# Beech Hill, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Grange, barony of Kilconnell, Co. Galway; in Irish Uachtar Cluana.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,357,035 m² (235.7 ha, 582.44 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,679 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Grange, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/grange.md
- Barony: Kilconnell
- Electoral division: Grange, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 805 people lived in 256 households in the Grange electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19848
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60546
- Centre: latitude 53.315653, longitude -8.53235 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beech Hill, from 73 m² to 173,028 m² (17.3 ha, 42.76 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1939482: 173,028 m² (17.3 ha, 42.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939482.md
- Parcel 1939393: 166,610 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939393.md
- Parcel 1939487: 166,586 m² (16.66 ha, 41.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939487.md
- Parcel 1939390: 140,407 m² (14.04 ha, 34.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939390.md
- Parcel 1939485: 106,096 m² (10.61 ha, 26.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939485.md
- Parcel 1939387: 102,517 m² (10.25 ha, 25.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939387.md
- Parcel 2012790: 92,338 m² (9.23 ha, 22.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012790.md
- Parcel 2012784: 90,114 m² (9.01 ha, 22.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012784.md
- Parcel 1939389: 87,467 m² (8.75 ha, 21.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939389.md
- Parcel 2012690: 81,663 m² (8.17 ha, 20.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012690.md
- Parcel 1939392: 81,420 m² (8.14 ha, 20.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939392.md
- Parcel 2012694: 70,629 m² (7.06 ha, 17.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012694.md
- Parcel 1939488: 60,082 m² (6.01 ha, 14.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939488.md
- Parcel 1939486: 55,038 m² (5.5 ha, 13.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939486.md
- Parcel 2012891: 51,300 m² (5.13 ha, 12.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012891.md
- Parcel 1939382: 50,364 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939382.md
- Parcel 1939394: 46,571 m² (4.66 ha, 11.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939394.md
- Parcel 1939388: 46,007 m² (4.6 ha, 11.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939388.md
- Parcel 2012793: 45,287 m² (4.53 ha, 11.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012793.md
- Parcel 2012788: 44,488 m² (4.45 ha, 10.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012788.md
- Parcel 1939483: 43,810 m² (4.38 ha, 10.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939483.md
- Parcel 2012693: 42,565 m² (4.26 ha, 10.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012693.md
- Parcel 1939395: 36,858 m² (3.69 ha, 9.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939395.md
- Parcel 2012888: 34,917 m² (3.49 ha, 8.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012888.md
- Parcel 1939401: 32,538 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939401.md
- Parcel 1939379: 29,599 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939379.md
- Parcel 2012786: 27,697 m² (2.77 ha, 6.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012786.md
- Parcel 1939484: 25,796 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939484.md
- Parcel 2012791: 25,466 m² (2.55 ha, 6.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012791.md
- Parcel 1939479: 25,180 m² (2.52 ha, 6.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939479.md
- Parcel 2012889: 24,018 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012889.md
- Parcel 2012890: 19,639 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012890.md
- Parcel 1939481: 18,808 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939481.md
- Parcel 2012892: 16,138 m² (1.61 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012892.md
- Parcel 1939396: 13,679 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939396.md
- Parcel 2012794: 13,040 m² (1.3 ha, 3.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012794.md
- Parcel 1939400: 13,013 m² (1.3 ha, 3.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939400.md
- Parcel 2012893: 12,630 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012893.md
- Parcel 2012894: 12,343 m² (1.23 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012894.md
- Parcel 1939399: 11,916 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939399.md
- Parcel 2012895: 11,854 m² (1.19 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012895.md
- Parcel 2012795: 11,792 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012795.md
- Parcel 1939398: 11,729 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939398.md
- Parcel 1939397: 11,556 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939397.md
- Parcel 1939402: 10,660 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939402.md
- Parcel 2012796: 9,328 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012796.md
- Parcel 2012785: 7,551 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012785.md
- Parcel 4695552: 6,557 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4695552.md
- Parcel 1939391: 4,219 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939391.md
- Parcel 1939385: 3,062 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939385.md
- Parcel 4630052: 2,944 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630052.md
- Parcel 1939480: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939480.md
- Parcel 2012787: 2,479 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012787.md
- Parcel 1939384: 2,254 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939384.md
- Parcel 2012887: 2,214 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012887.md
- Parcel 2012789: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012789.md
- Parcel 4629993: 1,994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4629993.md
- Parcel 2012695: 1,733 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012695.md
- Parcel 1939381: 1,622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939381.md
- Parcel 1939386: 1,593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939386.md
- Parcel 2012691: 1,553 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012691.md
- Parcel 4665958: 1,153 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665958.md
- Parcel 2012692: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012692.md
- Parcel 1939478: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939478.md
- Parcel 1939383: 380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939383.md
