Ower
Townland in the civil parish of Killannin, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish An tObhar
- Area
- 464.5 ha
- 1,148 acres
- Land parcels
- 155
- registered freehold, median 4,180 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ower, from 70 m² to 627,521 m² (62.75 ha, 155.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Apr 2026Conditional
to construct new dwelling house, new garage and new effluent treatment system including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660559
14 Nov 2025Refused
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new effluent treatment system including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561670
7 Jul 2025Refused
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new effluent treatment system including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 244.18 sqm(H), 56.04 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560913
24 May 2025Conditional
for (a) single storey dwelling house, (b) single storey domestic garage, (c) new boundary wall and vehicular entrance to public road, (d) wastewater treatment, landscaping and all associated site services and works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222.00 sqm(H), 77 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560651
6 May 2025Conditional
for extension and alterations to dwelling house with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200 sqm(H), 48 sqm(extension)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560545
29 Jan 2025Conditional
to replace existing septic tank with a new wastewater treatment system and retention permission is being sought for extensions and alterations to dwelling house as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560079
20 Dec 2024Conditional
for alterations to an existing dwelling house, consisting of partial demolition of existing structures 125.20 sqm and construction of 134 sqm of new internal dwelling area over part one and two storeys, including sundry alterations and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24370
20 Oct 2023Conditional
for a change of dwellinghouse design from that previously permitted under pl. permission ref. no. 21/2240 & 21/1191 with all associated works & ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361262
12 Aug 2023Refused
chun teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le garáiste nua, bealach isteach nua chuig an suíomh agus corás searachais nua
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360953
16 Aug 2022Conditional
for alterations to dwelling house, for domestic garage and shed building as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 64.20sq m.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260823
3 Dec 2021Conditional
for a dwelling house, separate garage/shed, septic tank/effluent treatment system, percolation area/polishing filter and all associated services.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212290
29 Nov 2021Conditional
on the grant of outline permission ref. no. 21-1191 for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 190.4 sqm (house) & 48 sqm (garage)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212240
22 Oct 2021Conditional
for a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works , House 194.2 sqm & garage 48sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211972
2 Jul 2021Conditional
for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services.
Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211191
2 Feb 2021Conditional
for minor revisions to dwelling house previously approved under Planning Reference 18/206. Gross floor space of proposed works: 216.38 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2199
12 Oct 2020Conditional
to construct a Dwellinghouse, Domestic Garage & proprietary treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226 msq.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201499
7 Aug 2020Refused
for dwellinghouse, garage / shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services.
Outline permission · Galway County Council, 201109
22 Feb 2018Conditional
for dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank/effluent treatment system, percolation area/polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 283.88sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18206
8 May 2017Conditional
to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage & proprietary treatment system. (203.36 sqm.)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17644
3 Feb 2017Conditional
for extension and alterations to existing dwelling house and for private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 116.8sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17113
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA068-048 Quarry
Description
A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused sand pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2014
- GA068-049 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On N side of a road c. 180m W of a CBG (GA068-050----). This well, correctly Tobar Éinne, is indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map and was still evidently extant at time of 3rd ed. (1933); since completely destroyed by quarrying. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA068-050 Children's burial ground
Description
On N side of a road which runs E-W along an esker. Indicated on OS 1st ed. as a roughly L-shaped unenclosed area marked simply as 'Graveyard'. Apparently enclosed by time of 3rd ed. (1933), when it appears as an irregular area (L/Wth c. 30m) and is named as a CBG. No visible surface trace survives. A holy well (GA068-049----) lay c. 180m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
- House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1840. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with concrete coping to gables, rendered chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered wall to front elevation, exposed rubble-stone walls to rear and side elevations. Square-headed window openings having painted sills, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation and replacement timber casement window to side elevations. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors to front and rear elevations. Outbuildings to north-west and south. Painted rendered enclosing walls with rendered coping and painted rendered 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).
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 moderately low, 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 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ower · An tObhar
- Area
- 4,645,056 m² (464.51 ha, 1,147.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killannin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Wormhole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Wormhole electoral division: 2,602 people in 844 households; 87% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynahallia, Callownamuck, Cloonnabinnia, Gortachalla, Gortmore, Killannin, Larragan, Pollagh, Tullokyne
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- 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.