Bredagh

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bredagh, from 71 m² to 133,728 m² (13.37 ha, 33.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Bredagh 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.

• 30 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200.57 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460965

• 3 Apr 2023Conditional

  for a proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 257 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360334

• 8 Feb 2022Conditional

  and permission for completion of revised fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and revised private garage / store to include all associated site works on revised site at the above location previous planning ref. no. 05-2062. Gross floor space of proposed works: 207.38 sqm (house) & 58.08 sqm (garage/fuel shed)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22140

• 28 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212013

• 21 Jul 2021Refused

  to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works is; House 247 sqm, Garage 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211319

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 Bredagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA060-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Very poorly preserved roughly circular rath (D 37m) defined by a bank at E; a scarp forms the enclosing element from S to W and no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. An external fosse survives from SW to W. A CBG (GA060-015001-) is associated. A number of field boundaries cut the monument. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-015001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA060-015----). According to local tradition, the interior of the monument was used as a CBG. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-016 Earthwork
  Description

  On a prominent rise in pastureland. A subrectangular platform (N-S 28m, E-W 14m) defined along W and N sides by a scarp (H 1.5m), and along E and S by modern hedgerows. The featureless interior slopes slightly towards W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 32m, E-W 23m) defined by a bank with traces of an external fosse at N. The bank is breached by numerous cattle gaps. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-018 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. Faint traces of an enclosure consisting of a low circular raised area (D 26m) defined from NW through E to S by a scarp, and elsewhere by a modern curving field bank. According to the landowner, the monument was levelled in the late 1930s. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-019 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Very poorly preserved oval rath (NW-SE 33m, NE-SW 26m) defined by a denuded bank, which is visible intermittently, and a scarp. A very shallow external fosse survives along S and is visible elsewhere as a dark band of vegetation. A gap (Wth 3.2m) at N may be original. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-021 Quarry
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a a disused gravel pit that was densely wooded. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2014

• GA060-022 Quarry
  Description

  Near the top of a hill in an area of mixed farming. A hachured feature marked on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2014

• GA060-023 Quarry
  Description

  In flat pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bredagh, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Bredagh · An Bhréadach

Area

1,042,353 m² (104.24 ha, 257.57 acres)

Civil parish

Killosolan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Castleffrench, the unit of the census

Census 2022

522 people lived in 178 households in the Castleffrench electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Eskerballycahill, Ffrenchpark, Killeen, Lattoon, Loughaunboy, Lughanagh, Ticooly (Carr), Ticooly (O'Kelly)

Placenames

Bredagh 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.