Bovinion

201 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bovinion, from 54 m² to 496,346 m² (49.63 ha, 122.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Bovinion 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.

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a new dwelling house with a wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661494

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  of private garage/store and fuel shed to include all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26209

• 18 Jun 2026N/a

  of dwelling house & domestic garage / fuel store on revised site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661006

• 12 Dec 2025Conditional

  and completion of imported stone and clay/topsoil fill to agricultural land and all associated site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561843

• 19 Nov 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561695

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  for extension to existing dwelling to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 102.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461745

• 16 Jul 2024Conditional

  for; (A) construction of a covered dungstead, (B) construction of a feed shed, (C) construction of a new roof and extension to existing agricultural cubicle shed with underground slatted slurry storage tanks, (D) demolition of existing milking parlour, dairy, plant room, drafting & handling facilities & ancillary rooms to be replaced with a new milking parlour, drafting & handling facilities, dairy, plant room, to include new classroom, training room, viewing gallery, canteen, office, wc facilities and installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, (E) erection of a new meal bin and water storage tank, (F) construction of an underground slatted soiled water storage tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,279.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 493.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460883

• 11 Jun 2024Conditional

  & completion of domestic garage / fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 26.66 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460705

• 28 May 2024N/a

  of domestic garage / fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 85.68 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460628

• 25 Mar 2024Conditional

  to construct a 68 sqm agriculture shed

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2486

• 22 Feb 2024N/a

  for: (A) construction of a covered dung stead; (B) construction of a feed shed; (C) construction of a new roof and extension to existing agricultural cubicle shed with underground slatted slurry storage tanks; (D) demolition of existing milking parlour, dairy, plant room, drafting & handling facilities & ancillary rooms to be replaced with a new milking parlour, drafting & handling facilities, dairy, plant room, to include new classroom, training room, viewing gallery, canteen, office and wc facilities; (E) erection of a new meal bin and water storage tank; (F) construction of an underground slatted soiled water storage tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1, 279.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 493.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460181

• 13 Jul 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a single-storey building with an external covered walkway to accommodate classrooms & associated ancillary accommodation. An existing derelict stone mortuary building is to be renovated & incorporated into the proposed development as circulation & social space. External works include landscaping, extension of existing site & all other site works required to facilitate the development

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360792

• 19 May 2023Conditional

  to construct a new domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 49.60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360535

• 28 Jan 2022Conditional

  for construction of: A) An agricultural shed with sheep straw bed pens, sheep handling area and underground slatted slurry storage tank, B) unroofed sheep dipping area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 336 sqm (A on 104)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2288

• 27 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system/percolation area, plus all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 sqm (house) & 54 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211779

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 262 sqm, Garage: 53 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21753

• 19 Jan 2021Conditional

  of an agricultural storage shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 214 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2131

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with wastewater treatment plant percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 317.62 sqm (258.12sqm house & 59.5sqm garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201619

• 3 Sept 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 269.9sqm (house 241sqm, garage 28.9sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201241

• 29 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment plant/percolation area and all associated site works, Gross floor space of proposed works, 255.88sqm and 60sqm = 315.88sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201036

• 16 Jul 2019Conditional

  consisting of the construction of a proposed new two storey extension to the rear of the existing property, refurbishment of existing house, attic conversion and all associated site works and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 120 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 152 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191080

• 11 Apr 2019Conditional

  for an off-road, drop-off/pick-up area and a new entrance with all associated services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19547

• 31 Jan 2019Conditional

  for the erection of a new single storey science building (164 m2), with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 164 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19140

• 18 Jan 2019Conditional

  to construct a library and archives and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 55 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1958

• 1 Jun 2018Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural storage shed and a new entrance and roadway into lands and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 374sq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18747

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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 Bovinion.

