Ballymoneen

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymoneen, from 102 m² to 427,304 m² (42.73 ha, 105.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 54 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 Ballymoneen 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.

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  & completion of a dwelling house under construction, including layout revisions as constructed, together with all associated revisions to site layout, entrance and ancillary works, originally permitted under Planning Reference No. 19/472 & 2360164 (as extended under Planning Reference No. 24/309). Permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660527

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct an extension to the permitted and under construction Ballymoneen Solar Farm (Galway County Council Reg. Ref. 20/961 and Reg. Ref. 22/61105); at a site of four separate land parcels with a combined area of c.65.72 hectares, all situated adjacent to or in close proximity to the permitted and under-construction solar farm. The application site comprises four parcels as follows: Parcel A is located in the townland of Ballymoneen measures c.14.29 hectares and is principally bounded: to the north partly by agricultural lands and partly by Cregmore Road; to the south and west by agricultural lands; and to the east by the permitted and under-construction solar farm. Parcel B is located in the townland of Grange East, measures c.8.50 hectares and is principally bounded: to the north and west by the permitted and under construction solar farm; and to the south and east by agricultural lands. The L7117 local road runs parallel to the parcels eastern boundary. Parcel C is located in the townland of Cashla, measures c.22.05 hectares and is principally bounded: to the north partly by agricultural lands and partly by the permitted and under construction solar farm; to the east and west by agricultural lands and to the south partly by agricultural lands, partly by a farmyard, and two residential properties (Cashla House, H65 A892, and Cashla Lodge, H65 XY56) and partly by the R339 road. Parcel D is located in the townland of Moor, Co. Galway, measures c.20.6 hectares and is principally bounded: to the north by agricultural lands; to the east by the L3103 local road to the south partly by a Moorpark, Athenry, Co. Galway (Eircode H65 CX33) and partly by agricultural lands; and to the west by agricultural lands. The proposed development consists of: the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on ground-based support structures across Parcels A–D; provision of electrical transformer and inverter station modules; construction of internal access routes to serve the subject parcels; provision of security fencing, CCTV, and associated ancillary infrastructure; installation of underground electrical cabling and ducting (including a section of underground cabling and ducting along a section of the L3103 connecting Parcel C to Parcel D (c. 0.28 hectares)); provision of site drainage infrastructure; implementation of landscaping and habitat enhancement measures, including hedgerow planting and reinforcement, reseeding, and ecological mitigation; and all associat

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660431

• 22 Dec 2025Unconditional

  of pl ref 20/961 for permission for development at this site at Ballymoneen and Grange East, Co Galway. The development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy and Battery Storage development with a total site area of circa 140.9 Hectares to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, battery containers and associated infrastructure, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling/ ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works related to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. Gross floor space of proposed development: 1886.39 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25363

• 1 Dec 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, and wastewater treatment system, domestic garage, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561765

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  for modifications to the front elevation, for the removal of a chimney, and for the enlargement of rear rooflights of an existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: (G) 44.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560735

• 22 Oct 2024Unconditional

  of planning reference 19/472 for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24309

• 25 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a fully serviced dwellinghouse & domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23434

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  of the covered outdoor patio area to rear of existing dwelling, along with all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360585

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  for extension and modifications to existing dwelling to include all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360273

• 23 Feb 2023Conditional

  for change of house plans to previously permitted planning application 19/472 for construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 254.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360164

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  to construct and complete a solar pv energy development with a total site area of circa 24.51 hectares, to include electrical transformer and inverter station modules, solar pv panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, cctv and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works, the solar farm would be operational for 35 years, access will be gained from a private lane off the l-7117 to the northeast, this access point and part of the internal access track is within the red line boundary of the consented ballymoneen solar farm application (planning ref: 20/961).Gross floor space of proposed works 768.00sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261105

• 26 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling house, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works and demolition of an existing garage, gross floor area (extension- 97msq, garage -60msq)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260967

• 18 Jul 2022Conditional

  for the development. The development will consist of the construction of a new 2.4m high security fence and all associated site works for the purpose of enclosing an existing telecommunications container and ancillary equipment

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22887

• 28 Apr 2022Refused

  for change of house plans to previously permitted planning application 19/472 for construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260408

• 25 Mar 2022Refused

  to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 25 hectares, to include electrical transformer and inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabin and ducting. CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. Gross floor space of proposed works: 768 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22406

• 27 Jan 2022Conditional

  for elevational modifications to a single story dwelling planning reference 12/270. Gross floor space of work to be retained 144 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2268

• 16 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Permission is also sought to construct a separate side entrance to the rear of the site from the public road along the eastern boundary. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 300 sqm, Garage: 45 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212123

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 264.3 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211678

• 29 Jun 2021Conditional

  for the replacement of approximately 216m of existing 2.4m high chainlink fencing and associated gates with 216m of new 2.4m high green palisade security fencing/gates and all associated site works at an existing Above Ground Natural Gas Installation.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211152

• 16 Jul 2020Conditional

  for permission for development at this site at Ballymoneen and Grange East, Co Galway. The development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy and Battery Storage development with a total site area of circa 140.9 Hectares to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, battery containers and associated infrastructure, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling/ ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works related to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. Gross floor space of proposed development: 1886.39 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20961

• 10 Jun 2020Conditional

  to demolish an existing dwelling house, and to construct a new dwelling along with a new wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 216.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20710

• 2 Apr 2019Conditional

  for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19472

• 25 Jan 2019Conditional

  to construct an Agricultural shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 468.25 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19102

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and proprietary treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: (house) 153.60 sqm, (garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181523

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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 Ballymoneen.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymoneen.

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_714 (ZIP).

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.

• Ballymoneen, Cregmore5 sales

Name

Ballymoneen · Baile an Mhóinín

Area

2,352,068 m² (235.21 ha, 581.21 acres)

Civil parish

Lackagh, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Lisheenavalla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lisheenavalla electoral division: 1,085 people in 339 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashla, Cashla, Cregcarragh, Cregmore, Grange East

Placenames

Ballymoneen 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.