# Ardagh, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballynakill, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Galway; in Irish Ardach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,356,459 m² (135.65 ha, 335.19 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,900 m² (2.49 ha, 6.15 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballynakill, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ballynakill.md - Barony: Ballymoe - Electoral division: Toberroe, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Toberroe electoral division: 315 people in 120 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19129 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60091 - Centre: latitude 53.657995, longitude -8.476744 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardagh, from 1,674 m² to 138,276 m² (13.83 ha, 34.17 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2100998: 138,276 m² (13.83 ha, 34.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100998.md - Parcel 2100999: 129,122 m² (12.91 ha, 31.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100999.md - Parcel 4668828: 127,131 m² (12.71 ha, 31.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4668828.md - Parcel 2100992: 123,412 m² (12.34 ha, 30.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100992.md - Parcel 2100997: 116,609 m² (11.66 ha, 28.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100997.md - Parcel 2051630: 112,182 m² (11.22 ha, 27.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051630.md - Parcel 2022240: 103,528 m² (10.35 ha, 25.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2022240.md - Parcel 2100994: 100,869 m² (10.09 ha, 24.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100994.md - Parcel 2100995: 94,300 m² (9.43 ha, 23.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100995.md - Parcel 2100991: 94,272 m² (9.43 ha, 23.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100991.md - Parcel 2101001: 25,942 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2101001.md - Parcel 2101002: 25,339 m² (2.53 ha, 6.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2101002.md - Parcel 2100996: 24,971 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100996.md - Parcel 2101000: 24,829 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2101000.md - Parcel 2051629: 23,461 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051629.md - Parcel 2051633: 22,898 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051633.md - Parcel 2051631: 22,429 m² (2.24 ha, 5.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051631.md - Parcel 2051632: 21,229 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051632.md - Parcel 2051627: 5,124 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051627.md - Parcel 2493519: 4,830 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2493519.md - Parcel 2100993: 2,947 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2100993.md - Parcel 2051628: 2,764 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2051628.md - Parcel 4631449: 2,747 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631449.md - Parcel 4740941: 2,615 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4740941.md - Parcel 2114639: 1,790 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114639.md - Parcel 2069502: 1,674 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069502.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ardagh 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) 1 application, newest first. - 20 May 2022, Galway County Council 22650: N/a. Permission. for a development consisting of the demolition of an existing dwelling house with the retention of the front elevation wall only, the demolition of an existing shed & the proposed construction of a single storey porch to the front & a 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, new site entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 151.6sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22650/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Kilsallagh Bog SAC, site code 000285, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000285 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilsallagh Bog, site code 000285 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA007-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-001----. On W face of a ridge in undulating grassland overlooking bogland to S. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 32m) enclosed by a degraded scarp and shallow external fosse; the latter is present from E through S to W. A field boundary cuts the enclosing element at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA007-002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-002----. On a ridge in grassland. Well-preserved oval rath (E-W 80m, N-S 71m ext.) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Possible entrance at SE. A field boundary cuts the monument at NW and SW. Abutting the rath at E is a large subrectangular annexe (N-S; L 52m, Wth 40m; GA007-002001-) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. A CBG (GA007-010----) lies 50m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA007-002001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-002001-. On a ridge in grassland. Well-preserved oval rath (E-W 80m, N-S 71m ext.; GA007-002----) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Possible entrance at SE. A field boundary cuts the monument at NW and SW. Abutting the rath at E is a large subrectangular annexe (N-S; L 52m, Wth 40m; GA007-002001-) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. A CBG (GA007-010----) lies 50m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 27 September 2017 - GA007-003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-003----. On a N-facing slope in pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 40m by c. 30m). All that survives is a flat subcircular area (N-S 37m) defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 5m) from SE through S to NNW. Possibly a barrow or a ringfort. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA007-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-004----. On a S-facing slope in grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 34m, E-W 30.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Numerous gaps in the bank appear modern. No visible surface trace of the fosse survives from E through S to SW. A ringfort (GA007-125----) lies c. 350m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA007-005: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-005----. In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 20m). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA007-007: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-007----. 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. - GA007-008: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-008----. A hachured area marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a sand pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 July 2014 - GA007-009: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-009----. A hachured feature marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan, was defined by a large hollow when inspected in 1984. Probably of 19th/20th century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 September 2014 - GA007-010: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA007-010----. Some 50m W of a ringfort (GA007-002----). According to local tradition, there was a CBG here on a low grassed-over mound (L c. 20m, Wth c. 10m). No grave-markers are visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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 Ardagh. - 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/ardagh-60091.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardagh-60091.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardagh-60091.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ardagh 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) - Balling: https://everytownland.com/galway/balling.md - Keelogesbeg: https://everytownland.com/galway/keelogesbeg.md - Kilcooley: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilcooley.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/galway/newtown-63437.md - Oughtagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/oughtagh.md - Turlough: https://everytownland.com/galway/turlough-64158.md - Ussey: https://everytownland.com/galway/ussey.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/ardagh-60091 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/ardagh-60091