Carrowntober

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowntober, from 1,576 m² to 269,360 m² (26.94 ha, 66.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Carrowntober 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.

• 4 Jun 2026Conditional

  for (Pl.Ref.No: 23/61244) to construct a dwellinghouse with treatment plant and percolation area

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660893

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  for construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all associated site works. (height of house 7.5 metres, height of garage 5.0 metres)

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361244

• 6 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works (gross floor space 203sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17801

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 Carrowntober.

Recorded monuments

• GA098-068 Cross
  Description

  In pastureland, to the SE of a stream. Shown on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as being located to the SW of two holy wells (GA098-068002- and GA098-068003-); a third holy well (GA098-068001-) lay to its W. Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 80) as ‘a cross and a heap of stones near [the holy wells] at which the pilgrims pray’. Evidently removed by the time of the 1933 edition of the map when the words ‘Site of’ were appended. Apart from a moss-covered pile of stones, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 21 November 2022

• GA098-068001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in grassland. This is one of three holy wells, all natural springs, dedicated to St Brendan (GA098-068001-, GA098-068002-, and GA098-068003-). GA098-068001- is the westernmost well, located c.25m to the W of the other two. It is delimited by a drystone wall, five courses high but in a state of collapse. It is roughly square in plan (1.1m EW; 1.2m NS; D c.0.8m), and opens to the E. A stream runs from the well to the next well c. 25m to the E. The OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 80) mention two ‘very celebrated holy wells called (…) St Brendan’s well’ where ‘turrises are performed on Sundays and Fridays’. However, when last visited GA098-068001- appeared to have been used as a watering place for cattle. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2023

• GA098-068002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in grassland. This is one of three holy wells, all natural springs, dedicated to St Brendan (GA098-068001-, GA098-068002-, and GA098-068003-). GA098-068002- is located c. 25m to the E of GA098-068001-, and 2m to the N of GA098-068003-. It is defined by a rectangular drystone wall (3.8m EW; 3m NS; D 0.3-0.6m), most of which has collapsed, and which opens to the S. Near the NW corner a small underground stream runs N to join the main stream, which runs from GA098-068001-. There was a cross (GA098-068----) located between the W and E wells. The OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 80) mention two ‘very celebrated holy wells called (…) St Brendan’s well’ where ‘turrises are performed on Sundays and Fridays’, and when last visited a jar containing coins beneath a rock adjacent to GA098-068003- suggested it was still in use at the time. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2023

• GA098-068003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in grassland, at the foot of a rock outcrop. This is one of a series of three holy wells, all natural springs, dedicated to St Brendan (GA098-068001-, GA098-068002-, and GA098-068003-). GA098-068003- is located c. 25m to the E of GA098-068001-, and 2m to the S of GA098-068002-. GA098-068003- is the best-preserved of the three wells. It is defined by a D-shaped drystone wall (1.8m EW; 1.2m NS; D 0.9m), with a tree growing beside it. An underground stream flows N from this well towards the main stream, which runs from GA098-068001-. There was a cross (GA098-068----) located between the W and E wells. The OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 80) mention two ‘very celebrated holy wells called (…) St Brendan’s well’ where ‘turrises are performed on Sundays and Fridays’, and when last visited a jar containing coins beneath an adjacent rock suggested it was still in use at the time. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Carrowntober, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carrowntober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carrowntober · Ceathrú an Tobair

Area

551,229 m² (55.12 ha, 136.21 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeygormacan, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Kilreekill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 130 households in the Kilreekill electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhogan, Cooracurkia, Garryboghala, Glenmeen, Lissalumma, Meanus

Placenames

Carrowntober 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.