Woodford

355 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Woodford, from 21 m² to 167,940 m² (16.79 ha, 41.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 61 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Woodford 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.

• 6 Aug 2026Conditional

  of a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank & site entrance on revised site boundaries from previously permitted under plan ref no. 21/1263 & permission for the partial demolition of the existing domestic garage/store. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26195

• 6 Aug 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, upgrading of existing vehicular site entrance & all assoicated site works on revised site boundaries from previously permitted under plan ref no. 25/10. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is submitted with this application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26196

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  of a rear two storey extension and permission to complete the works along with associated site services and site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660423

• 21 Sept 2025Conditional

  for change of use from Public Bar to residential on the ground floor and also to remove the 2nd entrance door from the front elevation and replace this door with a window and minor changes to existing signage on front elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561361

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, upgrade existing vehicular site entrance and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by an NIS

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2510

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  for change of use of existing classroom from mainstream to Pre School /afterschool use

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560053

• 28 Nov 2024N/a

  for change of use of existing classroom from mainstream to Pre School /afterschool use. Gross floor space of proposed works: 70 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461629

• 14 Sept 2023Conditional

  for (1) the demolition of a derelict structure on the site & (2) the construction of 3no. townhouses & 2no. apartments along with all ancillary works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361100

• 8 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the following development: (a) to upgrade & widen the existing vehicular entrance to the GAA grounds with amendments to the internal parking layout arrangement to include disability & bicycle parking spaces; (b) to upgrade the existing flood lighting serving the training pitch; (c) new flood lighting to serve the main playing pitch; (d) installation of 2no. 4m wide curved aluminium frame pitch side dugouts; (e) installation of a mounted electronic scoreboard; (f) extension to existing perimeter walking track; (g) installation & fixing of solar panels to roof of clubhouse; & (h) all associated external site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23369

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct 4no. detached dwellings, entrance road, paths, public lighting & all associated siteworks & services

  Permission, 4 homes · Galway County Council, 2360890

• 8 Mar 2023Refused

  for: (1) the demolition of a derelict structure on the site and (2)the construction of 5 no. town houses along with all ancillary works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 436.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360212

• 16 Oct 2022Conditional

  (a) the change of location of the vehicular entrance to dwelling house from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 25671 (b) change of roof from a flat roof to a pitched roof on the domestic garage attached to the dwelling (c) the construction of a fuel shed to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site services.Gross floor space of work to be retained 27.00sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261039

• 13 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct a new slatted shed with calf creep area and all associated ancillary concrete on lands at Lowertown, Woodford. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.Gross floor space of proposed works in 240.00sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261023

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 229.63sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261017

• 7 Jul 2022Refused

  to construct 4 No. detached dwellings, entrance road, paths, public lighting & all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 541.2sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22859

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 131 sqm (dwelling) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212256

• 5 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of their dwelling house and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 39.27 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212069

• 29 Sept 2021Refused

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area and all associated ancillary concrete on lands. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211798

• 22 Sept 2021Conditional

  for 1) demolition of existing dwelling house and shed, 2) construction new replacement dwelling house, domestic garage, new sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 100sqm, Garage: 45sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211746

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a one storey serviced dwelling house and all associated services. 146.2 sqm Gross floor space of proposed works:

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211350

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  to extend and renovate existing dwelling house to include the following works (a) remove existing roof and construct a first floor extension and new roof, (b) construct a single storey extension to the side (South) elevation (c) Demolish the existing single storey element to the rear of the dwelling and the construction of a new storey extension (d) demolish the existing shed and the construction of a new domestic garage (e) and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works is 153.19 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211263

• 13 Apr 2021Refused

  for the Construction of a new Slatted Shed with Calf Creep Area and all associated Ancillary Concrete. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21584

• 7 Apr 2021Refused

  for the construction of a one storey serviced dwellinghouse and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 146.2 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21532

• 30 Jun 2020Conditional

  for an attic conversion and minor alterations to an existing private dwelling, domestic garage on revised site boundaries, previous planning reference 04/3770. Gross floor space of work to be retained: H 81 msq & G 240 msq. (SPLIT DECISION REFUSE PERMISSION FOR PROPOSED RETENTION OF THE DOMESTIC GARAGE)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20852

