Ballinderry

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinderry, from 862 m² to 201,633 m² (20.16 ha, 49.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Ballinderry 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.

• 6 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with treatment plant and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660341

• 13 Feb 2026N/a

  to construct a dwelling house with treatment plant and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660221

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  for construction of a two storey dwelling and detached garage including a wastewater treatment system & percolation area including installation of all site services and landscaping, also permission to include a proposed vehicular road access. Gross floor space of proposed works: 192.00 sqm(H), 30.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560826

• 13 Jan 2022Conditional

  for a domestic garage incorporating a fuel store at the rear of my dwelling house and concrete slab for solar panels and all associated works (area 70sq.m. , Height 5.1m)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260007

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to side and rear of dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 28.3 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21501

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  to construct a two storey side extension and rear extension to the existing farmhouse. Permission is to include all amendments to existing farmhouse and all associated services, wastewater treatment and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works 170sqm. Gross floor space of demolition works 21.5sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181169

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA043-003 Burial ground
  Description

  On a slight rise in gently undulating farmland. An overgrown almost circular area (E-W c. 27m, N-S c. 26m) defined by a poorly preserved drystone wall. Entrance gap at S. Within the interior are numerous small set stones, indicating graves aligned E-W, as well as one inscribed graveslab dated 1891. 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

• GA043-004001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland, formerly demesne land. This tower house (10.7m E-W; 9m N-S) was in the possession of 'John Burke fiz [sic] Tho.' in 1574 (Nolan 1901b, 119). A detailed description by Nolan (1901a, 33-6, 48) indicates that, at the turn of the 20th century, it was well preserved, standing five storeys high with a gabled attic. Access was gained through a pointed arched doorway in the E wall, which was protected by an on overhead murder-hole. The doorway opened into a small lobby, off which another doorway accessed the guardroom to the left. A second doorway to the right led to the spiral stairs in the NE angle and a third doorway, to the W of this, opened into the main ground-floor room. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors comprised a main room with a subsidiary chamber to the E. One room occupied the 4th floor and there was a ‘good garret’ in the attic, which had a window in the W gable. There were vaults over the main rooms between the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th floors, and over the subsidiary chambers between the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th floors. Passages in the haunches of the main vaults along the N wall led to garderobes. Fireplaces were visible in the S wall on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors; that on the 2nd floor had a massive mantelpiece, a similar one on the 4th floor had been removed 40 years previously. Remains of bartizans survived on the SE and NW corners at 2nd-floor level, and corbels on top of the E wall indicated the former presence of a machicolation over the doorway. Windows consisted mainly of ‘loopholes’ and larger windows. Other features of note included a sheela-na-gig (GA043-004003-) carved on the keystone of the archway over the doorway and a ‘full face’, with an ‘undecipherable inscription of some length’ on the external face of the N wall. On inspection in May 1984, the tower house was still in good condition. The slightly battered walls survived to roof height but the roof itself was no longer extant. The walls were constructed of undressed and roughly shaped stones and mortar but the quoinstones, doorway and window surrounds were beautifully dressed. Traces of a plinth were visible at the base of the E, S and W walls, which were heavily overgrown with ivy. The main features were still as described by Nolan (ibid.) but a secondary entrance, most likely inserted into a pre-existing slit window, was inserted into the S wall of the main ground-floor room. The spiral stairs unusually ran in a clockwise direction. The vaults remained intact but none of the wooden floors survived, cobels indicated their positions. A flight of steps off the stairwell led to the garderobe passage on the 2nd floor. The garderobe passage on the 3rd floor spanned the width of the N wall of the main room and then turned S along the W wall, ending to the N of a window. The lower part of the gardrobe exit chute was visible on the external face of the N wall. A small intramural chamber extended to the E of a window recess in the N wall on the 4th floor. The remains of all the fireplaces survived and the mantelpiece of that on the 2nd floor consisted of a beautiful cut-stone joggled lintel. Apart from the simple slit windows, the larger windows consisted of single and two-light ogee-headed and flat-headed windows. A number of them had been robbed out or were collapsed. Two carved heads were visible on each side of a flat-headed window on the 2nd floor on the N wall. One of the heads may be the ‘full face’ recorded by Nolan (ibid.) but the inscription was not noted. The tower house stood on the N edge of a rectangular platform (27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a scarp, which may have marked the line of a bawn (GA043-004002-). A series of earthworks (GA043-004004-) may also be associated with it. (Costello 1936, 312-13; Alcock et al. 1999, 394) The tower house has since been restored and is now a private residence. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• GA043-004002 Bawn
  Description

