# Ballyshea, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killinan, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile an tSí. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,673,967 m² (167.4 ha, 413.65 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,065 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killinan, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/killinan.md - Barony: Dunkellin - Electoral division: Killogilleen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 981 people lived in 308 households in the Killogilleen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19988 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60467 - Centre: latitude 53.177681, longitude -8.704596 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyshea, from 101 m² to 217,115 m² (21.71 ha, 53.65 acres); 46 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2011992: 217,115 m² (21.71 ha, 53.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011992.md - Parcel 1940180: 128,173 m² (12.82 ha, 31.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940180.md - Parcel 2011981: 98,534 m² (9.85 ha, 24.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011981.md - Parcel 1940182: 89,549 m² (8.95 ha, 22.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940182.md - Parcel 1940187: 77,603 m² (7.76 ha, 19.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940187.md - Parcel 2011993: 69,438 m² (6.94 ha, 17.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011993.md - Parcel 1940189: 59,181 m² (5.92 ha, 14.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940189.md - Parcel 2011986: 55,586 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011986.md - Parcel 2011979: 54,221 m² (5.42 ha, 13.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011979.md - Parcel 1940183: 48,836 m² (4.88 ha, 12.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940183.md - Parcel 2011980: 47,301 m² (4.73 ha, 11.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011980.md - Parcel 2011985: 45,933 m² (4.59 ha, 11.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011985.md - Parcel 2011982: 45,343 m² (4.53 ha, 11.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011982.md - Parcel 2011976: 43,202 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011976.md - Parcel 1940191: 43,026 m² (4.3 ha, 10.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940191.md - Parcel 2011977: 42,329 m² (4.23 ha, 10.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011977.md - Parcel 1940190: 40,582 m² (4.06 ha, 10.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940190.md - Parcel 2011991: 40,080 m² (4.01 ha, 9.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011991.md - Parcel 2011974: 38,933 m² (3.89 ha, 9.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011974.md - Parcel 2011972: 36,569 m² (3.66 ha, 9.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011972.md - Parcel 2011975: 35,686 m² (3.57 ha, 8.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011975.md - Parcel 1940175: 34,217 m² (3.42 ha, 8.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940175.md - Parcel 2011996: 32,263 m² (3.23 ha, 7.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011996.md - Parcel 1940179: 30,903 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940179.md - Parcel 2011990: 23,733 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011990.md - Parcel 2011995: 23,056 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011995.md - Parcel 2011998: 19,081 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011998.md - Parcel 2011987: 18,704 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011987.md - Parcel 2011978: 16,326 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011978.md - Parcel 1940188: 14,412 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940188.md - Parcel 1940173: 13,719 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940173.md - Parcel 2011994: 10,276 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011994.md - Parcel 1940186: 7,985 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940186.md - Parcel 1940176: 7,080 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940176.md - Parcel 1940177: 5,454 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940177.md - Parcel 5195649: 5,206 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5195649.md - Parcel 2488557: 5,103 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2488557.md - Parcel 5465099: 4,583 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465099.md - Parcel 2011989: 4,327 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011989.md - Parcel 2011973: 3,681 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011973.md - Parcel 1940192: 3,132 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940192.md - Parcel 5488300: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5488300.md - Parcel 5578519: 2,814 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5578519.md - Parcel 2011997: 2,612 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011997.md - Parcel 1940184: 2,508 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940184.md - Parcel 1940178: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940178.md - Parcel 1940174: 2,180 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940174.md - Parcel 2457290: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2457290.md - Parcel 4642788: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4642788.md - Parcel 4680124: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4680124.md - Parcel 2011984: 1,996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011984.md - Parcel 2740455: 1,660 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740455.md - Parcel 1940181: 1,542 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940181.md - Parcel 2011988: 1,530 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011988.md - Parcel 1940185: 1,301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1940185.md - Parcel 5465209: 910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465209.md - Parcel 4658421: 696 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4658421.md - Parcel 2011983: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2011983.md - Parcel 2740467: 365 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740467.md - Parcel 4624187: 101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4624187.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyshea 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 17 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 2561341: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a new modular dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561341/0 - 17 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2560440: Conditional. Permission. to further develop the existing quarry and all associated site works. The Proposed Development being applied for under this planning application includes for the continuance of quarrying operations within the permitted extraction area to a finished floor level of 40 metres above ordnance datum (mAOD). The Proposed Development also includes for the continuance of operation of a concrete batching plant permitted under ABP PL 07.117549 (Pl. Ref: 99/1449). The extraction will take place within the existing quarry site boundary and permitted area. The proposed development comprises: • The continued extraction of limestone rock from an area measuring approximately 31 hectares to a finished floor level of 40 mAOD • Aggregate product stockpiles • The continued operation of the on-site concrete batching plant (permitted under planning permission Pl. Ref: 99/1449 and ABP PPL07.117549) • Earthen berm construction along the extraction boundary • Phased restoration of the site • The proposed development will utilise the existing quarry infrastructure including internal roads, site office, weighbridge, wheelwash, refuelling area, welfare facilities and other ancillaries. The development will include the use of conventional drilling and blasting techniques and the use of mobile crushing and screening plant. Permission is sought for a period of 27 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will accompany the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560440/0 - 14 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2560421: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162.00 sqm(H), 60.00 sqm(G). