Ballydoolough

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydoolough, from 18 m² to 1,383,165 m² (138.32 ha, 341.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Ballydoolough 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.

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197 sqm(House) & 43.00 sqm(Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461797

• 24 Jul 2024Conditional

  of the existing single storey extension to the South elevation of the property. Permission to: (1) demolish the existing single storey and two storey extensions to the South and West elevations of the property. (2) To construct a new extension to the Southwest elevation of the existing dwelling house. (3) To replace the existing sub-standard septic tank unit with a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area including all associated site development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 73.50 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 33.30 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460922

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Maumtrasna Mountain Complex 000735

Recorded monuments

• GA026-001 Crannog
  Description

  In Ballydoo Lough. Still Island, a small overgrown circular island in N half of the lake, is held by local tradition to have once been inhabited. Drainage work in recent years has lowered the water level, exposing a possible causeway, marked by a narrow band of reeds, running from the island to N shore. Inspected from lake shore only. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA026-019 Standing stone
  Description

  This standing stone was discoverd by Mr. Colm Mac Diarmada (pers. comm. December 2014). It is in an upland area of rough grazing and cut-away bogland on a plateau on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe/Ben Levy, overlooking Lough Corrib to the S. There are panoramic views from E through S to NW. The standing stone is a conglomerate boulder (H 1m; base Wth 0.58m; max. Wth 1.15m; T 0.64m) which is roughly lozenge shaped – the flat surfaces face towards NW and SE. It is sitting on a small mound that is the result of bog being cut away. An area (Wth 0.5m; D 0.2m) around the base of the stone has been poached away. Packing stones are evident. A ring-barrow (GA026-020----) lies c. 260m to the NNW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 October 2015

• GA026-020 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  This ring-barrow was discoverd by Mr. Colm Mac Diarmada (pers. comm. December 2014). It is in an upland area of rough grazing and cut-away bogland on a plateau on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe/Ben Levy. Panoramic views - overlooking Lough Corrib to the SE and an inlet of Lough Mask to the NW. The ring-barrow is defined by a central mound (max. H 0.5m; base Wth 2.9m; top Wth 0.7m) that is surrounded by a wet fosse (max. Wth 1.2m) and outer bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m; base Wth 0.92m; top Wth 0.3m). The mound and bank are composed of peaty soil interspersed with stone. A narrow gap (Wth 0.5m) cutting through the bank at SW appears to be a later feature. There is a possible hut site (GA026-021----) c. 55m to the SW and a standing stone (GA026-019----) lies c. 260 m to the SSE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 October 2015

• GA026-021 Hut site
  Description

  This possible hut site was discovered by Mr. Colm Mac Diarmada (pers. comm. October 2015). It is in an upland area of rough grazing and cut-away bogland on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe/Ben Levy, overlooking Lough Corrib to the SE and an inlet of Lough Mask to the NW. The hut site (4.4m E-W; 3.8m N-S), roughly oval in plan, is defined by the footings of possible inner and outer wall-facing stones (Wth 0.85m at N). Opposing gaps are evident at roughly W (Wth 0.7m) and E (Wth 0.4m). A scatter of boulders (2.3m E-W; 1.3m N-S; H 0. 2m) is visible c. 6m to the SW, however, no discernible structure is evident and it appears to be tumbled material. A ring-barrow (GA026-020----) lies c. 55m to the NE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 October 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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 Ballydoolough.

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.

No address of the register names Ballydoolough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballydoolough · Baile Dhúlocha

Area

2,916,158 m² (291.62 ha, 720.6 acres)

Civil parish

Ross, and its townlands

Barony

Ross

Electoral division

Cong, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Carrick East, Carrick Middle, Carrick West, Cloghbrack Upper, Coolin, Teeranea, Tonlegee

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Ballydoolough 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.