Ballylara

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylara, from 10 m² to 140,770 m² (14.08 ha, 34.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 Ballylara 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.

• 20 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with attached domestic garage and install a wastewater treatment system as well as all ancillary site works, site boundaries and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660426

• 20 May 2025Conditional

  to construct an extension to the existing National School. 2. Demolish existing storage sheds and extend playground hard surface area and 3. upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240.25 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560623

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  sought to upgrade an existing wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560364

• 17 Oct 2023Conditional

  (a) of (i) existing two storey dwellinghouse measuring 223sqm, (ii) existing single storey shed measuring 21m2, (iii) existing vehicular entrance to public road, all of which were substantially completed as part of pl. ref. no. 07/2893, & subsequent amendment application pl. ref. no. 08/3104; (b) permission for: (i) new wastewater treatment unit & percolation area to serve existing dwellinghouse, (ii) & all associated site services & works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361238

• 2 Feb 2023Refused

  of garage (40sq.m.), rear extension to existing house comprising sittingroom and kitchen (49.8sq.m) and also permission to construct an extension to the side of existing house comprising bedroom and ensuite (40.3sq.m.)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360072

• 18 Jan 2023Conditional

  to demolish existing house & construct a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage & wastewater treatment system & all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 211.40sqm. Gross floor space of demolition 59.90sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360019

• 26 Oct 2022Refused

  to construct an extension to the side of existing house comprising bedroom and ensuite. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40.30 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261078

• 17 Nov 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a new 2 storey dwelling house over basement, with domestic garage at basement level, along with on-site treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230 msq [h] & 122 msq [g]

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201726

• 16 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct an extension to Ardrahan National School. Gross floor space of proposed works: 108.6 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201720

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a Dwelling House, Domestic garage, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 318 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191985

• 15 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 198.8 sqm, Garage - 35 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19731

• 18 Jan 2017Conditional

  for the retention of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and all associated services on revised site boundaries to previously granted planning 61123.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1726

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 Ballylara.

Recorded monuments

• GA113-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 43.6m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. There is a stone-lined entrance causeway at E. A modern field wall cuts through the monument at N and SE, and another cuts the outer bank at SSE. No trace of the fosse or outer bank survive from SW to W where a pathway runs adjacent to the monument. (McCaffrey 1952, 263, no. 32) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 November 2016

• GA114-013 Church
  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

• Loughnane and Quinn Memorial Hall, hall, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay double-height hall over basement, built 1939, having gabled returns to rear (south-east) elevation, with flat-roofed single-storey additions to rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and finials, some cast-iron rainwater goods, timber eaves courses and rendered chimneystacks. Pebbledashed rendered walls having render continuous sill course, render plinth course, rock-faced snecked limestone cladding below sill course. Square-headed door openings to front (north-west) elevation and south-west gable, comprising tooled limestone engaged columns with Art Deco surrounds above, and double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors with paned overlights. Limestone steps to entrances. Square-headed opening to south-east elevation having render surround and timber panelled door, accessed by render steps. Square-headed opening to basement level of north-east elevation with limestone lintel and timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to north-east elevation having render surround and timber battened door. Tripartite window to upper level of north-east and south-west gables comprising round-headed opening flanked by square-headed openings, with continuous render sill and timber windows. Square-headed openings elsewhere, having render surrounds and timber windows. Rendered boundary wall terminating in square-plan piers to front, each having elaborately carved limestone caps from gateway of Cregaclare country house, having Greek key frieze, triglyphs, moulded cornice and sculpted ball finial.

• Water pump, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having banded cylindrical shaft, moulded neck, fluted top with domed fluted cap with pointed finial, moulded spout with bucket grip, and curved cow's tail pumping handle. Stands on concrete platform within square-plan enclosure with rendered walls, accessed by rendered steps at one corner.

• Saint Teresa's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted double-height church, built 1856, refurbished 1965. Modernised entrance to south-west gable. Five-bay nave, lower single-bay chancel to north-east end, porch to north-west elevation, and confessional projections to south-east elevation. Pitched tiled roof with render coping, and cast-metal cross finials. Pebbledash rendered walls having render plinth course, smooth render projecting panels to south-east elevation and to front gable. Shallow triangular-headed doorway to front, with double-leaf timber battened door having sidelights, overlight and mosaic panel over head. Glazed panel to upper section of entrance front with render cross, and to each end of front gable having stained-glass windows. Pointed opening to south-west side of porch, with double-leaf timber battened door, overlight and render surround. Pointed arch triple-light window opening to north-east gable of chancel having tooled limestone surround and tracery, tooled sill and hood-moulding, and stained-glass, with render riser. Pointed arch window openings to nave set within render panels, having tooled limestone sills and surrounds and stained glass. Two rows of timber pews flanking central aisle to interior, timber gallery to rear. Marble altar rail and altar. Elaborate baldacchino to altar. Arch-braced king-post timber trussed roof, with chamfered members, supported on hanging posts borne on tooled limestone corbels. Freestanding reinforced concrete belfry to south-east of site on stepped concrete plinth, having smooth and pebbledash rendered walls, with bell opening to upper stage having shallow triangular head. Entrance gateway to grounds of church comprise pair of round-plan cut limestone piers with limestone caps and moulded plinths, flanking double-leaf cast-iron gate, flanked by similar cast-iron railings on limestone plinths terminating in pairs of square-plan cut limestone piers to cast-iron pedestrian entrances.

• Loughnane and Quinn Memorial Hall, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gate piers, carved c.1760, and moved to Laban from Cregaclare. Rendered lower walling and flanking walls. Top of each pier is of decoratively carved limestone comprising string course with Greek key and fluted detail, frieze having garland to front and fluting to sides, moulded cornices and ball finial with Greek key detail.

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 Ballylara, 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_763 (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 Ballylara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballylara · Baile Uí Ghleára

Area

1,078,652 m² (107.87 ha, 266.54 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Ardrahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

612 people lived in 201 households in the Ardrahan electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass West, Ballymaquiff North, Ballymarcahaun, Caherkelly, Cullenagh Beg, Cullenagh More, Tullira

Placenames

Ballylara 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.