Ballynamona

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynamona, from 17 m² to 40,942 m² (4.09 ha, 10.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Ballynamona 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.

• 7 Aug 2026Refused

  A 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 239 hectares consisting of the following: 1,031,319 sq. m. of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 32 no. MV stations on associated hardstanding; new internal access tracks; underground cabling and ducting including along public roads L7138, L7141, L3110, L7140, L31085, L3108, L7132, L7131, and L7129; new access points onto public roads L7138, L3110, L7141, L7129, L71383, and upgrades to existing access points are proposed on public roads L7141, L3110, L7140, L7132, L7129, and L71383; limited alterations to existing stone walls including the creation or widening of access openings and reinstatement works; security fencing; CCTV; drainage infrastructure; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; Horizontal Directional Drilling beneath the disused railway line; temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be operational for 40 years. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661362

• 9 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel storage shed, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 130.00 sqm (house) & 36.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461328

• 25 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, treatment plant system and percolation area plus all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 168.00 sqm (house) & 40.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460615

• 24 May 2024N/a

  for change of house plans and garage plan granted under planning permission reference number 21/627 and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 130.00 sqm (house) & 36.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460612

• 30 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel storage shed, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 180 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460480

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355

• 20 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 191 sqm + Garage: 46 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21627

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  to demolish fire damaged dwellinghouse and to construct a new dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment system (Gross floor space demolition 155.93sqm; proposed 193.27sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17917

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 Ballynamona.

Recorded monuments

• GA058-028 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a circular area (D c. 35m), overlain from SE through W to NW by the td. boundary. The monument is almost totally destroyed as a result of reclamation. However, a short arc of wall foundations underlying the td. boundary wall may be part of the original fabric. 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

• GA058-029 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 50m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall, no visible surface trace of which survives from N to ENE. The enclosing element is overlain throughout by a field wall. There is an entrance gap at E. 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 Ballynamona.

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 Ballynamona, 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 Ballynamona.

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

Name

Ballynamona · Baile na Móna

Area

989,585 m² (98.96 ha, 244.53 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Abbey West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

884 people lived in 290 households in the Abbey West electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 54% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnasodan, Ballybaun, Caherphuca, Corrafaireen, Crumlin, Glennaveel, Lissaniska, Shantallow

Placenames

Ballynamona 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.