# Alloonbaun, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballymacward, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish Alúin Bhán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,600,841 m² (160.08 ha, 395.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,376 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballymacward, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ballymacward.md - Barony: Tiaquin - Electoral division: Ballymacward, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 316 people lived in 113 households in the Ballymacward electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17707 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60063 - Centre: latitude 53.38377, longitude -8.477015 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Alloonbaun, from 272 m² to 205,459 m² (20.55 ha, 50.77 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1951843: 205,459 m² (20.55 ha, 50.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951843.md - Parcel 1951845: 190,787 m² (19.08 ha, 47.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951845.md - Parcel 1999469: 186,991 m² (18.7 ha, 46.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999469.md - Parcel 1999470: 168,552 m² (16.86 ha, 41.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999470.md - Parcel 5911366: 158,696 m² (15.87 ha, 39.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5911366.md - Parcel 1951844: 117,776 m² (11.78 ha, 29.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951844.md - Parcel 1951835: 116,881 m² (11.69 ha, 28.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951835.md - Parcel 1999481: 105,920 m² (10.59 ha, 26.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999481.md - Parcel 1999482: 87,339 m² (8.73 ha, 21.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999482.md - Parcel 1951837: 81,999 m² (8.2 ha, 20.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951837.md - Parcel 1951836: 55,654 m² (5.57 ha, 13.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951836.md - Parcel 1951834: 25,265 m² (2.53 ha, 6.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951834.md - Parcel 1999484: 19,206 m² (1.92 ha, 4.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999484.md - Parcel 1999472: 9,288 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999472.md - Parcel 1951841: 6,866 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951841.md - Parcel 1999474: 6,598 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999474.md - Parcel 4685607: 5,683 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4685607.md - Parcel 5598137: 5,630 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5598137.md - Parcel 5383420: 4,947 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5383420.md - Parcel 1999479: 3,794 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999479.md - Parcel 1999476: 2,958 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999476.md - Parcel 1999478: 2,882 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999478.md - Parcel 6049438: 2,831 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6049438.md - Parcel 5251571: 2,799 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251571.md - Parcel 1999477: 2,775 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999477.md - Parcel 1951840: 2,499 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951840.md - Parcel 4619174: 2,379 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619174.md - Parcel 4631332: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631332.md - Parcel 4631348: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631348.md - Parcel 2744835: 2,150 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2744835.md - Parcel 2744833: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2744833.md - Parcel 1999480: 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999480.md - Parcel 1951839: 1,870 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951839.md - Parcel 1951842: 1,511 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951842.md - Parcel 1999483: 1,379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999483.md - Parcel 1999473: 1,251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999473.md - Parcel 1999475: 1,251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1999475.md - Parcel 6193784: 980 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6193784.md - Parcel 1951838: 443 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1951838.md - Parcel 2744640: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2744640.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Alloonbaun 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) 13 applications, newest first. - 28 Aug 2026, Galway County Council 2661478: N/a. Permission. for demolition of an existing gym building and construction of a new gym building. The works also include a new wastewater treatment system and a percolation area.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661478/0 - 12 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 25342: Conditional. Permission. to construct slatted shed & manure pit to include concrete aprons & all asscoiated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25342/0 - 21 Nov 2022, Galway County Council 221181: Conditional. Permission. to construct toilet facilities to include all associated site works for catholic church. Gross floor space of proposed works: 9.30 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/221181/0 - 22 Jun 2021, Galway County Council 211107: Conditional. Permission. to; 1. Reconstruct and extend existing slatted shed to accommodate cubicle shed with slatted tank to include concrete apron. 2. Construct milking facilities to include parlour, dairy, office, plant room and associated collection yard with slatted tank, drafting/ handling area to include concrete apron, meal bin and all associated site works at the above location. Gross floor space of proposed works: Ext.=505.52sqm, Milking=182.21sqm, Collection/handling=143.50sqm, Aprons=379.80sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211107/0 - 1 Jun 2021, Galway County Council 21954: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of dwelling house and alterations to plans submitted on revised site boundaries to that granted under planning reference number 14/564 and for change of use of shop (commercial) to part of the dwelling and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 139.45 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21954/0 - 5 Jan 2021, Galway County Council 213: Conditional. Permission. to install a Ball Stop Net 12m high and 23.6m long.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/213/0 - 20 Jan 2020, Galway County Council 2046: Conditional. Permission. to change existing carparking facilities at the front of the school to include 1. Separate designated drop off and pick up areas for school buses and cars, 2. Visitor and teacher parking, 3. Construction of a wall to separate drop off and pick up area from the main road, 4. Construction of a new front boundary wall, 5. Construction of a new footpath, lighting and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1015 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2046/0 - 28 Jun 2019, Galway County Council 19995: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. consisting of a three-bedroom dwelling, comprising of a kitchen & dining room, living room, playroom, bathroom, home office and utility/ storage areas, closure of existing agricultural entrance, new site entrance from road, new waste water treatment system, domestic garage and ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 266 sqm, Garage - 61 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19995/0 - 5 Apr 2019, Galway County Council 19509: Unconditional. Extension of duration. to extend existing car parking area to include all associated signs and works (Gross floor space 272.25sqm). Previous Planning Ref: 13/780. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19509/0 - 9 Oct 2018, Galway County Council 181411: Conditional. Permission. to install floodlights, a 5m high hurling wall, 427.50 sqm. astro turf pitch and fencing. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181411/0 - 22 May 2018, Galway County Council 18663: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a footpath internally along the periphery of the Club Grounds.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18663/0 - 4 Aug 2017, Galway County Council 171192: Conditional. Permission. for a sheep shed and ancillary concrete work. Gross floor space of proposed works 304sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171192/0 - 13 Jun 2017, Galway County Council 17856: Conditional. Permission. to construct a canopy to provide shelter above classroom entrance/exits, and to erect the school name on the external west-facing wall (gross floor space 138sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17856/0 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 Alloonbaun. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA073-001: Mill - cloth, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA073-001----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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) - Church View, house, 1810–1830, Regional interest, registry number 30407311, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30407311. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having single-storey lean-to porch addition of c.1920 to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to gables, stone copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lime-rendered random rubble stone walls. Square-headed mainly two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, with one six-over-six pane window to ground floor front, with limestone sills. Part glazed timber entrance door to front elevation. House set back from road with modern outbuildings and farmyard to rear and lime rendered boundary wall. - Ballymacward Bridge, bridge, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 30407312, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30407312. Three-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1800, over unnamed river. Northmost arch now blocked. Round arches with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch rings. Random rubble stone to spandrel panels and parapets, with coping stones set on edge. Random rubble walls leading from bridge along roadsides. ## 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 Alloonbaun, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Alloonbaun. - 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/galway/alloonbaun.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/alloonbaun.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/alloonbaun.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Alloonbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Alloon Lower: https://everytownland.com/galway/alloon-lower.md - Alloon Upper: https://everytownland.com/galway/alloon-upper.md - Annagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/annagh-60069.md - Ballymacward: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballymacward.md - Cloongawna: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloongawna.md - Lisgub East: https://everytownland.com/galway/lisgub-east.md - Whitepark: https://everytownland.com/galway/whitepark.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/alloonbaun - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/alloonbaun