Gorteenacra

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteenacra, from 307 m² to 42,115 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  for amendments to finished floor level of Block 3 granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23 and associated site and development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660782

• 21 Jan 2026N/a

  to construct a camper van campsite which includes toilet facilities and wash up building. Outline planning permission is also sought for 8 glamping pods. The overall proposal includes an access road and parking for the entire development including all associated works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 267

• 22 Dec 2022Refused

  for the development which will consist of: • The demolition of 2 no. single storey dwellings and associated structures along with removal of existing partly demolished house and rubble, • The construction of a mixed use office, enterprise and residential development within 4 no. building blocks, • Building No. 1 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 4 no. 1 bed apartments on the ground floor, and 6 no. 2 bedroom apartments on the first and second floor, • Building No. 2 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 6 no. 1 bedroomed apartments on the ground floor, and 8 no. 2 bedroom apartment units on the first and second floor, • Building No. 3 will consist of a single storey building to accommodate incubator/start up offices. • Building No. 4 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate a ground floor Enterprise Centre and 8 no. 2 bed apartments on the first and second floor, • Provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from the Caheroyan Road, • Provision of an ESB Sub Station, • Provision of carparking including a number of dedicated electrical charge spaces and ducting to all spaces for future charging points; • Provision of public & private open spaces, bicycle parking, bin storage, site landscaping, play spaces and public lighting; • Provision of landscaping and riverside amenity area and associated drainage swales, • Connection to existing services, revised boundary treatments, footpath connections, signage locations and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.Gross floor space of proposed works 3,857.13sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261303

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  for the upgrade of the sewerage network in the town of Athenry and the townlands of Caherroyn, Gorteenacra, Knockaunglass, Athenry, Baunmore, Gortnahown, Prospect, Newford, Ballygarraun South, Raheen and Cullairbaun in Co. Galway. The Athenry Town Walls and Gateway (Record of Proteccted Structure No. 132) is located within the subject site. The development will consist of; Decommissioning of an existing combined sewer overflow at North Gate street within the centre of Athenry Town; upgrade/replacement of the sewers from the Cuirt Ard/Caheroyan Road junction to the Caheroyan Pumping Station; decommissioning and removal of above ground structures of the Caheroyan Pumping station; construction of a new sewer from the decommissioned Caheroyan Pumping including crossing of the River Clarin and lands to the south east; construction of a new sewer which starts at North Gate, crosses the River Clarin at Bridge Street, flows via a new sewer to a pumping station adjacent to Pairc na hAbhainn housing estate, crossing a tributaryof the River Clarin to the pumping station site; construction of a new main wastewater pumping station adjacent to Pairc na hAbhainn housing estate including underground chambers, emergency storage tank, wet kiosk, above ground control kiosk, generator, lifting gantry (max 4m in height) and vent stack; Rising main from the pumping station, crossing the R348, to Athenry wastewater treatment plant; Construction of new boundary fencing of 2.4m in height around the pumping station and stormwater overflow outfall to stream to the north of the pumping station site; Decommissioning and removal of existing on-site package wastewater treatment plant at the pumping station site; construction of a new sewer which begins at a small estate in Raheen, passes through the Presentation College school site, crosses 2 no. railway lines and connects into a newly built sewer within the Clarin College school site and then flows to the Athenry Wastewater Treatment Plant; and connecting the existing rising main from the Presentation College to the new sewer; Installation of a new access gate between Caheroyan Drive and Caheroyan House to facilitate access to the sewer for maintenance and for agricultural purposes; and all associated site development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212026

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 Gorteenacra.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gorteenacra.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gorteenacra.

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_867 (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 Gorteenacra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Gorteenacra · Gortín Acra

Area

249,917 m² (24.99 ha, 61.76 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Athenry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athenry electoral division: 5,765 people in 2,069 households; 67% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Athenry, Caherroyn, Kingsland North, Kingsland South, Knockaunglass

Placenames

Gorteenacra 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.