Upper

Placenames

Ballyorley Upper 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.