Oran More

625 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oran More, from 1 m² to 122,028 m² (12.2 ha, 30.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 526 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre Infill (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Jul 2026N/a

  for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be mounted on the rooftop of the care home building and ancillary works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661193

• 19 Feb 2026Conditional

  for change of use of unit 1 from office use to use as pre-school /after school services at first floor level and(2) internal changes to existing layout of unit 1

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660261

• 18 Dec 2025Refused

  for 1) the provision of the additional bar service counter, with a roof canopy over the structure and over the adjoining existing beer garden. 2) Retention of a roof canopy over the goods delivery yard. 3) Retention of a roof canopy over the external smoking area. 4) Retention of an additional roof canopy over the external seating area 5) Retention for the provision of the additional bar service counter enclosed within a mini-marquee tent 6) Retention for the provision of a larger mobile catering unit, than that granted under Pl.Ref.No. 21/331, and relocated within the existing beer garden

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561896

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  for change of use of from office use (Class 3) to use as a physiotherapy clinic (Class 8)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561530

• 19 May 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey office building (total floor area circa 200sqm), with landscaping, boundary treatments and associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560616

• 10 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a rear single storey extension, including minor side and front façade amendments and any site services amendments. Gross floor area of works: 24.60 sqm(extension)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560407

• 7 Mar 2025Conditional

  for modifications to original development granted under Pl. Ref. No. 22/479 and described as follows. 1. Minor modifications to front façade in the reduction of roof lights, 2. Internal modifications to floor plan and change of use from café/retail/services to café/restaurant use and 3. Permission to remove condition No. 12 from Planning Permission 22/479 (Hours of Operation). Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560242

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the renovation of existing dwelling with single storey extensions to front and rear, plus alterations to elevations, and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 51.40 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 8.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461779

• 28 Nov 2024N/a

  and permission to complete modular dwelling house with connections to existing site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 42.60 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461624

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a single dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236.00 sqm(house), 60.00 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461616

• 3 Oct 2024N/a

  sought to change existing grass based pitch to all weather sports pitch with new pitch lighting, new dugouts, walkway and all associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461292

• 5 Jul 2024Refused

  for four new padel courts, dressing / storage rooms, car and bicycle parking, and demolition of existing training cage No 2 and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,602.24 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 945.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460840

• 6 Jun 2024Refused

  for the construction of a single storey office building (total floor area circa 184sqm) with landscaping, boundary treatments and associated site works at site adjacent to Old Church / library, Main Street, Oranmore. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24155

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  for: (1) change of use of unit 4 from office use to use as pre-school /after school services at first floor level and (2) internal changes to existing layout. Gross floor space of proposed works: 106 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 80 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460507

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house and all ancillary works. Previous planning reference 97/2754 relates to the property. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 56 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460495

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  for three number single storey prefabricated classrooms to accommodate a pre-school and after-school services and one number prefab accommodating a reception and all associated site services. This application is adjacent to protected structures No.s 925 & 926. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 238 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460366

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the provision of play area at roof level for approved pre-school /after school services (pre-school /after school services previously approved under planning reg. ref. no’s 19/426 & 22/60763). Gross floor space of proposed works: 244 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460240

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  for a single storey detached prefabricated classroom, connection to existing services, and all associated site development works. This development is in proximity to a protected structure (RPS No. 925). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 87.50 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460186

• 26 Jan 2024Refused

  for: (1) the construction of 14 no. residential units in 1 no. two and a half storey block, comprising of 5 no. 1 bed ground floor own door apartments, 2 no. 2 bed ground floor own door apartments, with 3 no. 2 bed own door duplex units and 4 no. 3 bed own door duplex units over, (2) connection to existing public mains water supply and public sewer, together with on-site surface water drainage, (3) provision of public and private open spaces, bin storage, bicycle parking & site landscaping and (4) Provision for pedestrian and vehicular connection onto Bog road, (5) car parking (including provision for EV spaces), site signage, boundary treatments together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,382.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460081

• 23 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the construction of new front porch, side & rear ground floor extension, rear first floor dormer extension, front elevation rooflights, extension to existing shed & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361270

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  to construct 3no. 4-bedroom detached dwellings; to include connection to public water supply, public sewer & all associated site & ancillary works to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361231

• 4 Apr 2023Refused

  for a development consisting of: A) 4 storey extension over existing basement to provide 28 additional bedrooms and 3 No. living units with a further 7 bedrooms; B) infill existing ground floor archway to provide additional family meeting areas, ancillary office and circulation spaces; C) relocate existing carparking spaces from the courtyard to the existing basement and re-purpose the courtyard as secure landscaped amenity space for the nursing home to include incidental structures for gardening, hobby activities etc; D) relocate the existing building main entrance from the archway to the West Elevation and construction of new glazed entrance lobby; E) modify the existing surface carpark to the west of the building to accommodate disabled accessible car park spaces; F) along with all necessary and associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23133

• 26 Jan 2023Conditional

  for a change of use to restaurant from a retail/commercial unit as previously granted under pl. ref. No.05/203 and to retain sub division to a smaller unit. Gross floor space of proposed works 212.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360048

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  for the development which will consist of the change of use of existing convenience shop to include part off-licence use, gross floor area for off-licence use 16 sqm, and associated works. Gross floor area for off licence 16 sq. m

