Newtown

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 294 m² to 273,098 m² (27.31 ha, 67.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Newtown 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.

• 23 Jul 2026N/a

  for the demolition of an existing shed and for the construction of a new extension to the rear of the the existing childcare facility, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661251

• 7 May 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, waste water treatment system & associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660703

• 10 Apr 2026Conditional

  to construct extensions onto existing house along with alternation to existing house, permission to relocate and propose new site entrance, permission to demolish two existing sheds, permission to upgrade existing septic tank to new treatment system with percolation area along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660547

• 13 Apr 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of; 1) The construction of a new indoor Astro pitch along with ancillary building containing gymnasium 2) The development of a new training pitch with perimeter fence and ball nets 3) A perimeter walking track including lighting 4) A new car park and site entrance 5) A new playground area 6) The redevelopment of the existing entrance to exit only 7) A new packaged foul water treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360381

• 16 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the following: A). Proposed Astro Turf Playing Pitch. B). Proposed Children's Play Area. C). Relocation of Existing Playing Goals and Ball Stop Netting on the East side of the GAA Pitch. D). Proposed Walking Track around the GAA Pitch, to include External Gym Equipment and boundary fence. E). Proposed 5m High LED Lighting around Proposed Walking Track. F). Existing Floodlights around GAA Pitch to be upgraded to LED Lights. G). The re-location of the existing Effluent Treatment Plant and Percolation area, serving the GAA Dressing Rooms. H). Demolish the existing Storage shed and replace with an additional 7 No.Parking Spaces including 1 No Disabled Parking Space and all associated Site Works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Astro turf: 880 sqm, Childs Play Area: 293 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 24 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21177

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a sheep shed, effluent holding tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1268 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21129

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 Newtown.

Recorded monuments

• GA007-099 Enclosure
  Description

  At SE end of a glacial ridge in gently undulating pastureland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (ENE-WSW 60m, N-S 52m) defined by a degraded scarp. A field wall cuts through the monument at NW and NE. A large but shallow hollow occupies E half of the interior. 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

• GA007-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 100m W of an enclosure (GA007-099----). Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 53.7m, N-S 50m) defined by a degraded scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. A field wall cuts the monument at SSE and SSW and no visible surface trace survives to S of it. 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

• GA007-101 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On E flank of a glacial ridge in tillage. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA007-102 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight E-facing slope in pastureland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 43m, N-S 38m) defined by a degraded scarp and external fosse. 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

• GA007-103 Burial
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in pastureland. According to local information, a number of burials have been revealed from time to time at this location during ploughing. Some of the burials are said to have been stone-lined and not more than 0.3m below the ground surface. No visible surface trace survives. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Newtown.

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

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

2,012,575 m² (201.26 ha, 497.32 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynakill electoral division: 434 people in 168 households; 95% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghalateeve, Ardagh, Balling, Ballynakill, Keeloges East, Keelogesbeg, Sonnagh, Toberroe East, Toberroe West

Placenames

Newtown 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.