# Montpelier, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway; in Irish Montpelier. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,234,243 m² (123.42 ha, 304.99 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,290 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monivea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/monivea.md - Barony: Athenry - Electoral division: Aughrim, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Aughrim electoral division: 1,317 people in 436 households; 89% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 6% 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/18444 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63342 - Centre: latitude 53.337468, longitude -8.726058 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Montpelier, from 259 m² to 185,006 m² (18.5 ha, 45.72 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4759207: 185,006 m² (18.5 ha, 45.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4759207.md - Parcel 1993690: 152,713 m² (15.27 ha, 37.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993690.md - Parcel 1993698: 146,244 m² (14.62 ha, 36.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993698.md - Parcel 1957357: 130,595 m² (13.06 ha, 32.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957357.md - Parcel 1957354: 97,847 m² (9.78 ha, 24.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957354.md - Parcel 1957361: 91,390 m² (9.14 ha, 22.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957361.md - Parcel 1957352: 70,489 m² (7.05 ha, 17.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957352.md - Parcel 1957359: 50,829 m² (5.08 ha, 12.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957359.md - Parcel 1957356: 50,597 m² (5.06 ha, 12.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957356.md - Parcel 1957363: 44,426 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957363.md - Parcel 1993696: 43,363 m² (4.34 ha, 10.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993696.md - Parcel 1957358: 38,632 m² (3.86 ha, 9.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957358.md - Parcel 1957349: 32,933 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957349.md - Parcel 1993697: 8,378 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993697.md - Parcel 1993691: 5,924 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993691.md - Parcel 1993495: 5,780 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993495.md - Parcel 1957355: 5,606 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957355.md - Parcel 1993695: 5,477 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993695.md - Parcel 1957362: 5,291 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957362.md - Parcel 5682394: 4,639 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5682394.md - Parcel 1957353: 4,210 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957353.md - Parcel 5323012: 4,143 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5323012.md - Parcel 4654129: 3,475 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654129.md - Parcel 4650346: 3,290 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650346.md - Parcel 1993694: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993694.md - Parcel 5723937: 3,072 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5723937.md - Parcel 3776382: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3776382.md - Parcel 1993693: 2,498 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993693.md - Parcel 1957351: 2,395 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957351.md - Parcel 5723942: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5723942.md - Parcel 1957345: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957345.md - Parcel 1957346: 2,280 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957346.md - Parcel 1993692: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1993692.md - Parcel 4674582: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4674582.md - Parcel 1957360: 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957360.md - Parcel 2536349: 2,061 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2536349.md - Parcel 4457670: 2,039 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457670.md - Parcel 1957348: 2,004 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957348.md - Parcel 5796814: 1,543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5796814.md - Parcel 1957350: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957350.md - Parcel 2482523: 1,269 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2482523.md - Parcel 1957454: 1,102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1957454.md - Parcel 4700456: 672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4700456.md - Parcel 6204062: 672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6204062.md - Parcel 4631856: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631856.md - Parcel 4631860: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631860.md - Parcel 5894478: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5894478.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Montpelier 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 25 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 25255: Conditional. Permission. to construct a three-bay agricultural storage shed, together with all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25255/0 - 14 Mar 2025, Galway County Council 2540: Refused. Permission. to construct a three-bay agricultural storage shed, together with all ancillary site works and services . Gross floor space of proposed works: 141.44 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2540/0 - 12 Oct 2022, Galway County Council 2261015: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank with treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 147 sqm (dwelling house) and 60sqm (domestic garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2261015/0 - 7 Apr 2022, Galway County Council 22464: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to demolish the existing storage shed and house ruins. Full planning permission sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel sore, septic tank, and treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 147 sqm (House) & 60 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22464/0 - 26 Oct 2021, Galway County Council 211996: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to change the use of one room of her dwelling house to use as part of her existing Creche and to retain alterations from that granted under planning reference 00-262. Gross floor space of proposed works: 20.65 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211996/0 - 22 Jul 2021, Galway County Council 211332: Refused. Permission. to change the use of one room of her dwelling house to use as part of her existing Creche. Gross floor space of proposed works is 20.65 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211332/0 - 21 Apr 2017, Galway County Council 17555: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the change of house plans following grant of planning permission Ref. No. 15/444. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17555/0 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 Montpelier. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA071-071: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-071----. In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (36.5m E-W; 33.7m N-S) defined by a degraded bank. A shallow hollow (L c. 14m; Wth c. 6m) is evident in the SW quadrant. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019 - GA084-099: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-099----. On a hillock in pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 34m) defined a collapsed drystone wall. A gap (Wth 4m) at E appears to be original (Cody 1989, 264-5, no. 88). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018 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 Montpelier. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Montpelier. - 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/montpelier.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/montpelier.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/montpelier.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Montpelier 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) - Ballydavid North: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballydavid-north.md - Carrowntober East: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowntober-east-61012.md - Knockbaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockbaun-62832.md - Knockbrack: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockbrack-62840.md - Skeaghaderreen: https://everytownland.com/galway/skeaghaderreen.md - Tisaxon: https://everytownland.com/galway/tisaxon.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/montpelier - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/montpelier