Mullaghmore East
Townland in the civil parish of Moylough, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Mullach Mór Thoir
- Area
- 333.3 ha
- 824 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 14,063 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullaghmore East, from 96 m² to 320,468 m² (32.05 ha, 79.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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
No zone of a development plan covers Mullaghmore East 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 May 2026N/a
of existing loose shed; planning permission for construction of an agricultural shed to include a milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, drafting & handling facilities, calf rearing facilities, calving area, cubicles & feed area with underground slatted slurry & soiled water storage tanks; planning permission for construction of silage slabs and all associated site works
Retention · Galway County Council, 2660738
20 Jun 2025Conditional
for the following: 1. To demolish existing rear extension, 2. To refurbish existing house to include alterations to elevations, 3. To construct new extension to same, 4. To upgrade treatment system and percolation area, and carry out all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 128.50 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 6.50 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560812
10 Apr 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new slatted shed with cubicles, new roof over existing agricultural sheds and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 615.00 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2560403
25 Jul 2024Conditional
of private garage & site entrance. Also, planning permission to extend the dwelling, remove existing septic tank, upgrade to wastewater treatment plant & polishing filter & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 134.00 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 67.00 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460937
22 Feb 2022Conditional
for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, treatment system/septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works:280 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22229
16 Feb 2022Conditional
of alterations to existing dwelling house & domestic garage previously granted under planning reference 06/4742, to include a new proprietary sewage treatment system and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260118
18 Oct 2021Conditional
for the construction of a private dwelling house and private garage to include waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 329 sqm = 288 sqm + 41 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211930
24 Aug 2021Conditional
for development. The development will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 324sqm = 284sqm + 40 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211532
11 Dec 2020Conditional
for the construction of a new agricultural shed and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 516 msq.
Permission · Galway County Council, 201905
12 Nov 2020Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a two storey dwelling house (c.266 sq.m.), domestic garage (c.60 sq.m.), waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 326 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201686
27 Mar 2020Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a new agricultural shed to incorporate loose horse pens, foaling area and feeding passage (gross floor area 516 sqm) and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 516 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20398
17 Apr 2018Conditional
to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 233.4 sqm. (garage) 60 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18460
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 Mullaghmore East.
Recorded monuments
- GA045-036001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved much-overgrown conjoined rath. The W enclosure (D c. 29m), circular in plan, is.defined by a bank and external fosse best preserved from S to SW. The E enclosure (D c. 35m), also circular in plan, is defined by a bank. (Claffey 1983, 159) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mullaghmore East.
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 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullaghmore East.
- 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 Mullaghmore East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Mullaghmore East · An Mullach Mór Thoir
- Area
- 3,333,465 m² (333.35 ha, 823.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moylough, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Cooloo, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cooloo electoral division: 580 people in 201 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingatta, Carrownabo, Carrownacregg West, Cloonoranoughter, Laughil, Mullaghmore North, Mullaghmore South, Mullaghmore West
- Placenames
- Mullaghmore East 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.