Emlagharan

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Emlagharan, from 270 m² to 396,475 m² (39.65 ha, 97.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Emlagharan 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.

• 5 Feb 2026Conditional

  to 1) construct a new single storey extension to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling house 2) to construct a new porch to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house and all associated works and ancillary services. The application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660168

• 13 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of the original single-storey cottage with associated later storey-and-a-half extensions (total gross floor area 199m2), and the detached single-storey shed (total gross floor area21m2), and the construction of a new single-storey replacement dwelling on the footprint of the original cottage with single-storey over basement extension to the east (total gross floor area383m2; ground floor 243.5m2; basement level 139.5m2), the installation of a new on-site wastewater treatment system & percolation area, decommissioning of the existing septic tank on site, together with all associated site works, including extended driveway and landscaping. A NIS (Natura Impact Statement) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561661

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360507

• 5 Dec 2019Conditional

  of existing dwelling house and existing shed on revised site boundaries well as all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 111.40 sqm - House, Shed - 24 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191884

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  of existing dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of work to be retained (house) 77 sqm. (garage) 9.86 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18714

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slyne Head Peninsula SAC 002074
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slyne Head Peninsula 002074

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Emlagharan.

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

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.

• Emlagharan, Ballyconneely5 sales

Name

Emlagharan · Imleach Árann

Area

1,616,602 m² (161.66 ha, 399.47 acres)

Civil parish

Ballindoon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Doonloughan, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aillebrack, Bunowen Beg, Bunowen More, Creggoduff, Keerhaun South, Lehid, Mannin More, Truska

Placenames

Emlagharan on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.