Ballyfintan

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfintan, from 15 m² to 231,587 m² (23.16 ha, 57.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Ballyfintan 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.

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 206.80 sqm(house), 46.20 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560084

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  for: a) changes to the dwelling design previously granted under planning ref.no. 99-1515 to include the conversion of the attic space to habitable space and the construction of a sunroom and decking area to the rear of the dwelling, b) the construction of a domestic garage and all associated site services. Gross floor space of to be retained: 114.53 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212258

• 28 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 202.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211784

• 28 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 202.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211785

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  to construct extension to existing dwelling house and retain domestic shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21845

• 5 Dec 2017Conditional

  to erect commercial unit for the purpose of a fitness and wellness facility, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 176.00sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171742

• 8 Jun 2017N/a

  to erect commercial unit for the purpose of a fitness and wellness facility, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services (gross floor space 176sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17819

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 211sqm & 58sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17221

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 Ballyfintan.

Recorded monuments

• GA106-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the summit of a low hill. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (c. 30m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW)defined by a bank, which has been disturbed and modified from N to ESE by the construction of a later field wall. A gap (Wth 5m) is visible at SSE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA106-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) defined by an earthen bank from NE through S to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field boundary cuts the monument at NE and NW; a wide gap (Wth 6.2m) is evident at SSE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA106-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 40m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible all round and a gap at ENE may be original. The fosse survives from SE through W to N. Numerous gaps occur in the outer bank which is evident from SSE through W to NNE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA106-028 Industrial site
  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 Ballyfintan.

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 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 Ballyfintan.

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 Ballyfintan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballyfintan · Béal Átha Fiontain

Area

1,339,132 m² (133.91 ha, 330.91 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeygormacan, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Bracklagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bracklagh electoral division: 495 people in 171 households; 94% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowshanbally, Gortymadden, Kilbride, Liscoyle, Shangarry, Shanvoher

Placenames

Ballyfintan 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.