Gortbeg

139 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortbeg, from 16 m² to 140,781 m² (14.08 ha, 34.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortbeg 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.

• 20 Oct 2025Conditional

  for construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561539

• 21 Mar 2025Conditional

  of dwelling house granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, including slight changes to roof design, & all associated site services on revised Site Boundaries to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of garage structure due to change of design to that granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of Storage Shed Structure and all on revised site boundaries, to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560299

• 7 Dec 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank with treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 181 sqm (dwelling house) and 60sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361462

• 2 May 2023Conditional

  of the existing dwelling from previously approved planning permission 03/3517 and planning permission for a single storey rear extension, internal alterations, new wastewater treatment and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360453

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  to retain the existing domestic garage/fuel store/storage shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained 77.00sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261279

• 25 Oct 2022Refused

  for the construction of a single storey rear extension, internal alterations, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 90.12sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261074

• 22 Sept 2022N/a

  of dwelling house & domestic garage. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 660 sqm (house) + 34 sqm (garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221065

• 30 Jun 2022Conditional

  sought for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 220sqm (dwelling house) and 56sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260669

• 5 Aug 2021Conditional

  for retention of domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 40 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211432

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct a house, garage and a treatment plant system plus associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 267 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201981

• 7 Jul 2020Conditional

  for an agricultural shed for dry feed, machinery and lambing. Gross floor space of proposed works: 324 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20887

• 5 Mar 2019Conditional

  to; a) demolish existing substandard cottage, b). construct a new dwelling house, entrance and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 150 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19308

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 Gortbeg.

Recorded monuments

• GA044-060 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA044-061 House - vernacular house
  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 Gortbeg.

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

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_794 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Gortbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Gortbeg · An Gort Beag

Area

1,977,507 m² (197.75 ha, 488.65 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoylan, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Ballynapark, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynapark electoral division: 1,101 people in 336 households; 95% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Ballynastuckaun, Brackloon, Cahergal, Clooninagh, Cloonlusk, Garra

Placenames

Gortbeg 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.