Balrickard
Townland in the civil parish of Cargin, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Riocaird
- Area
- 62.5 ha
- 154 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 2,714 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balrickard, from 30 m² to 84,897 m² (8.49 ha, 20.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business & Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Public Utility (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Dec 2019Conditional
for existing two storey house as constructed on existing boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 198.97 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191922
25 Jun 2019Conditional
for an extension and alterations to an existing mart, including a new sales ring and extension to existing sheds. Gross floor space of proposed works: 805 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19958
16 Jan 2019Conditional
for an extension to an existing mart consisting of a new canteen and associated facilities. Gross floor space of proposed works: 310 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1938
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 Balrickard.
Recorded monuments
- GA042-021001 Castle - unclassified
Description
The 'Castle of Achmakin' is first mentioned in 1245-6 (Knox 1901a, 169-70) but was probably built by Walter de Ridelesford in the late 1230s (Knox 1901b, 367). Though nothing is known of its form or exact location, it may well be one and the same as 'Aghkyne' castle, listed in 1574 as in the possession of 'Redmund McWalter' (Nolan 1901b, 118). The 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1920) indicates 'Headford Castle (in Ruins)' to SE of the modern town but this refers to a 19th-C mansion, some of the ruined outbuildings of which still survive. However, Lewis (1837, Vol. 2, 4) states that this 'handsome modern building [was] erected on the ruins of the ancient castle'. According to Knox (1901a, 179), 'a part of [the castle] remains at the back [of the house] … The small square structure like a small Castle resembles the corner Towers of Moygara Castle [Co. Sligo]'. This is probably the small square tower-like building (L/Wth 5.5m) of two storeys which is surmounted by a striking rectangular chimney on SE gable: the latter is embellished with two string courses and a moulded cap. A number of robbed opes and fireplaces are visible, and a two-storey annexe abuts SE gable. Most of these features, along with the chimney and the brick vaults over the ground and 1st floors, are probably of 18th-C date. However, there is a dressed stone round-headed doorway in NW gable and a small crude slit window with chamfered jambs (reused) in SE one. This building is situated on SE edge of an artificial platform and could, as Knox (ibid.) suggests, be a mural tower on the line of a bawn. However, no visible surface trace of the castle itself survives. Associated with a possible manorial village (GA042-223----). 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
- GA042-021002 Country house
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.
- GA042-021004 Bawn
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.
- GA042-021005 Building
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 Balrickard.
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 Balrickard.
- 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 Balrickard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Balrickard · Baile Riocaird
- Area
- 624,560 m² (62.46 ha, 154.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cargin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Headford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 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.
- Placenames
- Balrickard 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.