Ballynacreg South
Townland in the civil parish of Cummer, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile na Creige Theas
- Area
- 181.2 ha
- 448 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 2,271 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacreg South, from 26 m² to 217,864 m² (21.79 ha, 53.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacreg South 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Jul 2026N/a
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLINGHOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661301
24 Jul 2026N/a
to construct a two storey dwelling and garage. Permission to include new road access, wastewater and percolation system and associated services and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661276
12 Jun 2026Conditional
for the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house, installation of new waste water treatment system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660972
24 Oct 2025Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561575
7 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a two storey rear extension to the existing house, house façade amendments and a detached garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 27.00 sqm(G), 26.70 sqm(extension)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560551
17 Jul 2023Conditional
for a new 488sq.m. clubhouse, including meeting rooms, multipurpose hall, kitchenette, office, toilets & all associated works, including relocation of site entrance & upgrading of wastewater treatment system
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360799
21 Dec 2021Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 130 sqm (dwelling) & 23 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212455
22 Jul 2021Conditional
for the demolition of existing dwelling (now derelict) and construction of a new dwelling house in its place, along with a new on-site sewage treatment system, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 242 sqm (house) & 46.5 sqm (garage). Gross floor space of any demolition: 96.6 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211346
24 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 140.34 sqm, Garage/fuel shed 53.94 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201177
12 Jun 2020Conditional
for change of plan and elevations to clubhouse granted permission under planning reference 17/1690 and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 488 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20724
13 Jun 2019Unconditional
for alterations to an approved planning permission for mixed use development under pl. ref. 12/1090. The proposed alterations consist of (i) relocation and reconfiguration of the proposed community playground within the overall site, (ii) reduction of the footprint size and floor area of the proposed Community Centre, (iii) addition of a gym, changing rooms and toilets, in lieu of reduced Community Centre, at sub-basement level under community playground (iv) changing GAA training pitch to community playing field with surrounding walk, and (v) reconfiguration of proposed access road and car parking (gross floor space 1,144.7sqm). Previous Planning Reference No: 14/367
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19898
24 Nov 2017Conditional
for a new 453.4sqm club house, incl. changing facilities, gym, associated club rooms and associated site works, incl. relocation of site entrance and upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 453.4sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171690
10 Nov 2017Unconditional
for a mixed use development consisting of (a) a community centre and GAA changing rooms (b) a community playground (c) GAA training pitch with associated flood lighting (d) supermarket extension (to include hairdressing unit and extension to existing post office) and (e) all associated ancillary site and servicing works (gross floor space 1,421sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 12/1090.
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171617
18 Apr 2017Conditional
for (i) retention of partially completed dwelling house and site works previously permitted under planning reference (PL 03/6725) and (ii) permission for completion of dwelling house including changes to house design (232 sqm.) wastewater treatment system, domestic garage (40 sqm.) and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17517
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA057-047 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Just above the flood plain to S of the Clare River. This monument consists of a large grass-covered oval cairn (NE-SW 34m, NW-SE 21m, H 8m) with very steep sides and a level area on top. Quarrying at NE reveals a matrix of large and small boulders and gravel, suggesting that it may be partly natural. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynacreg South.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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_711 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynacreg South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynacreg South · Baile na Creige Theas
- Area
- 1,812,107 m² (181.21 ha, 447.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cummer, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Kilmoylan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmoylan electoral division: 1,171 people in 372 households; 92% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardskea More, Ballintober, Ballybanagher, Tonamace, Turloughmartin
- Placenames
- Ballynacreg South 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.