# Ballynakillew, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cargin, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile na Coille. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 442,169 m² (44.22 ha, 109.26 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 15,286 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cargin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/cargin.md - Barony: Clare - Electoral division: Headford, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Headford electoral division: 1,864 people in 695 households; 75% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21647 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60435 - Centre: latitude 53.460922, longitude -9.118627 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynakillew, from 689 m² to 80,184 m² (8.02 ha, 19.81 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1974269: 80,184 m² (8.02 ha, 19.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974269.md - Parcel 1974268: 67,255 m² (6.73 ha, 16.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974268.md - Parcel 1974267: 63,300 m² (6.33 ha, 15.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974267.md - Parcel 1974270: 62,034 m² (6.2 ha, 15.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974270.md - Parcel 1974266: 33,351 m² (3.34 ha, 8.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974266.md - Parcel 1923818: 31,322 m² (3.13 ha, 7.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923818.md - Parcel 1974265: 30,620 m² (3.06 ha, 7.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974265.md - Parcel 1974371: 18,025 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974371.md - Parcel 2113414: 17,966 m² (1.8 ha, 4.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113414.md - Parcel 1974372: 12,606 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974372.md - Parcel 1923821: 12,456 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923821.md - Parcel 5359491: 3,831 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5359491.md - Parcel 2919316: 2,257 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2919316.md - Parcel 4660605: 2,024 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660605.md - Parcel 1974264: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1974264.md - Parcel 1923819: 1,377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923819.md - Parcel 4462208: 1,239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4462208.md - Parcel 1923820: 689 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923820.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballynakillew 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 11 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360489: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of an agricultural shed with associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360489/0 - 29 Jun 2022, Galway County Council 2260661: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of (A) approved dwelling house (200m²) and all ancillary site works on revised (reduced) site boundaries and revised site layout, (Planning Ref. 06/43 refers) (B) replacement of existing effluent treatment system with a New Effluent treatment plant and polishing filter.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260661/0 - 23 Apr 2019, Galway County Council 19600: Conditional. Permission. to construct a four bay double slatted cattle shed with creep area on both sides on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works 509 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballynakillew. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA041-005: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA041-005----. On a low hill in gently undulating rough pastureland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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 - GA041-007: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA041-007----. In level pastureland. Discovered in 1986 while digging foundation trenches for a house. Bones of several adults, including two skulls covered by a small limestone flag, were uncovered. These lay at a depth of c. 0.25m below the surface. Vague local tradition of burial at this spot. 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 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 Ballynakillew. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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 Ballynakillew. - 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/ballynakillew.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynakillew.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynakillew.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballynakillew 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) - Ballyconlought: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyconlought.md - Cahermacanally: https://everytownland.com/galway/cahermacanally.md - Ellagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/ellagh-61937.md - Headford: https://everytownland.com/galway/headford.md - Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilmurry-62717.md - Tobercrossaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/tobercrossaun.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynakillew - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/ballynakillew