# Carrowntober, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Abbeygormacan, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Ceathrú an Tobair.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 551,229 m² (55.12 ha, 136.21 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Abbeygormacan, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/abbeygormacan.md
- Barony: Leitrim
- Electoral division: Kilreekill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20043
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61011
- Centre: latitude 53.23218, longitude -8.431096 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowntober, from 1,576 m² to 269,360 m² (26.94 ha, 66.56 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5398270: 269,360 m² (26.94 ha, 66.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5398270.md
- Parcel 2005497: 161,688 m² (16.17 ha, 39.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2005497.md
- Parcel 2005496: 112,382 m² (11.24 ha, 27.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2005496.md
- Parcel 5515767: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5515767.md
- Parcel 1946323: 1,990 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1946323.md
- Parcel 2005495: 1,909 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2005495.md
- Parcel 2112559: 1,576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112559.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 4 Jun 2026, Galway County Council 2660893: Conditional. Permission consequent, 1 home. for (Pl.Ref.No: 23/61244) to construct a dwellinghouse with treatment plant and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660893/0
- 18 Oct 2023, Galway County Council 2361244: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361244/0
- 6 Jun 2017, Galway County Council 17801: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works (gross floor space 203sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17801/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrowntober.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA098-068: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-068----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-068001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-068002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-068003-. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Carrowntober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyhogan: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyhogan.md
- Cooracurkia: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooracurkia.md
- Garryboghala: https://everytownland.com/galway/garryboghala.md
- Glenmeen: https://everytownland.com/galway/glenmeen.md
- Lissalumma: https://everytownland.com/galway/lissalumma.md
- Meanus: https://everytownland.com/galway/meanus.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober
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