# Galboola, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathjordan, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Ghallbhuaile.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,014,362 m² (101.44 ha, 250.65 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,308 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathjordan, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathjordan.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31494
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121012
- Centre: latitude 52.536799, longitude -8.439012 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Galboola, from 1,985 m² to 397,758 m² (39.78 ha, 98.29 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1612558: 397,758 m² (39.78 ha, 98.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612558.md
- Parcel 2588205: 199,781 m² (19.98 ha, 49.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2588205.md
- Parcel 1663326: 176,274 m² (17.63 ha, 43.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663326.md
- Parcel 1624825: 120,557 m² (12.06 ha, 29.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624825.md
- Parcel 1645442: 50,489 m² (5.05 ha, 12.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645442.md
- Parcel 1589360: 30,462 m² (3.05 ha, 7.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589360.md
- Parcel 3490677: 16,308 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3490677.md
- Parcel 1619423: 10,927 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619423.md
- Parcel 1607875: 2,444 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607875.md
- Parcel 1629146: 2,382 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629146.md
- Parcel 3617513: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3617513.md
- Parcel 1639236: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639236.md
- Parcel 1590353: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590353.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Galboola 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 13 Jan 2022, Limerick County Council 2222: Refused. Permission. construction of an agricultural slatted shed, entrance, passageway and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2222/0

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 Galboola.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI023-101: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-101----. In rough pasture, on a gentle E-facing slope. Sub-circular area (18m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by scarped edge WNW-SSW (Wth 1.75m; H 0.5m) and by low earthen bank (Wth 5.45m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) SSW-WNW; Gap (Wth 6m) in scarp at E. Trace of external fosse (Wth 5.65m; D 0.2m) S-NE. Cattle erosion of scarp evident at S. Series of four lazy beds (Wth 1.6m; H 0.2m) cut interior (long-axis NNW-SSE). Hut site (LI023-305----) in centre of interior. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 20 November 2013
- LI023-236001: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-236001-. On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236001-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/5-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23701; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7.5m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23701 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-236002: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-236002-. On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236002-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/5-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23702; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 6.5m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23702 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-236003: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-236003-. On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236003-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23703; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 5.5m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23703 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-236004: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-236004-. On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236004-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23704; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7.5m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23704 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 3 September 2020
- LI023-236005: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-236005-. On undulating pasture facing SW 15m NE of the townland boundary with Rootiagh. The ring-barrow (LI023-236005-) is one of five ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-). The ring-barrows (LI023-236001/005-) form a linear cluster of sites c. 6m apart, roughly orientated in a NW-SE alignment. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is faintly visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 23705; AP 4/3634) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7m). Visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017, the vegetation cover was more dense on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 23705 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload:
- LI023-305: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-305----. In rough pasture, within enclosure LI023-101----. C-shaped area (5.6m N-S; 4.2m E-W) slightly off-centre to E of interior of enclosure. Banks are broad and linear (L 5.8m at N; L 3.95m at E; L 4.6m at S) with an opening entrance at W (Wth 1m). Banks are earthen. N-bank (overall Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.17m; ext. H 0.35m) and S-bank have been disturbed by ploughing ridge (long-axis NNW-SSE) on their western sides. Similarly the E-bank (Wth 3.95m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25m) has a furrow on its exterior and this 'dip' of the furrow accentuates the present exterior height of the bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 31 October 2013
- LI023-307: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-307----. In pasture, on an E-facing slope. Upright stone (H 1.05m) of limestone is sub-rectangular in plan (L 0.57m; T 0.28m); long-axis E-W. Natural fissures at base of E and W-face. Roughly rectangular in elevation, narrowing slightly towards the top. Edges smooth from cattle scratching and a slight depression around stone caused by cattle poaching. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 31 October 2013

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 Galboola.

## 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 Galboola, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Galboola.
- 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/limerick/galboola.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/galboola.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/galboola.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Galboola with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyphilip: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyphilip-120393.md
- Cloghaviller: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cloghaviller.md
- Kildromin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kildromin.md
- Mountminnett: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountminnett.md
- Rathjordan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rathjordan.md
- Rootiagh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rootiagh-121777.md
- Wonderhill: https://everytownland.com/limerick/wonderhill.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.

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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/limerick/galboola
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/galboola