Lenamore

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lenamore, from 1,295 m² to 97,689 m² (9.77 ha, 24.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Lenamore 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.

• 29 Sept 2025Refused

  for a period of 10 years for a development consisting of the provision of the following: i. 8 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine total tip height range of 178m - 185m, a rotor diameter range of 149m - 163m, and turbine hub height range of 101m - 104m, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (including a control building (157.6 sqm) with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing, underground cabling, storage containers, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Cashla Substation in the townland of Barrettspark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route). This cabling route is primarily located within the public road corridor which includes protected structures (RPS No. 3747, RPS No. 146). iv. Underground electrical (20/33kV) and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed on-site substation; v. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities (with a combined floor area of 202.5 sqm); vi. A meteorological mast with a height of 30 meters, security fencing and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vii. Upgrade of existing site tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads, junctions and hardstand areas, including a new site entrance off the L3115; viii. Peat and Spoil Management Areas; ix. Tree felling and vegetation removal; x. Biodiversity enhancement measures (including peatland habitat enhancement, Marsh Fritillary habitat enhancement and management, establishment of hedgerows and native woodland planting); xi. Site drainage; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All ancillary works and apparatus. A thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines and subsequent decommissioning is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application. An Opinion on Unconfirmed Details issued by Galway County Council (Opinion Ref. No. 25/MP/2) on 29th May 2025 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine total tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters un

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561412

• 28 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage/fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 259.22 sqm(house), 40.50 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461621

• 28 Jun 2024N/a

  for dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant polishing filter, domestic garage / fuel store and all associated site works, and retention for completion of farm access road. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 259.22 sqm & (Garage) 40.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460801

• 1 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with waste water treatment plant percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 242.96 msq & 59.50 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201420

• 22 Jan 2020Conditional

  of domestic garage / shed with associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 54 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2058

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct a loose housing shed, collection yard, concrete apron and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works Shed 285.76sqm, Yard 119.60sqm, Apron 245.96.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171686

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lenamore.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lenamore.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lenamore.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Lenamore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Lenamore · An Léana Mór

Area

801,288 m² (80.13 ha, 198 acres)

Civil parish

Killimordaly, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killimor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killimor electoral division: 373 people in 141 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonsheecahill, Derrynamanagh, Killimor, Knockroe

Placenames

Lenamore 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.