Knockshanbally

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockshanbally, from 231 m² to 213,275 m² (21.33 ha, 52.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knockshanbally 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.

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  le haghaidh teach conaithe ar teorainn leasaithe, seid a choinneail agus chun córas séarachais nua a thógáil, chomh maith le gach obair eile a bhaineann leis an fhorbairt a dheanamh

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25302

• 11 Sept 2025N/a

  chun teach conaithe a choinneail ar teorainn lesaithe, seid a choinneail agus chun córas séarachais nua a thogail, chomh maith le gach obair eile a bhaineann leis an fhorbairt a dheanamh

  Retention · Galway County Council, 25237

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  for change of house type to that previously approved under Pl. Ref. 22/778. A two storey, four bedroom dwelling (296 M²) is proposed with the previously approved treatment plant and percolation areas and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 296 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461440

• 7 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the erection of a dwelling house and sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 220sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23450

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  for an extension and internal modifications to an existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 44 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360249

• 16 Jun 2022Conditional

  chun teach cónaithe, garáiste, córas séarachais agus gach obair láithreáin ag teastail. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: Teach: 265sqm Garáiste: 60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22778

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  of a two storey gable extension, rear extension including a side entrance porch to the dwelling house as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 83 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212045

• 30 Apr 2020Conditional

  for the erection of a new dwelling house, garage and sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 125 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20525

• 20 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a proposed single dwelling house, detached garage and a proprietary water treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 259.2 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19389

• 10 Feb 2017Conditional

  for (1) the erection of a new dwelling house and a sewage treatment system (2) the retention of a temporary mobile home on site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 143sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17162

• 3 Feb 2017Conditional

  and completion of a domestic garage with loft storage and associated site works (ancillary to a granted house pl. ref. no. 14/1045) (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 63.5sqm)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17118

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drimcong Wood 001260

Recorded monuments

• GA068-033 Enclosure
  Description

  On S-facing slope overlooking Lough Pollalahy. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA068-034 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On N side of a laneway in gently undulating farmland. This CBG, correctly Lisín na Leannaí, was indicated on 1st ed. OS 6-inch map as a small enclosed area (c. 10m by c. 15m). Evidently cut by a field boundary by time of 3rd ed. (1933). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA068-035 Settlement cluster
  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 Knockshanbally.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Knockshanbally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Knockshanbally · Cnoc an tSeanbhaile

Area

1,244,039 m² (124.4 ha, 307.41 acres)

Civil parish

Moycullen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Tullokyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tullokyne electoral division: 2,303 people in 756 households; 81% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydotia, Deerfield or Gortnavea, Drimcong, Drimneen, Killarainy, Rinneen

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Knockshanbally 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.