Grallagh

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grallagh, from 58 m² to 146,535 m² (14.65 ha, 36.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Grallagh 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

  to construct a single storey extension to the rear of my dwelling. The extension will include a kitchen, dining and living area along with a new bedroom

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661602

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 27 Feb 2023Conditional

  to (a) decommission an existing wastewater treatment system & install a new proprietary effluent treatment system & polishing filter, (b) undertake alterations to elevations & change of use of existing agricultural shed (agricultural shed (170m²) is exempt development) to accommodate new camping facilities including sanitary services, laundry & storage (existing substandard sanitary & camping facilities to be removed), & (c) install new dedicated & sealed holding tank for effluent from camper van cassettes for toilet disposal & all ancillary site works at existing caravan & camp park

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360177

• 28 Jan 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the rear of my dwelling. The extension will include a kitchen, dining and living area along with a new bedroom. Gross floor space of proposed works: 51 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2178

• 7 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, installation of a new proprietary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 180.00

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20566

• 19 May 2017Conditional

  to retain and complete a dwelling house, previously granted under 04/4030 and to construct a wastewater system and services on revised boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17714

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: Barnahallia Lough SAC 002118
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Leagaun Machair 001289

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Grallagh.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Grallagh, about 1 in 5 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 Grallagh.

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 Grallagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Grallagh · An Ghreallach

Area

652,807 m² (65.28 ha, 161.31 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Sillerna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

466 people lived in 191 households in the Sillerna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnahallia, Claddaghduff, Courhoor, Fountainhill or Knockavilra, Leagaun

Placenames

Grallagh 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.