Mountain South

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountain South, from 31 m² to 195,541 m² (19.55 ha, 48.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Mountain South in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Sept 2025Refused

  to construct modern training facilities for both associations and all associated site works.The application includes a Natura Impact Statement. The works shall entail; a) The widening, realigning, and upgrading of the existing agricultural entrance onto the R347. b) Demolition of the existing agricultural shed onsite. c) Construction of new internal roads, paths, street lighting, parking areas, shelters, fencing, landscaping, signage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area. d) Construction of a single storey Galway United Football Club facilities building. e) The creation of one full size grass-based soccer pitch plus associated dugouts, perimeter fencing, ball stop netting and floodlighting. f) The creation of one full size artificial surface soccer pitch plus associated dugouts, perimeter fencing, ball stop netting and floodlighting. g) Construction of single storey Connacht Hockey facilities building. h) The creation of one full size hockey pitch plus associated dugouts, perimeter fencing, storage facilities and floodlighting

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561337

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461140

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the: (1) construction of a new detached dwelling house, (2) domestic garage and (3) proposed effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 270.114 sqm (house) & 48 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361570

• 9 Dec 2022Refused

  for the following; (1) Construction of a new detached dwelling house, (2) Domestic Garage and (3) proposed effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 319.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261226

• 28 Apr 2022Refused

  to create a new centre of excellence for both soccer and hockey. The project is a joint junction between Galway United Football Club and the Connacht Hockey Association. The proposal is to create modern training facilities for both associations. The work entails the following: a) The widening, realigning and upgrading of the existing farmyard entrance onto the R347, b) Demolition of the existing agricultural sheds and farm yard, c) Construction of new internal roads, paths, street lighting, parking areas, three free standing shelters, fencing, landscaping, ESB sub-station, signage proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, d) Construction a single two storey sports centre including dressing rooms, gym, canteens, meeting rooms, offices, toilets', storage areas and ancillary rooms. e) The creation of a solar panel field and the erection of wind turbines to power the centre of excellence. f) The creation of three grass based soccer pitches and three astro based soccer pitches plus associated storage facilities and floodlighting, g) The creation of two hockey pitches plus associated storage facilities and floodlighting, h) The creation of two fully enclosed soccer astro pitches, I) The creation of a fully enclosed soccer dome including changing rooms and seating facilities, j) The creation of two multi purpose areas to cater for other sports eg tennis, volleyball etc. k) The creation of an embankment for hill training. Gross floor space of proposed works: 16,800 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 138 sqm (sheds)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22566

• 31 Mar 2021Conditional

  for a domestic garage along with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 45.8 msq.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21498

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  for a) change of use of the garage (which was incorporated into the house) into habitable space, b) the construction of a window in the gable end at ground floor level, and c) replacing the garage doors with a window at the front of the dwelling. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of domestic garage and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 47 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained 21.63 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18696

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mountain South.

Recorded monuments

• GA096-134 Enclosure
  Description

  In rocky pastureland. Marked as a D-shaped field on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map; on the 1933 edition it is more irregular in outline. Described by Cody (1989, 299-300, no. 123) as a subcircular enclosure (49m E-W; 43m N-S) defined by a grassed-over stony bank (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.5m) with short stretches of drystone walling at NE and NW. A rectangular annexe (14m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by a low grassed-over bank abutted it at E and a farm trackway cut across it from E to W. Cody (ibid.) was unsure of the date of the enclosure but noted the possibility that it might have been a cashel. It was removed between 1977 and 1983 in the course of land reclamation. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 August 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountain South.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_869 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Mountain South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Mountain South · An Sliabh Theas

Area

720,635 m² (72.06 ha, 178.07 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Athenry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athenry electoral division: 5,765 people in 2,069 households; 67% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bottom, Boyhill, Clamperpark, Farranablake East, Moyode, Slieveroe, Toberconnelly, Turloughalanger

Placenames

Mountain South 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.