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560421/0 - 27 Mar 2019, Galway County Council 19435: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 303.5 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19435/0 - 27 Jun 2018, Galway County Council 18880: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 160.8 sqm. (garage) 56.8 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18880/0 - 15 Dec 2017, Galway County Council 171811: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a new detached single dwelling house, garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 175sqm, Garage 43sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171811/0 - 5 Oct 2017, Galway County Council 171450: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of a domestic garage to the rear of existing house. Gross floor space of proposed works 59.8sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171450/0 - 17 Aug 2017, Galway County Council 171244: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a one and a half storey dwellinghouse including a sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary site works (gross floor space 236sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171244/0 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 Ballyshea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA104-058: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-058----. On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Circular cashel (diam. 48.8m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall. There is a souterrain (GA104-058001-) in the SW quadrant of the interior.(McCaffrey 1952, 216-17, no. 92) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017 - GA104-058001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-058001-. Within the SW quadrant of a cashel (GA104-058001-). This rubble-filled souterrain is Y-shaped in plan. The long axis (L 13.8m) runs NNE-SSW. The junction with the shorter axis (L 9.3m; Wth 1.6m) lies c. 2m from the S end of the W wall and it runs NNW-SSE. Drystone-walling is still visible along the side-walls. The souterrain is roofless apart from two lintels at NNW and NNE ends. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 September 2019 - GA104-059: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-059----. On a N-facing slope in rolling pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. 44.8m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible all round, except at NNW. A gap (Wth 2.1m) at NNE flanked by a large boulder on its S side may mark the original entrance. The fosse and outer bank, which is overlain by a field wall, only survive from SW to W. There is a souterrain (GA104-059001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 217, no. 147) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017 - GA104-059001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-059001-. Within the NE quadrant of a rath (GA104-059----). When initially inspected in April 1983 access to this drystone-built souterrain (L 6.9m; H 1.65m), which runs NNW-SSE, was gained at the SSE end. The width of the passage varied from 1m at the entrance to 2.2m at the mid-point to 0.6m at the end-wall. Stone-facing (L 1.8m) visible beyond the access point suggested that the souterrain extended further to SSE. A well had been dug some 2.3m inside the passage. When revisited in October 2001 the entrance was partially blocked with timber to prevent livestock from falling into the souterrain and a sloe bush was growing over it. (McCaffrey 1952, 217, no. 147) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017 - GA104-060: Barrow - mound barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-060----. Some 70m to the W of a rath (GA104-065----). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 18, no. 149) as a tumulus and described as being 'circular; overall diameter 55 feet; 2 feet 7 inches in height [diam. 16.8m; H 0.7m]'. He also noted the presence of 'stone slabs indicative of a cist'. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 November 2019 - GA104-062: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-062----. In reclaimed farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subrectangular field (c. 43m ENE-WSW; c. 34m N-S) with a 'Cave' (GA104-062001-) in the N sector of the interior. On the 1933 edition only the field boundary, curving from NW to SE, is depicted. On inspection in May 1983 only the curving boundary was visible; it may mirror the line of a possible rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019 - GA104-062001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA104-062001-. In the N sector of a possible rath (GA104-062----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. McCaffrey recorded that it was 'Not present' during his survey and that the site was one of very rough limestone outcrop obscured by bushes. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 1 August 2019 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 Ballyshea. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyshea, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyshea. - 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/ballyshea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyshea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyshea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyshea 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) - Ballinla: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinla.md - Ballygarraun: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballygarraun-60323.md - Caherskeehaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherskeehaun.md - Carrowsteelagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowsteelagh.md - Creggymulgreny: https://everytownland.com/galway/creggymulgreny.md - Eskershanore: https://everytownland.com/galway/eskershanore.md - Killeenpatrick: https://everytownland.com/galway/killeenpatrick.md - Knocknamanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/knocknamanagh.md - Lakyle: https://everytownland.com/galway/lakyle.md - Lismoylan: https://everytownland.com/galway/lismoylan.md - Loughburke: https://everytownland.com/galway/loughburke.md - Pollnashinnagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/pollnashinnagh.md - Roxborough: https://everytownland.com/galway/roxborough.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/ballyshea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/ballyshea