# Monasterowen, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Templetogher, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Galway; in Irish Muintir Eoghain. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 508,187 m² (50.82 ha, 125.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,078 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Templetogher, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/templetogher.md - Barony: Ballymoe - Electoral division: Kilcroan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 596 people lived in 224 households in the Kilcroan electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19043 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63316 - Centre: latitude 53.673324, longitude -8.534088 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monasterowen, from 1,277 m² to 116,903 m² (11.69 ha, 28.89 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2043984: 116,903 m² (11.69 ha, 28.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043984.md - Parcel 2092942: 43,958 m² (4.4 ha, 10.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092942.md - Parcel 2092940: 32,678 m² (3.27 ha, 8.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092940.md - Parcel 2044077: 31,941 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044077.md - Parcel 2092829: 30,933 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092829.md - Parcel 2044079: 29,146 m² (2.91 ha, 7.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044079.md - Parcel 2044078: 23,831 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044078.md - Parcel 2092939: 23,373 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092939.md - Parcel 2044080: 14,316 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044080.md - Parcel 2043976: 10,873 m² (1.09 ha, 2.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043976.md - Parcel 2044075: 10,817 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044075.md - Parcel 2043973: 8,806 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043973.md - Parcel 2092938: 8,730 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092938.md - Parcel 2043983: 7,629 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043983.md - Parcel 2092936: 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092936.md - Parcel 2374907: 5,601 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2374907.md - Parcel 2092834: 4,965 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092834.md - Parcel 2043972: 4,866 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043972.md - Parcel 2092937: 4,853 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092937.md - Parcel 2043987: 4,711 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043987.md - Parcel 2043988: 4,632 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043988.md - Parcel 2043971: 4,121 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043971.md - Parcel 2044076: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044076.md - Parcel 2043982: 4,059 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043982.md - Parcel 2043979: 3,854 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043979.md - Parcel 2092935: 3,521 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092935.md - Parcel 2092934: 3,446 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092934.md - Parcel 2043981: 2,976 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043981.md - Parcel 2092832: 2,743 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092832.md - Parcel 2092933: 2,716 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092933.md - Parcel 2043980: 2,528 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043980.md - Parcel 2092833: 2,515 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092833.md - Parcel 2043989: 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043989.md - Parcel 2092830: 2,294 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092830.md - Parcel 2114393: 2,276 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114393.md - Parcel 2043985: 2,204 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043985.md - Parcel 2043975: 2,136 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043975.md - Parcel 2044073: 2,071 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044073.md - Parcel 2092835: 2,036 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092835.md - Parcel 2043974: 1,876 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043974.md - Parcel 2043978: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043978.md - Parcel 2092941: 1,678 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092941.md - Parcel 2092831: 1,488 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2092831.md - Parcel 2044074: 1,421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044074.md - Parcel 2043986: 1,286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043986.md - Parcel 2043977: 1,277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2043977.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Monasterowen 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 20 Feb 2017, Galway County Council 17210: Conditional. Permission. for a forest access road and entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17210/0 - 20 Feb 2017, Galway County Council 17211: Conditional. Permission. for a forest access road and entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17211/0 - 20 Feb 2017, Galway County Council 17212: Conditional. Permission. for a forest access road and entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17212/0 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 Monasterowen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA006-117: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA006-117----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monasterowen. ## 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 Monasterowen, about 1 in 5 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 Monasterowen. - 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/monasterowen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/monasterowen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/monasterowen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Monasterowen 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) - Ballaghaugeag West: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballaghaugeag-west.md - Ballyglass South: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyglass-south.md - Ballyglass West: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyglass-west-60341.md - Castletogher: https://everytownland.com/galway/castletogher.md - Cornanaff: https://everytownland.com/galway/cornanaff.md - Pollaneyster: https://everytownland.com/galway/pollaneyster.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/monasterowen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/monasterowen