# Formweel, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish Formaoil. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,055,267 m² (505.53 ha, 1,249.18 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,888 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcummin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilcummin.md - Barony: Moycullen - Electoral division: Selerna, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,503 people lived in 548 households in the Selerna electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% 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/18804 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62035 - Centre: latitude 53.345415, longitude -9.468575 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Formweel, from 17 m² to 1,606,785 m² (160.68 ha, 397.05 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2375603: 1,606,785 m² (160.68 ha, 397.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2375603.md - Parcel 2093602: 950,086 m² (95.01 ha, 234.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093602.md - Parcel 2093594: 518,984 m² (51.9 ha, 128.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093594.md - Parcel 5252888: 434,477 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252888.md - Parcel 5252931: 363,140 m² (36.31 ha, 89.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252931.md - Parcel 2375609: 104,734 m² (10.47 ha, 25.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2375609.md - Parcel 2044690: 89,487 m² (8.95 ha, 22.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044690.md - Parcel 2044694: 67,972 m² (6.8 ha, 16.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044694.md - Parcel 5252948: 66,516 m² (6.65 ha, 16.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252948.md - Parcel 2069201: 38,807 m² (3.88 ha, 9.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069201.md - Parcel 2093609: 31,115 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093609.md - Parcel 2044698: 30,326 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044698.md - Parcel 2093596: 27,995 m² (2.8 ha, 6.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093596.md - Parcel 2044699: 27,092 m² (2.71 ha, 6.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044699.md - Parcel 2044704: 18,418 m² (1.84 ha, 4.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044704.md - Parcel 5252883: 15,369 m² (1.54 ha, 3.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252883.md - Parcel 2093597: 14,605 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093597.md - Parcel 2093603: 13,375 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093603.md - Parcel 2093600: 10,953 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093600.md - Parcel 2093607: 10,323 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093607.md - Parcel 2093601: 8,627 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093601.md - Parcel 2093610: 8,033 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093610.md - Parcel 2044689: 7,061 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044689.md - Parcel 5252852: 6,717 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252852.md - Parcel 2044693: 6,616 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044693.md - Parcel 2093608: 6,010 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093608.md - Parcel 2044692: 5,376 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044692.md - Parcel 2044702: 4,888 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044702.md - Parcel 2093599: 4,734 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093599.md - Parcel 2093591: 4,539 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093591.md - Parcel 2044701: 4,038 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044701.md - Parcel 2093606: 3,918 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093606.md - Parcel 2044691: 3,756 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044691.md - Parcel 2044697: 3,677 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044697.md - Parcel 2093593: 3,102 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093593.md - Parcel 2093590: 2,848 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093590.md - Parcel 2093592: 2,438 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093592.md - Parcel 5940605: 1,984 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5940605.md - Parcel 2044696: 1,914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044696.md - Parcel 2044703: 1,662 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044703.md - Parcel 5252867: 1,647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252867.md - Parcel 5901098: 1,494 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901098.md - Parcel 2093605: 1,383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093605.md - Parcel 5252927: 1,232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252927.md - Parcel 2044705: 900 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044705.md - Parcel 5252967: 849 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252967.md - Parcel 2093604: 768 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093604.md - Parcel 2044700: 636 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044700.md - Parcel 5901102: 496 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901102.md - Parcel 5901077: 393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901077.md - Parcel 5901100: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901100.md - Parcel 5940618: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5940618.md - Parcel 5252917: 103 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252917.md - Parcel 5252628: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252628.md - Parcel 5252825: 17 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252825.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Formweel 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 11 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 25341: Conditional. Permission. to construct an agricultural shed for the purpose of housing & handling livestock, animal feedstuff and for keeping farm yard manure dry, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25341/0 - 30 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 25297: N/a. Permission. to construct an agricultural shed for the purpose of housing & handling livestock, animal feedstuff & for keeping farm yard manure dry, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25297/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC, site code 002034, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002034 - Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA, site code 004181, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004181 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex, site code 002034 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA079-002: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA079-002----. On N shore of Loch Fhormaoil. Known locally as An Tobar Beannaithe or Tobar na bhFaithní, it consists of a small natural hole (D 0.2m) on the lake margin which runs horizontally into the rock for c. 0.3m and contains some coins. A couple of small stones on a nearby boulder is the only marker for the well which was reputed to have a cure for warts (info. T. Robinson). 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 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 Formweel. ## 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 Formweel, about 1 in 20 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 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 Formweel. - 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/formweel.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/formweel.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/formweel.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Formweel 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) - Cloghermore: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloghermore.md - Glenicmurrin: https://everytownland.com/galway/glenicmurrin.md - Lugganimma: https://everytownland.com/galway/lugganimma.md - Muckanaghkillew: https://everytownland.com/galway/muckanaghkillew.md - Shannapheasteen: https://everytownland.com/galway/shannapheasteen.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/formweel - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/formweel