Bunatober

197 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunatober, from 68 m² to 190,740 m² (19.07 ha, 47.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Bunatober 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 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  to renovate existing thatched cottage (Protected Structure RPS 4008), demolish existing extension to cottage, construct a new extension to rear of existing cottage and a new treatment plant and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 51.00 sqm(extension), 78.00 sqm(house). Gross floor space of demolition: 27sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2547

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  permission to convert attached garage to a playroom / study

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260212

• 27 Oct 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a side and rear extension to an existing dwelling including elevation alterations. Permission is also sought for the replacement of the existing septic tank with a new proprietary treatment system and percolation area and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 72 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211999

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, garage and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling: 64 sqm, Garage: 25.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21343

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewerage treatment system, along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 268 msq & 60 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21241

• 25 Jul 2019N/a

  for the importing inurt fill to improve levels for use as agricultural land

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191144

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is 291 sqm and garage 65 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19603

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 Bunatober.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-030 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Almost circular cashel (D 50m) defined by a poorly preserved drystone wall best preserved from SE through S to W. Numerous gaps in the enclosing element appear modern. An earthwork (GA056-031----) lies c. 60m to W. 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

• GA056-031 Earthwork
  Description

  On a slight rise, 60m W of a ringfort (GA056-030----). A low semicircular mound of earth and stone (N-S 10m) partially truncated along E side by a field wall. According to local tradition, it was a place of burial. 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

• GA056-032 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing slope. Subcircular cashel (N-S 41m, E-W 38m) defined by a poorly preserved drystone wall overlain by a field wall from N to E. A gap at NW could be original. 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

• GA056-033 Earthwork
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1920) as a circular mound (D c. 10m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA056-034001 Graveslab
  Description

  Built into the wall enclosing a holy well (GA056-034002-), this graveslab bears the following inscription: 1706 IHS MARIA PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF JAMES KIRWAN WHO DYED 27 SEP ANNO DNI 1693 PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF MONICA KIRWAN WIFE TO ? JAMES Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 February 2023

• GA056-034002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In low-lying marshy ground to E of a small stream. A small semicircular well (E-W 1.57, N-S 0.6m) enclosed by a mortared stone wall and accessible via an entrance gap and step at SE. According to local information, a bishop who resided in the vicinity of the well used its water to baptise children. An inscribed slab, 'Kirwan 1706', (GA056-034001-) leans against E side. 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

• GA056-035 Mill - corn
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

• The Thatch, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having windbreak to entrance, and single-storey extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with exposed scollops and decorative knotting to ridge, rendered copings and one rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with render plinth to sill level, render parallel quoins to front corners of house and windbreak, and render eaves course. Square-headed window openings with decorative render surrounds and replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed timber sheeted half-door to entrance. Set parallel to road with single-storey outbuilding to west having random rubble walls, painted timber boundary fence and enclosed garden to north-west and field stone boundary wall to south-east.

• Mill manager's house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house, built c.1830, having five-bay ground floor and three-bay first floor, with two-storey mid-twentieth-century extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, and three rendered brick chimneystacks. Lime-rendered random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Round-headed doorway to central bay with block-and-start surround and double-leaf panelled timber door with plain fanlight. Watermill adjacent to house. Monopitch-roofed outbuilding to south-east, and derelict two-storey outbuilding to rear of house. Building renovated early 1980s. Cogs from water mill taken to local museum.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with dormer attic, and having single-storey twentieth- century extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with decorative raised ridge with exposed scolloping, rendered chimneystack, and rendered copings to gables. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casement windows throughout, and painted stone sills. Glazed timber panelled entrance door. Set parallel to road with rendered boundary wall and piers and metal gate. Farmyard to rear with metal shed and two-storey outbuilding to south with corrugated-iron roof and rendered walls.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having late twentieth-century flat-roofed entrance porch to front, and three-bay single-storey late twentieth-century extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with flush ridge having wire mesh to eaves, rendered copings to gables, and rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with parallel quoins to corners, and front elevation having render plinth and render brackets to eaves course. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, painted stone sills and decorative render surrounds. Timber square-headed door to porch. House set perpendicular to road with garden to side, rendered boundary wall with decorative metal gates to road, and three-bay two-storey outbuilding to south with pitched corrugated-iron roof and rendered walls.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having late twentieth-century addition to rear. Pitched thatched roof with wire mesh, exposed scolloping and decorative knotting to ridge, rendered chimneystack and rendered copings to gables. Rendered walls with rendered plinth to sill level, parallel quoins and render eaves course. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, painted stone sills and decorative render surrounds with stone-chip facing. Glazed timber panelled entrance door. House set parallel to road with garden to front having random rubble boundary wall to road with rendered gate piers. Two single-storey outbuildings to south having pitched corrugated-iron roofs and rendered walls.

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

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bunatober.

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 Bunatober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Bunatober · Bun an Tobair

Area

1,877,013 m² (187.7 ha, 463.82 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killower electoral division: 925 people in 302 households; 93% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balrobuck Beg, Bredagh, Cahermorris, Glenrevagh, Kilroe, Knockereen

Placenames

Bunatober 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.