Boleynasruhaun
Boleynasruhaun is a townland in the civil parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Buaile na Sruthán.
Parcel 6213282
- Area
- 11,746 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Boleynasruhaun
Planning applications on this parcel
6 Nov 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, including all associated works and services. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 470 sqm (H), 70 sqm (G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461492
6 Nov 2023Refused
to construct a dwellinghouse & domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area & all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 463sqm (house) & 68 (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361323
11 Apr 2023Refused
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling House = 511m² + Garage = 68m²
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360366
3 Nov 2022Refused
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 510m² (dwelling house) and 68m² (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261113
28 Nov 2019N/a
for development of a sports facility. The development will consist of 1 no. full size sand based main pitch, 1 no. full size sand based training pitch, 1 no. 3G full size synthetic pitch, 1 no. synthetic pitch (scrummaging area), 1 no. full size all weather pitch and 400m running track, clubhouse, covered dugouts and technical areas, playground, maintenance shed, signage, ball stop nets, score board, ESB substation and switch room, car, bus and bicycle parking spaces, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site development works including waste water treatment and access onto Oranswell road. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1206.63 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191852
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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 68 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 2,593 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boleynasruhaun, from 37 m² to 122,276 m² (12.23 ha, 30.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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
No zone of a development plan covers Boleynasruhaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Sept 2026N/a
for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, a proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm (house) & 36 sqm (garage)
Extension of duration, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26234
9 Feb 2026Refused
for a new dwelling house, storage shed and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed. Existing agricultural access to be upgraded to serve dwelling, and all associated site services and landscaping works
Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660189
17 Dec 2025Conditional
for the permanent placement of soil and topsoil to extend the existing GAA playing pitch development (previously granted under Planning Ref. 16/707 and 22/388) and all associated works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561876
2 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new single storey dwelling house and domestic shed, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, new access driveway and all associated site services and landscaping works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 191 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560527
21 Nov 2024Conditional
of a domestic garage and alterations to elevations of the existing dwelling house and the conversion of the attic space to habitable space and to retain the installation of a treatment plant and percolation area together with and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 22.79 sqm(garage), 292.10 sqm(house)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461584
6 Nov 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, including all associated works and services. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 470 sqm (H), 70 sqm (G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461492
24 Jun 2024Conditional
for the construction of posts and ball stop netting and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460771
15 Jan 2024N/a
for: A) permanent placement of soil and topsoil to extend the existing GAA pitch development (previously granted under planning ref. 16/707 and 22/388), B) disabled access parking and viewing areas, C) team dug out structures and ball stop netting and structures and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 24 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2460033
6 Nov 2023Refused
to construct a dwellinghouse & domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area & all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 463sqm (house) & 68 (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361323
12 Oct 2023Refused
to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic shed, sewage treatment plant, percolation area & all associated site services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361226
11 Apr 2023Refused
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling House = 511m² + Garage = 68m²
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360366
3 Nov 2022Refused
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 510m² (dwelling house) and 68m² (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261113
23 Mar 2022Unconditional
for (a) permanent placement of soil and topsoil for the purpose of forming a new GAA pitch and (b) to construct a new covered stand to serve existing pitch (gross floor space stand 200sqm)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22388
9 Nov 2021Refused
for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 224.14 sqm (house) & 30.6 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212080
22 Jul 2021Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, a proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm (house) & 36 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211324
26 Nov 2020Conditional
to retain extension / alterations to existing hurling wall and for relocation of floodlighting and all associated works. Gross floor space of works to be retained 675 msq.
Retention · Galway County Council, 201783
28 Nov 2019N/a
for development of a sports facility. The development will consist of 1 no. full size sand based main pitch, 1 no. full size sand based training pitch, 1 no. 3G full size synthetic pitch, 1 no. synthetic pitch (scrummaging area), 1 no. full size all weather pitch and 400m running track, clubhouse, covered dugouts and technical areas, playground, maintenance shed, signage, ball stop nets, score board, ESB substation and switch room, car, bus and bicycle parking spaces, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site development works including waste water treatment and access onto Oranswell road. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1206.63 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191852
12 Mar 2018Conditional
for minor elevational changes to dwelling house from that granted under Planning Ref. 16/1506, 16/1134 & 11/1667. Gross floor area 188sqm.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18277
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Boleynasruhaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boleynasruhaun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boleynasruhaun.
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 Boleynasruhaun, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boleynasruhaun.
- 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
No address of the register names Boleynasruhaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Boleynasruhaun · Buaile na Sruthán
- Area
- 679,745 m² (67.97 ha, 167.97 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
- Attyshonock, Drum East, Drum West, Gortatleva, Oranhill, Tonabrocky
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Boleynasruhaun 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.