Boleybeg East
Boleybeg East is a townland in the civil parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Bhuaile Bheag Thoir.
Parcel 5421552
- Area
- 2,716 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 111 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Boleybeg East
Planning applications on this parcel
2 May 2025Conditional
of existing dwelling house, existing effluent treatment system, proposed domestic garage & associated site works on previously granted planning ref 22/61018. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 178.44 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560525
12 Oct 2022Conditional
for revisions to previously approved planning grant Pl. Ref. No. 18/1476 for a two storey dwelling; modifications include the the addition of a small porch to the front (3.63sqm) at ground floor and the addition area of 14.72sqm to the rear at first floor level of the dwelling; the total area of the proposed dwelling is now 188.77sqm; relocating the house a further 3m from the boundary to the north, it will now be 7m from this boundary; reducing the overall height of the dwelling from ground floor to ridge to 8m; very minor changes to the elevations of dwelling. Permission for new garage 24.54sqm located to the rear of the site and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261018
18 Oct 2018Conditional
for the construction of a two storey dwelling (170.42 sqm), effluent treatment plant, percolation area and all associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 170.42 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181476
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_402 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 61.7 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 34
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boleybeg East, from 11 m² to 107,712 m² (10.77 ha, 26.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1Agriculture
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Agriculture and High Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Aug 2026Conditional
for an agricultural shed building with ancillary holding pen, crush, concrete aprons and retention permission is being sought for agricultural access road and site works as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services
Permission · Galway County Council, 2661383
1 May 2026Conditional
for alterations to the east of an existing single storey dwelling to include the removal of bay windows and porch canopy, construction of a single storey extension to the west of the existing dwelling and construction of a garage/office to the rear of the site
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2660664
2 May 2025Conditional
of existing dwelling house, existing effluent treatment system, proposed domestic garage & associated site works on previously granted planning ref 22/61018. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 178.44 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560525
21 Feb 2025Conditional
SPLIT DECISION: GRANT PERMISSION FOR for the retention of an existing domestic garage and to construct a new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area to accommodate (existing) house. REFUSED PERMISSION for the construction of the granny flat unit
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560183
16 Dec 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 281 sqm (H) & 46.55 sqm (G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461731
26 Sept 2024N/a
for the construction of a single dwellinghouse, domestic garage, a Ter 3 Tertiary Effluent Treatment System & associated Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 219 sqm (dwelling house) and 60 sqm (garage)
Permission · Galway County Council, 2461262
22 Jun 2023Conditional
of modifications to existing dwelling as constructed from previously granted under pl. ref. no. 04/1395, to include all site layout & entrance as constructed
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360685
1 Jun 2023Conditional
chun teach nua cónaithe dhá stór a thógáil chomh maith le garáiste nua agus le córás searachais nua
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360590
8 May 2023Refused
for dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360471
10 Feb 2023Conditional
and completion of revised house and attached garage from that previously granted under Planning Reference: 20/1490, with all ancillary site works.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360098
27 Jan 2023Conditional
for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, garage and wastewater treatment system.Gross floor space of proposed works 210.00sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360054
22 Dec 2022N/a
Construction for a revised house type from that previously granted under Planning Reference: 20/1490 with all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 233.00sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 2261296
12 Oct 2022Conditional
for revisions to previously approved planning grant Pl. Ref. No. 18/1476 for a two storey dwelling; modifications include the the addition of a small porch to the front (3.63sqm) at ground floor and the addition area of 14.72sqm to the rear at first floor level of the dwelling; the total area of the proposed dwelling is now 188.77sqm; relocating the house a further 3m from the boundary to the north, it will now be 7m from this boundary; reducing the overall height of the dwelling from ground floor to ridge to 8m; very minor changes to the elevations of dwelling. Permission for new garage 24.54sqm located to the rear of the site and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261018
9 Jun 2022N/a
chun teach nua cónaithe dhá stór a thógáil chomh maith le garáiste nua, agus le córás searachais nua. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe; 260.85sqm & 16.62sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22750
14 Feb 2022Conditional
of 1) Minor changes of elevations & floor plans on previously granted ref: 17-1776, 2) change of use of existing garage/store to granny flat, 3) construct link corridor to proposed granny flat, 4) all associated site works, 5) all to retained of revised boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 11.16 (link). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 284.72 sqm (h+g)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22180
28 Jan 2022Conditional
change of use of existing permitted attic storage space to habitable space, works shall include replacement of existing dormers with new dormers to front, new skylights to rear, retention permission for the replacement of all windows/doors to all elevations and all associated construction and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 176sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2280
17 Dec 2021N/a
for the change of use of existing permitted attic storage to habitable space, works shall include replacement of existing dormers with new dormers to front, new skylights to rear, replacement of all windows/doors to all elevations and all associated construction and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 176 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212413
22 Oct 2021Conditional
for a dwelling house and a private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works 142 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211970
19 Jul 2021Conditional
for demolition of substandard dwelling & garage and the construction of a replacement single storey dwelling, garage and all associated site works to include a new waste water treatment system & percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 174 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 148 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211307
27 May 2021Conditional
to construct a new 2 storey Dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21912
1 Mar 2021Conditional
for a dwelling house, garage, and private wastewater treatment system as constructed on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 181 sqm, Garage 39 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 220 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21263
29 Oct 2020Refused
to construct a new 2 storey Dwelling septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201592
9 Oct 2020Conditional
for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, garage and wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201490
5 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm House, 60 sqm Garage
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20698
1 Aug 2019Refused
for the construction of a two storey dwelling house, vehicle garage, effluent treatment plant with percolation area and all associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251 sqm (House - 200.8 sqm, Garage - 50.2 sqm)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191202
The 25 most recent of 34 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boleybeg East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boleybeg East.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Boleybeg East, 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_402 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Boleybeg East, Barna8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Boleybeg East · An Bhuaile Bheag Thoir
- Area
- 616,636 m² (61.66 ha, 152.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahoon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Galway
- Electoral division
- Barna, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,866 people lived in 1,287 households in the Barna electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aille, Boleybeg West, Corboley (Lynch), Drum East, Tonabrocky
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Boleybeg East 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.