# Boherduff, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilconickny, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Bóthar Dubh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 660,200 m² (66.02 ha, 163.14 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,623 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilconickny, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilconickny.md - Barony: Dunkellin - Electoral division: Kilconickny, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilconickny electoral division: 678 people in 217 households; 93% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 10% 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/19925 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60593 - Centre: latitude 53.193074, longitude -8.648611 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boherduff, from 57 m² to 152,658 m² (15.27 ha, 37.72 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2015515: 152,658 m² (15.27 ha, 37.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015515.md - Parcel 1936915: 100,089 m² (10.01 ha, 24.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936915.md - Parcel 1936911: 88,605 m² (8.86 ha, 21.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936911.md - Parcel 2015516: 77,666 m² (7.77 ha, 19.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015516.md - Parcel 1936916: 52,067 m² (5.21 ha, 12.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936916.md - Parcel 2015513: 42,025 m² (4.2 ha, 10.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015513.md - Parcel 1927112: 39,751 m² (3.98 ha, 9.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1927112.md - Parcel 5710936: 32,386 m² (3.24 ha, 8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5710936.md - Parcel 1936913: 28,890 m² (2.89 ha, 7.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936913.md - Parcel 1936917: 21,999 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936917.md - Parcel 1936914: 17,058 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936914.md - Parcel 2015519: 14,625 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015519.md - Parcel 3400714: 9,458 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3400714.md - Parcel 2015521: 5,026 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015521.md - Parcel 2015514: 4,219 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015514.md - Parcel 2015523: 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015523.md - Parcel 3613859: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3613859.md - Parcel 2015517: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015517.md - Parcel 2015520: 1,890 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015520.md - Parcel 3613858: 1,398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3613858.md - Parcel 1936910: 979 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936910.md - Parcel 2015518: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015518.md - Parcel 2446373: 395 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446373.md - Parcel 4791345: 276 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4791345.md - Parcel 2446378: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446378.md - Parcel 1936912: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936912.md - Parcel 2446374: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446374.md - Parcel 2015522: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015522.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Boherduff 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 12 Apr 2022, Galway County Council 22490: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a (a) dwelling house measuring 252 sqm , (b) domestic garage measuring 30 sqm (c) new boundary wall and vehicular entrance to public road, (d) wastewater treatment and all associated site services and works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22490/0 - 29 Apr 2021, Galway County Council 21709: Conditional. Permission. to construct a slatted cow wintering unit which includes a calving area and straw storage area at existing farm yard including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1481 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21709/0 - 10 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201291: Conditional. Retention. of (1) an existing calf rearing shed with slatted effluent storage tank. (2) Retain an extension to an existing slatted cow wintering unit with a roofed collecting yard. (2) Permission is also sought to retain and complete a new milking parlour. All of the above include all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 321.0 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1112.0 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201291/0 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 Boherduff. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA105-028: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-028----. Some 100m to the NW of a church (GA105-029001-). Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subtriangular enclosure (c. 60m ENE-WSW; max. Wth at W c. 28m; max. Wth at E c. 10m). It is defined by intermittent traces of a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 0.85m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.75m) which are visible at NW, NNE to ESE and from SE to SW. Two holy wells (GA105-029006- and GA105-029007-) and a bullaun stone (GA105-029009-) lie c. 20m to the SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019 - GA105-029001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-029001-. In undulating pastureland. This very poorly preserved rectangular church (8.6m E-W; 5.3m N-S; wall T 0.73m) lies in the N sector of a graveyard (GA105-029002-). It is heavily overgrown with trees and only the foundation lines of the walls survive. A later field wall overlies the N wall. No architectural features are evident. There are two holy wells (GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-) in the NE sector of the graveyard. A children’s burial ground (GA105-029008-) lies c. 20m to the E. (McCaffrey 1925 80-81, 254, no. 18). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020 - GA105-029002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-029002-. In undulating pastureland. This subrectangular graveyard (25.2m E-W; 31.5m N-S) is associated with a church (GA105-029001-) which is located in its N sector. It is delimited by stone walls. The interior is heavily overgrown with trees and nettle. Some possible graveslabs are evident in the W sector. Two holy wells are also associated (see GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020 - GA105-029003: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-029003-. Located in the NE corner of a graveyard (GA105-029002-) associated with a church (GA105-029001-). Holy wells named ‘St. Columbkille’s Holy Wells’ on the OS 6-inch maps consist of two conjoined wells. The most northerly one (GA105-029003-) is oval in plan (L 1.36m; Wth 1.15m; D 1.2m) and defined by a low wall. The southerly well (GA105-029004-) is subrectanular in plan (L 1m; Wth 0.8m; D 0.9m) and is also defined by a wall. Both are overgrown with brambles and trees. A children’s burial ground lies c. 10m to the E. (McCaffrey 1952, 254) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020 - GA105-029004: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-029004-. Located in the NE corner of a graveyard (GA105-029002-) associated with a church (GA105-029001-). Holy wells named ‘St. Columbkille’s Holy Wells’ on the OS 6-inch maps consist of two conjoined wells. The most northerly one (GA105-029003-) is oval in plan (L 1.36m; Wth 1.15m; D 1.2m) and defined by a low wall. The southerly well (GA105-029004-) is subrectanular in plan (L 1m; Wth 0.8m; D 0.9m) and is also defined by a wall. Both are overgrown with brambles and trees. A children’s burial ground lies c. 10m to the E. (McCaffrey 1952, 254) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020 - GA105-029005: Water mill - horizontal-wheeled, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-029005-. 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. - GA105-030: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-030----. On a W-facing slope in pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 17m); a field boundary curved around it from NE through E to SW. No visible surface trace survives. (McCaffrey 1952, 254, no. 16) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 July 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 Boherduff. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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 Boherduff. - 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/boherduff.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/boherduff.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/boherduff.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Boherduff 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) - Ballygarraun: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballygarraun-60323.md - Carrowclogh: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowclogh.md - Gortawullaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortawullaun-62247.md - Gortnamackan: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortnamackan.md - Killaspugmoylan: https://everytownland.com/galway/killaspugmoylan.md - Lurgan: https://everytownland.com/galway/lurgan-63221.md - Tonbaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/tonbaun.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/boherduff - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/boherduff