Ballynagittagh

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynagittagh, from 506 m² to 141,134 m² (14.11 ha, 34.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Ballynagittagh 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.

• 17 Jan 2025Conditional

  to retain the existing dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank and percolation area all on revised site boundaries from that previous granted under pl ref numbers 00/1256 & 21/959. Permission also sought to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house with all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 50.50 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 135.00 sqm(house), 32.00 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560041

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site services/works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 185.89 sqm(house) & 67.20 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24361

• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  of; 1) the existing roof which has a change of design from that granted under previous planning permission reference number 01/3982, also retention of its associated second floor attic storage space (51 m2). 2) the change to the façade and fenestration of the side and rear elevations from those granted under previous planning permission reference number 01/3982. 3) the existing sub-divided hair salon shop unit (20 m2) which was previously granted as retail/ office floor space under planning reference number 01/3982. 4) the existing first floor 2 no. residential units (137 m2) from that granted under previous planning permission reference number 01/3982. 5) the existing storage unit extension (28m2) to the rear of the existing building and all ancillary site works at the above location. Full planning permission to construct a new waste water treatment system and percolation area to service the building with all ancillary site works, including the removal of the existing system in place. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 137.00 sqm (1st floor apartments), 51.00 sqm (attic) & 48.00 sqm (commercial)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460898

• 6 Dec 2023N/a

  for: 1) the existing roof which has a change of design from that granted under previous planning permission reference number 01/3982, also full planning permission sought to retain its associated second floor attic storage space. 2) Retain the change to the façade and fenestration of the side and rear elevations from those granted under previous planning permission reference number 01/3982. 3) Retain the existing sub-divided hair salon shop unit which was previously granted as retail/ office floor space under planning reference number 01/3982. 4)Retain the existing storage unit extension to the rear of the existing building and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 99 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2361457

• 25 Aug 2021Unconditional

  for (a) change of site layout to that granted under planning reference no. 13/57. The proposed plan will involve relocation of the following: dressing rooms, synthetic pitch, fencing, carparking, effluent treatment system and percolation area within the site and all associated works (b) retention of existing temporary dressing rooms (gross floor space proposed 237sqm, retention 0505sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 211535

• 1 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage/fuel store and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21959

• 4 Oct 2018Conditional

  for the construction of 6 dwelling houses, domestic garages and associated proprietary treatment systems and for all other ancillary site works, within the settlement of Kilconly. Planning Ref. 06/3237 relates to previously proposed residential development on this site. Gross floor space of proposed works - 968.4 sqm. (garage)- 240 sqm.

  Permission, 6 homes · Galway County Council, 181395

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  for the demolition of an obsolete 16 sqm. two storey rear extension and for the construction of a 32 sqm. single storey rear extension (kitchen & W.C's), the upgrade of the treatment plant & percolation area and all associated site works at Blake & Son's Public House. (Gross floor space of demolition works: 16 sqm., gross floor space of works proposed sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17596

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 Ballynagittagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA015-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Circular rath (D 37m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is present from SSE through W to N, and is overlain by a field boundary from NW to N. A gap at N may be original. There is a CBG (GA015-006001-) within the interior. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 27) 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

• GA015-006001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA015-006----). Well-preserved roughly square unenclosed area (N-S 23m, E-W 21m) within which numerous set stones indicate graves oriented E-W. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 27) 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

• GA015-007 Church
  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.

• GA015-008 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland. A circular grassed-over stony mound (D 16m, H c. 1m), in fair condition, with a deep cone-shaped depression at centre. A shallow encircling fosse is visible from S to W tp N. A field wall abuts the monument at N and S. (ASGAP 226:53) 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

• GA015-009 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope in undulating grassland. A poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 27.7m, N-S 26m) defined by the foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 0.95m), except from E to S where a series of low mounds form the enclosing element. It is best preserved from S to SSW. Field walls abut the monument at NW, NNE and S. In the large field to SW, a series of low grassed-over stony banks, covering an area c. 100m sq., form several small rectangular and irregular fields; possibly associated. 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

• GA015-009001 Field system
  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.

• GA015-009002 Enclosure
  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.

• GA015-010 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. A very poorly preserved roughly circular enclosure (D c. 29m) defined by a bank of earth and stone from SE through W to NW. A field wall cuts the monument at N and SE, and only faint traces of the enclosing element are visible to E of it. The interior, which is flat and featureless, is slightly lower than the exterior. A raised trackway (L 18.5m, Wth 4.6m, H 0.6m), defined by two parallel lines of stones, runs off the monument at NW. 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

• Saint Conleth's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan Roman Catholic church, completed 1847 and renovated 1953, having single-bay nave, single-bay transepts, shallow chancel with three-stage tower at east end, and flat-roof porches to transept gables. Roughcast rendered and painted walls with smooth rendered plinth. Pitched slate roof with limestone copings and with brackets under eaves. Tower has simple crenellations and cross finial, and gables have cross finials. Pointed windows with painted limestone sills and with simple Y-tracery to nave and to short sides of transepts, triple-light windows with switchtrack tracery to transept gables. Triangular-headed doorways to porches. Tower has pointed louvered openings to third stage. Base of tower has marble statue of saint standing in niche. Two inscribed plaques, recording completion of church in 1847 and renovation in 1953. Interior has A-framed timber trusses with bracing to feet, borne on limestone corbels. Timber backdrop to altar with pointed and Tudor arch details and with timber crucifixion scene above. Cast-iron spiral stairs to gallery. Sculpted Stations of the Cross. Graveyard has unnamed rectangular-plan mausoleum with rendered walls and pitched slate roof, and railed enclosure to west side. Priests' graves close to church. Jubilee 2000 monument to east of church.

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynagittagh.

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

Name

Ballynagittagh · Baile na nGiotach

Area

1,050,079 m² (105.01 ha, 259.48 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconla, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Foxhall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Foxhall electoral division: 675 people in 239 households; 93% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beagh, Blindwell, Cartron, Cloonteen, Ironpool, Kilshanvy

Placenames

Ballynagittagh 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.