Callownamuck

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callownamuck, from 29 m² to 313,889 m² (31.39 ha, 77.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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 Callownamuck 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.

• 16 Apr 2026N/a

  to demolish the existing dwelling and construct a new dwelling and associated siteworks. Previous files that relate to the site include Planning Reg. Reference 14/733, 21/302, part of which has been carried out. The application will include an Appropriate Assessment/Natura Impact Statement and Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2684

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, sewage treatment system & garage, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23251

• 8 Apr 2023Refused

  to construct a dwelling house (317 sqm), domestic garage (84 sqm), effluent treatment system, polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360363

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 218 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22364

• 9 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new garage/shed, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Gross floor space of work to be retained: 53.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212322

• 6 Sept 2021Refused

  to import inert material consisting of soil, subsoil and its constituent stone and gravel to lands.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211621

• 5 Mar 2021Conditional

  to carry out the following works: a) Demolish existing shed to North of site. b) Demolish existing single storey extension to rear of dwelling and replace same with new single storey extensions with pitched roof to rear and front including amendments to internal layout and existing services. c) Amend existing hipped roof by replacing it with a gabled ended roof to South Western elevation. d) Erect a new Garage-Boathouse to rear (South) of existing dwelling. e) Replace existing septic tank with a new treatment plant and associated works to rear of existing dwelling. f) all works to be carried out on enlarged site form previous planning permission granted under Pl.Reg.Ref 14-733. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling: 50.20 sqm, Boathouse-Garage: 87.60 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: Dwelling: 13.30 sqm, Shed: 103.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21302

• 13 Jan 2020N/a

  of existing conservatory and attic conversion, 14 photovoltaic panels on the roof of the house, gate, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91.9 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2024

• 9 Apr 2019N/a

  for a) construction of a new garage / shed, for the erection of 14 photovoltaic panels on the roof of the house and new entrance gates; b) retention of conservatory and attic conversion and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 136 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91.9 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19525

• 9 Jul 2018Unconditional

  for alterations and extension of dwellinghouse and for a private waste water treatment system (gross floor space 41.7sqm). Previous Planning Ref. 13/501

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 18954

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 210 sqm. (garage) 51 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18612

• 19 May 2017Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 210sqm, garage 51sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17711

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA055-026001 Burial ground
  Description

  In an area of recently drained scrubland. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small unenclosed rectangular graveyard (L c. 45m, Wth c. 35m). A number of plain headstones, in no apparent alignment, are visible. A stepped path leads from N end of graveyard to an adjoining holy well (GA055-026002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA055-026002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Within a small stone enclosure at N end of a graveyard (GA055-026001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cuanach, consists of a spring well delimited by a low circular drystone wall (D 2.15m), opening to ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Callownamuck · Caladh na Muc

Area

2,363,539 m² (236.35 ha, 584.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Wormhole electoral division: 2,602 people in 844 households; 87% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmoreknock, Cloonmore, Kylemore, Larragan, Ower, Pollagh, Wormhole

Placenames

Callownamuck 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.