Moneenpollagh
Townland in the civil parish of Dunmore, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An Móinín Pollach
- Area
- 15.7 ha
- 39 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 356 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneenpollagh, from 20 m² to 78,296 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 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
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 May 2025Conditional
of a) extensions to front and rear of existing dwelling, b) conversion of domestic garage to habitable space and c) domestic shed to rear of dwelling on site of previously approve Planning Ref; 13610. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 59.87 sqm(extension to dwelling), 17.13 sqm(shed)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560567
21 Dec 2021Conditional
for the construction of serviced extension and alterations to dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 48 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212449
10 Dec 2019Conditional
for pre-fabricated building for preschool services and associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 58.50 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 191900
8 Mar 2018N/a
to construct prefabricated building for preschool services and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 74.50sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 18265
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moneenpollagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Moneenpollagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moneenpollagh.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moneenpollagh.
- 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 Moneenpollagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Moneenpollagh · An Móinín Pollach
- Area
- 156,635 m² (15.66 ha, 38.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Dunmore North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmore North electoral division: 604 people in 221 households; 94% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyland North, Baunoges North, Breanra, Carrownaseer South
- Placenames
- Moneenpollagh 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.