# Garrison, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kiltormer, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish An Garastún. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 439,021 m² (43.9 ha, 108.48 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in it, median 438,763 m² (43.88 ha, 108.42 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kiltormer, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kiltormer.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Laurencetown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 397 people lived in 141 households in the Laurencetown electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17986 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62118 - Centre: latitude 53.213671, longitude -8.228237 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Garrison, from 438,763 m² (43.88 ha, 108.42 acres) to 438,763 m² (43.88 ha, 108.42 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2050841: 438,763 m² (43.88 ha, 108.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2050841.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Garrison 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 8 Jan 2026, Galway County Council 2660009: Conditional. Permission. for several minor amendments to the previously consented development under Planning Reference 2461749 (by Galway County Council). The amendments comprise the following; Combined central inverters and MV transformers are replaced by separate string inverters and central MV transformers which results in a reduction in the extent of associated hardstanding areas; alteration to Condition 3(a) to extend the operational lifetime of the solar farm from 35 years to 40 years; addition of tables in the former central inverter locations. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660009/0 - 4 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2565: Conditional. Permission. to construct a four bay loose shed and seepage tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2565/0 - 17 Dec 2024, Galway County Council 2461749: Conditional. Permission. to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 56.2 hectares across four sections of land to include, solar PV panels ground mounted on metal support structures, electrical transformer and inverter substation modules, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks (existing, upgrading and new), site accesses, watercourse crossing infrastructure, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, interconnection cabling, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461749/0 - 18 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201340: Conditional. Permission. to construct a four bay slatted shed with calf creep. Gross floor space of proposed works: 233 msq.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201340/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Garrison. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Garrison. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garrison. ## 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 Garrison, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garrison. - 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/garrison.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/garrison.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/garrison.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Garrison 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) - Craughwell: https://everytownland.com/galway/craughwell-61546.md - Feagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/feagh-62004.md - Raheen: https://everytownland.com/galway/raheen-63649.md - Skecoor: https://everytownland.com/galway/skecoor.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/garrison - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/garrison