# Ballybackagh, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish An Baile Bacach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,287,881 m² (128.79 ha, 318.24 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,072 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Monivea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/monivea.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Aughrim, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Aughrim electoral division: 1,317 people in 436 households; 89% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18450
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60254
- Centre: latitude 53.332975, longitude -8.802547 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybackagh, from 104 m² to 565,979 m² (56.6 ha, 139.86 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1940967: 565,979 m² (56.6 ha, 139.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940967.md
- Parcel 1940969: 403,931 m² (40.39 ha, 99.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940969.md
- Parcel 1940968: 129,521 m² (12.95 ha, 32.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940968.md
- Parcel 4457663: 91,990 m² (9.2 ha, 22.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457663.md
- Parcel 4980592: 30,259 m² (3.03 ha, 7.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980592.md
- Parcel 5086857: 27,541 m² (2.75 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5086857.md
- Parcel 1940973: 15,973 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940973.md
- Parcel 5057130: 5,290 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5057130.md
- Parcel 4740547: 2,735 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4740547.md
- Parcel 5057128: 2,612 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5057128.md
- Parcel 5124917: 2,179 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5124917.md
- Parcel 2604761: 1,965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2604761.md
- Parcel 1940971: 1,809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940971.md
- Parcel 1940972: 1,779 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940972.md
- Parcel 2011014: 981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011014.md
- Parcel 4980588: 871 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980588.md
- Parcel 3402254: 761 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3402254.md
- Parcel 1940970: 513 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940970.md
- Parcel 4632461: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632461.md
- Parcel 3402334: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3402334.md
- Parcel 4980576: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980576.md
- Parcel 4932595: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932595.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybackagh 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 6 Feb 2026, Galway County Council 2660176: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of an extension to the side of an existing dwelling and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660176/0
- 23 Apr 2021, Galway County Council 21658: Conditional. Permission. to construct a three bay slatted cattle shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 132.5 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21658/0
- 16 May 2018, Galway County Council 18632: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 195 sqm. (garage) 32 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18632/0

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## 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 Ballybackagh.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA084-002: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-002----. In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 37.8m) defined by a much-collapsed dry stone wall. No visible surface trace of it survives from ESE to SE. 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
- GA084-138: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-138----. In level pasture. This ring-barrow is defined by a roughly circular central mound (17m ESE-WNW; 15m NNE-SSW), which is surrounded by a well-preserved fosse (Wth 2.4-2.7m; D 0.7-0.8m) and a substantial bank (Wth 6.55-7.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) of earth and stone. A causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) cuts through bank and across fosse (Wth 6m) at ESE. A NNW-SSE running trackway (Wth 2.7m) truncates the edge of outer bank at W. A shallow circular depression (diam. c. 11m) is visible within the interior to the W. The following images, courtesy of M. O'Leary, have been uploaded: GA084-138----_01.jpg GA084-138-----02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 July 2023
- GA084-148001: Boulder-burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-148001-. 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.
- GA084-148002: Boulder-burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-148002-. 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)

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

## 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 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 Ballybackagh.
- 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/ballybackagh-60254.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballybackagh-60254.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballybackagh-60254.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballybackagh 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)

- Ballinloughaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinloughaun.md
- Caherateemore South: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherateemore-south.md
- Carnaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/carnaun-60894.md
- Peakroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/peakroe.md
- Tobernavean: https://everytownland.com/galway/tobernavean.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.

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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.

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