Lehanagh South
Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Leitheanach Theas
- Area
- 378.6 ha
- 935 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 10,785 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lehanagh South, from 48 m² to 1,315,348 m² (131.53 ha, 325.03 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lehanagh South 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
23 Jul 2026N/a
of the existing dwelling as constructed, retention of the existing garage/studio as constructed, removal of the enurement clause, on revised site boundaries as well as all ancillary site works and services
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661265
19 Nov 2024Refused
chun foirgneamh talmhaíochta, bealach isteach agus clós feirme chomh maith le gach obair eile a bhaineann le tagairt WL/EN24/078 a choinneáil
Retention · Galway County Council, 24332
10 Mar 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260204
5 Dec 2019Conditional
for retention of existing dwelling house on revised site boundaries well as all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 124.00 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191885
14 Dec 2017Conditional
chun Teach cónaithe a thógáil chom maith gáráiste nua, le Córás searachais nua agus uasghradrú ar an bother isteach chuig an suíomh. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe 303.6sqm, Gáráiste 54sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171802
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
- Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA 004181
- Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lehanagh South.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lehanagh South.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, 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 Lehanagh South.
- 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 Lehanagh South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Lehanagh South · Leitheanach Theas
- Area
- 3,785,792 m² (378.58 ha, 935.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moyrus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballynahinch
- Electoral division
- Moyrus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moyrus electoral division: 334 people in 139 households; 82% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bunnahown, Cashel, Gowla, Lettershinna
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Lehanagh South 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.