# Meanus, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilreekill, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Méanas. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 596,256 m² (59.63 ha, 147.34 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,993 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilreekill, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilreekill.md - Barony: Leitrim - Electoral division: Kilreekill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 373 people lived in 130 households in the Kilreekill electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20058 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63268 - Centre: latitude 53.230816, longitude -8.442967 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meanus, from 47 m² to 103,078 m² (10.31 ha, 25.47 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2093024: 103,078 m² (10.31 ha, 25.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093024.md - Parcel 2093028: 91,344 m² (9.13 ha, 22.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093028.md - Parcel 2093026: 72,942 m² (7.29 ha, 18.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093026.md - Parcel 2044167: 46,923 m² (4.69 ha, 11.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044167.md - Parcel 2093021: 41,699 m² (4.17 ha, 10.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093021.md - Parcel 2044163: 41,488 m² (4.15 ha, 10.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044163.md - Parcel 2093022: 36,736 m² (3.67 ha, 9.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093022.md - Parcel 2044165: 36,396 m² (3.64 ha, 8.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044165.md - Parcel 2044166: 34,453 m² (3.45 ha, 8.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044166.md - Parcel 3004642: 18,683 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3004642.md - Parcel 4616975: 14,586 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4616975.md - Parcel 2044171: 9,900 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044171.md - Parcel 2093033: 5,497 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093033.md - Parcel 2044164: 5,251 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044164.md - Parcel 2044172: 4,977 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044172.md - Parcel 2093023: 4,649 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093023.md - Parcel 2093025: 3,337 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093025.md - Parcel 2044168: 2,854 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044168.md - Parcel 2093034: 2,695 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093034.md - Parcel 4652430: 2,605 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4652430.md - Parcel 5674652: 2,455 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5674652.md - Parcel 2093031: 2,405 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093031.md - Parcel 2044169: 2,298 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044169.md - Parcel 5461158: 2,204 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5461158.md - Parcel 5914814: 1,692 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5914814.md - Parcel 2093032: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093032.md - Parcel 2044170: 1,230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044170.md - Parcel 2093030: 1,177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093030.md - Parcel 2093027: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093027.md - Parcel 4458774: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4458774.md - Parcel 2093029: 101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093029.md - Parcel 5406439: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5406439.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Meanus 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) 10 applications, newest first. - 24 Sept 2026, Galway County Council 2661600: N/a. Permission. to construct a domestic garage/fuel store with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661600/0 - 20 Aug 2026, Galway County Council 2661417: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling,domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area, access road and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661417/0 - 23 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 2561566: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for the existing site entrance/exit gate located at the eastern side of the site. Full planning permission to close up the existing site entrance/exit which is location at the road junction toward the north of the site. Full planning permission to retain the existing extension at the rear of the dwelling and its associated new roof and first floor accommodation with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561566/0 - 4 Jul 2025, Galway County Council 2560892: Refused. Retention. and complete the unauthorized domestic garage/fuel storage shed with all its ancillary site works. Full planning permission also sought to demolish the existing decaying storage shed located at the rear of the dwelling. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 54 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 12 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560892/0 - 22 Mar 2024, Galway County Council 2460319: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 241.50 sqm (house) & 41.58 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460319/0 - 6 Dec 2023, Galway County Council 2361455: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for: (a) the construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, (b) changes to the existing dwelling house, (c) and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 37 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361455/0 - 11 Aug 2022, Galway County Council 2260815: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 260.00sq m.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260815/0 - 31 May 2019, Galway County Council 19830: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house, domestic shed, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, associated site works and demolition of existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 100 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19830/0 - 10 May 2019, Galway County Council 19700: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a Dwelling House, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 207.18 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19700/0 - 8 Sept 2017, Galway County Council 171347: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of a single storey detached dwelling with effluent treatment system, percolation area and well with vehicular entrance to Mullagh Rd.. Gross floor space of proposed works 136sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171347/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Meanus. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Meanus. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meanus. ## 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 Meanus, about 1 in 10 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Meanus. - 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/meanus.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/meanus.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/meanus.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Meanus 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) - Carrowntober: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober.md - Garryboghala: https://everytownland.com/galway/garryboghala.md - Glenmeen: https://everytownland.com/galway/glenmeen.md - Lecarrownagappoge: https://everytownland.com/galway/lecarrownagappoge.md - Wallscourt: https://everytownland.com/galway/wallscourt.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/meanus - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/meanus