Ballynapark
Townland in the civil parish of Killererin, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile na Páirce
- Area
- 108.6 ha
- 268 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 2,834 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynapark, from 1,102 m² to 267,765 m² (26.78 ha, 66.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Ballynapark 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
6 Jul 2026N/a
sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661139
14 May 2026N/a
of calving shed, hayshed and general storage farm shed
Retention · Galway County Council, 2660760
1 Dec 2022Conditional
for development consisting of the importation of inert soil & stone material for the site restoration of a former gravel pit (area of 3.9 hectares), at a maximum rate of 24,000 tonnes per annum (175,000 tonnes total) along with permission to construct a wheelwash, weighbridge & minor alterations to the existing site entrance for a period of ten years & all associated ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221204
10 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 70.5 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20709
25 Apr 2017Conditional
and completion of an internal floor with associated supporting structure, and for closing existing openings with new doors and new window all at the Goods Store, Ballyglunin Train Station, which is a protected structure as defined by part IV of the 2000 Planning Development Act. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 140 sqm.)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17568
2 Feb 2017Conditional
for single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling and associated site works (Gross floor space of proposed works: 55sqm)
Permission · Galway County Council, 17108
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballynapark.
Recorded monuments
- GA058-095 House - 18th/19th century
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynapark.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynapark.
- 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 Ballynapark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynapark · Baile na Páirce
- Area
- 1,086,080 m² (108.61 ha, 268.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killererin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Ballynapark, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballynapark electoral division: 1,101 people in 336 households; 95% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbey, Ballina, Brackloon, Brooklodge Demesne, Coolfowerbeg
- Placenames
- Ballynapark 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.