Ballygarraun

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygarraun, from 279 m² to 137,521 m² (13.75 ha, 33.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• P1Agriculture
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Agriculture and High Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the proposed development within County Galway will comprise: •the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; •Replace tower in situ at 1no. location;•Retain towers at 3no. locations including foundation strengthening with bar member replacement at 2 locations;•Replace polesets at 15no. locations;•the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures;•all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and •other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e. guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g. busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560052

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; works to uprate the existing Cashla – Salthill 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within Galway City the proposed development is located in the following townlands: BALLY BAAN BEG, PARKMORE and CASTLEGAR. The proposed development will consist of works to a section of the Cashla – Salthill 110kV OHL between angle mast 52 (AM52) in Claregalway and end mast 105 (EM105) near Galway 110kV Substation, Galway City. Approximately 1.7km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Galway City Council with approximately 7.7km in the functional area of Galway County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Galway City will comprise: - the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; - Retain towers at 6no. locations including foundation strengthening with bar member replacement at 3 locations; - Replace polesets at 1no. location; - the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; - Replacement of line droppers at Galway 110kV substation; - all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and - other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e. guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g. busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560012

• 28 Nov 2019Conditional

  for development at Twomileditch quarry. The development will consist of an aggregate storage shed (area 980m2) on a 0.098 hectare site within the existing quarry landholding. Gross floor space of proposed works: 980 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191839

• 2 May 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and for all other ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling 124.9 sqm, Garage 40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19653

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 Ballygarraun.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballygarraun.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballygarraun, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_495 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballygarraun · Baile an Gharráin

Area

704,463 m² (70.45 ha, 174.08 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,609 people lived in 566 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappanabornia, Pollkeen

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Ballygarraun 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.