Ballintava

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintava, from 104 m² to 119,858 m² (11.99 ha, 29.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballintava 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.

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system/percolation area, plus all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222.00 sqm (house) & 36.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460880

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 206.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360155

• 10 May 2022Refused

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 206sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260462

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  for an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 72 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191859

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  of existing dwellinghouse and rear extension on a site with revised boundaries (gross floor space 108.40sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171293

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 Ballintava.

Recorded monuments

• GA005-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a hill in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 29.5m) defined by a degraded scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank best preserved at SW. There are two small quarries at N and S. A field boundary cuts the monument at NNE. (Neary 1914, 118, no. 37) 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

• GA005-010 Quarry
  Description

  On the N facing slope of a hill. A hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large disused quarry overgrown with gorse and bushes. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 July 2014

• GA005-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On W-facing slope of Peak Hill. A well-preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 33m), known locally as 'Crossroad Fort' (Neary 1914, 118, no. 40), defined by two stone-faced banks and an intervening fosse. A gap (Wth 4m) at NE may be original. Neary (ibid.) noted the existence of a third bank of which no visible surface trace survives. There is probable souterrain (GA005-011001-) in 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

• GA005-011001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a ringfort (GA005-011----). Neary (1914, 118, no. 40) records that 'the garth [of this ringfort] contains a souterrain'. All that survives is an irregular hollow (L 6m, Wth 3m), in S half of the interior, which is flanked by two small heaps of stone. It is aligned on a N-S axis and is 0.4m 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

• GA005-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a low-lying area of grassland in the grounds of Ballintava House. Known locally as 'Demesne Fort' (Neary 1914, 118, no. 38), this poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 40m, E-W 36m) is defined by a scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. Possible entrance at SE. A ringfort (GA005-016----) lies c. 170m to NE. 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

• GA005-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A scarp forms the inner enclosing element from NNW to E. The outer bank is revetted with large limestone boulders set on edge and the td. boundary overlies it from S to W. Well-defined entrance at E. (Neary 1914, 118, no. 39) 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

• GA005-014 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused and overgrown gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 July 2014

• GA005-015 Enclosure
  Description

  On rise in otherwise level grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (N-S 45m, E-W c. 40m); on 3rd ed. (1926) it is shown planted with trees. 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

• GA005-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On W-facing slope of a low hill in the grounds of Ballintava House. Poorly preserved originally circular rath (D 35m) defined by a bank and external fosse from SE through S to SW, outside of which are traces of a possible outer bank overlain by a field wall. Another field wall cuts the monument at E and W and no visible surface trace survives to N of it. There is a CBG (GA005-016001-) immediately to E. A ringfort (GA005-012----) lies c. 170m to SW. 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

• GA005-016001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Immediately E of a ringfort (GA005-016----). According to local information, there is a CBG here within a densely overgrown hollow enclosed by an earthen bank. No grave-markers are visible. The last burial took place c. 40 years ago. 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 Ballintava.

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 Ballintava, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballintava · Baile an tSamhaidh

Area

2,065,328 m² (206.53 ha, 510.35 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

399 people lived in 141 households in the Toberadosh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghdorragha, Carrownaseer North, Gortaleam, Kilnalappa, Meenleana, Tobernaclug

Placenames

Ballintava 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.