# Inishroo, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus, barony of Kiltartan, Co. Galway; in Irish Inis Rú.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 766,987 m² (76.7 ha, 189.53 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,945 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kinvarradoorus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kinvarradoorus.md
- Barony: Kiltartan
- Electoral division: Kinvarra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,558 people lived in 552 households in the Kinvarra electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19523
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62500
- Centre: latitude 53.145263, longitude -9.000852 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Inishroo, from 253 m² to 274,011 m² (27.4 ha, 67.71 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5503614: 274,011 m² (27.4 ha, 67.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5503614.md
- Parcel 2110733: 211,880 m² (21.19 ha, 52.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110733.md
- Parcel 2060611: 82,594 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060611.md
- Parcel 2110734: 76,122 m² (7.61 ha, 18.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110734.md
- Parcel 2110729: 75,692 m² (7.57 ha, 18.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110729.md
- Parcel 2110732: 11,537 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110732.md
- Parcel 5503625: 6,459 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5503625.md
- Parcel 2110731: 5,945 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110731.md
- Parcel 5772659: 5,809 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772659.md
- Parcel 2060614: 5,749 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060614.md
- Parcel 2060612: 3,842 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060612.md
- Parcel 2060613: 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2060613.md
- Parcel 2114918: 1,709 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114918.md
- Parcel 5772666: 593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772666.md
- Parcel 2110730: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2110730.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Inishroo in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 15 Jun 2026, Galway County Council 2660985: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to (1) build new extension to rear of existing dwelling house and (2) retain existing hallway to side of dwelling house, and all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660985/0
- 18 Jun 2024, Galway County Council 2460742: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect dwelling house, wastewater tertiary treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 179 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460742/0
- 12 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260919: Refused. Permission, 1 home. sought to erect dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services.Gross floor space of proposed works 179.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260919/0
- 20 Dec 2017, Galway County Council 171840: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a slatted agricultural shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 149sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171840/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC, site code 000268, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000268
- Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA, site code 004031, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004031
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex, site code 000268

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA112-019: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA112-019----. In reclaimed grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m). An E-W running field boundary cut through it from SE to SW. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 July 2019
- GA112-023: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA112-023----. 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.
- GA112-059: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA112-059----. This fulacht fia is located at the N end of a low narrow N-S spine of raised dry ground that juts into the S side of a flat expanse of semi-tidal salt marsh which is bordered to the N by the inner reaches of Corranroo Bay. It is also fed by a number of freshwater springs, one of which flows in a narrow channel northwards into the marsh, c. 10m to the NE of the fulacht fia. The Kinvara-Ballyvaughan road borders the S side of the field, c. 40m to the S. The fulacht fia consists of a compact sod-covered D-shaped or roughly kidney-shaped mound (c. 12m E-W; c. 7m N-S; H 1-1.4m), with a gently domed profile and broadly sloping sides. It curves on the S half; the N side is straighter, but with a very slight indentation, and a shallow hollow at the base of the slope, facing the wet ground, which may indicate the location of a trough. At the time of visit, a small portion of the mound on the E side was denuded of sod, revealing characteristic concentrations of angular stone fragments (limestone) in black soil. A small cluster of medium-sized stones (4 or 5) lie on top of the mound. The following images have been uploaded: GA112-059----_01 View from SE.jpg GA112-059----_02 View from SW.jpg GA112-059----_03 View from NE.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 August 2019

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Inishroo, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Inishroo.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/inishroo.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/inishroo.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/inishroo.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Inishroo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Corranroo (Co. Clare): https://everytownland.com/clare/corranroo.md
- Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountscribe-or-moneyscreebagh.md
- Roo Demesne: https://everytownland.com/galway/roo-demesne.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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