Ballydonnellan

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydonnellan, from 31 m² to 151,693 m² (15.17 ha, 37.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballydonnellan 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.

• 5 Feb 2026Refused

  and continuation of quarrying activities for the extraction, by mechanical means only (wire and chainsaws), of dimension stone that includes: extraction within an area of 2.4 hectares; processing and storage of quarried material; provision of a wheel wash; provision of a hardstand area and hydrocarbon interceptor; all ancillary siteworks; for a period of 7years and all within an application area of 4.5Ha

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660157

• 5 Jun 2025Refused

  and continuation of quarrying activities for the extraction, by mechanical means only (wire and chain saws), of dimension stone that includes: Extraction within an area of 2.4 hectares; Processing and Storage of quarried material; Provision of a wheelwash; Provision of a hardstand area and hydrocarbon interceptor; all ancillary siteworks; for a period of 7 years and all within an application area of 4.5 Ha.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560714

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct a fully service dwelling house, a treatment plant system plus a garage. Also permission is being sought to relocate the front boundary wall so to obtain the required sight distances. Gross floor space of proposed works: 166 sqm(H), 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461500

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a fully service dwelling house, a treatment plant system plus a garage. Also permission to relocate the front boundary wall so to obtain the required sight distances. Gross floor space of proposed works: 202 sqm (H) & 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23156

• 28 Jul 2022N/a

  to construct a fully service dwelling house, a treatment plant system plus a garage. Also permission is being sought to relocate the front boundary wall so to obtain the required sight distances. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 202sqm, Garage: 60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22921

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballydonnellan.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-011 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Very poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 45m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall overlain by a field wall from NW through N to NE. A scarp forms the enclosing element at SW. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. 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

• GA056-012 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 35m) defined by a drystone wall visible only at NE; elsewhere it is overlain by a field wall. Within the interior, which is densely overgrown, are three ruinous field walls, probably modern. 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

• GA056-013 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland. Circular cashel (D 37m), in fair condition, defined by a collapsed drystone wall overlain throughout by a field wall. Numerous gaps in the enclosing element appear modern. There is a souterrain (GA056-013001-) in W half of the interior and just SE of centre is an irregular mound (E-W; L 9m, Wth 6m). 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

• GA056-013001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within W half of ringfort (GA056-013----). A trapezoidal drystone-built chamber (L 3.2m), running E-W, narrowing towards W end. Present access is through a breach at E end. A line of stones (L 2m) running further E, from E end, suggests that the souterrain originally extended further in this direction. 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

• GA056-014 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In a low-lying area of grassland and rock outcrop. Poorly preserved almost circular cashel (D c. 40m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall cuts the monument at NE and SW and no visible surface trace survives to NW of it. Two circular houses (GA056-017----) lie c. 30m to E and NE respectively. 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

• GA056-015 Mound
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 50m) in the corner of a field. What is visible is a low flat-topped earthen mound (WSW-ENE 67.1m, H 1.5m max.), oval in plan, its edges only faintly defined save in N sector. 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

• GA056-016 Sweathouse
  Description

  This sweathouse (max. Wth 8.5m; H 1.5m) is built into a small ridge in an area of rough overgrown ground and woodland. The roughly wedge-shaped drystone chamber (Wth 2.47m tapering to 0.82m at roof level; H 1.7-1.9m) is accessed by a narrow lintelled opening (Wth 0.5m; H 0.89m) at WSW. The walls of the chamber are fairly straight sided and the roof is corbelled. Externally the chamber is enclosed with grass-covered earth. The following images have been uploaded courtesy of Shirley Hope-Sweeny GA056-016----_01.jpg GA056-016----_02.jpg GA056-016----_03.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 June 2023

• GA056-017 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Some 30m to E and NE of a ringfort (GA056-014----). A much-ruined circular house (D 12m) defined by a double drystone wall and a rubble core; best preserved from NW to SE. A rectangular structure (Wth 1.4m) built into the wall at WNW may be a later insertion. A similar house (D 5.8m, H 0.75m) lies immediately to SE. A gap at NW may be original. 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

• GA056-017001 House - indeterminate date
  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.

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Ballydonnellan.

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.

• Ballydonnellan, Corrandulla6 sales

Name

Ballydonnellan · Baile Uí Dhónalláin

Area

1,615,864 m² (161.59 ha, 399.29 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoona, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Ballinduff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballinduff electoral division: 725 people in 241 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinduff, Ballynew, Kilcoona, Kilroe, Knockereen, Luimnagh West, Mausrevagh

Placenames

Ballydonnellan 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.