Gortnashingaun

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnashingaun, from 62 m² to 94,999 m² (9.5 ha, 23.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gortnashingaun 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.

• 24 Sept 2026N/a

  for changes to his dwelling house design, & all associated site works, that were permitted under planning ref. 26/145 namely to carry out alterations to the dwelling, to build an extension, to construct an upgraded sewage treatment system, & all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 26247

• 18 Jun 2026Conditional

  of alterations made to dwelling house, septic tank, site boundaries, site entrance, and all associated site works, permitted under Planning Ref. Old 63313, and planning permission to carry out alterations to the dwelling, to build an extension, to construct an upgraded sewage treatment system, and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany this application

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26145

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a pedestrian pathway and all associated site works. This application will be accompanied with a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25215

• 2 May 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and domestic garage, together with all associated site works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 173 sqm & (Garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24118

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  to redevelop, reconstruct & extend existing derelict/semi-ruinous building as a dwellinghouse & a private wastewater treatment system with all associated works & ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360735

• 27 Apr 2023Conditional

  for: (a) retention of alterations to external elevations of dwellinghouse (b) change of use of existing dwellinghouse to guesthouse/fishing lodge incorporating guest only dining facilities (c) change of use of existing approved granny flat to staff accommodation (planning ref 12/779 refers) (d) set back part of the roadside boundary for provision of a standard roadside parking space (e) replace existing percolation area with new polishing filter (f) advertising sign & all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360428

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, sewage treatment system, domestic garage and all associate site works. gross floor space of proposed works house 178 sqm and garage 60 sqm. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221069

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct a Dwelling House, Sewage Treatment System and Domestic Garage. This application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 305 sqm, Garage 58 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21391

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  of a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on altered site boundaries. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 164 msq.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201518

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA040-012 Chapel
  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 Gortnashingaun.

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

At the centre of the townland of Gortnashingaun, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortnashingaun.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Gortnashingaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Gortnashingaun · Gort na Seangán

Area

300,776 m² (30.08 ha, 74.32 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Letterfore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

283 people lived in 108 households in the Letterfore electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coosaun, Curraghduff Middle, Farravaun

Placenames

Gortnashingaun 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.