Bullaun

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bullaun, from 46 m² to 284,005 m² (28.4 ha, 70.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Bullaun 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.

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  sought to install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to replace the existing septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561214

• 3 Jul 2025N/a

  sought to install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to replace the existing septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560876

• 2 Sept 2024Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 280.30 sqm (house) & 50.76 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461151

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, sewage treatment system & garage together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23306

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  of: 1. changes to front windows & roofline; 2. new front porch; 3. new slate roof including new pitched roof over existing garage flat roof; & 4. internal alterations to existing dwelling & ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360854

• 31 Mar 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage and on-site sewage treatment system, along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: H: 225 sqm, G: 45 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21497

• 5 Apr 2019Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 259.85 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19500

• 19 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a new 5 bay double sided slatted cattle shed, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 519.36 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19384

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA057-050 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in grassland. Known locally as 'Lisheen', this poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 42m, E-W 29.6m) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse from W through N to E. A field wall cuts the monument at E and W, to S of which a scarp forms the enclosing element. According to local information, there was a CBG (GA057-050001-) within the interior. Just outside the rath to W, a number of hollows are visible; possibly from the result of quarrying 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

• GA057-050001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA057-050----). According to local information, the interior was used as a 'lisheen'. 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

• GA057-051 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On E-facing slope of a slight rise. A spring well contained within an unroofed circular drystone chamber (D c. 2.25m) with a narrow entrance (Wth 0.3m) at N. Some collapse has occurred along E. Traditionally used as a penitential station. 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

• GA057-052 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular cashel (D 39m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall. A ringfort (GA057-053----) lies c. 300m to SW. 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

• GA057-053 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (D c. 45m) defined by a denuded bank from SW through N to ENE, and elsewhere by a scarp. A ringfort (GA057-052----) lies c. 300m to NE. 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

• GA057-054 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On NW-facing slope of a low hill. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 37m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall which is overlain by field clearance at W. Two ringforts (GA057-055---- and GA057-056----) lie c. 200m to SW and SSW respectively. 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

• GA057-055 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 200m SW of a ringfort (GA057-054----). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 27.3m) -defined by a drystone wall from E through S to W. The enclosing element is overlain by a field wall from W to N and is obscured by field clearance from N to E. A ringfort (GA057-056----) lies 30m to SE. 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

• GA057-056 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 30m SE of a ringfort (GA057-055----). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 44m) defined by a drystone wall. A field wall cuts the monument at SE and SW and no visible surface trace survives to S of it. 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

• GA057-057 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On W slope of a low hill. A very poorly preserved roughly circular enclosure (D 72m) defined by a wide grass-covered spread of rubble within which foundation stones occur intermittently. It is overlain from E through S to W by a modern field wall. There are wide modern gaps at NW and SW. The interior, which is very disturbed by machinery crossing the site, appears to contain the denuded remains of several internal dividing walls or banks. 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

• GA057-058 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a low rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 37m) defined by a collapsed grassed-over drystone wall. Stone-lined entrances at NE and ESE appear to be original. There is a souterrain (GA057-058001-) within the interior and a series of grass-covered stones: possibly foundation stones, however, no coherent pattern is discernible 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

• GA057-058001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within W half of a ringfort (GA057-058----). This souterrain consists of a rectangular hollow (L 6.8m, Wth 2.9m), running E-W, which leads to an inaccessible drystone-built passage (L 1.5m) at W end. From a small opening under a displaced roof lintel, it appears that W end of the passage has collapsed. 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

• GA057-059 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle NW-facing slope. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 48m). A modern field wall runs NE-SW across it and a second wall runs perpendicularly from this to SE. Between these walls, a curving scarp marks the limits of the monument from NE to SE; elsewhere it has been levelled. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bullaun, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_712 (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 Bullaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Bullaun · An Ballán

Area

3,104,107 m² (310.41 ha, 767.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoylan, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Kilmoylan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,171 people lived in 372 households in the Kilmoylan electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Annagh Hill, Ardskea More, Ballybrone, Barnaboy, Common, Corbally South, Dawros, Tonamace, Turloughrevagh

Placenames

Bullaun 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.