Glenrevagh
Townland in the civil parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Gleann Riabhach
- Area
- 54.1 ha
- 134 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 2,685 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning
- R3
- Residential
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenrevagh, from 25 m² to 196,315 m² (19.63 ha, 48.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R3Residential (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Recreation and Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Mar 2026Conditional
for construction of a single storey dwelling, construction of a domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2652
17 Nov 2025Refused
for construction of a single storey dwelling, construction of a domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25313
27 Jan 2022Conditional
chun (1) Athrú ar úsáid an Fhoirgnimh Haingear Aerárthaí go Stiúideo Scannán (2) Athrú ar úsáide an Fhoirgnimh Stáisiúin Dóiteáin atá ann cheana go dtí úsáid Oifige agus Ceardlainne coimhdeach leis an Stiúdeo Scannán. (3) Fáil réidh leis an dá (2) dhoras haingear atá ann cheana ar an taobh ó dheas den fhoirgneamh agus dhá (2) dhoras comhla rothlach a chur ina n-áit. (4) Athruithe a dhéanamh ar an taobh istigh den Fhorgneamh Haingear. (5) Sconsa agus geataí slándála 2.4m ar airde a thógáil mórthimpeall an imline. (6) Athruithe ar rochtain carrchlóis atá ann cheana, bacainní rochtana uathoibrithe agus oibreacha láithreáin gaolmhara a sholáthar. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 3383.70 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2272
26 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct dwellinghouse, garage and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works (dwelling) 153 sqm. (garage) 40 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18872
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glenrevagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glenrevagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glenrevagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glenrevagh.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glenrevagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Glenrevagh · An Gleann Riabhach
- Area
- 540,988 m² (54.1 ha, 133.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oranmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Ballintemple, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballintemple electoral division: 1,609 people in 566 households; 78% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintemple, Carnmore West, Garraun North, Kiltullagh
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Glenrevagh 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.