Ower

166 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ower, from 38 m² to 143,337 m² (14.33 ha, 35.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Ower 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.

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 269.4 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361324

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  to construct serviced slatted shed & extension to an existing slatted shed

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360745

• 30 May 2022N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tanks, and treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 328 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22702

• 29 Apr 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, and treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 327 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22571

• 5 May 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced slatted shed and extension to an existing slatted shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 198 sqm shed, 48.6 sqm extension

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21743

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house, along with an on-site sewage treatment system, domestic garage and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 206.4 sqm, Garage - 40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181858

• 16 May 2017Conditional

  to erect a serviced dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 200 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17690

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA041-042 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA041-043 Cairn - clearance cairn
  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.

• GA041-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 36m, E-W 30.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, which is stone-faced externally, is present from E to SE and from S to WNW; a scarp forms the enclosing element elsewhere. A field wall overlies the outer bank throughout. There is an entrance at SE. According to local information, large quantities of bones were found immediately outside the rath at N during tillage operations. 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

• GA041-045 Church
  Description

  On a rise in level grassland close to the td. boundary. Reputedly the site of St Fursey's 7th-C monastery (Harbison 1975, 94). A Nat. Mon., the remains consist of a multiperiod church (GA041-0454----) on NW boundary of an irregularly shaped graveyard which is defined by a modern wall. Part of W gable, with trabeate doorway, and W end of S wall of an E. Chr. oratory are incorporated into a late medieval church (E-W; L 21.6m, Wth 7.38m). The main features of the latter comprise a shallow pointed arch doorway in S wall, to E of which are two twin-light windows, one with a round head, the other an ogee head. The twin-light pointed arch traceried window set off-centre in E gable evidently replaced an earlier one, the S jamb of which is visible internally. There are also two small windows in S wall to W of the doorway: the lower one is a simple slit above which is a single-light ogee-headed example. Internally, the church is divided by a N-S running wall to W of doorway. These latter features, when coupled with the small ope high up in W gable, indicate that there was a loft at this end. There are aumbries in E gable and at E end of S wall. Traces of an older wall, beneath the present curving W wall of the graveyard (GA041-045001-), may be part of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA041-045002-). (Kinahan 1868b, 131-2; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 171, 177; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304) 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 231.

• GA041-045001 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.

• GA041-045002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in level grassland close to the td. boundary. Reputedly the site of St Fursey's 7th-C monastery (Harbison 1975, 94). A Nat. Mon., the remains consist of a multiperiod church (GA041-0454----) on NW boundary of an irregularly shaped graveyard which is defined by a modern wall. Part of W gable, with trabeate doorway, and W end of S wall of an E. Chr. oratory are incorporated into a late medieval church (E-W; L 21.6m, Wth 7.38m). The main features of the latter comprise a shallow pointed arch doorway in S wall, to E of which are two twin-light windows, one with a round head, the other an ogee head. The twin-light pointed arch traceried window set off-centre in E gable evidently replaced an earlier one, the S jamb of which is visible internally. There are also two small windows in S wall to W of the doorway: the lower one is a simple slit above which is a single-light ogee-headed example. Internally, the church is divided by a N-S running wall to W of doorway. These latter features, when coupled with the small ope high up in W gable, indicate that there was a loft at this end. There are aumbries in E gable and at E end of S wall. Traces of an older wall, beneath the present curving W wall of the graveyard (GA041-045001-), may be part of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA041-045002-). (Kinahan 1868b, 131-2; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 171, 177; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304) 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: 20 December 2017

• GA041-046 Cist
  Description

  On level ground in gently undulating pastureland. Discovered c. 1939 while digging for sand, it consisted of a short rectangular slab-built cist (E-W; L 0.7m, Wth 0.4m, H c. 0.45m) roofed by a capstone set c. 0.3m below ground level. It was floored with a cobbling of small stones. At its centre was an Irish Vase full of cremated bones. The cist itself was filled with fine grey sand which contained cremated human bones at all levels. No visible surface trace survives (Raftery 1942, 75-81; Waddell 1975, 19; 1990, 94). 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

• GA041-051 Megalithic structure
  Description

  In undulating farmland, 170m E of Kildaree Church (GA041-045----). Described by Wilde (1872, 125) as 'the remains of a cromleagh, termed — as such structures usually are, Leabha-Dearmid-agus-Grania — … it top stone is 9 1/2 feet [2.9m] long'. What survives are two massive stones incorporated into a shed. One stone stands upright (L 2.3m, H 2.2m) and is aligned NE-SW, while the second (L 2.3m, H 2.2m) rests against its NE end (Topgr. Files, OSI). Not visited. 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

• Ower Bridge, bridge, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone bridge, dated 1867, over Black River. Walls of roughly cut squared blocks, with segmental arch having dressed voussoirs, string course, and with rock-faced copings to parapets. Flanked by buttresses having similar detailing, with rounded ends to piers.

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 moderately low, 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 Ower.

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.

• Ower, Headford13 sales

Name

Ower · Odhar

Area

2,698,062 m² (269.81 ha, 666.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killursa, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killursa, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killursa electoral division: 1,135 people in 397 households; 86% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardfintan, Cahermacanally, Carrowbeg, Clerhaun, Gortbrack (Co. Mayo), Kildaree, Moyne (Co. Mayo)

Placenames

Ower 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.