# Meeneen, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Fahy, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish Mínín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,453,636 m² (145.36 ha, 359.2 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,653 m² (0.67 ha, 1.64 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Fahy, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/fahy.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Meelick, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 296 people lived in 100 households in the Meelick electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21138 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63276 - Centre: latitude 53.157912, longitude -8.141302 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meeneen, from 1,877 m² to 302,808 m² (30.28 ha, 74.83 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1993105: 302,808 m² (30.28 ha, 74.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993105.md - Parcel 1993135: 246,728 m² (24.67 ha, 60.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993135.md - Parcel 1993103: 93,925 m² (9.39 ha, 23.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993103.md - Parcel 1993134: 88,804 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993134.md - Parcel 1993110: 73,458 m² (7.35 ha, 18.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993110.md - Parcel 1993128: 56,646 m² (5.66 ha, 14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993128.md - Parcel 1957882: 55,167 m² (5.52 ha, 13.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957882.md - Parcel 1957879: 36,921 m² (3.69 ha, 9.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957879.md - Parcel 1993104: 35,222 m² (3.52 ha, 8.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993104.md - Parcel 1957856: 30,350 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957856.md - Parcel 1993137: 23,294 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993137.md - Parcel 1957857: 22,645 m² (2.26 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957857.md - Parcel 1993136: 21,958 m² (2.2 ha, 5.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993136.md - Parcel 1957880: 19,777 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957880.md - Parcel 1957859: 17,971 m² (1.8 ha, 4.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957859.md - Parcel 1957861: 13,089 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957861.md - Parcel 1993129: 11,676 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993129.md - Parcel 1993115: 10,474 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993115.md - Parcel 1957881: 10,242 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957881.md - Parcel 1957860: 9,067 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957860.md - Parcel 1957872: 8,748 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957872.md - Parcel 1993125: 8,399 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993125.md - Parcel 1957874: 8,299 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957874.md - Parcel 1993124: 8,239 m² (0.82 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993124.md - Parcel 1957876: 8,151 m² (0.82 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957876.md - Parcel 1993109: 7,857 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993109.md - Parcel 1993106: 7,688 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993106.md - Parcel 1993108: 7,531 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993108.md - Parcel 1993133: 7,387 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993133.md - Parcel 1957871: 7,367 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957871.md - Parcel 1993138: 7,039 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993138.md - Parcel 1957870: 6,857 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957870.md - Parcel 1957877: 6,827 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957877.md - Parcel 1993118: 6,797 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993118.md - Parcel 1993123: 6,795 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993123.md - Parcel 4722683: 6,714 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722683.md - Parcel 1993116: 6,591 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993116.md - Parcel 1957865: 6,532 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957865.md - Parcel 1957858: 6,480 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957858.md - Parcel 1957875: 6,382 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957875.md - Parcel 1957873: 6,270 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957873.md - Parcel 1993107: 5,861 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993107.md - Parcel 1993126: 5,753 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993126.md - Parcel 4462924: 5,732 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4462924.md - Parcel 1993132: 5,291 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993132.md - Parcel 1993127: 5,104 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993127.md - Parcel 1957878: 4,866 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957878.md - Parcel 4722689: 4,797 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722689.md - Parcel 2112907: 4,616 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112907.md - Parcel 4722611: 4,396 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722611.md - Parcel 1957862: 3,910 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957862.md - Parcel 1957868: 3,700 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957868.md - Parcel 4722761: 3,613 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722761.md - Parcel 1993111: 3,588 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993111.md - Parcel 1957866: 3,575 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957866.md - Parcel 1993114: 3,552 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993114.md - Parcel 1993120: 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993120.md - Parcel 1993122: 3,522 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993122.md - Parcel 1957864: 3,294 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957864.md - Parcel 1993121: 3,292 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993121.md - Parcel 1993112: 3,267 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993112.md - Parcel 1957867: 3,243 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957867.md - Parcel 1993131: 3,188 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993131.md - Parcel 1957863: 3,140 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957863.md - Parcel 1993117: 3,139 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993117.md - Parcel 1957869: 3,093 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957869.md - Parcel 1993130: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993130.md - Parcel 1993113: 2,965 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993113.md - Parcel 4722612: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722612.md - Parcel 1993119: 2,902 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993119.md - Parcel 4722652: 2,843 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722652.md - Parcel 4462925: 1,877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4462925.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Meeneen 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) 1 application, newest first. - 6 Jul 2017, Galway County Council 171000: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for development that will consist of the creation of a forest road entrance, to allow vehicular access from a forest road onto a public road (including the removal of 30m of trees and vegetation, to create the entrance.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171000/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Shannon Callows SAC, site code 000216, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000216 - Special Protection Area: Middle Shannon Callows SPA, site code 004096, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004096 - Natural Heritage Area: Meeneen Bog NHA, site code 000310, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/000310 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Shannon Callows, site code 000216 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Meeneen. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meeneen. ## 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 Meeneen, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Meeneen. - 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/meeneen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/meeneen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/meeneen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Meeneen 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) - Muckanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/muckanagh.md - Tiranascragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/tiranascragh.md - Tullinlicky: https://everytownland.com/galway/tullinlicky.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/meeneen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/meeneen