Gorteennabohogy
Townland in the civil parish of Loughrea, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway; in Irish Goirtín na Bothóige
- Area
- 47.8 ha
- 118 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 1,429 m²
- Zoning
- C2.2
- Industrial
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteennabohogy, from 30 m² to 154,883 m² (15.49 ha, 38.27 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
- C2.2Industrial (General industry)
Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Loughrea 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Sept 2025N/a
for the construction of an agricultural machinery and feed storage shed and all associated site services
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561328
25 Aug 2025Refused
for an agricultural storage shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561180
21 Sept 2023Conditional
(1) to construct a warehouse unit including ancillary office space & delivery area (2) use of 2no. existing site entrances onto existing roadway servicing Cottage Hill Commercial Park (3) connection to existing services (4) hard & soft landscaping (5) provision for car parking, bicycle parking, bin stores & lighting, together with all associated site works & services
Permission · Galway County Council, 2361131
19 May 2023Conditional
for (A) Proposed extension to existing tyre servicing garage which includes sheltered loading bay and storage area (B) Permission for all associated signage for the proposed extension (C) Extend existing concrete apron & rear/side compound wall and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360534
20 Apr 2023N/a
for (a) proposed extension to existing tyre servicing garage which includes sheltered loading bay and storage area (b) permission for all associated signage for the proposed extension (c) extend existing concrete apron & rear/side compound wall and all associated site development works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360400
6 Apr 2023Conditional
for a change of use and for internal alternations to the 1st floor (405 sqm), from existing light industrial into office use, works include provision of offices, toilets and kitchen, minor elevation altercations to include the addition of 3 windows on the south end of the building on the 1st floor (5.4 sqm), addition of signage to the front and rear of the building and all related ancillary and associated site development works
Permission · Galway County Council, 23136
28 Sept 2021Conditional
for: (a) demolition of existing rear extension to dwelling house, (b) construction of extension to side and rear of dwelling house, construction of a carport to side of existing house, (d) elevational changes to existing house and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60.4 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 18 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211783
26 Apr 2021Refused
to construct a new warehouse / light industrial unit with designated onsite car parking and connection to existing business foul sewer network with all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works:205.2 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 21673
11 Dec 2017Conditional
for 1) Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, and domestic garage, 2) Construction of a new entrance and access road onto the Athenry Road, and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 268.9sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171773
8 Sept 2017Conditional
to construct an extension to their manufacturing unit. Gross floor space of proposed works 117.21sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained 212.63sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171348
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 Gorteennabohogy.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gorteennabohogy.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gorteennabohogy.
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 10 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_991 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gorteennabohogy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Gorteennabohogy · Goirtín na Bothóige
- Area
- 478,060 m² (47.81 ha, 118.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughrea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughrea
- Electoral division
- Loughrea Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Loughrea Rural electoral division: 898 people in 307 households; 92% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnadoman East, Caherlavine, Cosmona, Raruddy West, St. Laurencesfields
- Placenames
- Gorteennabohogy 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.