- Parcel 4665968: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665968.md
- Parcel 1939380: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1939380.md
- Parcel 4630022: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630022.md
- Parcel 2012792: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2012792.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Beech Hill in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 29 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 25295: Conditional. Permission. to change house design from that granted under Planning Reference No 22/638 to include all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25295/0
- 29 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 2561412: Refused. Permission. for a period of 10 years for a development consisting of the provision of the following: i. 8 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine total tip height range of 178m - 185m, a rotor diameter range of 149m - 163m, and turbine hub height range of 101m - 104m, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (including a control building (157.6 sqm) with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing, underground cabling, storage containers, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Cashla Substation in the townland of Barrettspark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route). This cabling route is primarily located within the public road corridor which includes protected structures (RPS No. 3747, RPS No. 146). iv. Underground electrical (20/33kV) and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed on-site substation; v. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities (with a combined floor area of 202.5 sqm); vi. A meteorological mast with a height of 30 meters, security fencing and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vii. Upgrade of existing site tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads, junctions and hardstand areas, including a new site entrance off the L3115; viii. Peat and Spoil Management Areas; ix. Tree felling and vegetation removal; x. Biodiversity enhancement measures (including peatland habitat enhancement, Marsh Fritillary habitat enhancement and management, establishment of hedgerows and native woodland planting); xi. Site drainage; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All ancillary works and apparatus. A thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines and subsequent decommissioning is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application. An Opinion on Unconfirmed Details issued by Galway County Council (Opinion Ref. No. 25/MP/2) on 29th May 2025 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine total tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters un. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561412/0
- 17 May 2022, Galway County Council 22638: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 172.12sqm, Garage/fuel shed: 55sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22638/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Beech Hill.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA085-005001: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-005001-. Within an enclosure (GA085-005002-). According to local information, the last burial occurred c. 1890. Due to overgrowth, no visible surface traces were noted. 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
- GA085-005002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-005002-. In grassland. Well-preserved but overgrown circular enclosure (D 16m) defined by an earthen bank. A CBG (GA085-005001-) lies within the interior. An enclosure (GA085-084----) lies c. 200m to N. 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
- GA085-006: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-006----. In an area of pastureland and woodland. A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a large hollow that was probably a disused pit. Outhouses were being constructed in it. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014
- GA085-007: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-007----. In undulating grassland. A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a large slight depression, probably a disused quarry pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014
- GA085-008: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-008----. In undulating .marshy grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (47m N-S, 45m E-W) defined by an inner bank, intervening fosse and possible outer bank. The inner bank is present from NNE to ESE; elsewhere a scarp, overlain by a field boundary from WSW to WNW, forms the enclosing element. Traces of a possible outer bank are visible from S through W to WNW. 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
- GA085-009: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-009----. 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.
- GA086-059: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA086-059----. At S end of a glacial ridge in grassland. A very poorly preserved densely overgrown roughly circular enclosure (D c. 37m) defined by a scarp from N through E to S; the W half has been damaged by quarrying. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Beech Hill, country house, 1740–1780, Regional interest, registry number 30408508, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30408508. Ruinous remains of two-storey over basement country house, built c.1760. Now overgrown and roofless. Dressed limestone walls to front (west) elevation, and rendered walls to other elevations, rubble stone exposed. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, one with two-over-two pane sliding sash window remaining. Round-headed door opening with sidelights. Cut-stone steps to entrance. Ruinous remains of outbuildings to rear.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Beech Hill, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Beech Hill.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/beech-hill.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/beech-hill.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/beech-hill.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Beech Hill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cappaghnanool: https://everytownland.com/galway/cappaghnanool.md
- Cloonbenes: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonbenes.md
- Clooncah: https://everytownland.com/galway/clooncah-61240.md
- Derrynamanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/derrynamanagh.md
- Gannow: https://everytownland.com/galway/gannow.md
- Skehanagh North: https://everytownland.com/galway/skehanagh-north.md
- Skehanagh South: https://everytownland.com/galway/skehanagh-south.md
- Streamsford: https://everytownland.com/galway/streamsford.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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