Gallagh

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gallagh, from 196 m² to 276,311 m² (27.63 ha, 68.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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 Gallagh 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  to extend and renovate their dwelling house, remove existing septic tank, install a wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661371

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment plant and polishing filter and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361535

• 5 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment system, percolation area and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 188 sqm. (garage) 56 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18934

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  to construct a new entrance, farm access road and machinery storage shed. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 166.75 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17257

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gallagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA060-079 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. An almost circular rath (D 31.5m), in fair condition, defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank overlain by a field wall at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-080 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a hill summit in grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 35.5m, E-W 30m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. The outer bank is present from NNW through N to E. Entrance causeway at N. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at N and S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-081001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On S end of a glacial ridge which is mantled with associated earthworks (GA060-081002-). In existence before 1504 when it was destroyed by 'Mac William De Burgo' (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 236-7, 243) (see also GA059-037----). The visible remains comprise a high flat-topped circular mound (D 15m, H 8m) which, though diminutive, is motte-like in appearance. Traces of a circular bank or grassed-over stone wall are visible around the perimeter of its summit. The S end of the ridge has been disturbed, probably by the 'mansion' which, according to local tradition, once stood at its foot. This is reputed to have had six chimneys but apart from the keystone of an arch, no visible surface trace of it survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-081002 Earthwork
  Description

  On a short but steep-sided NE-SW running glacial ride (L c. 250m), on N outskirts of Castleblakney village. From SW end of the ridge, where OS 6-inch map shows the site of a castle (GA060-081001-), a narrow trackway (Wth 8m) runs along its summit towards the lower NE end. This trackway is flanked on either side by a series of terraces (Wth 3.4-4m), supplemented along W side by a linear bank and fosse. Two wide fosses, running NW-SE, traverse the ridge, one at SW end delimiting the castle site, and another shallower example towards NE end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA060-081003 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  On S end of a glacial ridge which is mantled with associated earthworks (GA060-081002-). In existence before 1504 when it was destroyed by 'Mac William De Burgo' (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 236-7, 243) (see also GA059-037----). The visible remains comprise a high flat-topped circular mound (D 15m, H 8m) which, though diminutive, is motte-like in appearance. Traces of a circular bank or grassed-over stone wall are visible around the perimeter of its summit. The S end of the ridge has been disturbed, probably by the 'mansion' (GA060-081003-) which, according to local tradition, once stood at its foot. This is reputed to have had six chimneys but apart from the keystone of an arch, no visible surface trace of it survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 04 August 2016

• GA060-082 Quarry
  Description

  At the SW end of a glacial ridge in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be an overgrown rectangular hollow, probably a disused sand or gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gallagh, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gallagh · Gallach

Area

1,808,744 m² (180.87 ha, 446.95 acres)

Civil parish

Killosolan, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Castleblakeney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

551 people lived in 197 households in the Castleblakeney electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleblakeney, Course, Crannagh, Greenville, Hundredacres, Islands, Lehanagh

Placenames

Gallagh 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.