Ballydonagh

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydonagh, from 95 m² to 384,568 m² (38.46 ha, 95.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Ballydonagh 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.

• 17 Apr 2026Unconditional

  of planning reference 211790, to construct milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/drafting yard, meal bin, office, slatted tank, water tank, storage rooms, office and plant room, cubicle shed with slatted tanks and loose area, hardcore area, (IV) silage slab and all assorted site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2218 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 2685

• 8 Jan 2026Conditional

  for several minor amendments to the previously consented development under Planning Reference 2461749 (by Galway County Council). The amendments comprise the following; Combined central inverters and MV transformers are replaced by separate string inverters and central MV transformers which results in a reduction in the extent of associated hardstanding areas; alteration to Condition 3(a) to extend the operational lifetime of the solar farm from 35 years to 40 years; addition of tables in the former central inverter locations. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application. 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, 2660009

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for several minor amendments to the previously consented development under Planning Reference 2361049. The amendments comprise the following; re alignment of the main entrance and access gate; re alignment and widening of internal access tracks; alteration of the boundary fence; removal of the consented 38kV substation in Field 22; combined central inverters and MV transformers are replaced by separate string inverters and central MV transformers; reduction in the size of related hardstanding areas; updated table layout including a reduction in PV table numbers from 3209 to 3120; reduction of the of new overhead line separation areas arising from the removal of a section of the 110 kV overhead line; inclusion of an additional badger sett buffer and amendment of condition 3a to extend the operational lifetime of the solar farm from 35 years to 40 years. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application. A separate application to obtain permission for a 110kV grid connection and 110kV substation to facilitate the export of power from the solar farm, will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. 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, 2561903

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 56.2 hectares across four sections of land to include, solar PV panels ground mounted on metal support structures, electrical transformer and inverter substation modules, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks (existing, upgrading and new), site accesses, watercourse crossing infrastructure, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, interconnection cabling, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461749

• 5 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the development that will consist of a planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct & complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 81.9 hectares, to include, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, electrical transformer & inverter station modules, a substation, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks, watercourse crossing infrastructure, security fencing, electrical cabling & ducting, interconnection cabling, CCTV & other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping & habitat enhancement as required & associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2361049

• 28 Sept 2021Conditional

  to construct (I) milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/drafting yard, meal bin, office, slatted tank, water tank, storage rooms, office and plant room, (II) cubicle shed with slatted tanks and loose area, (III) hardcore area, (IV) silage slab and all assorted site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2218 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211790

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  for 2 storey extension to front, side and rear of existing house, comprising of kitchen/lounge facility with additional 3 no. bedrooms on first floor, permission also south to upgrade septic tank to treatment system with new percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 92sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211112

• 10 Jul 2020Conditional

  for the following: (a) Construction of cubicle shed (b) Construction and Modifications to existing livestock buildings to include the addition of cubicles, feed area and slatted flow channel. (c) Construction of a milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, livestock waiting yard, handling facilities and underground slatted flow channel. (d) Construction of a machinery shed. (e) Construction of geomembrane lined slurry lagoon (f)Construction of 2 no. silage pits and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2220 sqm (F-H & 12)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20921

• 6 Jun 2017Conditional

  (1) to construct a domestic garage (2) retention permission for domestic turf/fuel store (gross floor space garage 59.94sqm proposed; store 55.91sqm retention)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17803

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 Ballydonagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA099-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 38m) defined by a bank from S through W to N. No visible surface trace of E half survives. Two raths (GA099-022001- and GA099-022002-) lie immediately to the S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA099-022001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland, immediately S of a rath (GA099-022----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS map as a pair of conjoined enclosures, see also GA099-022001. This N example, circular in plan (diam c. 40m), was cut by a roadway at N. All that survives is a single length of bank running N-S for 30m. It appears to form NE section of the monument. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA099-022002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland, immediately S of a rath (GA099-022----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS map as a pair of conjoined enclosures, see also GA099-022001-. This S example was subcircular (c. 50m N-S) in plan. It consists of a bivallate rath defined by two poorly preserved banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. A field boundary overlies most of the outer bank. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA099-023 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (c. 32m E-W; c. 30m NW-SE); on the 1838 map it was planted with trees, these are not depicted on the 1946-7 revision of the map clear but it was clipped by a N-S running road from NE to SE. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 February 2019

• GA099-024 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused gravel pit; it is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 June 2015

• GA099-025 Monumental structure
  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.

• GA099-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Circular rath (diam. 27.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone with traces of an external fosse visible from SW to WSW. A gap (Wth 1.9m) at ESE may be original, while another at WSW appears to be modern. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA099-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level reclaimed grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 46m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is only evident from NE through E to SE, while the fosse is visible all round. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA099-028 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an embanked subcircular enclosure planted with a ring of trees. On the 1946-7 revision it (c. 55m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) is clear of the trees and a field boundary cuts across the interior from WSW to E. When inspected in 1961 it was difficult to determine whether the monument was a ringfort or a landscape feature because it was so poorly preserved (SMR file). It has since been levelled and apart from a slight rise in the field level to the N of the field boundary, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 February 2019

• GA099-029 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 Ballydonagh.

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 Ballydonagh, about 1 in 10 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 Ballydonagh.

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

Name

Ballydonagh · Baile Mhic Dhonncha

Area

2,550,667 m² (255.07 ha, 630.28 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltormer, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Laurencetown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

397 people lived in 141 households in the Laurencetown electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Belview or Lissareaghaun, Cloonineen, Craughwell, Feagh, Gortnalug, Graveshill, Kiltormer East, Lissapharson, Skecoor, Skenageehy

Placenames

Ballydonagh 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.