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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilreekill, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Drochta.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,955,289 m² (195.53 ha, 483.16 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilreekill, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilreekill.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/20053
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61883
- Centre: latitude 53.219029, longitude -8.488225 (WGS 84)

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

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drought, from 177 m² to 256,310 m² (25.63 ha, 63.34 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2093767: 256,310 m² (25.63 ha, 63.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093767.md
- Parcel 2044851: 246,836 m² (24.68 ha, 60.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044851.md
- Parcel 2093765: 230,713 m² (23.07 ha, 57.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093765.md
- Parcel 2044855: 209,555 m² (20.96 ha, 51.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044855.md
- Parcel 2093772: 171,726 m² (17.17 ha, 42.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093772.md
- Parcel 4462047: 134,124 m² (13.41 ha, 33.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4462047.md
- Parcel 2044849: 133,148 m² (13.31 ha, 32.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044849.md
- Parcel 2044850: 132,563 m² (13.26 ha, 32.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044850.md
- Parcel 2093762: 66,907 m² (6.69 ha, 16.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093762.md
- Parcel 2044848: 40,576 m² (4.06 ha, 10.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044848.md
- Parcel 2044846: 38,938 m² (3.89 ha, 9.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044846.md
- Parcel 2093769: 35,331 m² (3.53 ha, 8.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093769.md
- Parcel 2093766: 32,836 m² (3.28 ha, 8.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093766.md
- Parcel 5443684: 28,023 m² (2.8 ha, 6.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5443684.md
- Parcel 2093770: 23,096 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093770.md
- Parcel 2044847: 20,921 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044847.md
- Parcel 2093761: 18,833 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093761.md
- Parcel 2093768: 14,514 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093768.md
- Parcel 2093763: 13,683 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093763.md
- Parcel 6071978: 10,181 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6071978.md
- Parcel 4730991: 8,328 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4730991.md
- Parcel 2093771: 6,000 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093771.md
- Parcel 2093775: 4,976 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093775.md
- Parcel 2044852: 4,598 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044852.md
- Parcel 5443637: 4,597 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5443637.md
- Parcel 2044843: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044843.md
- Parcel 2093776: 4,108 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093776.md
- Parcel 2093764: 3,985 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093764.md
- Parcel 4668093: 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4668093.md
- Parcel 4663819: 3,287 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4663819.md
- Parcel 4782030: 2,997 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4782030.md
- Parcel 5380940: 2,859 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5380940.md
- Parcel 4668119: 2,852 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4668119.md
- Parcel 6203253: 2,755 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6203253.md
- Parcel 4960462: 2,661 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960462.md
- Parcel 4662469: 2,652 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662469.md
- Parcel 2044844: 2,591 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044844.md
- Parcel 4662425: 2,485 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662425.md
- Parcel 2044845: 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044845.md
- Parcel 2427886: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2427886.md
- Parcel 2044854: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044854.md
- Parcel 4657539: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657539.md
- Parcel 4657454: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657454.md
- Parcel 5443674: 2,104 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5443674.md
- Parcel 4668049: 2,094 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4668049.md
- Parcel 2427924: 2,017 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2427924.md
- Parcel 5941720: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5941720.md
- Parcel 2093760: 1,788 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093760.md
- Parcel 2093774: 1,393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093774.md
- Parcel 2093773: 1,383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093773.md
- Parcel 5941609: 981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5941609.md
- Parcel 2114418: 734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114418.md
- Parcel 6203266: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6203266.md
- Parcel 5946466: 573 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5946466.md
- Parcel 2044853: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044853.md
- Parcel 4668146: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4668146.md
- Parcel 4657543: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657543.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drought 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)

17 applications, newest first.

- 26 Nov 2025, Galway County Council 2561737: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a Dwelling House, domestic garage, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561737/0
- 14 Jan 2025, Galway County Council 2560029: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 210.86 sqm(h) & 46.06 sqm(g). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560029/0
- 10 Jan 2025, Galway County Council 2560022: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of existing sub-standard extension & out-buildings, renovation and extension of existing dwelling and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560022/0
- 30 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260983: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (a) to retain and complete dwelling house, (b) change in house design to that previously granted under planning reference no. 20/1033.Gross floor space of works to be retained 192.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260983/0
- 18 May 2022, Galway County Council 2260499: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 243.30sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260499/0
- 27 Jan 2022, Galway County Council 2260037: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (a) to retain and complete elevation alterations to dwelling house previously granted under Pl Ref Nos. 18/1068 and 20/1233, (b) to retain and complete alterations to horse stables and domestic garage building also granted under PL Ref No. 20/1233. Gross floor space of proposed works: 400 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260037/0
- 11 Jan 2022, Galway County Council 2214: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 237.3 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2214/0
- 27 Sept 2021, Galway County Council 211778: N/a. Permission. to construct 4. no. roof lights and all ancillary works to the roof of existing domestic garage.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211778/0
- 16 Sept 2021, Galway County Council 211695: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 237.3 sqm + 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211695/0
- 7 Sept 2021, Galway County Council 211625: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 268 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211625/0
- 15 Mar 2021, Galway County Council 21371: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 237.3 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21371/0
- 19 Nov 2020, Galway County Council 201734: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a single storey extensions to existing dwelling along with all associated site works & services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 39 msq.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201734/0
- 2 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201233: Conditional. Permission. for (a) change of house design and garage design from previously approved plans, granted planning under reference No. 18/1068, (b) construction of horse stables attached to the proposed garage and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 400 sqm (House), 212 sqm (Garage & Stables). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201233/0
- 29 Jul 2020, Galway County Council 201033: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works; 153.48sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201033/0
- 23 Sept 2019, Galway County Council 191470: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191470/0
- 27 Jul 2018, Galway County Council 181068: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area 404.55m2. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181068/0
- 21 Sept 2017, Galway County Council 171398: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 251.2sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171398/0

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## 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 Drought.

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

- GA098-097: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-097----. On a hummock in undulating grassland, some 70m to the W of a stream. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of Walter Wall (Nolan 1901, 121). Only the S wall (int. L 7.9m; H 2.55m) and sections of the E (L 5.5m; H 1.95m; wall T 1.55m) and W (L 12.5m; max. H 2m) walls survive of this poorly preserved tower house; the N end of the W wall is reduced to a mound of rubble and there is no visible surface trace of the N wall. The walls are constructed of regularly coursed roughly cut rectangular mortared limestone blocks of limestone. Parts of the external wall-face has collapsed on all three walls, exposing the rubble core. Traces of internal render are visible. Apart from a blocked-up aperature (Wth 1.7m), roughly centrally located in the S wall, no architectural features are visible. Rubble has been piled against S end of the external face of the E wall and internally against the SW corner and the N end of the W wall. A later stone wall runs S from the SW corner and a later rectangular structure (4.45m N-S; 2m E-W; wall T 0.7m) was built against the S end of the W wall. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 August 2021
- GA106-064: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-064----. In low-lying pastureland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 42m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017
- GA106-065: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA106-065----. This record was formerly classified as Unclassified earthwork in the SMR (1987) and as Earthwork unclassified in the RMP (1997). A review of the evidence indicates that it is a series of disused gravel pits. Therefore, it has been reclassified as a Quarry. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 July 2015

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 Drought.

## 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 Drought, 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 Drought.
- 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/drought.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/drought.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/drought.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drought 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)

- Ballydoogan: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballydoogan-60305.md
- Cooleeny: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooleeny.md
- Dartfield: https://everytownland.com/galway/dartfield.md
- Emlagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/emlagh-61942.md
- Kilboght: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilboght.md
- Kilmeen: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilmeen.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/drought
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/drought