Ballaghdorragha

120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballaghdorragha, from 21 m² to 155,425 m² (15.54 ha, 38.41 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 Ballaghdorragha 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.

• 9 Jul 2022Conditional

  of dwelling house, domestic garage and fuel store & associated services on revised site boundaries previously granted under planning ref 05-4199.Gross floor space of work to be retained 212.00sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260702

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  to (1) retain house foundation and complete dwelling house. wastewater treatment system and percolation area (2) construct domestic garage and fuel store. Gross floor space of proposed works is 195 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211411

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 Ballaghdorragha.

Recorded monuments

• GA005-005 Souterrain
  Description

  On W-facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as an isolated souterrain; it appears to have been known locally as 'Sálín Crú (Sawleen Crew)' (Topgr. Files, NMI). According to Neary (1914, 119, no. 21). 'The entrance chamber is lined with loose-stone masonry, and is roofed with heavy flags. It is at present 5 ft. [1.5m] wide, 9 ft. [2.75m] long, and 5 ft. high. It was very much deeper. The passage led E. at a depth … of five feet, but it has been clogged with sand by burrowing rabbits'. No visible surface traces survive. Two ringforts (GA005-075---- and GA005-006----) lie 275m to E and 375m to SE 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

• GA005-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a W-facing slope overlooking bogland to W. Oval rath (E-W 47m, N-S 30.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Both faces of the inner bank, present from E through S to W, are revetted with stone; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank are best preserved from E through S to W. A gap at E could be original. Within the interior is a grassed-over rectangular structure of stone (L 5 m, Wth 4m), possibly a house; surrounding it are a series of mounds and hollows, probably internal divisions. A souterrain (GA005-005----) lies 375m to NW. (Neary 1914, 119, no. 21) 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

• GA005-006001 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA005-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On NW-facing slope of Checker Hill in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 27m) defined by an earthen bank from NE to SE; elsewhere a degraded scarp forms the enclosing element. The td. boundary cuts the monument at NW and NE. Neary (1914, 119, no. 19) noted a 'ravelled' outer bank reinforced with stone. No visible surface trace of it survives. A ringfort (GA005-008----) lies c. 270m 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

• GA005-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 270m SE of a ringfort (GA005-007----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives. Neary (1914, 120, no. 18) classified it as an 'earthen fort' enclosed by a bank and external fosse. 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 Ballaghdorragha.

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 Ballaghdorragha, 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

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

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

Name

Ballaghdorragha · An Bealach Dorcha

Area

1,319,629 m² (131.96 ha, 326.09 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

399 people lived in 141 households in the Toberadosh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attiflynn, Ballintava, Flaskagh Beg, Gortaleam, Kilnalappa, Kiltivna, Knockaunbrack

Placenames

Ballaghdorragha 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.