# Castlenancy, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Abbeygormacan, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Béal Átha na nÉan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,478,556 m² (147.86 ha, 365.36 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 45,355 m² (4.54 ha, 11.21 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Abbeygormacan, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/abbeygormacan.md - Barony: Leitrim - Electoral division: Kilmeen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 672 people lived in 233 households in the Kilmeen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% 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/20018 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61108 - Centre: latitude 53.215259, longitude -8.415134 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlenancy, from 76 m² to 232,495 m² (23.25 ha, 57.45 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1945164: 232,495 m² (23.25 ha, 57.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945164.md - Parcel 1945166: 175,568 m² (17.56 ha, 43.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945166.md - Parcel 2006712: 113,311 m² (11.33 ha, 28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006712.md - Parcel 2006705: 108,835 m² (10.88 ha, 26.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006705.md - Parcel 2006702: 91,043 m² (9.1 ha, 22.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006702.md - Parcel 2006701: 89,264 m² (8.93 ha, 22.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006701.md - Parcel 1945163: 78,783 m² (7.88 ha, 19.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945163.md - Parcel 2006710: 73,009 m² (7.3 ha, 18.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006710.md - Parcel 2006711: 59,604 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006711.md - Parcel 2006709: 59,508 m² (5.95 ha, 14.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006709.md - Parcel 2006708: 58,232 m² (5.82 ha, 14.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006708.md - Parcel 2006707: 57,284 m² (5.73 ha, 14.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006707.md - Parcel 1945168: 54,190 m² (5.42 ha, 13.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945168.md - Parcel 1945170: 46,781 m² (4.68 ha, 11.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945170.md - Parcel 1945169: 43,929 m² (4.39 ha, 10.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945169.md - Parcel 2006700: 34,410 m² (3.44 ha, 8.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006700.md - Parcel 2006699: 33,211 m² (3.32 ha, 8.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006699.md - Parcel 2112528: 25,491 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112528.md - Parcel 1945162: 20,014 m² (2 ha, 4.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945162.md - Parcel 6072014: 4,191 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6072014.md - Parcel 2006703: 3,390 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006703.md - Parcel 1945165: 2,496 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945165.md - Parcel 5428446: 2,342 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5428446.md - Parcel 1945167: 1,792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945167.md - Parcel 2006704: 1,328 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006704.md - Parcel 2006706: 1,127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006706.md - Parcel 6072024: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6072024.md - Parcel 6072020: 76 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6072020.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Castlenancy 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 22 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 25362: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of a new dwelling, construction of a domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25362/0 - 12 May 2022, Galway County Council 22619: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage, with on site sewerage treatment system and all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 258sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22619/0 - 9 Sept 2021, Galway County Council 211639: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 252.70 sqm, Garage: 50 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211639/0 - 28 Feb 2019, Galway County Council 19281: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. and complete dwellinghouse, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated services (previously granted under planning ref. no. 18/75). Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling - 206 sqm; Garage - 41.3 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Dwelling - 206 sqm; Garage - 41.3 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19281/0 - 30 Jan 2018, Galway County Council 1875: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct new dwelling house, garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 206 sqm, (garage) 43.1 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/1875/0 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 Castlenancy. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA106-045: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-045----. On a rise in low-lying pastureland. Circular rath (diam. c. 45m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) is visible at W. There is a souterrain (GA106-045001-) in the NE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 November 2017 - GA106-045001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-045001-. In the NE quadrant of a rath (GA106-045----). A largely collapsed drystone-built souterrain (L c. 13m) running roughly N-S. Only a short section (L 4m; Wth 1.3m) at the S end remains intact and an air-vent is evident in the S wall. Otherwise a grassy hollow indicates the line of the passage. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 November 2017 - GA106-046: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-046----. 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. - GA106-046001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-046001-. 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. 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 Castlenancy. ## 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 Castlenancy, 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlenancy. - 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/castlenancy.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlenancy.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlenancy.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Castlenancy 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) - Ballynamurdoon: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynamurdoon.md - Carra: https://everytownland.com/galway/carra-60900.md - Cooracurkia: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooracurkia.md - Finnure: https://everytownland.com/galway/finnure.md - Foxhall: https://everytownland.com/galway/foxhall.md - Gortymadden: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortymadden.md - Mullagh Beg: https://everytownland.com/galway/mullagh-beg.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. --- 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/castlenancy - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/castlenancy