# Raha, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish An Rátha. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 916,693 m² (91.67 ha, 226.52 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,682 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcummin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilcummin.md - Barony: Moycullen - Electoral division: Oughterard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,819 people lived in 1,042 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20890 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63641 - Centre: latitude 53.397577, longitude -9.292512 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raha, from 118 m² to 224,784 m² (22.48 ha, 55.55 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 6107453: 224,784 m² (22.48 ha, 55.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6107453.md - Parcel 5525734: 199,454 m² (19.95 ha, 49.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5525734.md - Parcel 1995529: 180,855 m² (18.09 ha, 44.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995529.md - Parcel 1995527: 64,540 m² (6.45 ha, 15.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995527.md - Parcel 1955606: 62,601 m² (6.26 ha, 15.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955606.md - Parcel 1995531: 53,578 m² (5.36 ha, 13.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995531.md - Parcel 5669554: 28,615 m² (2.86 ha, 7.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5669554.md - Parcel 1995528: 10,628 m² (1.06 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995528.md - Parcel 1955604: 10,189 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955604.md - Parcel 1955609: 8,219 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955609.md - Parcel 1955599: 7,203 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955599.md - Parcel 1995524: 4,341 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995524.md - Parcel 1995526: 4,245 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995526.md - Parcel 1955607: 4,103 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955607.md - Parcel 5521865: 3,938 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5521865.md - Parcel 1995525: 3,929 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995525.md - Parcel 6193327: 3,573 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6193327.md - Parcel 1955605: 3,116 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955605.md - Parcel 6193344: 2,808 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6193344.md - Parcel 1955598: 2,747 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955598.md - Parcel 5058848: 2,694 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5058848.md - Parcel 2502230: 2,682 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2502230.md - Parcel 4630968: 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630968.md - Parcel 4648795: 2,456 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4648795.md - Parcel 4649048: 2,240 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4649048.md - Parcel 1995530: 2,188 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995530.md - Parcel 2428856: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428856.md - Parcel 2740997: 2,118 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740997.md - Parcel 1955600: 2,088 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955600.md - Parcel 1955601: 2,086 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955601.md - Parcel 4659844: 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4659844.md - Parcel 2741004: 2,063 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2741004.md - Parcel 2741125: 2,059 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2741125.md - Parcel 2741009: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2741009.md - Parcel 4630882: 1,973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630882.md - Parcel 1955608: 1,848 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955608.md - Parcel 1955603: 1,209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955603.md - Parcel 6107451: 1,130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6107451.md - Parcel 1955602: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955602.md - Parcel 6193284: 181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6193284.md - Parcel 6107449: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6107449.md - Parcel 6193274: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6193274.md - Parcel 5525751: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5525751.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Raha in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 2 Mar 2026, Galway County Council 2660318: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of a shed to the rear of the dwelling house, change of use of a garage to one bedroom annex (previous planning granted 09/1763) and changes to the dwelling house (previous planning granted 021892). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660318/0 - 10 Aug 2022, Galway County Council 22957: Refused. Extension of duration. for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services (Gross Floor space of proposed works House 180sqm, Garage 48sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22957/0 - 29 Oct 2021, Galway County Council 212023: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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: 220 sqm, Garage 55.2 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212023/0 - 6 Apr 2021, Galway County Council 21528: Conditional. Permission. for the Construction of a new slatted shed & sheep shed and all associated ancillary concrete works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 775.86 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 355.68 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21528/0 - 4 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 201847: Unconditional. Extension of duration. for dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: house 156.7sqm & garage 55.2sqm. Previous planning permission: 15/808.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201847/0 - 18 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201339: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for dwelling house as constructed on revised site boundaries and permission is being sought to replace existing septic tank with a new wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 189.5 msq.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201339/0 - 25 May 2018, Galway County Council 18691: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 178.5 sqm. (garage) 56 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18691/0 - 14 Jul 2017, Galway County Council 171050: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services (Gross Floor space of proposed works House 180sqm, Garage 48sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171050/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC, site code 000297, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000297 - Natural Heritage Area: Oughterard District Bog NHA, site code 002431, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/002431 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA054-062: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA054-062----. Prominently situated on the summit of Knockacarna, a low hill to NE of Buffy Lough. Sub-circular flat-topped cairn of angular stones (N-S 19.5m, E-W c. 18m, H 2.15m). There is a large area of disturbance on E side. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 381) 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Raha. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Raha, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Raha. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/raha.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/raha.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/raha.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Raha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Buffy: https://everytownland.com/galway/buffy.md - Carrowndulla: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowndulla.md - Drimnahoon: https://everytownland.com/galway/drimnahoon.md - Drimneen: https://everytownland.com/galway/drimneen-61875.md - Maghera Beg: https://everytownland.com/galway/maghera-beg.md - Maghera More: https://everytownland.com/galway/maghera-more.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/raha - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/raha