Boley

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boley, from 610 m² to 396,069 m² (39.61 ha, 97.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Boley 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.

• 25 Jan 2023Refused

  to construct a new overflow truck parking, storage shed and yard, entrance and access road and associated works (to be used in conjunction with their existing premises at St Brendans Road, Portumna). Gross floor space of proposed works: 600sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2322

• 10 Nov 2022Refused

  for the permanent placement of soil and inert waste material and alterations to existing ground levels(on lands used for an original waste permit WR/118) with access through existing roadway

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261131

• 28 Sept 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey 4 bedroom dwelling house (Floor Area: 309 Sqm), single storey domestic garage (Floor Area: 49.5 Sqm), septic tank & percolation area and all associated site works including a new entrance.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260972

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Boley.

Recorded monuments

• GA118-008 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  In flat pastureland. Named 'Convent in ruins' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and 'Convent (Site of)' on the 1946 revision. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 232), the Dominican's of Portumna settled here in the early 18th century. No visible surface trace of their establishment survives, the area is now occupied by outhouses and a sileage pit. According to local information, the Dominicans then built and moved into Boula House, which is c. 50m to the SSE, and remained there until relatively recently. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA118-008001 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The following description if from https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30411806/boula-house-boley-co-galway, last accessed 27 January 2020. Detached U-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, having two-bay side elevations, gabled porch to front (south) elevation, and full-width single-storey lean-to extension to west return. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof with fishscale slates to porch. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled stone sills and replacement uPVC windows, and with round-headed window to front of porch. Porch conceals segmental-headed dooway with timber flat panelled door having fanlight and sidelights. Forecourt to house enclosed by cut limestone balustrade with moulded plinth walls, panelled pilasters with caps and carved urns. Farmyard to north of house containing five-bay two-storey coachhouse having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window and door openings and elliptical-headed vehicular entrance with timber battened doors and timber louvered windows, and with external staircase to one gable. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed door and vehicular openings. Rubble limestone boundary wall to yard, with wrought-iron pedestrian gate having bellcote over. Wrought-iron estate railings to driveway. Decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gate to road entrance, with name, flanked by rusticated limestone piers, each with moulded stone plinth, cornice and cap with gadrooned hemispherical caps, in turn flanked by cut limestone balustrades to quadrant walls on rendered plinths. Carved Doric columns terminating quadrant walls, each with moulded plinth, string course and cornice, fluted shaft and stepped cap, with recent rubble walls to roadside. Boula House is a well designed and typical example of a middle-sized early nineteenth-century classical rural farmhouse. The hipped roof with paired chimneystacks, vertically oriented windows and arched central opening to the gabled porch are all typical. Set well back from the road, the house forms part of a distinctive group of buildings which includes the former national school and church. The elaborate entrance provides interest to the roadscape. Uploaded by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA118-008002 Church
  Description

  The following description is from https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30411807/saints-peter-and-pauls-church-boley-co-galway, last accessed 27 January 2020. Freestanding cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built c.1860, having single-bay nave and transepts, latter with gabled chapel projections, shallow chancel, and square-profile three-stage crenellated tower to south-east end. Recent single-bay additions to chancel end. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and cut-stone cross finials to gables and to tower. Roughcast rendered walls, having smooth rendered plinth, and with cut-stone string courses to tower. Pointed arch openings with cut limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Top stage of tower has timber louvers. Pointed doorways to front and south-east sides of tower, with timber battened doors, double-leaf with traceried timber overlight to front, and double-light latticed window with tracery above to other door. Interior has boarded ceiling, carved timber gallery, marble plaques and timber-framed Stations of the Cross. Carved timber reredos with crocketed triple-gable detailing and flanked by carved timberwork incorporating shouldered doorway and false doorway. Side altar with statue of Our Lady, and another statue of Saint Joseph on plinth and beneath decorative rendered canopy. Marian Shrine to east of church. Wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular and pedestrian gates set to cut limestone piers with plinths and pyramidal caps, more pointed to inner piers, and flanked by cut-stone boundary walls. Saints Peter and Paul's Church is a fine example of mid-nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture. The location of the church, near the site of a medieval convent (GA118-008----), adds further interest. Artistic detailing is added by the fine carved timber reredos and the stained-glass windows. Set well back from the road, the church forms part of a distinctive group of buildings that includes the former national school and Boula House (GA118-008001-). Uploaded by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA118-010 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 August 2015

