Barratreana

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barratreana, from 112 m² to 117,330 m² (11.73 ha, 28.99 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 Barratreana 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 Jul 2026Refused

  for construction of a dwelling house with on-site wastewater treatment system, domestic garage and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661216

• 17 Jul 2026N/a

  for construction of a dwelling house with on-site wastewater treatment system, domestic garage and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661217

• 20 Aug 2025Conditional

  (Ref. No. 24333) for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561154

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of propose works: 250 sqm

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24333

• 29 Feb 2024Conditional

  permission and permission for development consisting of: 1. The retention of: a) An industrial manufacturing unit with a total floor area of 2338sq.m. and a maximum height of 8.887m above finished floor level; 2. The development of: a) 20 no. car parking spaces (7 no visitor, 1 no. universal access and 12 no. staff car parking spaces); b) A wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter; c) Surface water drainage infrastructure including hydrocarbon interceptor and soakaway; d) Upgrades to the local road to include 2 no passing bays as well as resurfacing works; e) The removal of 2 no. single storey temporary structures (store 31.5 sq.m) and portacabin (54 sq.m), f) Site lighting, bicycle parking and all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460214

• 21 Dec 2021Refused

  to the following: 1) 3 No. commercial/industrial manufacturing units having a total floor area of 2,268 sqm and a maximum height of 7.887 m above finish floor level. 2) One number store to the east of shed 3 with a floor area of 5 sqm and a height of 3.25 m above finish floor level. 3) One number lean too plant room to the rear of sheds 2 and 3, floor area 24 sqm and height of 2.80 m above finished floor level. 4) All ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 2,297 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 212469

• 31 Aug 2018Conditional

  for development to consist of the following (1) retention of a dwelling house & revised site layout (granted under planning ref: 97/2076) on revised site boundaries. (2) Retention of a detached garage structure. Gross floor space of work to be retained, garage, 34.51sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181234

• 18 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works 219.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171502

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 Barratreana.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-066 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA114-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level scrubland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 280-81, no. 2) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 35m) defined by a drystone wall. All that survives is a furze-covered area with traces of a curving cashel-like wall at W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Barratreana, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_762 (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 Barratreana with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Barratreana · Barr an Treana

Area

679,644 m² (67.96 ha, 167.94 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Castletaylor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

693 people lived in 215 households in the Castletaylor electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherateige, Castletaylor South, Cregmore, Rooghaun, Tonroe

Placenames

Barratreana 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.