Blindwell

178 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blindwell, from 57 m² to 257,124 m² (25.71 ha, 63.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Blindwell 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.

• 11 Jun 2026N/a

  for two number domestic use sheds and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this retention permission as per the application documentation

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660955

• 25 Feb 2025Conditional

  of existing dwelling house and agricultural sheds on revised site boundaries. Permission to decommission existing septic tank and replace with new effluent treatment plant and percolation area, also set back existing front boundary wall abutting the public road to improve sight lines

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2527

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  of existing dwelling house on a site with revised boundaries. Permission for construction of an extension to the rear of the existing house & construction of a new site entrance and a new treatment system/septic tank, percolation area including all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 67.50 sqm (extension)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24249

• 29 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the retention and completion of a two storey rear extension, single storey front extension, alterations to existing dwelling house and ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 53.35 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 53.35 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211385

• 3 Mar 2020Conditional

  of "as constructed" serviced dwelling house and domestic garage/store on revised site boundaries (previous planning ref.no. 05/2542). Gross floor space of work to be retained: House 226 sqm, Garage 41 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20275

• 28 Jan 2019Conditional

  to construct 1 no. Free Range Poultry House, together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s), soiled water tank(s) and associated site works (to include new/upgraded site entrance). Gross floor space of proposed works: 1522 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19110

• 5 Dec 2018Conditional

  for the re-location of forest access road and entrance from that previously granted permission under Planning Ref. 17/1476 together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181745

• 5 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 230 sqm. (garage) 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18939

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  for a forest access road and entrance.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171476

• 3 Aug 2017Conditional

  for the repair and refurbishment of a protected structure (forming part of RPS 3852) and for alterations to same to restore the property to habitable use as a single dwelling. The property will also incorporate and adjoining shed as part of the habitable floor area. The existing septic tank is to be replaced with a proprietary treatment system. Gross floor area existing 311.8m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171171

• 18 May 2017N/a

  for a forest access road and entrance.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17695

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rathbaun Turlough 000215

Recorded monuments

• GA015-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On SE-facing slope of a hill in otherwise level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 24.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present at SE and from W to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are best preserved at NW. A field boundary cuts the monument at NNE and SSW. A ringfort (GA015-025----) lies c. 30m to SE. 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

• GA015-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 30m SE of a ringfort (GA015-024----) Circular rath (D 52m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survive at S where the monument is cut by a field boundary. 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

• GA015-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise level grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 36m) defined by a bank from S through W to NNE which is overlain by a field wall. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A band of conifers occupy W half of the interior. Reused as a landscape feature. 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

• GA015-027 Settlement cluster
  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.

• GA015-028 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA015-029 Gatehouse
  Description

  In level grassland within the former Blindwell Demesne. All that survives are the remains of an E-facing pointed arch gateway (Wth 1.8m) with two hanging eyes: possibly the entrance to the bawn. This is flanked on S by a section of contemporary wall (L c. 2m) within which are a number of gun loops. Traces of a barrel vault are visible towards the top of this wall. This is matched by a corresponding bulge in the pebble-dashed wall of the modern stables which flank the gateway to N. These remains suggest that the gateway formed part of a vaulted two-storey structure; possibly a small gate-tower. Incorporated into the adjoining field walls are numerous cut-stone fragments, including the top of a decorated ogee-headed window. 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

• GA015-029001 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.

• GA015-030 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In flat grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (D c. 10m) but on 3rd ed. (1916) as a small hollow. No visible surface trace survives. A similar monument (GA015-031----) lies 90m to SE. 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

• GA015-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Some 90m SE of a similar monument (GA015-030----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m) but on 3rd ed. (1916) as a small circular hollow (D c. 20m). What is visible is a small circular hollow 0.3m in depth. 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

• GA015-033 Icehouse
  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.

• GA015-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hummock in grassland. Circular ringfort (D 42m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone from E through S to W, and elsewhere by a scarp. Field boundaries cut the monument at E, SE and W. Possible internal divisions visible within the interior. 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

• GA015-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 25m). What survives is an arc of a bank of earth and stone from SW to NW, outside of which runs a boreen. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. 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

• GA015-037 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA015-038 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• GA015-039 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• GA015-040 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA015-041 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland within Blindwell Demesne. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a D-shaped tree-planted enclosure. What is visible is a poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 29m) defined by a low round-topped curving earthen bank (Wth 2.8m, H 0.35m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m). These are visible from E through S to W, but appear to have been truncated along N side where a straight drainage trench forms the enclosing element. Possibly a landscape feature, but its morphology suggests that it could be a landscaped ringfort. 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

• GA015-042001 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.

