Ballyglass

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass, from 5 m² to 345,079 m² (34.51 ha, 85.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyglass 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.

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  to extend existing garage

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661170

• 29 May 2026N/a

  to extend exiting garage

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660863

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  to build single storey extension to existing dwelling house, replace existing septic tank with treatment plant and percolation area, and construct garage. Gross floor space of proposed works 93.5sqm, Garage 28.2sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171736

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  of private dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with septic tank & percolation area. Gross floor space of work to be retained 182.33sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171417

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 Ballyglass.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-037 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (E-W 34.6m, N-S 32.2m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The td. boundary overlies the inner bank from E through S to WSW, and quarrying has damaged the monument from W to NNW. A gap at E may be original. There is a possible souterrain in NW quadrant of the interior, indicated by a nettle-filled linear depression (L 11m, Wth 2.2m max.) running NNE-SSW, and up to 0.85m in depth. 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

• GA086-037001 Souterrain
  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.

• GA086-038 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Well- preserved but densely overgrown subcircular rath (NNW-SSE 40m, E-W 35.4m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed entrance at SSE. A field wall cuts the monument at NNW and SSE and another overlies the outer bank from WNW to NNW. 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

• GA086-039 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland adjacent to a stream. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 41.4m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from NW through N to E; elsewhere a quarried-out scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives as a slight depression from NNE through E to SSE. There is a probable souterrain (GA086-039001-) within 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

• GA086-039001 Souterrain
  Description

  In SW quadrant of a ringfort (GA086-039----). What is visible is a grassy L-shaped depression (L 19.3m). The long axis (L 10.8m, Wth 4.2m), running ESE-WNW, has quite a lot of stone visible in its sides and base. The short axis (L 8.5m, Wth 3.8m) extends off W end and turns sharply to N, running NNE-SSW. This section averages 3.8m in width and is up to 1.6m in depth. Directly to N of this depression, there is a large rectangular slab on the ground surface. 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

• GA086-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This rath is the northern part of a conjoined ringfort (see also GA068-040002-). It is roughly D-shaped in plan (32.5m E-W; 28.8m N-S), with the straight side running from SE to SW. It is defined by a low, degraded and, in places, very heavily overgrown bank (base Wth 3m; max. ext. H 2.2m; av. int. H 0.4m) from N to NNE and from ENE to SE; elsewhere it is delimited by a scarp. A modern field bank has been built along the outer face of the enclosing element from WNW to SE. From SE to SW a wide shallow fosse (Wth 4m D 0.55m) separates the two raths. No trace of it survives from SW to W but from W through N to SE a slight depression (D 0.1m), highlighted by a change in vegetation colour, indicates its line. Gaps are evident in the bank at ENE (Wth 4m) and at S (Wth 4.5m). The latter leads to a causeway (Wth 4.8m), which accesses the adjoining rath to the S. The interior of the rath is overgrown, particularly the N sector, which is inaccessible. There is a souterrain (GA068-040001-) in the SW quadrant. Outhouses have been built close to the monument to the SW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 August 2015

• GA086-040001 Souterrain
  Description

  In W half of N rath of a conjoined ringfort (GA086-040----). A drystone-built chamber (L 8.6m), running N-S, with a trapezoidal depression (L 8m) extending to E from its S end. Present access is at NW corner. 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

• GA086-040002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This rath is the southern part of a conjoined ringfort (see also GA068-040----). It is roughly circular in plan (D 35m) and is defined by a substantial but heavily overgrown bank (max. Wth 6.8m; int. H 0.9m; max. ext. H 5m) from NE to S to NW; from NW to NE it is delimited by a scarp (H 2.1m). Apart from the wide shallow fosse (Wth 4m D 0.55m), which separates the two raths, from NW to NE, there is no other visible surface trace of it. Modern gaps occur in the bank at E (Wth 2m) and at S (Wth 11.3m). At N a gap (Wth 2.8m) leads to a causeway (Wth 4.8m), which accesses the adjoining rath (GA068-040----) to the N. There is a possible souterrain (GA068-040003-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. A modern field wall curves around the monument from NE to SSE. A silage pit has been built close to the monument to the SE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 August 2015

• GA086-040003 Souterrain
  Description

  In SW quadrant of S rath of a conjoined ringfort (GA086-040002-). What is visible is an overgrown roughly T-shaped depression partially obscured by a fallen tree trunk. Its long axis (L 8.3m, Wth 3.8m) runs NNW-SSE and is up to 1.2m in depth. The junction with the shorter axis (L 4m, Wth 2.9m) lies 3m from its SE end and it runs ESE-WSW. Some large stones are visible along its sides. 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

• GA086-041 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A densely overgrown circular enclosure (D c. 30m) defined by traces of a scarp. A field boundary cuts the monument at E and W. 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

• GA086-042 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA086-043 Quarry
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1947-8 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014

• GA086-045 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1947-8 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection to be a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 April 2015

• GA086-046 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1948) as a circular area planted with trees (D c. 25m). It consists of a poorly preserved tree-covered circular enclosure (D 20m) defined by a scarp and external water-filled fosse, fed by a spring at SW and drained by a stream at S. Possibly a landscaped ringfort but more likely to be an ornamental feature associated with Abbeyview House, a 19th-C mansion 150m to NW. 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

• Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone road bridge over railway, built c.1850, having symmetrical plan about east-west axis. Coursed squared and snecked rubble walls and piers with flanking walls to east and west. Segmental arch with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch rings, squared diagonal-set stone to spandrel panels, projecting string course and parapet with chamfered coping stones. Woodlawn Railway Station to west.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyglass, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyglass.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

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

Name

Ballyglass · An Baile Glas

Area

2,257,649 m² (225.76 ha, 557.88 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Kilconnell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

658 people lived in 225 households in the Kilconnell electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyfield, Ballintober, Cartrondoogan, Clooncallis, Corraneena, Hillswood, Loughaunbrean, Monambraher

Placenames

Ballyglass 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.