# Lack, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Addergoole, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An Leac. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 719,542 m² (71.95 ha, 177.8 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,128 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Addergoole, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/addergoole.md - Barony: Dunmore - Electoral division: Milltown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 704 people lived in 266 households in the Milltown electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21908 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62896 - Centre: latitude 53.621367, longitude -8.893578 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lack, from 980 m² to 52,938 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2026500: 52,938 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026500.md - Parcel 2026503: 50,807 m² (5.08 ha, 12.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026503.md - Parcel 2026504: 47,704 m² (4.77 ha, 11.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026504.md - Parcel 2026501: 47,562 m² (4.76 ha, 11.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026501.md - Parcel 2074088: 47,354 m² (4.74 ha, 11.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074088.md - Parcel 2074091: 42,333 m² (4.23 ha, 10.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074091.md - Parcel 2074082: 42,044 m² (4.2 ha, 10.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074082.md - Parcel 2074084: 41,564 m² (4.16 ha, 10.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074084.md - Parcel 2074087: 39,471 m² (3.95 ha, 9.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074087.md - Parcel 2074089: 39,438 m² (3.94 ha, 9.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074089.md - Parcel 2074086: 36,088 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074086.md - Parcel 2074081: 34,754 m² (3.48 ha, 8.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074081.md - Parcel 2026505: 29,335 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026505.md - Parcel 5615611: 22,089 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5615611.md - Parcel 2074085: 20,853 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074085.md - Parcel 2026495: 15,853 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026495.md - Parcel 2074083: 15,601 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074083.md - Parcel 2113843: 14,989 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113843.md - Parcel 2026506: 14,647 m² (1.46 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026506.md - Parcel 2026499: 13,609 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026499.md - Parcel 2074090: 4,412 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2074090.md - Parcel 4757931: 3,895 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757931.md - Parcel 2026498: 3,337 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026498.md - Parcel 5377314: 3,312 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5377314.md - Parcel 4941396: 3,230 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4941396.md - Parcel 2443954: 2,863 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443954.md - Parcel 2580927: 2,566 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580927.md - Parcel 2514211: 2,565 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514211.md - Parcel 2026496: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026496.md - Parcel 4558144: 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4558144.md - Parcel 2069551: 2,435 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069551.md - Parcel 2026502: 2,434 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026502.md - Parcel 2443968: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443968.md - Parcel 4460778: 2,222 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460778.md - Parcel 4460780: 2,190 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460780.md - Parcel 4895607: 2,164 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895607.md - Parcel 4460779: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460779.md - Parcel 2026497: 980 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2026497.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lack 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 26 Feb 2026, Galway County Council 2660306: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house and garage, site access and installation of approved effluent treatment system, including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660306/0 - 8 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2560391: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 230 sqm & Garage: 50 sqm. This site was previously granted planning permission under Planning Reference 22/3. Permission is also sought for a mobile home on site for the duration of the construction period. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560391/0 - 15 Apr 2024, Galway County Council 2460406: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of the following development on revised site boundaries; 1: Dwelling house, 2: Domestic Garage, 3: Stables, 4: Septic tank and percolation area. Previous planning permissions granted under Planning Reference numbers 71131 and 05/825 refer to the property being sought to retain. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 306.10 sqm (house) & 30.95 sqm (garage) & 47 sqm (stables). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460406/0 - 20 Jan 2023, Galway County Council 2360030: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of 1: the existing dormer window and Velux roof light on the front roof façade of the dwelling house. 2: of the existing wooden garden shed. 3:of the additional ground floor window in the rear elevation of the dwelling house from previous planning application reference numbers 02/3244 and 04/2174 and all ancillary site works.Gross floor space of work to be retained House : 234.2 and Shed: 8.20sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360030/0 - 4 Jan 2022, Galway County Council 223: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 209.7 sqm & Garage: 40 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/223/0 - 8 Nov 2021, Galway County Council 212074: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of garage as built on site, all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor of space of work to be retained: 50.83 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212074/0 - 14 Feb 2019, Galway County Council 19197: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of planning to application ref number 082873 & 13641, for the following changes, on front elevation --changes to window layout, enlarged porch design. On rear elevation-- changes to window layout, including velux windows to attic storage / office space. On side elevations-- additional windows at ground floor level. Also retention of attic conversion to storage and office space. Relocation of site entrance to centre of site and retention and completion for garage with foundation now in place. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage - 60 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Attic - 38 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19197/0 - 28 Jul 2017, Galway County Council 171147: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and proprietary treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 230.6sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171147/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC, site code 000297, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000297 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA016-089: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA016-089----. On a slight natural platform, c. 50m W of the Clare River which marks the td. boundary. A rectangular area (N-S 14m, E-W 7m) enclosed by a low mortared stone wall. The interior is almost entirely covered with small set stones. Near the centre, a few narrow slabs apparently cover entire graves. 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 - GA016-090: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA016-090----. On a rise in otherwise level grassland. The River Clare flows to S. Subcircular ringfort (NW-SE 38m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is faced with stone. A field bank overlies the fosse and outer bank from NNW through N to SE. There is a souterrain (GA016-090001-) within the interior. 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 - GA016-090001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA016-090001-. Within and abutting the bank of a ringfort (GA016-090----). A fairly well-preserved drystone-built souterrain, dog-legged in plan, consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. The 1st chamber (L 2.6m, Wth 1.1m) runs E-W. Access is gained via an opening at E end. A rectangular depression extending to E of this, with evidence of drystone-walling and a possible roof lintel, suggests the chamber extended a further 5m in this direction. The creep (Wth 0.65m) at SW end is inaccessible but leads to the 2nd chamber (L c. 12m) which runs NE-SW. A possible air vent (D 0.15m), indicated by a stone-lined ope, is visible on the outer face of the inner bank of the rath. 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 - GA016-092: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA016-092----. 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. 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) - Mill (water), 1750–1850, Regional interest, registry number 30401603, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30401603. Detached multiple-bay three-storey L-plan watermill with attic storey, main block built c.1775 and later built c.1825. Pitched roof, now lacking timbering and covering, and partly ruinous. Earlier block has walls of coursed rubble limestone, and later block has less rough stonework. Square or slightly cambered heads to openings, lacking fittings. Segmental vehicular arch to west elevation of later block. Mill race and wheel pit not visible. External limestone staircase to west gable of earlier block. ## 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 Lack, 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 Lack. - 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/lack.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/lack.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/lack.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lack 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) - Ballymary: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballymary.md - Cloonnacross: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonnacross-61203.md - Cooladooaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooladooaun.md - Dawros Lower: https://everytownland.com/galway/dawros-lower.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/galway/milltown-63291.md - Russelstown: https://everytownland.com/galway/russelstown.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. --- 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/lack - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/lack