Glencoh

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencoh, from 95 m² to 179,500 m² (17.95 ha, 44.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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 Glencoh 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.

• 9 Dec 2025Conditional

  for garage/shed as constructed and permission is being sought for extensions and alterations to dwelling house and to convert part of garage/shed to artist's studio with all associated works & ancillary services

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561820

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct new garage/home office retain existing attic conversion construct new side extension all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 69.00 sqm(garage), 22.00 sqm(extension) & 68.00 sqm(retention)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461778

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the construction of an electrical transmission support long duration battery array. The array will consist of 44 containers each holding battery storage units up to 2MW for a maximum total of 88MW. The development will include a control building, ancillary infrastructure including security fencing, lighting, CCTV, internal access roads & drainage together with all associated services. The overall development site is 0.827ha. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23448

• 10 Feb 2017Conditional

  to carry out essential repairs to its existing 38kv line from Screeb 110kv Station to Carraroe 38kv station through the townlands of Doire an Fheich (Derrynea), Caorán an Chosáin (Keeraunacussaun), Leitir Mucu (Lettermuckoo), Cinn Mhara (Kinvara), Camus Iochtair (Camus Eighter), Camus Uachtair (Camas Oughter). These works will include replacing existing double wood poles, stays and headgear. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17157

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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Area of Conservation: Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC 002111
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034

Recorded monuments

• GA065-006 Field boundary
  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 Glencoh.

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 Glencoh, 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 Glencoh.

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

Name

Glencoh · Glinn Chatha

Area

2,562,134 m² (256.21 ha, 633.12 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Turlough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

555 people lived in 222 households in the Turlough electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gortmore, Turlough

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Glencoh 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.