# Boolard, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish An Bhuaile Ard. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,506,571 m² (150.66 ha, 372.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,561 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Omey, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/omey.md - Barony: Ballynahinch - Electoral division: Clifden, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,059 people lived in 796 households in the Clifden electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18116 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60622 - Centre: latitude 53.52036, longitude -10.06585 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boolard, from 478 m² to 559,822 m² (55.98 ha, 138.34 acres); 6 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2069056: 559,822 m² (55.98 ha, 138.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069056.md - Parcel 3120914: 56,795 m² (5.68 ha, 14.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3120914.md - Parcel 2069057: 41,204 m² (4.12 ha, 10.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069057.md - Parcel 2016095: 37,188 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2016095.md - Parcel 4455883: 31,586 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455883.md - Parcel 1936420: 30,021 m² (3 ha, 7.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936420.md - Parcel 4455887: 27,620 m² (2.76 ha, 6.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455887.md - Parcel 4455885: 27,268 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455885.md - Parcel 4455884: 9,731 m² (0.97 ha, 2.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455884.md - Parcel 4455886: 9,243 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455886.md - Parcel 2016096: 8,349 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2016096.md - Parcel 5798295: 6,774 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5798295.md - Parcel 5186194: 4,852 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5186194.md - Parcel 2016097: 4,141 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2016097.md - Parcel 4620084: 3,213 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4620084.md - Parcel 2374322: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374322.md - Parcel 6105878: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6105878.md - Parcel 2374323: 2,036 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374323.md - Parcel 4455882: 1,337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455882.md - Parcel 1936422: 1,296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1936422.md - Parcel 4903242: 522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4903242.md - Parcel 4455881: 478 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455881.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Boolard 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. - 15 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360510: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. For 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/2360510/0 - 22 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 202029: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a utility garage with home office, plant room and carport adjacent to existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 108 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/202029/0 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 Boolard. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA022-011: Mine, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-011----. 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 Boolard. ## 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 Boolard, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boolard. - 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/boolard.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/boolard.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/boolard.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Boolard 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) - Doon: https://everytownland.com/galway/doon-61843.md - Maw: https://everytownland.com/galway/maw.md - Shinnanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/shinnanagh.md - Streamstown or Barratrough: https://everytownland.com/galway/streamstown-or-barratrough.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/boolard - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/boolard