Ballyshea

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyshea, from 101 m² to 217,115 m² (21.71 ha, 53.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyshea 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 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new modular dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561341

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  to further develop the existing quarry and all associated site works. The Proposed Development being applied for under this planning application includes for the continuance of quarrying operations within the permitted extraction area to a finished floor level of 40 metres above ordnance datum (mAOD). The Proposed Development also includes for the continuance of operation of a concrete batching plant permitted under ABP PL 07.117549 (Pl. Ref: 99/1449). The extraction will take place within the existing quarry site boundary and permitted area. The proposed development comprises: • The continued extraction of limestone rock from an area measuring approximately 31 hectares to a finished floor level of 40 mAOD • Aggregate product stockpiles • The continued operation of the on-site concrete batching plant (permitted under planning permission Pl. Ref: 99/1449 and ABP PPL07.117549) • Earthen berm construction along the extraction boundary • Phased restoration of the site • The proposed development will utilise the existing quarry infrastructure including internal roads, site office, weighbridge, wheelwash, refuelling area, welfare facilities and other ancillaries. The development will include the use of conventional drilling and blasting techniques and the use of mobile crushing and screening plant. Permission is sought for a period of 27 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will accompany the planning application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560440

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162.00 sqm(H), 60.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560421

• 27 Mar 2019Conditional

  for construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 303.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19435

• 27 Jun 2018Conditional

  for construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 160.8 sqm. (garage) 56.8 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18880

• 15 Dec 2017Conditional

  for a new detached single dwelling house, garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 175sqm, Garage 43sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171811

• 5 Oct 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage to the rear of existing house. Gross floor space of proposed works 59.8sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171450

• 17 Aug 2017Conditional

  for a one and a half storey dwellinghouse including a sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary site works (gross floor space 236sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171244

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 Ballyshea.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-058 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in pastureland. Circular cashel (diam. 48.8m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall. There is a souterrain (GA104-058001-) in the SW quadrant of the interior.(McCaffrey 1952, 216-17, no. 92) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

• GA104-058001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the SW quadrant of a cashel (GA104-058001-). This rubble-filled souterrain is Y-shaped in plan. The long axis (L 13.8m) runs NNE-SSW. The junction with the shorter axis (L 9.3m; Wth 1.6m) lies c. 2m from the S end of the W wall and it runs NNW-SSE. Drystone-walling is still visible along the side-walls. The souterrain is roofless apart from two lintels at NNW and NNE ends. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 September 2019

• GA104-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in rolling pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. 44.8m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible all round, except at NNW. A gap (Wth 2.1m) at NNE flanked by a large boulder on its S side may mark the original entrance. The fosse and outer bank, which is overlain by a field wall, only survive from SW to W. There is a souterrain (GA104-059001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 217, no. 147) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

• GA104-059001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NE quadrant of a rath (GA104-059----). When initially inspected in April 1983 access to this drystone-built souterrain (L 6.9m; H 1.65m), which runs NNW-SSE, was gained at the SSE end. The width of the passage varied from 1m at the entrance to 2.2m at the mid-point to 0.6m at the end-wall. Stone-facing (L 1.8m) visible beyond the access point suggested that the souterrain extended further to SSE. A well had been dug some 2.3m inside the passage. When revisited in October 2001 the entrance was partially blocked with timber to prevent livestock from falling into the souterrain and a sloe bush was growing over it. (McCaffrey 1952, 217, no. 147) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

• GA104-060 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Some 70m to the W of a rath (GA104-065----). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 18, no. 149) as a tumulus and described as being 'circular; overall diameter 55 feet; 2 feet 7 inches in height [diam. 16.8m; H 0.7m]'. He also noted the presence of 'stone slabs indicative of a cist'. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 November 2019

• GA104-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subrectangular field (c. 43m ENE-WSW; c. 34m N-S) with a 'Cave' (GA104-062001-) in the N sector of the interior. On the 1933 edition only the field boundary, curving from NW to SE, is depicted. On inspection in May 1983 only the curving boundary was visible; it may mirror the line of a possible rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019

• GA104-062001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the N sector of a possible rath (GA104-062----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. McCaffrey recorded that it was 'Not present' during his survey and that the site was one of very rough limestone outcrop obscured by bushes. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 1 August 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyshea, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballyshea · Baile an tSí

Area

1,673,967 m² (167.4 ha, 413.65 acres)

Civil parish

Killinan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killogilleen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

981 people lived in 308 households in the Killogilleen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinla, Ballygarraun, Caherskeehaun, Carrowsteelagh, Creggymulgreny, Eskershanore, Killeenpatrick, Knocknamanagh, Lakyle, Lismoylan, Loughburke, Pollnashinnagh, Roxborough

Placenames

Ballyshea 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.