Architectural heritage

• Boula House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, having two-bay side elevations, gabled porch to front (south) elevation, and full-width single-storey lean-to extension to west return. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof with fishscale slates to porch. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled stone sills and replacement uPVC windows, and with round-headed window to front of porch. Porch conceals segmental-headed dooway with timber flat panelled door having fanlight and sidelights. Forecourt to house enclosed by cut limestone balustrade with moulded plinth walls, panelled pilasters with caps and carved urns. Farmyard to north of house containing five-bay two-storey coachhouse having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window and door openings and elliptical-headed vehicular entrance with timber battened doors and timber louvered windows, and with external staircase to one gable. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed door and vehicular openings. Rubble limestone boundary wall to yard, with wrought-iron pedestrian gate having bellcote over. Wrought-iron estate railings to driveway. Decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gate to road entrance, with name, flanked by rusticated limestone piers, each with moulded stone plinth, cornice and cap with gadrooned hemispherical caps, in turn flanked by cut limestone balustrades to quadrant walls on rendered plinths. Carved Doric columns terminating quadrant walls, each with moulded plinth, string course and cornice, fluted shaft and stepped cap, with recent rubble walls to roadside.

• Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built c.1860, having single-bay nave and transepts, latter with gabled chapel projections, shallow chancel, and square-profile three-stage crenellated tower to south-east end. Recent single-bay additions to chancel end. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and cut-stone cross finials to gables and to tower. Roughcast rendered walls, having smooth rendered plinth, and with cut-stone string courses to tower. Pointed arch openings with cut limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Top stage of tower has timber louvers. Pointed doorways to front and south-east sides of tower, with timber battened doors, double-leaf with traceried timber overlight to front, and double-light latticed window with tracery above to other door. Interior has boarded ceiling, carved timber gallery, marble plaques and timber-framed Stations of the Cross. Carved timber reredos with crocketed triple-gable detailing and flanked by carved timberwork incorporating shouldered doorway and false doorway. Side altar with statue of Our Lady, and another statue of Saint Joseph on plinth and beneath decorative rendered canopy. Marian Shrine to east of church. Wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular and pedestrian gates set to cut limestone piers with plinths and pyramidal caps, more pointed to inner piers, and flanked by cut-stone boundary walls.

• Scoil Náisiúnta Peadair agus Póil Naomhtha, school, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey national school, built c.1880, on site of earlier school, having four-bay front elevation and eight-bay rear elevation, with recent boiler house to north-west gable. Currently not in use. Pitched slate roof with cement rendered chimneystack to middle of roof, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to front (north-east) elevation with rendered plinth course, smooth rendered walls to south-east elevation with tooled stone plinth course. Pairs of square-headed window openings to middle bays of front elevation, with raised render reveals, painted stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorways with timber battened doors to end bays of front elevation and to rear elevation. Bounded to north by wrought-iron railings on cement rendered plinth wall, with wrought-iron pedestrian gate, and wrought-iron double-leaf pedestrian gates flanked by rendered piers. Wrought-iron vehicular gate to west, with cement rendered piers and boundary wall, rubble limestone wall to boundary with graveyard to south.

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 Boley, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Boley with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Boley · An Bhuaile

Area

539,861 m² (53.99 ha, 133.4 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmalinoge, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Portumna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,504 people lived in 964 households in the Portumna electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curraghmore, Gortawullaun, Gortnacloghy, Gortrea or Fairfield, Gortyneill, Sheeaun, Toormore

Placenames

Boley 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.