Ballyglass West

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass West, from 124 m² to 322,810 m² (32.28 ha, 79.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 West 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.

• 5 Jan 2023N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated site services/works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 182.94sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 231

• 5 May 2022N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated site services/works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 245.34 sqm & 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22589

• 12 May 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of; a 30m multi-user free standing structure carrying telecommunications equipment together with associated exchange cabinets and fencing with access track at Ballyglass West, Ardrahan, Co. Galway. The development will carry telecommunications apparatus that will form part of Vodafone Ireland's GSM, 3G and 4G network.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17679

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 Ballyglass West.

Recorded monuments

• GA113-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). A NE-SW running field boundary cut across it from NNE to WSW. Another field boundary, running NW-SE, cut it at W. On inspection in September 1982 no visible surface trace was noted. A kink visible on aerial imagery (Google 2019) in another field boundary running NNW-SSE to the NE of enclosure may mirror the outline of the enclosing element. (McCaffrey 1952, 262, no. 32a) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2019

• GA113-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. When initially visited by the Survey in September 1982, these conjoined raths (GA113-013---) and GA113-013002-) were poorly preserved. Field walls cut through the enclosing elements from NE to SE and from W to WSW. The N rath, irregular in plan (41m E-W; 33m N-S), was defined by a bank of earth and stone, overlain by a later field wall, from NW through N to NE. Traces of the bank were also visible at SE, and at SSE it was overlain by the bank of S rath. Within the interior was a low earthen mound, aligned E-W, and a souterrain (GA113-013001-). To S of the mound were three small cairns; probably field-clearance rubble. The S rath, subcircular in plan (28.5m E-W; 24.5m N-S), was also defined by a bank of earth and stone. Stone-facing was visible at NNE. Gaps at ESE and NW appeared to be modern. Within the interior was another low earthen mound, aligned NW-SE, at NW end of which was a blocked-up souterrain (GA113-013003-). Development work in 1984 resulted in the destruction of most of the S rath and a barn now occupies the W half of its interior. Another possible souterrain (GA113-013004-) lies c. 45.5m to S. (McCaffrey 1952 262, no. 43) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1984).

• GA113-013001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the W sector of a rath (GA113-013----). Indicated on 1st (1838) and 3rd eds. (1922) of OS maps. When visited by the Survey in 1982 this souterrain was blocked up. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1984).

• GA113-013002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. When initially visited by the Survey in September 1982, these conjoined raths (GA113-013---) and GA113-013002-) were poorly preserved. Field walls cut through the enclosing elements from NE to SE and from W to WSW. The N rath, irregular in plan (41m E-W; 33m N-S), was defined by a bank of earth and stone, overlain by a later field wall, from NW through N to NE. Traces of the bank were also visible at SE, and at SSE it was overlain by the bank of S rath. Within the interior was a low earthen mound, aligned E-W, and a souterrain (GA113-013001-). To S of the mound were three small cairns; probably field-clearance rubble. The S rath, subcircular in plan (28.5m E-W; 24.5m N-S), was also defined by a bank of earth and stone. Stone-facing was visible at NNE. Gaps at ESE and NW appeared to be modern. Within the interior was another low earthen mound, aligned NW-SE, at NW end of which was a blocked-up souterrain (GA113-013003-). Development work in 1984 resulted in the destruction of most of the S rath and a barn now occupies the W half of its interior. Another possible souterrain (GA113-013004-) lies c. 45.5m to S. (McCaffrey 1952 262, no. 43) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1984).

• GA113-013003 Souterrain
  Description

  Centrally located within a rath (GA113-013002-). When initially visited by the Survey in 1982 this souterrain was blocked up. Its entrance (Wth 3.8m; H 0.3m) was incorporated in the NW end of a low earthen bank which ran NW-SE through the interior of the monument. When revisited in 1984 most of this monument had been levelled and a barn was erected within the W half of the interior. No visible surface trace of the souterrain survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1984).

• GA113-013004 Souterrain
  Description

  In pastureland, c. 45.5m to S of the conjoined raths (GA113-013---- and GA113-013002-). A stone-filled Y-shaped depression (L >16m) may mark the site of a possible collapsed souterrain or a disused gravel pit. The long axis runs NW-SE and the short axis extends from about the mid-point along its E side and runs NE-SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA113-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In an area of rock outcrop, at S edge of woodland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 27m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall from E to SE. No visible surface trace survives from SE to SW. A later field wall overlies the enclosing element from SW to N to E. (McCaffrey 1952, 262, no. 42) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 October 2016

• GA113-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 263, no. 45) as a ‘Stone fort (?)’, the enclosing element of which was obscured by earth and rubble. This poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 41m) is defined by a low grassed-over bank which is overlain by a later field wall. A children’s burial ground (GA113-015001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 October 2016

• GA113-015001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within N half of a rath (GA113-015----). An unenclosed irregular area within which a number of regularly placed set stones are visible. McCaffrey (1952, 263, no. 45) noted that the N half of the interior had been used as a graveyard. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 October 2016

• GA113-218 Milestone
  Description

  In a grassy verge on the E side of a local road. Named 'M.P.' on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this milestone (H 0.84m; Wth 0.29m at front, 0.45m at rear; D 0.35m) consists of a well-dressed trapezoidal-shaped limestone pillar with a slight chamfer to the front angles. The upper part of the stone, all around the top, is badly spalled. The inscription on the front face would have read ‘13 From Galway’ but, as a result of spalling, all that survives is ‘--/-rom/-alway’ (O’Sullivan 2021, No. 5). The milestone is one of nine in the study area, see also GA122-098----, GA122-147----, GA122-148----, GA113-189----, GA113-217----, GA103-217----, GA103-218---- and GA103-219----). (McManus 2022, 17-18, No. 5) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 March 2023 McManus, G. 2022 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road' from Gort to Galway. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group. O'Sullivan, J. 2021 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road'. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having flat-roofed porch to front (south-east) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with low exposed stone chimneystack, and rendered copings. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed doorway to north-east side of porch having half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings to front with painted stone sills and replacement timber windows. Two-storey outbuilding to south-west side of yard to front of house, having pitching door to first floor and three bays to ground floor, with pitched corrugated-iron roof with render copings, and rubble limestone walls having squared limestone quoins. Elliptical-arched opening to north-west end of front elevation, with tooled limestone voussoirs. Square and segmental-headed doorways having timber battened doors. Rubble limestone boundary wall to front of house.

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 West, 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_764 (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 Ballyglass West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballyglass West · An Baile Glas Thiar

Area

1,345,025 m² (134.5 ha, 332.36 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

Ballylara, Ballymaquiff North, Cullenagh More, Drumharsna South, Shessy North

Placenames

Ballyglass West 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.