Carrowmore

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmore, from 100 m² to 203,974 m² (20.4 ha, 50.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Carrowmore 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 Aug 2026N/a

  A 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 239 hectares consisting of the following: 1,031,319 sq. m. of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 32 no. MV stations on associated hardstanding; new internal access tracks; underground cabling and ducting including along public roads L7138, L7141, L3110, L7140, L31085, L3108, L7132, L7131, and L7129; new access points onto public roads L7138, L3110, L7141, L7129, L71383, and upgrades to existing access points are proposed on public roads L7141, L3110, L7140, L7132, L7129, and L71383; limited alterations to existing stone walls including the creation or widening of access openings and reinstatement works; security fencing; CCTV; drainage infrastructure; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; Horizontal Directional Drilling beneath the disused railway line; temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be operational for 40 years. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661362

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  of the as-constructed waste water treatment system and percolation area, alterations to the as constructed entrance and permission for construction of private dwelling house and domestic garage and all other associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561941

• 29 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct an agricultural entrance on to my farm land to allow entry and exit for agricultural activities

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561041

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store, including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (H)183.14 sqm & (G) 53.94 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25135

• 8 Apr 2025N/a

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house and private garage/store to include all associated site works. (Revised plans and connect to existing treatment system granted under planning ref. 19/1638)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2569

• 17 Dec 2024Refused

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 203.28 sqm & (Garage) 53.94 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24362

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwellinghouse with wastewater treatment system & private store to include all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23227

• 2 Sept 2022Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works in 54.90 sq m.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260887

• 14 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20596

• 27 Feb 2020N/a

  to construct a domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works 60 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20257

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 203.28 sqm, Garage = 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191638

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
• Natural Heritage Area: Killaclogher Bog NHA 001280

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrowmore.

Architectural heritage

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

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

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

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

Name

Carrowmore · An Cheathrú Mhór

Area

1,530,067 m² (153.01 ha, 378.09 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Abbey East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Abbey East electoral division: 655 people in 215 households; 91% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbert, Abbert Demesne, Cahernaglass, Cashlaundarragh, Parkacurry, Ryehill Demesne, Stonepark

Placenames

Carrowmore 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.