# Boley, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmalinoge, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish An Bhuaile. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 539,861 m² (53.99 ha, 133.4 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,473 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmalinoge, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilmalinoge.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Portumna, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21223 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60597 - Centre: latitude 53.118872, longitude -8.218035 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boley, from 610 m² to 396,069 m² (39.61 ha, 97.87 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1936664: 396,069 m² (39.61 ha, 97.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936664.md - Parcel 2015754: 39,741 m² (3.97 ha, 9.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015754.md - Parcel 2015757: 24,539 m² (2.45 ha, 6.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015757.md - Parcel 1936663: 23,368 m² (2.34 ha, 5.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936663.md - Parcel 2015755: 10,067 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015755.md - Parcel 1936662: 8,999 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936662.md - Parcel 1936661: 5,200 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936661.md - Parcel 2015759: 4,275 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015759.md - Parcel 4637638: 3,554 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4637638.md - Parcel 4627586: 3,473 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627586.md - Parcel 5684331: 3,397 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5684331.md - Parcel 4865522: 2,813 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4865522.md - Parcel 2015758: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015758.md - Parcel 6085891: 2,708 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6085891.md - Parcel 4679263: 2,596 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4679263.md - Parcel 2015756: 1,712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2015756.md - Parcel 4710505: 1,438 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4710505.md - Parcel 6085894: 1,031 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6085894.md - Parcel 5992605: 610 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5992605.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 25 Jan 2023, Galway County Council 2322: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2322/0 - 10 Nov 2022, Galway County Council 2261131: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2261131/0 - 28 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260972: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260972/0 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 Boley. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA118-008: Religious house - Dominican friars, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA118-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA118-008001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA118-008002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA118-010----. This is a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 August 2015 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) - Boula House, house, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 30411806, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30411806. 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, registry number 30411807, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30411807. 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, registry number 30411808, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30411808. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1352, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1352.zip (ZIP). - 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/boley.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/boley.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/boley.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Boley 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) - Curraghmore: https://everytownland.com/galway/curraghmore-61674.md - Gortawullaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortawullaun-62248.md - Gortnacloghy: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortnacloghy.md - Gortrea or Fairfield: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortrea-or-fairfield.md - Gortyneill: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortyneill.md - Sheeaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeaun-63847.md - Toormore: https://everytownland.com/galway/toormore-64092.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/boley - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/boley