Ballyglass South

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass South, from 24 m² to 158,882 m² (15.89 ha, 39.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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 Ballyglass South 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 Feb 2026Conditional

  sought to construct astroturf pitch & associated lighting for proposed pitch along with associated siteworks

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660233

• 9 May 2017Conditional

  for the construction of an agricultural storage shed and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 202.53 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17649

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Kilsallagh Bog SAC 000285
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilsallagh Bog 000285

Recorded monuments

• GA006-135 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  Corduroy togher Road, Class 3 togher - peatland in Castletogher td.- exposed in the face of a peat bank which has been machine cut.

• GA006-137 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  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.

• GA006-138 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  Dense brushwood togher

• GA007-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland overlooking bogland to NW. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NNW-SSE 38m, WSW-ENE 37m) defined by a degraded bank from SW through N to E, and elsewhere by a scarp. A field boundary overlies the enclosing element from ESE to SW. Traces of an external fosse survive 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

• GA007-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 45.5m, E-W 40m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present from S to W and at N; elsewhere a degraded scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank survive from SE through S to W. A field boundary overlies the outer bank from SW to 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

• GA007-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 28m) defined by a degraded scarp and intervening fosse, with traces of a possible outer bank, overlain by a field boundary, from NE through S to SSW. 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

• GA007-026 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing slope in grassland. Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 32m) defined by a scarp (H 1m) and external fosse. A field bank cuts the monument at NW and SW, and only faint traces of the scarp and fosse are visible to SW of it. At NE, a linear hollow (Wth 6m), up to 0.5m in depth, runs off at right angles from the fosse. 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

• GA007-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 41.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present from N to NE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are visible from W to N. 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

• GA007-028 Enclosure
  Description

  On N slope of a hillock in bogland. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 80m, N-S 65m) cut by several field fences. It is defined by a scarp (H 1m) immediately outside of which is a fosse (Wth 3.5-4m). 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

• GA007-030 Earthwork
  Description

  In pastureland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as a linear fosse, angular in plan. The visible remains match those on OS 6-inch map: the fosse (Wth 6m max.) averages only 0.2-0.3m in depth, is poorly defined, and now partially filled. The N arm follows a roughly NE-SW axis (L c. 120m) but meanders somewhat towards its N end where it fades out. The W arm, now largely filled in, runs W from S end of the former, following a NE-SE axis for 70m. The gap marked on OS 6-inch map about mid-point is still visible. Possibly part of a field system. 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

• GA007-031 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 South, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballyglass South · An Baile Glas Theas

Area

2,572,025 m² (257.2 ha, 635.56 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcroan, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Kilcroan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

596 people lived in 224 households in the Kilcroan electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass North, Ballyglass West, Castletogher, Curries, Kilcooley, Kilsallagh, Knockogonnell, Monasterowen

Placenames

Ballyglass South 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.