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

Townland in the civil parish of Killower, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Sheáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 599,481 m² (59.95 ha, 148.13 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 48,119 m² (4.81 ha, 11.89 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killower, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/killower.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Claretuam, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,132 people lived in 394 households in the Claretuam electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21957
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62519
- Centre: latitude 53.504153, longitude -8.949607 (WGS 84)

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

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown, from 3,477 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres) to 273,549 m² (27.35 ha, 67.6 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2071682: 273,549 m² (27.35 ha, 67.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2071682.md
- Parcel 2071681: 116,017 m² (11.6 ha, 28.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2071681.md
- Parcel 2024248: 102,586 m² (10.26 ha, 25.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2024248.md
- Parcel 2071684: 91,911 m² (9.19 ha, 22.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2071684.md
- Parcel 2071680: 4,328 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2071680.md
- Parcel 2071683: 4,278 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2071683.md
- Parcel 2024249: 4,193 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2024249.md
- Parcel 2024247: 3,477 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2024247.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Johnstown 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.

- 30 Jul 2025, Galway County Council 2561044: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, greenhouse, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561044/0
- 6 Jun 2025, Galway County Council 2560722: N/a. Permission, 1 home. sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, greenhouse, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 244 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560722/0
- 16 Mar 2020, Galway County Council 20338: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20338/0
- 13 Feb 2018, Galway County Council 18150: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a change of house design from that previously granted full planning permission under Planning Ref. No. 15/289 along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 184.4 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18150/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Belclare Turlough, site code 000234

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

- GA043-093: Windmill, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-093----. On a gravel ridge. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as 'Windmill' but evidently out of use by the time of 3rd ed. (1930) when the words 'in Ruins' are appended. It is shown thereon as a small unroofed circular structure (D c. 5m). The site has since been extensively quarried (see GA043-093001-) and no trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA043-093001: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-093001-. On a ridge, on or close to the site of a windmill (GA043-093----). Discovered in 1968 in a sand quarry. A rectangular cist (L >1.1m, Wth 0.75m), its long axis running NNE-SSW, was accidentally exposed in the face of the quarry. It comprised two stones (H c. 0.35m) on W side, and a very low end-stone (H 0.15m) at N end. Only one stone survived on E side and S end had already fallen away. The N end had previously been disturbed by a pit dug into it from above. This had been refilled with small rounded stones amongst which a number of animal bones were found. The cist itself contained nothing. Subsequently destroyed by quarrying: no trace survives (Topgr. Files, NMI). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA043-094: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-094----. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure or mound (D c. 20m). Though not marked on 3rd ed. (1930), the site name does appear, albeit now transferred to another monument (GA043-019----) 450m to SSE. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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 Johnstown.

## 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 Johnstown, 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 Johnstown.
- 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/johnstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/johnstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/johnstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Johnstown 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)

- Ardrumkilla: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardrumkilla.md
- Carrowbeg North: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowbeg-north-60920.md
- Common or Turloughnaroyey: https://everytownland.com/galway/common-or-turloughnaroyey.md
- Goldenpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/goldenpark.md
- Killower: https://everytownland.com/galway/killower.md
- Tulrush: https://everytownland.com/galway/tulrush.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/johnstown
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/johnstown