Ballyfolan

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfolan, from 19 m² to 636,088 m² (63.61 ha, 157.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfolan 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.

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  a porch extension to front, demolition of a 63.65sqm conservatory to rear, building a single storey 71.72sqm extension to rear; extending existing roof line over kitchen/dining on front elevation; extending rear roof line from ridge to new extension; internal changes and upgrading existing sewerage treatment system together with all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24216

• 27 Jul 2021Conditional

  change of house type to that previously granted under planning ref 20/794 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21927

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  single storey style dwelling and single storey garage with an oakstown treatment plant and soil polishing filter along with a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20794

• 14 Jul 2020N/a

  single storey style dwelling and single storey garage with an oakstown treatment plant and soil polishing filter along with a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20670

• 2 Jan 2019Conditional

  single storey, pitched, slate roofed house with attic accommodation, a new site entrance complete with granite faced side walls and gates, a driveway and forecourt, a septic tank and percolation area, landscape works and attendant site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 192

• 14 Aug 2017Refused

  reconfiguration of the existing entrance and the construction of a two storey pitched roofed farmhouse, a driveway a wastewater treatment system, a percolation area, landscape works and attendant site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17983

• 31 Jul 2017N/a

  reconfiguration of the existing entrance and the construction of a two storey pitched roofed farmhouse, a driveway, a wastewater treatment system, a percolation area, landscape works and attendance site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17930

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 Ballyfolan.

Recorded monuments

• WI001-010 Cairn - ring-cairn
  Description

  Situated on level ground at a break in a gentle W-facing slope. Circular cairn (diam. 10m; H 1m) with an outer, apparently free-standing stone circle at the S and E (diam. 16m). (Price and Walshe 1933, 47-8) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-011 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Subrectangular site (dims. c. 30m x 30m), visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-012 Enclosure
  Description

  Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) and as a 'potential site - aerial photo' in the RMP (1995) based on aerial photographic evidence (GSI O 89/90 (1973)). On a gentle W-facing slope overlooking an extensive lowlying wetland area. Visible as a cropmark enclosure at an angular inset in a field boundary. No visible surface trace. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 29 November 2012

• WI001-013 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. A cairn (diam. 13m; H 2m) with small boulders around the perimeter, some of which may be kerbstones. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing hillslope with steeper slope to the E. Circular enclosure defined by a bank (diam c. 30m) with a possible entrance gap at the W, visible as cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-015 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a level area at a break in a gentle W-facing slope. Small rectangular cropmark visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). Not visible at ground level. (Information P. Healy) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-032 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N to NW-facing slope in pasture. Oval hut (dims. 8.5m x 5.5m) defined by an unstructured jumble of stones (H 1.5m). Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). Not visible at ground level. (Information P. Healy) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI001-033 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  On a gentle NE-facing slope. The settlement occurs within a triangular area (80m N-S; 80m E-W) with the apex at the N. The area is defined on the W side by an earth and stone unfaced bank (Wth 2m; H 1m). This bank is a field boundary which continues beyond the settlement. There is a rectangular/trapezoidal building (c. L 22m; Wth 7m) in the N corner of the settlement (known locally as 'The Chapel') defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 1m). To the SE there are two ill-defined structures the first of which is the NW end of a small square or rectangular structure. The second larger structure or enclosure (11m x 11m) is also defined by an earth and stone bank and is attached to a field boundary. To the south of these structures are two well preserved houses. The first house (15m x 8m), aligned N-S, is sub-rectangular in plan and is enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 2.2m; H 0.6m). To the E, the second house (c. 9m x 6m), aligned NW-SE, is enclosed by stone walls of similar dimensions to the previous example. To the S of these houses there is another possible house (c. 7m x 6m) and part of a small enclosure. On the E side of the settlement is a C-shaped structure (5m x 4m); there is a narrow depression running into the structure from the W side. This may be a small kiln. Outside the NW side of the triangular area is a small square structure (4m x 4m). An additional feature on the E edge of the settlement may be part of a house or enclosure. The E side of the settlement is defined mainly by a stone wall. Cultivation ridges occur in the fields to the E and W of the settlement. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 03 December 2012

• WI001-047 Cross
  Description

  Named 'stone cross' on both editions of the OS 6-inch map (1838 and 1885) although not depicted in gothic script. A granite cross (H c. 1.2m; Wth at base 0.3m; T of base 0.24m; Wth across arms 0.8m; T of arms 0.24m) set just inside field fence on E side of road. The face which fronts onto road (W face) has IHS inscribed on it and a cross symbol above which is incorporated into the H of IHS. A small stone head projects below IHS and two straight lines are incised either side of it. The E face does not appear to have any decoration on it. There are two stones at the base of the cross - one at either side. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 28 June 2013

• WI002-002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a marked W/SW-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (est. max. dims. c. 20m x 20m) visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 90-91). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyfolan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyfolan.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyfolan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballyfolan · Baile Uí Fhualáin

Area

3,456,001 m² (345.6 ha, 854 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,093 people lived in 367 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Butter Mountain, Carrignagower, Cloghleagh, Kilbride, Knockatillane, Knockbane, Shankill

Placenames

Ballyfolan 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.