• GA015-042002 Graveyard
  Description

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• GA015-043 Enclosure
  Description

  In level grassland within the former Blindwell Demesne. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 25m). All that survives is the arc of a low earthen bank at N. An irregular hollow (L 17m, Wth 5m) lies c. 20m to S. 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

• GA015-044 Enclosure
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). 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

• MA119-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Straddling the Mayo/Galway border, utilising a low natural rise in gently undulating pasture. Sheltered by a low elongated hillock c. 15m to S−SE. Views are good over an extensive sweep of undulating grassland. A hillfort (GA015-016----) crowns a ridge on the far horizon to NE. A slightly raised circular area (26.7m N−S; c. 25m E−W) defined on its perimeter on the N half by a broadly slumped slope (H 1.4m; Wth slope 4-5m), and on the S half by a scarp topped with traces of a wall/stone bank (Wth c. 2m). A broad gap or terrace (Wth 4.3m at N, 5.8m at S) separates this central raised area from an outer enclosing bank/wall, evident on the N half as a low sod-covered stony bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.5m) and on the S half as a scarp (ext. H 1m) with a low stony lip (Wth c. 3m) in parts. The diameter of the outer ring is c. 45m. A field wall (the county boundary) crosses the ringfort centrally on an ENE−WSW axis, and another field wall extends to SW from this through the S half. Slight remains of other walls radiate from the inner ring across the terrace to the outer ring on the S half of the ringfort. These internal divisions may be related to relatively recent modification of the site as a rectangular vernacular building -probably a late 19th-century house- is shown abutting the outer NE edge of the ringfort on the 25-inch plan (it is not shown on the 1838 or 1915 OS 6-inch maps). A remnant of this building is incorporated into a present day NE−SW field wall. Relict cultivation ridges are discernible in the field immediately to SE of the ringfort. Long grass and thistles obscured much detail and hampered inspection of the ringfort. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 August 2023

Architectural heritage

• Blindwell House, farmyard complex, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of outbuildings, built c.1840, associated with now-demolished Blindwell House, comprising three yards and four ranges of buildings in row. Yard at west end built within ruins of medieval castle or fortified house. First two ranges have slated roofs and rendered walls, brick chimneystack in centre of first range and bellcote at south end of second range. Third and fourth ranges built of large blocks of squared limestone though one half of third range consists of four-bay two-storey house which is now derelict and has slated roof partly collapsed, walls with roughcast lime render, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Beside house are two integral carriage arches, one blocked up with concrete. Fourth range has two integral carriage arches and slated roof in good repair. Entrance to yard at west end has simple limestone piers and arched pedestrian gate. Entrance to middle yard has square-plan gate piers with pyramidal capstones and cast-iron gates. Entrance to east yard has stone carriage arch and pedestrian arch with wrought-iron gates.

• Saint Andrew's Church (Kilconla), church/chapel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built c.1820, comprising nave with tower attached to centre of east side, and with vestry to north side. Pitched slate roofs to nave and vestry, with limestone copings. Tower has limestone string course below parapet, stepped crenellations, and corner pinnacles. Roughcast rendered walls to nave and vestry. Ashlar limestone walls to tower, with chamfered corners. Pointed windows, double-light to side walls and triple-light to south window, with timber switchtrack tracery and limestone sills. Tower has pointed doorcase with limestone dressings and tall pointed louvered openings on all four sides at top stage. Church enveloped in ivy. Entrance to churchyard has rubble limestone gate piers and wrought-iron vehicular gates.

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

At the centre of the townland of Blindwell, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Blindwell.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Blindwell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Blindwell · Tobar Caoch

Area

5,709,239 m² (570.92 ha, 1,410.78 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconla, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Foxhall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Ardour, Ballyheeragh (Caslane) (Co. Mayo), Ballynagittagh, Ballyweela (Co. Mayo), Beagh, Bunagarraun, Carrowmore (Co. Mayo), Kilshanvy, Lissananny, Urracly

Placenames

Blindwell 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.