Recorded monuments

• GA046-005 Graveyard
  Description

  This burial ground is associated with the 19th-century Union Workhouse (GA046-006----) c. 100m to the SSW. It is enclosed by a concete fence and is no longer in use. A simple cross commemorates all those buried there. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 November 2018

• GA046-006 Workhouse
  Description

  The following description is derived from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404621#(last accessed 2 November 2018): Pair of detached fourteen-bay two-storey workhouse buildings, built c.1860, now in use as school, blocks connected by ashlar stone wall with single-storey pitched roof former dining hall, and with two-storey extension to rear of north-west block at right angles. Hipped slate roof, replacement slate to south-east block, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with render skirting above painted draughted and pecked stone plinth. Square-headed window openings with slim rendered reveals, painted sills and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed entrance opening to central bay of each block with bullnosed splayed limestone surrounds. Segmental-headed timber sheeted door to south-east block with draughted and pecked limestone surround. Single-storey squared and snecked limestone wall with flat stone copings and central segmental arch with draughted and pecked stone surround joining both blocks. Three-bay rendered gable-fronted former dining hall with bellcote to gable perpendicular to schoolhouse blocks, having pitched slate roof, replacement uPVC rainwater goods, square-headed openings, replacement uPVC windows throughout and segmental-headed timber entrance door to south-west gable with painted stone surround. Set back from road with mature gardens to front and rear, and having two single-storey outbuildings to rear. Square-plan gate piers with trefoil motif, cantoned columns and chamfered pier cap flanked by decorative cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys motif set on rendered plinth with chamfered copings. The Mountbellew Poor Law Union was formally declared in 1850 and led to the construction of the workhouse now used as Saint Jarlath's School. It was designed by the Poor Law Commissioner's architect, George Wilkinson and was based on his standard plans to accommodate 500 inmates and was constructed at a cost of £5,150 plus £920 for fittings. The separate blocks were built to accommodate males and females. A fever hospital and chapel were also built on the site but have since been demolished. When the workhouse was advertised for sale in 1931, the Galway Vocational Educational Committee took out a 99 year lease on the property and in 1932 the workhouse re-opened as one of the first vocational schools in the country. Though renovated over the years, this former workhouse has retained much of its original layout and fabric, keeping the separate blocks as Wilkinson designed, and is an important contribution to the architectural and historical heritage of the area. Uploaded by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 November 2018

• GA046-007 Chapel
  Description

  This chapel is part of the complex of buildings associated with the 19th-century Union Workhouse (GA046-006----). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 December 2018

Architectural heritage

• Saint Jarlath's School, workhouse, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of detached fourteen-bay two-storey workhouse buildings, built c.1860, now in use as school, blocks connected by ashlar stone wall with single-storey pitched roof former dining hall, and with two-storey extension to rear of north-west block at right angles. Hipped slate roof, replacement slate to south-east block, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with render skirting above painted draughted and pecked stone plinth. Square-headed window openings with slim rendered reveals, painted sills and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed entrance opening to central bay of each block with bullnosed splayed limestone surrounds. Segmental-headed timber sheeted door to south-east block with draughted and pecked limestone surround. Single-storey squared and snecked limestone wall with flat stone copings and central segmental arch with draughted and pecked stone surround joining both blocks. Three-bay rendered gable-fronted former dining hall with bellcote to gable perpendicular to schoolhouse blocks, having pitched slate roof, replacement uPVC rainwater goods, square-headed openings, replacement uPVC windows throughout and segmental-headed timber entrance door to south-west gable with painted stone surround. Set back from road with mature gardens to front and rear, and having two single-storey outbuildings to rear. Square-plan gate piers with trefoil motif, cantoned columns and chamfered pier cap flanked by decorative cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys motif set on rendered plinth with chamfered copings.

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

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 Bovinion.

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

Name

Bovinion · Both Mhuiniún

Area

3,108,828 m² (310.88 ha, 768.21 acres)

Civil parish

Moylough, and its townlands

Barony

Killian

Electoral division

Mount Bellew, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mount Bellew electoral division: 1,972 people in 701 households; 80% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Belderny South, Castlegar, Greenville, Islands, Lehanagh, Meelick, Mountbellew Demesne, Treanrevagh

Placenames

Bovinion 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.