Ballydonagh
Townland in the civil parish of Tynagh, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Dhonncha
- Area
- 42.8 ha
- 106 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 26,906 m² (2.69 ha, 6.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydonagh, from 1,608 m² to 67,914 m² (6.79 ha, 16.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Ballydonagh 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
27 Jan 2023Conditional
of the following development: (a) Retain & complete an existing extension to rear of existing cottage (b) conversion of upper floor of cottage to habitable accommodation (c) single storey extension to front elevation (d) minor alterations to elevations of cottage (e) install a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area & (f) all associated external site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained 32.55sqm & gross floor space of proposed works 35.44sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2327
1 Mar 2022Refused
to construct a domestic shed (57sqm) at the location of the existing shed (18sqm) of which some walls will remain and to install a sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 57sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 22271
23 Feb 2022Unconditional
to construct new Development to include: Sheep shed, Loose animal shed, Manure pit, Concrete aprons, Hardcore areas, Retain existing Slatted shed and all associated site ancillary works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 399.66 sqm.,retention 231.42sqm)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22233
14 Jun 2021Refused
to retain the cottage, outbuilding and shed with site works, to extend the shed and to construct a dwelling house with well & sewerage system at above address. Gross floor space of work to be retained, cottage 49m2, outbuilding 40m2, shed 18.5m2, proposed house 100m2
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211050
12 Oct 2018Conditional
of an existing dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: (house) 160.56sqm, (garage) 55.46sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181444
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballydonagh.
Recorded monuments
- GA117-105 Designed landscape feature
Description
This is a steep hill on which mature beech and sycamore trees are growing. The following image has been uploaded: GA117-105----_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 July 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballydonagh.
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 low, 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 Ballydonagh.
- 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 Ballydonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballydonagh · Baile Dhonncha
- Area
- 427,522 m² (42.75 ha, 105.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tynagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Pallas, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Pallas electoral division: 406 people in 140 households; 83% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Garraun, Quarryhill, Reaghan, Spring Garden
- Placenames
- Ballydonagh 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.