# Gortaha, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lickmolassy, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish Gort an Chatha. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,514,086 m² (151.41 ha, 374.14 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,961 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C2.1 Business & Enterprise, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lickmolassy, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/lickmolassy.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Kilmalinoge, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 221 people lived in 86 households in the Kilmalinoge electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 20% 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/21110 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62228 - Centre: latitude 53.102206, longitude -8.201577 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaha, from 155 m² to 128,660 m² (12.87 ha, 31.79 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1933868: 128,660 m² (12.87 ha, 31.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933868.md - Parcel 4463057: 109,793 m² (10.98 ha, 27.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4463057.md - Parcel 2018787: 107,465 m² (10.75 ha, 26.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018787.md - Parcel 2018769: 106,950 m² (10.69 ha, 26.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018769.md - Parcel 2018773: 78,034 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018773.md - Parcel 5291510: 74,383 m² (7.44 ha, 18.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5291510.md - Parcel 2018793: 66,649 m² (6.66 ha, 16.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018793.md - Parcel 2018778: 56,601 m² (5.66 ha, 13.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018778.md - Parcel 1933864: 50,318 m² (5.03 ha, 12.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933864.md - Parcel 2018766: 50,192 m² (5.02 ha, 12.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018766.md - Parcel 2018788: 49,730 m² (4.97 ha, 12.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018788.md - Parcel 1933875: 47,210 m² (4.72 ha, 11.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933875.md - Parcel 2018776: 43,850 m² (4.38 ha, 10.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018776.md - Parcel 2112189: 40,048 m² (4 ha, 9.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112189.md - Parcel 2018795: 37,560 m² (3.76 ha, 9.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018795.md - Parcel 5251054: 33,743 m² (3.37 ha, 8.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251054.md - Parcel 2018777: 32,466 m² (3.25 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018777.md - Parcel 1933768: 27,510 m² (2.75 ha, 6.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933768.md - Parcel 1933877: 23,455 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933877.md - Parcel 1933871: 23,426 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933871.md - Parcel 2018783: 21,675 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018783.md - Parcel 2018765: 20,291 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018765.md - Parcel 2093183: 18,183 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093183.md - Parcel 2018767: 16,539 m² (1.65 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018767.md - Parcel 1933857: 15,448 m² (1.54 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933857.md - Parcel 2093182: 15,298 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093182.md - Parcel 1933858: 14,652 m² (1.47 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933858.md - Parcel 2093181: 14,274 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093181.md - Parcel 2044314: 14,150 m² (1.41 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044314.md - Parcel 2018768: 13,608 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018768.md - Parcel 5174815: 12,889 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5174815.md - Parcel 1933774: 12,502 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933774.md - Parcel 1933769: 9,968 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933769.md - Parcel 1933876: 9,213 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933876.md - Parcel 2018772: 8,043 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018772.md - Parcel 1933861: 7,231 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933861.md - Parcel 1933770: 5,961 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933770.md - Parcel 2018790: 5,926 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018790.md - Parcel 1933773: 4,842 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933773.md - Parcel 1933866: 4,826 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933866.md - Parcel 1933874: 4,618 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933874.md - Parcel 2018792: 4,614 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018792.md - Parcel 1933860: 4,592 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933860.md - Parcel 1933872: 4,354 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933872.md - Parcel 2018775: 4,186 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018775.md - Parcel 2018770: 4,065 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018770.md - Parcel 2018789: 3,947 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018789.md - Parcel 2018791: 3,563 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018791.md - Parcel 1933865: 3,460 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933865.md - Parcel 2018782: 3,312 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018782.md - Parcel 3024308: 3,266 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3024308.md - Parcel 1933869: 2,892 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933869.md - Parcel 2018781: 2,852 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018781.md - Parcel 5174808: 2,848 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5174808.md - Parcel 2018780: 2,754 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018780.md - Parcel 1933867: 2,720 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933867.md - Parcel 2018785: 2,578 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018785.md - Parcel 1933863: 2,488 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933863.md - Parcel 2018794: 2,300 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018794.md - Parcel 2018786: 1,888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018786.md - Parcel 1933870: 1,837 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933870.md - Parcel 2018774: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018774.md - Parcel 2018784: 1,773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018784.md - Parcel 1933772: 1,601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933772.md - Parcel 1933771: 1,560 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933771.md - Parcel 1933862: 1,417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933862.md - Parcel 2018771: 815 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018771.md - Parcel 1933873: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933873.md - Parcel 6105046: 627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6105046.md - Parcel 2018779: 562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2018779.md - Parcel 1933775: 342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1933775.md - Parcel 4605377: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4605377.md - Parcel 5174810: 155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5174810.