Ballybranagan

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybranagan, from 2 m² to 54,602 m² (5.46 ha, 13.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of 4 detached dwelling houses, signage, public lighting, landscaping, boundary treatments and all other associated site development works and services necessary to facilitate the proposed development. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). Gross floor space of proposed works 1,143.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461247

• 7 Oct 2022Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage-incorporating a fuel store, connection to sewer and water services and all associated site services, including the augmentation and completion of previously approved associated access road / entrance, footpath and street lighting.Gross floor space of proposed works 397.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261006

• 30 Jul 2021Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, and connection to services and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 343 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211398

• 1 Feb 2019Conditional

  for change of house and garage plan and associated works previously approved under planning reg. ref. No's 11/1607, 12/1399, 16/475 and 17/18. Gross floor space of proposed works dwelling 169.00sqm, garage 34.40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19145

• 13 Jan 2017Unconditional

  for a new two storey dwelling house, garage, site entrance, treatment plant and associated work (gross floor space 292sqm) Previous Pl. Ref. no. 11/1607 & 16/475.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 1718

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: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments

• GA113-001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In an area of rock outcrop. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 24m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. A modern field wall abuts the monument at S. There is a house site (GA113-001001-) within the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 October 2016

• GA113-001001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the interior of a cashel (GA113-001----) is a circular stone-built structure (diam. 5.8m) defined by a line of upright slabs; it is probably a house site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 October 2016

• GA113-002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a steep W-facing rise surrounded by rock outcrop. Poorly preserved oval cashel (32m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 October 2016

• GA113-005001 Church
  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.

• GA113-005002 Cross - Churchyard cross
  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.

• GA113-005003 Graveyard
  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.

• GA113-005004 Wall monument
  Description

  Located in the bell tower porch of St Colman's Church (GA113-005001-), this limestone plaque (H 0.55m; Wth 1m; T 0.2m) bears the following inscription in raised letters: ORA PRO CONSERVO PATRICIO NEILAN 1735 Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 February 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint Colman's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1815–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan Roman Catholic Church, dated 1819. Comprising three-bay nave, two-bay transepts, gabled lower chancel to east, with later bell tower dated 1845, adjoining gabled entry porch with gablet, and sacristy to east. Pitched slate roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone copings, some terracotta ridge tiles, and limestone cross finial to west gable of nave. Pyramidal roof and metal cross finial to tower. Lime rendered walls with two-stage pier buttresses to nave having slate copings. Render plinth course to north elevation of nave, and blocked pointed arch openings to same elevation and west elevation of transepts with tooled limestone surrounds. Tooled limestone plaque to south elevation of porch. Pointed arch opening to porch having tooled limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Round-headed opening to south elevation of nave with tooled limestone Gibbsian surround and timber battened door having cast-iron fittings. Limestone threshold to entrance. Square-headed opening to east elevation of north transept with render block-and-start surround and timber battened door, and limestone steps. Pair of square-headed openings to east elevation of sacristy. Tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and sills to window openings throughout. Pointed arch openings to north, south and west gables, round-headed openings to nave, all with Y-tracery to double one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch openings to east elevation of chancel with stained-glass windows. Pointed arch opening without surround and with fixed timber window to sacristy. Square-headed opening having limestone sill and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to north of sacristy. Pointed arch openings to each face of top of tower, with bell within. Rendered walls to interior, having timber panelling to dado, rendered ceiling. Marble altar, inscribed marble plaque to wall. High Cross memorial and rubble limestone boundary walls to front of site.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballybranagan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_576 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballybranagan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballybranagan · Baile Uí Bhranagáin

Area

629,027 m² (62.9 ha, 155.44 acres)

Civil parish

Kinvarradoorus, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Doorus, the unit of the census

Census 2022

882 people lived in 293 households in the Doorus electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crossooha, Kinvarra

Placenames

Ballybranagan 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.