Foorglass

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foorglass, from 307 m² to 70,320 m² (7.03 ha, 17.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Foorglass 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.

• 19 Apr 2025Conditional

  for changes from previously approved permission (28634), on a revised boundary, with the addition of a garage and other minor design changes. Gross floor space of proposed works: 140 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560470

• 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

• 24 Mar 2022Refused

  for proposed rear/side elevation extension to existing cottage as well as all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 39.70 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260268

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  to construct new boat house/ storage shed as well as all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20138

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  for construction of a slatted shed and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 230 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18416

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  for both the retention and completion of works relating to the provision of a one bedroom cottage and all ancillary site works (including access arrangements, foul drainage system, and landscaping). (Gross floor space of proposed works: 28 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17202

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 Foorglass.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Foorglass, about 1 in 10 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 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 Foorglass.

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 Foorglass with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Foorglass · Fothair Ghlas

Area

920,466 m² (92.05 ha, 227.45 acres)

Civil parish

Ballindoon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Bunowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

406 people lived in 165 households in the Bunowen electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconneely, Doohulla

Placenames

Foorglass 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.