# Ballykilladea, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killinny, barony of Kiltartan, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Mhic Giolla Dhé.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 551,772 m² (55.18 ha, 136.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 275,663 m² (27.57 ha, 68.12 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killinny, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/killinny.md
- Barony: Kiltartan
- Electoral division: Cahermore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 620 people lived in 198 households in the Cahermore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19258
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60356
- Centre: latitude 53.109115, longitude -8.894306 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballykilladea, from 269,699 m² (26.97 ha, 66.64 acres) to 281,627 m² (28.16 ha, 69.59 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1973311: 281,627 m² (28.16 ha, 69.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1973311.md
- Parcel 1924945: 269,699 m² (26.97 ha, 66.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1924945.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballykilladea in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Ballykilladea in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Caherglassaun Turlough SAC, site code 000238, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000238
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Caherglassaun Turlough, site code 000238

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA122-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA122-010----. In level farmland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (24.5m WSW-ENE; 23.3m NW-SE) defined by a bank. Field-clearance rubble obscures the bank at N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 October 2016
- GA122-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA122-011----. In flat grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. There is another rath (GA122-010----). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 February 2019
- GA122-012: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA122-012----. In a small pocket of woodland surrounded by pasture. Named ‘Macduagh’s Holy Well’ on the 1838 and 1922 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, this natural spring well is known locally as ‘Colman’s Well’. It is rectangular in shape (1.56m N-S; 0.94m E-W; D 0.75m) and is lined with drystone walling. A single step (L 0.94m; Wth 0.33m) at its S end accesses the water. The well is surrounded by a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 2.7m ENE-WSW), with a straight E side (L c. 7m), which is defined by a wall (av. base Wth 1m; int. H 1m, ext. H 1.2m) that has partially collapsed at NNW. A possible entrance gap at SE was blocked up. Fahey (1893, 113) described the well as containing ‘an unfailing supply of purest water’, and noted that it was ‘overshadowed by a splendid ash’. He also recorded two further ‘similar enclosures’, which appear to have been penitential stations, that were visible within ‘a few yards on either side’ of the well. On inspection in September 1982, one of these (GA122-012001-) was noted to the E of the well. There was no visible surface trace of the second one (GA122-012002-). Likewise, no trace was noted of the 'Leaba Mac Duagh, or St. Colman's Bed', which Fahey recorded close to the entrance to the well. The latter consisted of 'a natural arbour, formed by a cluster of whitethorn and hazel.' The branches sheltered 'a slight excavation carpeted with moss and ivy', in which the 'Saint sometimes sought repose.' Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 January 2023 Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
- GA122-012001: Penitential station, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA122-012001-. Associated with a holy well (GA122-012----). Fahey (1893, 113) noted two ‘similar enclosures’ within ‘a few yards on either side’ of the holy well. Both were ‘without water’ and overgrown with hazel and underwood. On inspection in September 1982, one of these was noted to the E of the well. It consisted of a collapsed circular stone structure (diam. c. 4m). Intermittent outer wall-facing (H 0.9m) survived. Its function was unclear but it may have been a penitential station (GA122-012001-) associated with the well. No visible surface trace of the second one (GA122-012002-) was evident. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 January 2023 Fahey, J. 1893 Some Places of Interest near Gort Visited by the Society, August 11th, 1904. In Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 34, 211-19.
- GA122-012002: Penitential station, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA122-012002-. Associated with a holy well (GA122-012----). Fahey (1893, 113) noted two ‘similar enclosures’ within ‘a few yards on either side’ of the holy well. Both were ‘without water’ and overgrown with hazel and underwood. On inspection in September 1982, one of these (GA122-012001-) was noted to the E of the well. It appeared to be the remains of a possible penitential station. No visible surface trace of the second one (GA122-012002-) was evident. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 January 2023 Fahey, J. 1893 Some Places of Interest near Gort Visited by the Society, August 11th, 1904. In Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 34, 211-19.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballykilladea, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_686, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_686.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballykilladea.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballykilladea.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballykilladea.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballykilladea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballybuck North: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballybuck-north.md
- Caherglassaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherglassaun.md
- Shigaunagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/shigaunagh.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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