Ballybanagher

180 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybanagher, from 1 m² to 129,041 m² (12.9 ha, 31.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Ballybanagher 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 Dec 2025Conditional

  to change their dwelling house that was previously granted permission under planning file reference at 24/60344

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561819

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  sought to remove from site the existing modular home. Full planning permission sought to retain the existing domestic garage, greenhouse and the extension to the existing dwelling house. Full planning permission also sought to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house to serve the purpose of a granny flat and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 75.00 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 73.00 sqm(extension), 45 sqm(G), 31.00 sqm(greenhouse), 43 sqm(mobile removal)

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2560650

• 9 May 2024Conditional

  to install two roof lights at the front of the dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460525

• 28 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the development consisting of the renovation of existing dwelling, with alterations as follows: (a) New roof with raised ridge level to accommodate new first floor accommodation. (b) New extension to rear of existing dwelling. (c) New wastewater Treatment System. (d) New garage. (e) Alterations to existing elevations. (f) Associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 104.20 sqm (extension) & 45.5 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460344

• 2 Nov 2023Conditional

  for: (i) a proposed extension to an existing retail shop, increasing from 262.5 to 455.36 SqM, (ii) the relocation and alteration of the existing Post Office within the proposed Retail Shop, (iii) relocation and reconfiguration of the existing approved Off-Licence area within the proposed Retail Shop, and (iv) alterations to the existing elevations, all as previously approved in expired planning permission ref.no. 21/314

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23445

• 17 Jul 2023Conditional

  for a new 488sq.m. clubhouse, including meeting rooms, multipurpose hall, kitchenette, office, toilets & all associated works, including relocation of site entrance & upgrading of wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360799

• 6 Dec 2021Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 186 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212297

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  for a change of use, from part of pub (83.06sqm) and part of offices (85.49sqm), to shop units, including signage to side elevation. Gross floor space of proposed works: 168.55 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 168.55 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 212299

• 2 Jul 2021N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works is 186 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211200

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 59.9 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21982

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  amendments to previously approved proposed extension to an existing retail shop, Pl. Ref. No. 12/1090, further extended by Pl. Ref. No. 17/1716. The amendments will consist of; (I) further extending the previously approved extension by 16.86 sqm to the rear, while reducing the overall footprint area of the proposed extension from 232.08 sqm to 193.46 sqm, (ii) a change of use of part of the previously granted Hairdressers Unit to Retail Use, (iii) the relocation and alteration of the previously granted Post Office within the proposed Retail Shop, (iv) relocation and reconfiguration of the existing approved Off-Licence area within the proposed Retail Shop, and (v) alterations to the elevations. Gross floor space of proposed works: 455.9 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 262.9 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21314

• 10 Feb 2021Conditional

  for amendment to planning reference Pl. Ref. 17/1486, namely a reduction in size of the existing farmhouse structure which incorporates utility and shed use. Gross floor space of any demolition: 11.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21138

• 12 Jun 2020Conditional

  for change of plan and elevations to clubhouse granted permission under planning reference 17/1690 and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 488 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20724

• 19 Sept 2019Conditional

  to complete enlarged utility rooms with minor elevational changes to house nos. 24 & 28, previously approved under planning ref. no.'s 06/3317, EOD 11/744 & eod 17/1272. Gross floor space of work to be retained: No. 24 - 186.7 sqm, No. 28 - 186.7 sqm

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 191451

• 13 Jun 2019Unconditional

  for alterations to an approved planning permission for mixed use development under pl. ref. 12/1090. The proposed alterations consist of (i) relocation and reconfiguration of the proposed community playground within the overall site, (ii) reduction of the footprint size and floor area of the proposed Community Centre, (iii) addition of a gym, changing rooms and toilets, in lieu of reduced Community Centre, at sub-basement level under community playground (iv) changing GAA training pitch to community playing field with surrounding walk, and (v) reconfiguration of proposed access road and car parking (gross floor space 1,144.7sqm). Previous Planning Reference No: 14/367

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19898

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  and 1) completion of enlarged utility room to rear of house No. 17 Cloch Chora and 2) retain and complete changes and relocation of approved dwelling house at no.11Cloch Chora (previously approved under Planning Ref. No. 06/3317, EOD 11/744 & EOD 17/1272). Gross floor space of proposed works (No. 11) 370 sqm. (No. 17) 458 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained (No. 11) 201 sqm. (No. 17) 186.70 sqm.