  ‘Ballinderry Castle’ (GA043-004001-) stood on the N edge of a rectangular platform (27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a scarp, which may have marked the line of an associated bawn (GA043-004002-). The present wall (c. 39m E-W; c. 25m N-S) surrounding it, with angle towers at SE and SW, dates to the early 2000s. Likewise, the internal rectangular walled area in the SE sector and the internal dividing wall in the SW sector are modern. A series of earthworks (GA043-004004-) may be associated with the castle. (Alcock et al. 1999, 224) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• GA043-004003 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  This sheela-na-gig is carved into the keystone of the arch over the doorway of 'Ballinderry Castle' (GA043-004001-). The large head displays ovoid eyes, a wedge nose, slit mouth and prominent ears. Braided hair, of two distinct styles, extends from each side of the head across the top of the stone, that to the left is in the classic plait style while that to the right is more of an interlace style. Small breasts are tucked under the arms, which curve around the body and both hands rest below the belly button in the genital area. The two legs and damaged feet are wide apart. Decorative motifs visible on each side of the figure include a marigold and knot on the left side and a rose, bird and triskele-like circle on the right side. (Nolan 1901, 36; Costello 1936, 312-3; Freitag 2004, 123) See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPyP Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 November 2022

• GA043-004004 Earthwork
  Description

  Surrounding ‘Ballinderry Castle’ (GA043-004001-). The castle stood along the N edge of a rectangular platform (E-W 27m, N-S 25m) defined by a scarp, which may have marked the line of an associated bawn (GA043-004002-). Noted directly outside the scarp, along the E side, were two parallel banks and fosses running N-S. These are also evident for 40m to the NE of the platform, where they terminate in a circular earthwork (D 7.5m int.) defined by two low banks and an intervening fosse. Two parallel scarps are visible running off this earthwork from its W side, on a WSW-ENE axis, while two linear banks and an intervening fosse also extend off its NW side, following a NW-SE axis. While the circular earthwork is quite similar in form to a barrow, the earthworks as a whole could be interpreted as the outline of an outer bawn with a circular turret at its NE angle. 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). Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 11 November 2022

• GA043-006 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  Crossing an intensively cut bog. This roughly NE-SW running gravelled roadway (L c. 813m) runs right across the bog. It possibly follows the line of an older trackway or togher. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 November 2022

• GA043-007001 Building
  Description

  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.

• GA043-007002 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  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.

• GA043-009001 Sundial
  Description

  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.

• GA043-009002 Bridge
  Description

  This single-arched bridge is constructed mainly of concrete with cut-limestone coping stones. A string course of limestone protruding from the concrete suggests that it incorporates an earlier hump-backed bridge. However, no features indicative of an early date are evident. A sundial (GA043-009001-) is visible on top of the SW pier. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_751 (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.

No address of the register names Ballinderry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballinderry · Baile an Doire

Area

2,202,884 m² (220.29 ha, 544.34 acres)

Civil parish

Cummer, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Ballinderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballinderry electoral division: 597 people in 195 households; 91% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykeaghra, Ballynastuckaun, Cloonascragh, Clooninagh, Cloonkeen South, Doonbeg, Mahanagh, Rathmore

Placenames

Ballinderry 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.