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261277

• 16 Dec 2022Conditional

  to carry out the following works. (a) Demolish existing garage to side of dwelling (b) Erect a single storey extension to front and rear of dwelling. (c) Raise side boundary wall on southern side to 1.8 metres high. (d) Carry out internal alterations and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 11.4sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221243

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments

• GA095-110 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111001 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111002 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111003 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111004 Graveslab
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-111005 Graveslab
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-112 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA095-113 Enclosure
  Description

  Indicated on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) as an irregularly shaped enclosure. On inspection in December 1982 this was an area of scrubland and rock outcrop. The poorly preserved roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) was defined by a low wall of large set limestone blocks, double-faced at S (Wth 1.4m; max. H 0.8m). A partially collapsed modern field wall overlay the enclosing element. Current OSi aerial imagery (Google Earth 2018) indicates that area of the site is now a green in a fairly recently constructed housing estate and it appears that the enclosure has been levelled. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 June 2019

• GA095-114 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Castle Pier, quay/wharf, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rectangular-plan quay wall, built c.1780. Snecked squared limestone walls to lower level, coursed squared limestone walls to upper level, with batter. Integral steps to north elevation. Cast-iron mooring rings set in square recesses to north elevation. Boat slip to north with battered rubble stone walls and cut-stone copings giving access to water.

• MacDonagh, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached seven-bay thatched public house, built c.1800, formerly two number three-bay single-storey houses, that to south having dormer attic. Pitched thatched roof having raised decoratively scolloped ridge and low painted rendered chimneystacks. Painted smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills, dormers having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and ground floor having enlarged openings with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door openings to each part, having recent timber-panelled door and half-glazed timber panelled door. Timber nameplate with painted lettering over south part. Building fronts onto street.

• Árd na Mara, convent/nunnery, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey convent, built c.1885, having half-hexagonal central breakfront to front (east) elevation, multiple-bay south elevation, and recent two-storey extensions to north and to rear, now in use as sheltered housing. Hipped slate roof having clay ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystacks. Decoratively carved timber bargeboards to entrance bay, with carved finial. Corbelled moulded red brick eaves course. Painted rendered walls having rendered quoins and cut limestone and rusticated plinth. Painted rendered chamfered window openings throughout, Tudor arch to ground floor and square-headed to first floor, with limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, ground floor openings having paned overlights. Pointed arch double-light window opening with oculus above to first floor of entrance bay, having cut limestone tracery and render hood-moulding, flanked by square-headed window openings with timber windows, all windows having quatrefoils to lower parts. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to canted sides of ground floor of entrance bay. Pointed arch door opening having rendered reveal and hood-moulding with timber panelled double-leaf doors and overlight, with cut limestone steps. Property set within its own grounds.

• Oranmore Library, church/chapel, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, dated 1803, with gabled bellcote added c.1885. Now in use as library. Two-bay nave elevation, and full-height single-bay transepts, full-height chancel to east, and bowed bays to re-entrant corners. Lean-to additions to north and south elevations of nave, and to east elevations of transepts. Pitched slate roofs, with pyramidal roof over crossing, carved limestone cross finials to transepts, and carved limestone bellcote with bell and cross finial to entrance gable. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with smooth render quoins, having rendered buttresses flanking main entrance, and carved limestone date-stone over doorway. Pointed arch window openings to nave and west elevations of transepts, having smooth render block-and-start surrounds and stone sills, with recent timber windows, that to north transept lowered to accommodate door opening with recent timber battened double-leaf doors, top half of timber Y-tracery window remaining. Pointed arch window openings with cut limestone tracery, chamfered limestone surrounds, cut limestone sloping sills, and stained-glass windows to entrance gable. Pointed arch three-light east window with cut limestone surround and sloped sill, having carved limestone tracery, trefoil-headed lights with five-pointed star over, and having stained-glass. Quatrefoil window to north elevation of north transept, having recent timber window. Paired lancet window openings to gable of south transept, with cut limestone tracery, chamfered limestone surrounds, cut limestone sloping sills, and stained-glass. Pointed arch door opening to main entrance, having cut and carved limestone surround and double-leaf timber battened doors with cut limestone threshold. Pointed arch door openings to transepts with cut limestone hood-mouldings and chamfered limestone surrounds, partly blocked and with recent timber window to north transept, and having timber battened door to south transept. Square-headed door openings to extensions having timber doors. Church interior renovated 1998 to incorporate library. Painted smooth rendered walls to interior with open truss roof and decorative stained-glass windows to former chancel and south transept windows. Timber galleries. Church is set within graveyard with numerous gravestones. Cast-iron double-leaf gates flanked by matching pedestrian gates, with square-profile cut limestone piers, and cast-iron railings on rendered plinth walls.

• Joseph Howley Monument, monument, 1945–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding carved limestone statue, dated 1947, commemorating Joseph Howley, set on stepped square-plan limestone plinth. Inscriptions to east face of plinth. Set behind rubble stone plinth wall with recent railings.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_571 (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 Oran More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Oran More · Órán Mór

Area

1,286,235 m² (128.62 ha, 317.84 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Oranmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Oranmore electoral division: 4,721 people in 1,706 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowkeel, Frenchfort, Garraun South, Innplot, Moneyduff, Moneymore West, Oran Beg, Oranhill, Rinn, Rinville West, Rocklands

Placenames

Oran More 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.