• 4 Jun 2020Conditional

  to construct an enclosed play area including fencing and ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 550 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20686

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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: Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve SAC 000261
• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
• Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Aughty Bog NHA 001229
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve 000261

Recorded monuments

• GA125-146 Burial ground
  Description

  In deciduous woodland to the NNW of Woodford village. Indicated on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch map as an unenclosed rectangular burial ground (c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) in the S end of the wood, named 'Bullseye Wood' on the maps. It was accessed at NE by means of a pathway through the wood. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan, 1927, Vol. 2, 211), it was a 'burying place for strangers'. On inspection in June 1983 the area was heavily overgrown with bramble and trees and only a few boulders that may have marked graves were visible. On re-inspection in August 1985 the landowner recalled that rough undressed limestone marked the graves. However, these had subsequently been gathered into a clearance cairn. Apart from some scattered stones, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 September 2019

• GA125-147001 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.

• GA125-151 Town
  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.

• GA131-025 Mill - corn
  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.

• GA131-026 Maltings
  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

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, having shopfront to middle of front (east) elevation, and three-bay single-storey return to rear with dormer attic. Pitched slate roof with rendered end chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof and decorative timber bargeboards to return. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front elevation and south gable, smooth rendered walls to north gable. Square-headed window openings, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, replacement uPVC windows to south gable. Square-headed door opening with half-glazed carved timber panelled door with coloured glass overlight. Timber shopfront having central square-headed door opening with carved double-leaf timber panelled door with plain overlight, flanked by square-headed display vertically divided display windows with rendered stall risers, all flanked by panelled timber pilasters on rendered bases, supporting carved timber entablature with dentillated cornice, scrolled consoles, and plain fascia.

• Saint Paul's Church (Ballynakill), gates/railings/walls, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates to site of demolished Church of Ireland church, erected c.1800, comprising square-profile tooled limestone piers with pyramidal caps and rendered bases, with decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gates having cast-iron spearheads.

• RIC barracks, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace five-bay three-storey former constabulary barracks, built c.1900, having integral carriage arch to north end. Formerly used as Garda barracks and now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and moulded red brick eaves course. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows having cut limestone sills, with wrought-iron sill guards to ground floor openings. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and plain overlight. Segmental-headed carriage arch with corrugated-iron double-leaf door.

• Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch bridge, built c.1800, carrying road over Woodford River. Rubble limestone walls, dressed limestone parapet walls with curved coping stones, round arches with dressed stone voussoirs. Square tie-plates to both elevations, V-cutwaters to west elevation. Rubble stone revetments to north bank, west side. Rubble stone approach walls with rubble coping stones.

• Weir, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rubble stone weir, built c.1800, set diagonally across Woodford River. Battered to north side and having sluice gate to west end. Restored c.1980.

• The Bay, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, having full-height gabled end bay to north end of front (east) elevation with canted bay window to its front, and lean-to (formerly flat-roofed) porch to re-entrant corner. Lower two-storey return to rear elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Similar bipartite windows to one ground floor opening and to segmental-headed first floor opening of projecting bay. Margined sashes to bay window with moulded timber cornice, and replacement uPVC window to ground floor of south elevation. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door, and overlight. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with dressed limestone piers and rendered boundary walls. Single-storey outbuildings to yard to rear, having corrugated-iron roofs, and rendered and rubble stone walls.

• Prison/jail, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former bridewell, built c.1800, with pedimented breakfront to front (north) elevation, recent extensions to east and west gables, recessed to latter, and with extensions to rear. Pitched slate roofs with rubble sandstone chimneystacks towards centre. Render removed, exposing rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone surrounds, cut-stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening with pedimented render surround and timber panelled door. Rubble stone boundary walls to front of site.

• School, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former school, dated 1834, having lower double-height entrance porch to front (east) elevation with recent lean-to porch addition, single-storey lean-to extension to north elevation, and recent single-storey extension with hipped roof to rear. Now in use as heritage centre. Hipped artificial slate roof. Render removed exposing rubble sandstone walls, round-headed recess to front elevation of porch with inscribed slate plaque, rectangular panels between floors in front elevation. Square-headed window openings, some with cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings with replacement uPVC doors. Set back from road in own grounds, with rubble stone boundary walls.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water hydrant, erected c.1870, with fluted shaft, fluted and banded domed cap, plain spout and acorn finial. Recent tap added. Bucket stand to front, foundry mark to rear of base.

• Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c.1860, having two-bay nave elevation, single-bay transepts and chancel, and gabled entrance porches to gable-front and to front elevations of transepts. Lean-to side chapels to either side of chancel, and three-bay sacristy to north elevation of north side chapel. Pitched slate roofs with cut limestone copings, cut-stone bellcote with bell to west gable, cut-stone chimneystack to sacristy. Wrought-iron cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods, and with cast-iron crestings and timber bargeboards to main porch. Wet-dashed rendered walls with smooth render plinth. Pointed arch window openings, having double-light trefoil-headed windows and carved limestone tracery to gable-front and to transept gables. Paired pointed lights to chancel gable, with chamfered limestone surrounds. All windows having stained glass. Pointed arch window openings with replacement Y-tracery uPVC windows to nave and side porches. Sexfoil window openings to side chapels, having cut limestone surrounds and stained glass. Square-headed window openings to sacristy having chamfered limestone surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Quatrefoil window opening to main porch, having cut limestone surround and leaded coloured glass window. Square-headed door openings to transepts and shoulded with chamfered reveals to maon porch, with replacement double-leaf timber battened doors. Sacristy has carved limestone doorcase with shouldered head, chamfered reveals and timber battened door with overlight and render steps. Interior has open truss timber roof, stained-glass windows, timber gallery supported on round-plan columns, carved marble altar furniture, and nave is entered through Tudor arch doorway. Lawned site with priests' graves to site. Double-leaf decorative cast-iron gates with square-plan lined-and-ruled rendered piers with pyramidal caps having balls, and flanking cast-iron pedestrian gate with single square-plan cast-iron pier, and similar cast-iron railings on rendered plinth wall with terminating matching piers. Rubble stone boundary walls.

• Bark Hill House, convent/nunnery, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached complex-plan former convent, built c.1905, having seven-bay two-storey front (east) elevation with dormer attic, having gabled entrance breakfront to five-bay section, and with two-bay projection to south end, formed by gable of seven-bay two-storey south wing, in turn having three-storey gabled entrance bay to its main (south) elevation. Three-storey return to rear (west) elevation of main block and recent single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to west gable of south wing. Mansard slate roof to main block, with gabled dormer windows having pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards, to east and west pitches, mansard slate roof to return, and pitched slate roof to south wing, breakfront and southern elevation projection. Rendered and painted brick chimneystacks, moulded brick eaves courses, cut limestone copings and cross finials, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with cut limestone plinth course, rendered buttresses to north end of east and west elevations of main block. Render statue of Saint Anne set on carved limestone corbel to front two-bay projection, with carved limestone hood-moulding over. Camber-headed window openings with cut limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to all elevations. Segmental-headed window openings to south elevation projection, with cut limestone sills and margined one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Oculus with cut limestone surround and yellow brick voussoirs to breakfront. Square-headed window openings to dormer windows to rear of main block, having timber casement windows. Segmental-headed main entrance door opening to front elevation, having cut and moulded limestone surround, polished granite colonettes with sculpted foliate capitals and carved limestone bases, cut-stone hood-moulding with foliate stops, and with yellow brick voussoirs over, with timber battened double-leaf door with overlight and cut limestone steps. Segmental-headed door openings to north and south elevations of south wing, having timber battened doors and overlights, and square-headed door opening to projection and to first floor of north elevation of south wing, having half-glazed timber battened doors. Fire escape to north elevation. Set in mature landscape in own grounds. Grotto to south of site. Site entrance to north comprising double-leaf cast-iron gate with rendered piers and quadrant walls.

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 Woodford, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Woodford · An Ghráig

Area

2,645,137 m² (264.51 ha, 653.63 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Loughrea Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Woodford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

468 people lived in 194 households in the Woodford electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Alleendarra East, Bolag, Derrycrag, Derrygill, Knockauncarragh, Laughil, Ulicksmountain

Placenames

Woodford 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.