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 18736

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  for a new 453.4sqm club house, incl. changing facilities, gym, associated club rooms and associated site works, incl. relocation of site entrance and upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 453.4sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171690

• 10 Nov 2017Unconditional

  for a mixed use development consisting of (a) a community centre and GAA changing rooms (b) a community playground (c) GAA training pitch with associated flood lighting (d) supermarket extension (to include hairdressing unit and extension to existing post office) and (e) all associated ancillary site and servicing works (gross floor space 1,421sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 12/1090.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171617

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  for a two storey extension to an existing farmhouse, serviced by a new proposed treatment plant and percolation area including a new site access onto road. The permission is to include revised site boundaries to house also. Gross floor space of proposed works Extension 104sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171486

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  to construct 30 no. detached dwelling houses with waste water treatment plant, polishing filter, roads and all associated services (gross floor area 4737sqm)(previous pl. ref. 06/3317 & 11/744)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171272

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  to retain and complete a partially constructed housing development including waste water treatment plant, polishing filters, roads and all associated services as approved under planning reg. ref. no's 06/3317 & (EOD) 11/744 at "Cloch Chora" Ballybanagher, Corofin, Co. Galway. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 2362 sqm.)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17629

• 3 Feb 2017Conditional

  for construction of a two storey extension to the rear of an existing detached dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 43.1sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17117

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

• GA057-034 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On WNW-facing slope of a low hill. Poorly preserved oval rath (E-W 47.6m, N-S 32m) defined along NW by a denuded earthen bank, and elsewhere by a degraded scarp. 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

• GA057-174 Chapel
  Description

  Named 'Old R.C. Chapel on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and indicated as a roofed building aligned E-W. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 February 2017

Architectural heritage

• Saint Colman's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Roman Catholic church, dated 1842-4, renovated 1966. Cruciform plan with altar in shallow apse at north end, three-stage bell tower to south end, and flat-roofed entrance porches to re-entrant corners. Pitched slate roof with replacement aluminium rainwater goods and timber soffits. Crenellated ashlar parapet to top stage. Rendered and painted walls with render plinth. Stained-glass lancet windows, dated 1966, with splayed cut limestone surrounds and having limestone hood-mouldings. Quatrefoil stained-glass oculus window to apse with cut limestone surround. Square-headed entrance door to front of bell tower, having double-leaf battened timber door with overlight and date-stone above. Tower has pointed-arch double-leaf entrance to east side of tower with moulded stone surround and hood-moulding. Matching pointed-arch recess to west side of tower. Front of tower has pointed-arch recess to second stage having statue and hood-moulding, and oculus opening to third stage. Moulded string course between stages of tower, with pointed-arch louvered openings to top two stages. Interior has pointed-arch recess to apse, with marble altar, altar rails and screen. Timber panelled choir balcony to south end of nave accessed by staircase in south-west corner. Barrel-vaulted coffered plaster ceiling with cross groin-vault above cross aisle. Mosaic tiled floor to narthex. Set back from road with car parking to east, graveyard to west and squared and snecked rubble boundary wall with square gate piers to road.

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 Ballybanagher, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_711 (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.

• Ballybanagher, Corofin6 sales

Name

Ballybanagher · Béal Átha Beannchair

Area

1,090,792 m² (109.08 ha, 269.54 acres)

Civil parish

Cummer, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Ballinderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

597 people lived in 195 households in the Ballinderry electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinphuil, Ballintober, Ballynacreg South, Brockagh, Corrofin, Mahanagh, Rathmore, Turloughmartin

Placenames

Ballybanagher 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.