# Moneenpollagh, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dunmore, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An Móinín Pollach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 156,635 m² (15.66 ha, 38.71 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 356 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential Existing, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dunmore, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/dunmore.md - Barony: Dunmore - Electoral division: Dunmore North, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21605 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63330 - Centre: latitude 53.622157, longitude -8.738884 (WGS 84) ## 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); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1993235: 78,296 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993235.md - Parcel 1957776: 41,334 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957776.md - Parcel 1957777: 10,378 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957777.md - Parcel 4696772: 3,858 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4696772.md - Parcel 1957680: 3,487 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957680.md - Parcel 1993234: 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993234.md - Parcel 1957682: 1,315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957682.md - Parcel 1957679: 1,083 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957679.md - Parcel 1993236: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993236.md - Parcel 1993241: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993241.md - Parcel 1957675: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957675.md - Parcel 1957780: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957780.md - Parcel 1957674: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957674.md - Parcel 1993242: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993242.md - Parcel 1993237: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993237.md - Parcel 1993239: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993239.md - Parcel 2112901: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112901.md - Parcel 1957778: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957778.md - Parcel 1957677: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957677.md - Parcel 1993238: 295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993238.md - Parcel 1957676: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957676.md - Parcel 1957681: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957681.md - Parcel 1993240: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993240.md - Parcel 1957678: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957678.md - Parcel 1957779: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957779.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential Existing (Existing residential): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway; 21 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - R1 Residential Infill (New/proposed residential): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - S3 Community Facilities (Community facilities): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses): Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 9 May 2025, Galway County Council 2560567: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560567/0 - 21 Dec 2021, Galway County Council 212449: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of serviced extension and alterations to dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 48 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212449/0 - 10 Dec 2019, Galway County Council 191900: Conditional. Retention. for pre-fabricated building for preschool services and associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 58.50 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191900/0 - 8 Mar 2018, Galway County Council 18265: N/a. Permission. to construct prefabricated building for preschool services and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 74.50sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18265/0 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 Moneenpollagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Moneenpollagh. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moneenpollagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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, 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/moneenpollagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/moneenpollagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/moneenpollagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Abbeyland North: https://everytownland.com/galway/abbeyland-north.md - Baunoges North: https://everytownland.com/galway/baunoges-north.md - Breanra: https://everytownland.com/galway/breanra.md - Carrownaseer South: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrownaseer-south.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/moneenpollagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/moneenpollagh