Ballyargadaun
Townland in the civil parish of Leitrim, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Uí Argadáin
- Area
- 195.4 ha
- 483 acres
- Land parcels
- 117
- registered freehold, median 6,690 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyargadaun, from 65 m² to 163,571 m² (16.36 ha, 40.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyargadaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Aug 2026N/a
for the construction of a Dwelling House, Domestic Garage, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all site associated services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661384
23 Aug 2023Conditional
for the construction of a domestic storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling house & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360996
8 Apr 2022Conditional
to construct a five bay loose cattle shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 258 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 22477
14 Mar 2022Refused
construction of a Dwelling House, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 187 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260222
28 Jan 2022N/a
to construct of a five bay loose cattle shed. Gross floor space of proposed works:258 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2289
19 Aug 2021Refused
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 225.7 sqm, Garage: 62.4 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211517
30 Sept 2020Conditional
of (a) single story extension to rear of existing shop/convenience store and (b) change of use of part of existing convenience store/shop to incorporate an internal ancillary off-licence area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 11.85 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 201406
24 Jul 2019Conditional
for 1) demolition of existing sun room and construction of proposed extension to contain a kitchen to side of existing dwellinghouse, 2) proposed changes to existing plans and elevations of dwelling previously granted under pl. Ref. No. 05/712 to include slider door and rear entrance door and 3) removal of steel cladded garage/store and replacement with permanent domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of proposed works: 26.0 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 12.0 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191135
17 Jul 2019Conditional
for new development to include: erect a commercial grain silo and all associated site ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Grain Silo - 7.29 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191085
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
Recorded monuments
- GA116-009 Quarry
Description
This is a disused quarry; it is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 August 2015
- GA116-010 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On a N-facing slope in pastureland. This natural spring well is known as ‘St Erneen’s well’. It is enclosed by a circular drystone-built wall with a gap (Wth 0.9m), now blocked with wooden fencing, opening to the N. It is capped with a circular stone (diam. 1.32m), which has a central hole (diam. 0.36m). Rags are tied to a nearby ash tree to the NE and a hawthorn tree to the S. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 9). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 December 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyargadaun.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyargadaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyargadaun · Baile Uí Argadáin
- Area
- 1,953,970 m² (195.4 ha, 482.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Leitrim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Leitrim, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonlee, Dalystown Demesne, Kylebrack East, Kylebrack West, Leitrim Beg, Limehill
- Placenames
- Ballyargadaun on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.