# Drum West, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway, Co. Galway; in Irish An Droim Thiar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 761,006 m² (76.1 ha, 188.05 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,844 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rahoon, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/rahoon.md - Barony: Galway - Electoral division: Barna, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,866 people lived in 1,287 households in the Barna electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18532 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61889 - Centre: latitude 53.296522, longitude -9.135474 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drum West, from 50 m² to 94,559 m² (9.46 ha, 23.37 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2047572: 94,559 m² (9.46 ha, 23.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047572.md - Parcel 2096661: 86,129 m² (8.61 ha, 21.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096661.md - Parcel 2096669: 74,548 m² (7.45 ha, 18.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096669.md - Parcel 2949184: 66,892 m² (6.69 ha, 16.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2949184.md - Parcel 2047571: 49,088 m² (4.91 ha, 12.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047571.md - Parcel 2096664: 42,503 m² (4.25 ha, 10.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096664.md - Parcel 2096663: 42,489 m² (4.25 ha, 10.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096663.md - Parcel 2047570: 30,075 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047570.md - Parcel 2047575: 24,353 m² (2.44 ha, 6.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047575.md - Parcel 2096665: 24,099 m² (2.41 ha, 5.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096665.md - Parcel 2047573: 21,473 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047573.md - Parcel 2047577: 20,647 m² (2.06 ha, 5.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047577.md - Parcel 2047576: 19,635 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047576.md - Parcel 2096671: 19,585 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096671.md - Parcel 4460722: 19,267 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460722.md - Parcel 2096667: 14,188 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096667.md - Parcel 2047569: 10,825 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047569.md - Parcel 2096668: 6,844 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096668.md - Parcel 2044200: 6,330 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044200.md - Parcel 2096660: 5,854 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096660.md - Parcel 2044199: 5,582 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044199.md - Parcel 4460718: 2,922 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460718.md - Parcel 2047574: 2,887 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2047574.md - Parcel 4460720: 2,874 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460720.md - Parcel 5256687: 2,715 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5256687.md - Parcel 5176703: 2,674 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5176703.md - Parcel 2096670: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096670.md - Parcel 5634172: 2,559 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5634172.md - Parcel 4658740: 2,459 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4658740.md - Parcel 4460721: 2,379 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460721.md - Parcel 2096666: 2,363 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096666.md - Parcel 4633314: 2,221 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4633314.md - Parcel 2096662: 1,756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2096662.md - Parcel 5219626: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5219626.md - Parcel 4460719: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460719.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drum West 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 4 Mar 2026, Galway County Council 2660326: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage, with a connection to a new wastewater treatment system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660326/0 - 10 May 2025, Galway County Council 2560570: Conditional. Outline permission. for dwelling house, separate domestic garage/shed, septic tank/effluent treatment system and percolation area/polishing filter and all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560570/0 - 23 Dec 2024, Galway County Council 2461807: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of a new indoor training pitch facility, supplementary recreational activity amenities and all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4736.00 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461807/0 - 9 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260918: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed.Gross floor space of proposed works 246.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260918/0 - 15 Feb 2022, Galway County Council 2260109: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor area of proposed works: 193.4 sqm (dwelling house) and 41.34 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260109/0 - 20 Jul 2021, Galway County Council 211312: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for erection of 3 no. floodlights to side of Pitch 4 (previously approved under planning ref. nos. 03/6724, and 10/674) and for 3 no additional floodlights to be erected on existing poles on pitch 3.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211312/0 - 27 May 2021, Galway County Council 21916: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed: 193.4 sqm + 41.34 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21916/0 - 5 May 2021, Galway County Council 21741: N/a. Permission. for the erection of 3. no. floodlights to side of pitch 4 [previously approved under Planning Ref. No's 03/6724 & 10/674] and for 3 no additional floodlights to be erected on existing poles on pitch 3.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21741/0 - 25 Oct 2017, Galway County Council 171541: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and for all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 198.3sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171541/0 - 9 Aug 2017, Galway County Council 171199: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect dwelling house, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 238.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171199/0 - 24 Jul 2017, Galway County Council 171095: Conditional. Permission. for the re-configuration of existing all weather pitches including associated fencing, lighting, site works and services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171095/0 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 Drum West. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drum West. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drum West. ## 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 Drum West, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_402, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_402.zip (ZIP). - 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/drum-west.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/drum-west.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/drum-west.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drum West 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) - Attyshonock: https://everytownland.com/galway/attyshonock.md - Boleynasruhaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/boleynasruhaun.md - Corboley (Lynch): https://everytownland.com/galway/corboley-lynch.md - Corcullen: https://everytownland.com/galway/corcullen-61470.md - Drum East: https://everytownland.com/galway/drum-east.md - Lisheenakeeran: https://everytownland.com/galway/lisheenakeeran.md - Pollagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/pollagh-63553.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/drum-west - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/drum-west