Galboley

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Galboley, from 26 m² to 146,246 m² (14.62 ha, 36.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Galboley 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.

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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 Galboley.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-103 Moated site
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland. This well-preserved rectangular moated site (c. 43m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (int. H 1.7m), with an indistinguishable inner edge, only survives at the S corner; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse (Wth 6.5m) is steep sided and flat bottomed and its SW side has been incorporated into a roadway that leads to a farmhouse to the NW. Both it and the inner bank are heavily overgrown. The outer bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.75m) is clearly visible on the SW side, across the roadway, as well as the NW and NE sides; iit is clear of overgrowth. Another moated site (GA097-104001-) lies c. 550m to the SW. (Cody 1989, 328-9, no. 145) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 December 2019

• GA097-104 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Within the W half of a posible moated site (GA097-104001-). A castle existed here in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Olyverus Roe burke' (Nolan 1901, 121). It is unclear whether the surviving remains of the rectangular two-storey gabled building (>12.3m, E-W; 5.8m N-S) now visible are those of the castle or are those of an ancillary or later building. The remains consist of the E gable (H 5m; T 0.85m) and the adjoining returns of the N (L 3.1m; H 3m; T 0.9m) and S side-walls (L 1m; H 1.5m). No visible trace of the W gable survives. The walls are rubble built and many of the corner stones have been robbed out. Part of a basal plinth is visible externally at the NE corner where a slight base-batter is also discernible. There is a breach (Wth c. 2m at ground level) in the gable wall, which may be the result of collapse but it more likely indicates the former site of an ope, possibly a doorway, at ground level. Above it, at 1st-floor level, there was a window but only the N side of its embrasure survives. The only other surviving architectural feature is a horizontal offset in the masonry which is visible internally c. 1.7m above ground level; it indicates the position of the 1st floor. Traces of another building (GA097-104002-) are visible c. 10m to E of this building. (Cody 1989, 367-9) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 December 2019

• GA097-104001 Moated site
  Description

  In low-lying marshy grassland. This raised rectangular platform (53m E-W; 50m N-S; H 1-2m) is delimited by the remains of a grass-covered wall (Wth 1m; int. H 0.5-0.7m) running around its perimeter. A NW-SE running field boundary cuts across its SW corner. A fosse (Wth 2m) is evident along the S, W and N sides of the platform; on the S side it survives as a slight depression (Cody 1989, 367-9). Beyond this an outer bank is visible along the W and N sides. There is a causeway across the fosse midway along N side but there is no corresponding gap in the platform. The interior is level and there is a possible castle (GA097-104---) in the W half, to the S of which a series of grassed-over stony banks may indicate internal divisions. Another building (GA097-104002-) is visible c. 10m to the E of the castle. This monument may be the remains of a moated site that was reused as a bawn when the castle was built. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 December 2019

• GA097-104002 Building
  Description

  Within the interior of a possible moated site (GA097-104001-) and c. 10m to the E of a possible castle (GA097-104----). This rectangular building (int. dims. 15m E-W; 5m N-S) is defined by a grass-covered stony bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) (Cody 1989, 367). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 December 2019

• GA097-105 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. This poorly preserved roughly oval enclosure (c. 63m E-W; c. 45m N-S) is defined by an earthen bank from NNW to E and from SE to S; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field wall cuts across it from NW to SW and a deep gravel pit has been dug into the interior at E. Another enclosure (GA097-106----) lies c. 225m to the NNE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 7 March 2019

• GA097-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in pastureland, some 225m to the NNE of an enclosure (GA096-105----). This poorly preserved irregular enclosure (35m E-W; 32m N-S) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) from NW to NE and from SE to SW; a squared-off scarp forms the enclosing element along E and W sides. Possibly a rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 7 March 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Galboley, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Galboley, Bullaun11 sales

Name

Galboley · An Ghallbhuaile

Area

2,066,743 m² (206.67 ha, 510.7 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Raford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

645 people lived in 217 households in the Raford electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloonbeg, Carrowreagh, Farta, Gortcam, Killescragh, Knocknadaula, Sraheendoo, Turoe

Placenames

Galboley 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.