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C2.1 Business & Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - C5 Tourism (Tourism and related): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - R2 Residential Existing (Existing residential): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - N2.1 Water/Rivers/Streams (Water): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - G1 Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 22 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 25250: Unconditional. Extension of duration. of planning ref. 19/1287 for developments at; Connaught Harbour to Portumna Bridge, Fairyhill following the ESB flood embankment, through Lough Derg Water Recreation Park, Portumna to Portumna Forest Park, Portumna Demesne, County Galway. The development consists of two Phases, Phase 1: a new multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), 2.4km in length, with tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences at Portumna Bridge, crosses over the ESB flood bank via a new timber boardwalk, following along the toe of the flood bank connect to Lough Derg Water Recreation Park. A new cycle advisory lane, marked parking bays upgrade to footpaths shall be constructed at Lough Derg Water Recreation. The route continues through adjacent farm land which connects to OPW lands that lead to the existing access road at Portumna Forest Park. Phase 2: a new 8 berth marina, incorporating boat pump-out at Connaught Harbour, the removal of the two existing buildings and construction of a new car parking area. Located at the existing Waterways Ireland works yard at Portumna bridge the three existing building shall be removed, for the construction of a new car parking and amenity area, including a new timber covered space incorporating a bat roost. Existing footpaths shall be repaired where required and a new Toucan road crossing shall be constructed to connect to the Blueway constructed in Phase 1. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures; Portumna Harbour, Fairyhill (RPS 477) and Portumna Castle, Portumna Demesne (PRS 3785). A Natura Impact Statement have been prepared and included as part of the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25250/0 - 15 Nov 2023, Galway County Council 23458: Unconditional. Extension of duration. for the construction of a serviced dwelling house with a domestic store/garage. Gross floor space of proposed works 284.8sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23458/0 - 7 Feb 2022, Galway County Council 2260071: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house including; 1. the addition of side and rear extensions, 2.the demolition of the existing garage 3.the provisions of a new garage along with all the associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260071/0 - 20 Aug 2019, Galway County Council 191287: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for developments at; Connaught Harbour to Portumna Bridge, Fairyhill following the ESB flood embankment, through Lough Derg Water Recreation Park, Portumna to Portumna Forest Park, Portumna Demesne, County Galway. The development consists of two Phases, Phase 1: a new multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), 2.4km in length, with tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences at Portumna Bridge, crosses over the ESB flood bank via a new timber boardwalk, following along the toe of the flood bank connect to Lough Derg Water Recreation Park. A new cycle advisory lane, marked parking bays upgrade to footpaths shall be constructed at Lough Derg Water Recreation. The route continues through adjacent farm land which connects to OPW lands that lead to the existing access road at Portumna Forest Park. Phase 2: a new 8 berth marina, incorporating boat pump-out at Connaught Harbour, the removal of the two existing buildings and construction of a new car parking area. Located at the existing Waterways Ireland works yard at Portumna bridge the three existing building shall be removed, for the construction of a new car parking and amenity area, including a new timber covered space incorporating a bat roost. Existing footpaths shall be repaired where required and a new Toucan road crossing shall be constructed to connect to the Blueway constructed in Phase 1. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures; Portumna Harbour, Fairyhill (RPS 477) and Portumna Castle, Portumna Demesne (PRS 3785). A Natura Impact Statement have been prepared and included as part of the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191287/0 - 17 Sept 2018, Galway County Council 181309: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a serviced dwelling house with a domestic store/garage. Gross floor space of proposed works 284.8sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181309/0 - 23 Mar 2017, Galway County Council 17384: Conditional. Permission. for (a) Retention of single storey dwelling, septic tank/treatment system and percolation area and site entrance on revised site boundaries from previously approved under plan. Ref. No. 00/1338 (b) Retain and complete partially constructed domestic garage/store (c) construct an extension to rear of existing single storey dwelling (d) Internal modifications to dwelling with minor alterations to elevations and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of works to be retained:168.50 sqm + 87.63 sqm; gross floor space of proposed works: 113 sqm.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17384/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Shannon Callows SAC, site code 000216, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000216 - Special Protection Area: Middle Shannon Callows SPA, site code 004096, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004096 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Shannon Callows, site code 000216 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA127-007: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA127-007----. A hachured feature marked on the 1948 revision of the OS 6-inch map is named ‘Gravel Pit (Disused)’ on the OS 25-inch plan. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Not visited. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 August 2014 - GA127-008: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA127-008----. 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. 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 Gortaha. ## 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 Gortaha, 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1383, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1383.zip (ZIP). - 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/gortaha.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortaha.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortaha.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Gortaha 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) - Cappasallagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/cappasallagh.md - Fairyhill: https://everytownland.com/galway/fairyhill.md - Gortawullaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortawullaun-62248.md - Gowil: https://everytownland.com/galway/gowil.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/gortaha - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/gortaha