Bolisheen

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bolisheen, from 1,525 m² to 916,686 m² (91.67 ha, 226.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Bolisheen 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.

• 17 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a slatted shed, retention of existing storage sheds and ancillary concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,718.10 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461365

• 27 Mar 2024Refused

  for the construction of a slatted shed & ancillary concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works: 686.88 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460341

• 24 Oct 2022Conditional

  of existing prefabricated creche/pre-school building (previously granted temporary permission for a period of 3 years under PL Ref 19/592, which has now expired) and permission for continued use of existing prefabricated creche/pre-school building for a further temporary period of 5 years.Gross Floor area of existing area: 254 sq m (existing) Area of existing area to be retained: 66 sq. m

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261069

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  to erect a prefabricated unit for creche/pre-school purposes behind dwelling house and to connect into existing services and to retain existing rear extension to dwelling house which is currently used as part as of the creche/pre-school but which it is proposed to revert back to exclusive use as part of the private dwelling house on erection of the prefab unit. Gross floor space of proposed works: 71.72 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 23.1 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19592

• 14 Dec 2017N/a

  to erect a prefabricated unit for crèche/pre-school purposes behind dwelling house and to connect into existing services. Gross floor space of proposed works 71.72sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171797

• 13 Jul 2017Conditional

  to erect a prefabricated building for crèche/preschool services and for additional parking spaces and for all associated services on an extended site to the rear of dwelling house and existing crèche/preschool. Gross floor space of proposed works 89.04sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171039

• 20 Apr 2017N/a

  to erect a prefabricated building for crèche/pre-school purposes. Gross floor space of proposed works: 89.04sqm

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 17535

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 Bolisheen.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-024001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments. Well-preserved but densely overgrown circular cashel (D 71m) defined by a drystone wall. Traces of double wall-facing are visible intermittently and the enclosing wall is overlain by a later field wall at E and SE. Fragmentary internal divisions are evident in the interior. Within the SW quadrant two features were noted: a square well-like feature (L/Wth 2.6m, 0.65m in depth) defined by limestone slabs and a D-shaped structure (E-W 6m, N-S 6m) defined by a collapsed stone wall. The latter abuts the internal wall-face. There is a local tradition of a 'cave' (GA056-024003-) in the interior of which no visible surface trace survives. A number of field walls, part of the field system (GA056-024008-), radiate from the monument (ASGAP 167:84). 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 February 2017

• GA056-024003 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information, a 'cave' is located within the cashel (GA056-024001-). No visible surface trace was noted during inspection in 1990. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 February 2017

• GA056-024004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments (GA056-024002-), it lies immediately E of another cashel (GA056-024005-). Poorly preserved densely overgrown circular cashel (D c. 35m) defined by a drystone wall. Traces of wall-facing are visible intermittently. A house (GA056-024006-) lies immediately to E. (ASGAP 167:81) 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

• GA056-024005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments; it lies c. 350m to the SE of a cashel (GA056-024001-). Poorly preserved and overgrown circular cashel (D 60m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall cuts across the interior. Another cashel (GA056-024004-) lies immediately to the E. (ASGAP 167:81) 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 16 February 2017

• GA056-024006 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Immediately to the E of the cashel (GA056-024004). This small cashel-like circular enclosure (diam. 11m) is defined by a double-faced drystone wall with a rubble core. It is heavily overgrown in the E and S sectors. Possibly a house site. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 February 2017

• GA056-024007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments; it lies c. 200m S of a cashel (GA056-024001-). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 34m) defined by a collapsed and grassed-over drystone wall. The immediate area has been used as a dump for field clearance. (ASGAP 167:82) 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

• GA056-024008 Field system
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments. Described in 1979 (Topgr. Files, OPW) as a 'system of small curvilinear fields, bounded by stone walls … to the SW, S and E of the cashel [GA056-024001-]'. It appears to have extended over an area measuring c. 750m NE-SW by c. 400m NW-SE. Land reclamation in the early 1980s resulted in partial clearance, though aerial reconnaissance in September 1984 (ASGAP 167:80) indicated that a large area to NE and E of the cashel was still intact. 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

• GA056-024009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Part of a complex of monuments; it lies c. 300m SW of a cashel (GA056-024001-). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 51m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall in NE sector; only a slight scarp (H 0.3m) is visible from S to W and no surface trace survives at N. The interior is cut by two field walls. 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 16 February 2017

• GA056-024010 Megalithic structure
  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.

• GA056-024011 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bolisheen.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Bolisheen.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

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

Name

Bolisheen · Buaile Uí Oisín

Area

1,016,567 m² (101.66 ha, 251.2 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Annaghdown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Annaghdown electoral division: 1,451 people in 486 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunnahevelly More, Bunoghanaun, Glenrevagh, Tomnahulla, Turloughgarve

Placenames

Bolisheen 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.