Ballycuirke East
Townland in the civil parish of Moycullen, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Uí Chuirc Thoir
- Area
- 53.1 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 1,411 m²
- Zoning
- N1.5
- Transport Infrastructure
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycuirke East, from 12 m² to 301,168 m² (30.12 ha, 74.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
- N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.1N59 Moycullen Bypass (Road)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business & Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Apr 2026Refused
for the construction of 2 no. lightweight commercial units and associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660604
14 Jan 2026Conditional
for works for the provision of a secondary access to Wildlands Adventure centre including upgrading of the L53742 local road and the provision of a footpath along the internal private road
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660029
11 Dec 2024Refused
to construct a lightweight commercial unit and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 470 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2461694
1 Mar 2024Conditional
for proposed 19 additional holiday cabins (2 no. 2-Bedroom single storey; 2 no. 3-Bedroom two storey; 12 no. 3-Bedroom two storey and 3 no. 4-Bedroom two storey units) with all ancillary services, supported by a Natura Impact Statement and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2178.20 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2474
6 Nov 2023Conditional
for the construction of a new Outback Shop and Take-out Food Outlet together with all ancillary services
Permission · Galway County Council, 23449
10 May 2023Conditional
of a storage shed to facilitate the existing Adventure Centre, which replaces a previously damaged storage shed at the same location. The gross floor space to be retained is 186 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23188
16 Nov 2022Refused
of a farm storage shed, which replaces a previously damaged farm storage shed at the same location. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 170.5sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 221173
2 Dec 2021Refused
for a development consisting of the provision of a single story building (129.516sqm), to provide the following: - Lobby entrance - Male/Female changing facilities - Male/Female shower room - Male/Female toilet facilities - Accessible/WC toilet and shower facilities - 30 no. external lockers - an external hand washing station and - all associated site development works to facilitate the proposed development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 129.516 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 212278
30 Sept 2019Refused
for development at the Wildands Adventure Centre, Ballyquirke. Permission is sought for the construction of 11 no. glamping cabins and an additional 15 no. parking spaces and all associated site works. Permission for retention is sought for 4 no. glamping cabins replacing previously permitted glamping yurts approved under planning permission ref. no. 16/1097 & 18/1445
Permission · Galway County Council, 191510
6 Jun 2019Conditional
for development, consisting of 3 No. Signs to Approved Development Permission ref. no. 16/1097. (Sign 1) Free standing sign at site entrance off the N59 road; (Sign 2) Wall mounted sign over main entrance to approved sports building; (Sign 3) Wall mounted sign at high level of end wall to approved sports building
Permission · Galway County Council, 19855
12 Oct 2018Conditional
for development and alterations to Planning Permission ref. no. 16/1097. (1) The proposed alterations to Pl. Ref. No. 16/1097 which will consist of the following:- (a) Amendments to main building including additional floor space and elevational changes, (b) relocation of previously approved camping toilet and washroom facilities, (c) relocation of previously approved outdoor play area (50 meters to northwest of location permitted under Pl. Ref. 16/1097), (d) relocation of previously approved camper sites (30 meters southeast of location permitted under Pl. Ref. 16/1097) to accommodate relocated outdoor play area, (e) revised parking layouts, (f) associated site works. (2) Permission for retention for the following :- (a) retention of alteration to internal access road, (b) retention of base of main building (located 5 meters southeast of location permitted under Pl. Ref. 16/1097). Gross floor space of proposed works: 322.7 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 181445
30 Jul 2018Conditional
for the extension, modifications and change of roof finish to an existing dwelling, including a new septic tank and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works 251.3 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181074
4 May 2017Refused
for the extension, modifications and change of roof finish to an existing dwelling .(Gross floor space of proposed works: 495.6 sqm.)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17624
28 Feb 2017Conditional
of the demolition of the original dwelling house, retention of the construction of a new dwelling house which corresponds to the south, west and east elevation already approved in planning permission (Pl. Reg. Ref 16/224), retention of new north façade and all associated site works and services. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 268 sqm.)
Retention · Galway County Council, 17267
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 Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballycuirke Lough 000228
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballycuirke East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycuirke East.
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 5 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycuirke East.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballycuirke East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycuirke East · Baile Uí Chuirc Thoir
- Area
- 531,177 m² (53.12 ha, 131.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moycullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Moycullen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moycullen electoral division: 2,459 people in 837 households; 78% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Addragool, Ballycuirke West, Clooniff, Clydagh, Uggool
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ballycuirke East 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.