Laghtonora
Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish Leacht Onóra
- Area
- 51.1 ha
- 126 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,981 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtonora, from 131 m² to 99,095 m² (9.91 ha, 24.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Laghtonora 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Apr 2025Conditional
of (1) agricultural storage shed & (2) to retain and weather proof existing domestic storage shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 46.90 sqm(G), 82.50 sqm(agri)
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560370
25 Jul 2024Conditional
for: (1) conservatory, (2) extension of kitchen, dining room/sunroom to rear of dwelling house, (3) internal room layouts including playroom and store to bedroom and bathroom, (4) garden outbuildings and all associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 71.9 sqm (garage), 112.4 sqm (extension)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460940
22 Nov 2021Conditional
for the construction of a single storey dwelling house (226 sqm), garage, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212170
21 Dec 2020Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 254 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201997
2 Jul 2020Conditional
for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20861
28 Apr 2020N/a
Permission for construction of a single storey house, garage, treatment system & percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 msq.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20522
22 Aug 2019Conditional
to construct a four bay slatted shed with creep area, concrete apron and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.24 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191301
26 Jun 2019N/a
to construct a four bay slatted shed with creep area, concrete apron and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.24 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 19965
30 Apr 2019N/a
to construct a four bay slatted shed with creep area, concrete apron and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.24 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 19647
27 Mar 2019Conditional
for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19434
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Laghtonora.
Recorded monuments
- GA072-044 Gate lodge
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 Laghtonora.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Laghtonora.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Laghtonora with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Laghtonora · Leacht Onóra
- Area
- 510,508 m² (51.05 ha, 126.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monivea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Tiaquin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tiaquin electoral division: 792 people in 250 households; 89% of households own their home; 59% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghafadda, Cuddoo East, Cuddoo West, Derroogh, Tiaquin Demesne
- Placenames
- Laghtonora 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.