Brockagh

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brockagh, from 27 m² to 353,777 m² (35.38 ha, 87.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Brockagh 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.

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  for; 1. alterations to fenestration, external finishes & roof to all elevations, 2. alterations to existing floor plans, 3. extensions to front, side & rear of dwelling, 4. provision of attic floor accommodation, 5. new site entrance, 6. replace existing septic tank with new treatment system & polishing filter & 7. all associate site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660520

• 27 Feb 2026N/a

  FOR (1) ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION, EXTERNAL FINISHES & ROOF TO ALL ELEVATIONS, (2) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FLOOR PLANS, (3) EXTENSIONS TO FRONT, SIDE & REAR OF DWELLING, (4) PROVISION OF ATTIC FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, (5) NEW SITE ENTRANCE, (6) REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660314

• 11 Nov 2025Conditional

  to (1) modify and extend existing dwelling house, (2) demolish existing kitchen to rear of dwelling house, (3) build new single/2-storey extensions to front, side and rear of dwelling house and (4) replace existing septic tank with new treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561650

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  to change the house plan from that granted under planning permission 22/60843, all associated services & site works to be constructed as per those permitted under planning ref. no. 22/60843- only the house plan is being altered. Gross floor space of proposed works: 147.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560879

• 1 May 2025Conditional

  & completion of extension to rear of existing dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank to proposed proprietary treatment system & percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 25 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560523

• 7 Apr 2023Conditional

  for; (a) change of use from domestic accommodation on ground and first floor to extended pre-school use, (b) retention of steel clad accommodation unit constructed during COVID at rear of site, (c) retention of steel clad shed for maintenance equipment and solid fuel storage, (d) retention of lean-to shed for bikes and outdoor equipment storage (e) retention of playhouse/ chalet and all associated works on revised boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360362

• 3 Feb 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works 317.40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360082

• 18 Nov 2019Conditional

  to carry out the following: A) Retain the change of use of the attached garage space to living quarters, retain the alterations to the external façade of the dwelling house associated with the change of use. B) Retain the existing detached garage/fuel store. C) Full planning permission also sought to install a new septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 19 sqm (Conversion), 43 sqm (Garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191785

• 4 Oct 2019Conditional

  for as constructed extension to existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 79 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191547

• 31 Oct 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, to link with the existing domestic garage and to utilize same as a 'granny flat' and for all other ancillary site works. Previous planning references 08/3197 & 01/1584 relate to the original property. Gross floor space of proposed works 33.1sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171567

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  for permission to construct side and rear extensions to the existing dwelling. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 98 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17272

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 Brockagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA057-049 Quarry
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in a ploughed field. No visible surface trace of a hachured feature marked on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch sheet survives. Cartographic evidence suggests that it was a 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: 9 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_753 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

No address of the register names Brockagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Brockagh · An Bhrocach

Area

1,802,333 m² (180.23 ha, 445.37 acres)

Civil parish

Cummer, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Kilmoylan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmoylan electoral division: 1,171 people in 372 households; 92% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardskea Beg, Ballinphuil, Ballintober, Ballybanagher, Ballynastuckaun, Brackloon, Doonbeg

Placenames

Brockagh 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.