# Boheeshal, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Both Íseal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 10,288,804 m² (1,028.88 ha, 2,542.42 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 52,522 m² (5.25 ha, 12.98 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Moyrus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moyrus.md - Barony: Ballynahinch - Electoral division: Moyrus, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Moyrus electoral division: 334 people in 139 households; 82% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18282 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60590 - Centre: latitude 53.43241, longitude -9.663902 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boheeshal, from 441 m² to 5,850,597 m² (585.06 ha, 1,445.71 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4844933: 5,850,597 m² (585.06 ha, 1,445.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4844933.md - Parcel 1923045: 2,953,952 m² (295.4 ha, 729.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923045.md - Parcel 1923047: 240,562 m² (24.06 ha, 59.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923047.md - Parcel 1923050: 153,986 m² (15.4 ha, 38.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923050.md - Parcel 1975101: 83,806 m² (8.38 ha, 20.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1975101.md - Parcel 1923046: 79,947 m² (7.99 ha, 19.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923046.md - Parcel 1975102: 59,400 m² (5.94 ha, 14.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1975102.md - Parcel 1923049: 45,645 m² (4.56 ha, 11.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923049.md - Parcel 1975100: 32,533 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1975100.md - Parcel 5902460: 28,802 m² (2.88 ha, 7.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5902460.md - Parcel 1975103: 27,372 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1975103.md - Parcel 1923048: 9,691 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923048.md - Parcel 1923118: 2,060 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923118.md - Parcel 1975104: 441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1975104.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Boheeshal 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 10 Feb 2026, Galway County Council 2660193: Conditional. Permission. for the development consists of measures to restore and rehabilitate 780 hectares of atlantic bog and heathland to include the felling and removal of 288 hectares of low yielding conifer planting and felling and mulching to waste of 467 hectares of low yielding conifer planting, for the purposes of peatland restoration and includes 25 hectares of unplanted buffer areas that are distributed across the site. The proposed restoration includes tree removal, tree mulching, drain blocking (manual and mechanical), surface smoothing techniques, provision of silt traps, drain blocking and artificial land drains to restore the high-water table necessary for blanket bog growth, including measures to control invasive species, provision of new internal forest access roads extending to 5.2km, upgrading of 1.5km of existing forestry road, provision of 11 permanent water course crossings (six clear span structures and two embedded culverts and upgrading of three existing culverts to improve fish passage), temporary watercourse crossings (timber bridges), installation of water monitoring stations, erection of sheep fencing and ancillary development. The application seeks a 10-year permission in order to allow for phased completion. The site lies adjacent to the Connemara bog Complex Special Area of Conservation and Connemara Bog Complex Special Protection Area. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660193/0 - 15 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360503: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360503/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC, site code 002034, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002034 - Special Area of Conservation: Maumturk Mountains SAC, site code 002008, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002008 - Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA, site code 004181, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004181 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex, site code 002034 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA038-010: Stone row, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA038-010----. 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. 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 Boheeshal. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boheeshal. - 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/boheeshal.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/boheeshal.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/boheeshal.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Boheeshal 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) - Cappaghoosh: https://everytownland.com/galway/cappaghoosh.md - Derryneen: https://everytownland.com/galway/derryneen.md - Derryrush: https://everytownland.com/galway/derryrush.md - Gowlan East: https://everytownland.com/galway/gowlan-east.md - Illion East: https://everytownland.com/galway/illion-east.md - Oorid: https://everytownland.com/galway/oorid.md - Shannakeela: https://everytownland.com/galway/shannakeela.md - Turlough: https://everytownland.com/galway/turlough-64159.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/boheeshal - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/boheeshal