Fawnmore

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fawnmore, from 79 m² to 394,542 m² (39.45 ha, 97.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Fawnmore 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.

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  for a single storey sports facility to include dressing rooms, referees’ room, showers, toilets, store, multi-purpose / meeting room, proprietary treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site development and external works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660788

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  to demolish and rebuild a utility shed. An NIS will accompany this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660531

• 9 Sept 2025Unconditional

  of pl. ref 20381 for fitting out of the roof space with the installation of windows and roof lights to the existing dwelling together with modifications to the existing effluent treatment system and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25229

• 8 Aug 2025Conditional

  of design alterations to dwelling, these alterations include the increase in size of a rear balcony with columns added, additional skylights to the north elevation, increase in size of window on the east side of the porch, 1st floor gable windows moved to the centre of the gables and the omission of concrete barges and chimneys to the verges

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561089

• 23 Jun 2023Conditional

  for the demolition of existing single storey section to the front of the existing building, & construction of new replacement single storey section, including all associated site development works & services (as previously granted under planning permission 19/1494). The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360701

• 10 Feb 2022Refused

  for a single storey sports facility to include dressing rooms, referees room, showers, toilets, store, multi-purpose/meeting room, proprietary treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site development and external works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 166sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22152

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  fitting out of the roof space with the installation of windows and roof lights to the existing dwelling together with modifications to the existing effluent treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20381

• 26 Sept 2019Conditional

  for development at Doonmore Hotel. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. The development will consist of: a) extensions and internal and external alterations to existing serviced tourist accommodation building including conversion of gymnasium and ancillary areas to 3No. additional guest bedrooms, provision of new escape stairwell and an external / maintenance store, b) provision of new staff accommodation extension at first floor and associated alterations to existing building, c) retention of existing first floor staff accommodation and associated alterations, d) construction of waste and equipment storage building, e) provision of new wastewater treatment system including polishing filter and all associated site development and external works, f) all on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144 sqm + 74 sqm (sheds). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 89 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191494

• 12 Jul 2019Refused

  consisting of fitting out of the roof space with the installation of windows and roof lights to the existing dwelling together with modifications to the existing effluent treatment system and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 91 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 252 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191068

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  to demolish existing outbuildings and to construct a dwellinghouse and effluent treatment system. A Natura Impact Statement will be lodged with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 78 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19117

• 22 Feb 2018Unconditional

  to demolish existing cottage and replace same with new dwelling and wastewater treatment system (gross floor space demolition 46sqm proposed 142sqm). Previous Planning Ref. No. 13/541.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 18208

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: Inishbofin and Inishshark SAC 000278
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inishbofin And Inishshark 000278

Recorded monuments

• GA009B009 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On N shore of Inishbofin at E edge of a sea inlet. Subcircular hut (D 15m) defined by drystone double walling with a rubble core. The SE sector has been damaged by construction of a later rectangular structure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA009B010 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  On a rocky headland on indented N coast of Inishbofin. An irregular and uneven area (80m by 54m) flanked by deep chasms. Defined along SE side by a curving and much collapsed wall (Wth 2.6m, H >1m), the inner and outer drystone revetments of which survive intermittently. No clear trace of an entrance is visible. Immediately outside the wall are the remains of a circular hut (D 2.5m) (info. from M. Casey). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA009B010001 Hut site
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Fawnmore, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fawnmore.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Fawnmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Fawnmore · An Fán Mór

Area

802,349 m² (80.23 ha, 198.26 acres)

Civil parish

Inishbofin, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Inishbofin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

184 people lived in 80 households in the Inishbofin electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Middlequarter, Westquarter

Placenames

Fawnmore 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.