Dalgin
Townland in the civil parish of Addergoole, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish Dealgain
- Area
- 82.1 ha
- 203 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 10,366 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dalgin, from 79 m² to 47,536 m² (4.75 ha, 11.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Dalgin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Sept 2025Conditional
of existing raft foundation granted under 08/2209. 2. Permission for dwelling house on said foundation and decommission existing septic tank and replace with new wastewater treatment system. 3. Retain as-constructed domestic gym, in lieu of the domestic garage previously granted planning PD08/2209. 4. Retain lean-to steel storage shed. 5. Retain temporary mobile home structure for a period not exceeding 18 months to provide owners living accommodation during construction works to the property and carry out all ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561294
16 Dec 2024Conditional
for change of house and garage plans from those previously granted under pl ref numbers 06/3056, 11/2, 15/1528 and 21/184. Gross floor space of proposed works: 258 sqm (H) & 60 sqm (G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461727
20 Jun 2024Conditional
to A) Construct house extension and outdoor space and make alterations to previously approved house variations and house extension under Pl Ref No. 20/1543, B) retain site entrance and driveway to replace using the site entrance previously approved under Planning Ref. No. 08/1521, together with all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 105.20 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460752
14 Mar 2024N/a
to construct house extension and outdoor space and make alterations to house variations and house extension previously approved under planning ref. no. 20/1543, together with all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 158.80 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460281
10 Nov 2023Conditional
to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 270 sqm (house), 60 sqm (garage) & 53 sqm (carport)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361348
21 Aug 2023Refused
to construct dwellinghouse & domestic garage, wastewater treatment system & associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360980
16 Feb 2021Unconditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, soil polishing filter and all associated site works (gross floor space house 210sqm; garage 42.6sqm)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 21184
20 Oct 2020Conditional
of 1. a variation to house plans already approved under Planning ref No 08/1521 2. Construction of extensions to the front, side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse 3. All ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 53.6 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 16.9 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201543
16 Nov 2018Conditional
of attic conversion and to retain shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Attic - 95.43 sqm, shed - 15sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181636
5 May 2017Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 204.5 sqm.)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17636
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA004-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a ridge in undulating grassland within the former Dalgin estate. Well- preserved almost circular rath (N-S 33m, E-W 32m) defined for the most part by a tree-lined scarp with traces of a degraded bank visible intermittently. There is an entrance at SE. The monument was reused as a landscape feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA004-026 Children's burial ground
Description
In rolling grassland within the grounds of the former Dalgin estate. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as a small circular hollow (D c. 20m) and locally regarded as a CBG. What survives is a tree-filled hollow surrounded by an earthen bank with traces of a possible external fosse from E to S. No grave-markers are visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA004-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 45m, E-W 42m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from N through E to W; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse is visible from S to W. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at W. Five small earthen mounds within the interior appear modern. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dalgin.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Dalgin.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dalgin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Dalgin · Dealgain
- Area
- 820,872 m² (82.09 ha, 202.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Addergoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Milltown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Milltown electoral division: 704 people in 266 households; 86% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellaconeen, Conagher, Cooladooaun, Cormeelick North, Cormeelick South, Curraghaun, Knockaunkeel
- Placenames
- Dalgin 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.