# Rahard, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway; in Irish An Ráth Ard.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,607,965 m² (160.8 ha, 397.34 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,208 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Monivea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/monivea.md
- Barony: Athenry
- Electoral division: Athenry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,765 people lived in 2,069 households in the Athenry electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19625
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63645
- Centre: latitude 53.287978, longitude -8.721478 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahard, from 49 m² to 385,381 m² (38.54 ha, 95.23 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2089617: 385,381 m² (38.54 ha, 95.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089617.md
- Parcel 2089618: 162,585 m² (16.26 ha, 40.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089618.md
- Parcel 2040963: 83,165 m² (8.32 ha, 20.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040963.md
- Parcel 2089608: 74,339 m² (7.43 ha, 18.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089608.md
- Parcel 2089607: 73,182 m² (7.32 ha, 18.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089607.md
- Parcel 2089610: 70,993 m² (7.1 ha, 17.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089610.md
- Parcel 2040959: 64,850 m² (6.48 ha, 16.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040959.md
- Parcel 2040955: 60,672 m² (6.07 ha, 14.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040955.md
- Parcel 2089611: 55,791 m² (5.58 ha, 13.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089611.md
- Parcel 2040957: 52,521 m² (5.25 ha, 12.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040957.md
- Parcel 2040970: 52,153 m² (5.22 ha, 12.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040970.md
- Parcel 2040973: 51,263 m² (5.13 ha, 12.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040973.md
- Parcel 2040956: 50,865 m² (5.09 ha, 12.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040956.md
- Parcel 2089632: 44,440 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089632.md
- Parcel 2040971: 42,549 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040971.md
- Parcel 2089627: 40,617 m² (4.06 ha, 10.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089627.md
- Parcel 4768021: 25,788 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4768021.md
- Parcel 2040972: 20,137 m² (2.01 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040972.md
- Parcel 2089615: 18,999 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089615.md
- Parcel 4646041: 10,417 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646041.md
- Parcel 2089626: 8,658 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089626.md
- Parcel 2089628: 7,234 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089628.md
- Parcel 2114300: 5,274 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114300.md
- Parcel 2431461: 4,973 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2431461.md
- Parcel 4664318: 4,528 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664318.md
- Parcel 4676599: 4,462 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4676599.md
- Parcel 2089614: 4,363 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089614.md
- Parcel 4664370: 4,237 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664370.md
- Parcel 4837208: 4,133 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4837208.md
- Parcel 4646046: 4,085 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646046.md
- Parcel 4672861: 3,865 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4672861.md
- Parcel 2040965: 3,831 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040965.md
- Parcel 5521125: 3,731 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5521125.md
- Parcel 4646024: 3,344 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646024.md
- Parcel 2443972: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443972.md
- Parcel 2740422: 3,058 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740422.md
- Parcel 4667032: 3,031 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4667032.md
- Parcel 2040974: 2,979 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040974.md
- Parcel 2040967: 2,791 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040967.md
- Parcel 2089606: 2,735 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089606.md
- Parcel 4730981: 2,384 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4730981.md
- Parcel 4620129: 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4620129.md
- Parcel 2089620: 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089620.md
- Parcel 2040969: 2,358 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040969.md
- Parcel 2040968: 2,306 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040968.md
- Parcel 3421431: 2,288 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3421431.md
- Parcel 2040975: 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040975.md
- Parcel 5383566: 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5383566.md
- Parcel 2089623: 2,218 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089623.md
- Parcel 2740322: 2,198 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740322.md
- Parcel 2089603: 2,188 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089603.md
- Parcel 2040958: 2,178 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040958.md
- Parcel 2089604: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089604.md
- Parcel 5521080: 2,124 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5521080.md
- Parcel 5632856: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632856.md
- Parcel 2740310: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740310.md
- Parcel 5426634: 2,031 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5426634.md
- Parcel 2089625: 2,000 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089625.md
- Parcel 2089619: 1,971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089619.md
- Parcel 2089599: 1,953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089599.md
- Parcel 2089613: 1,899 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089613.md
- Parcel 3626318: 1,869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626318.md
- Parcel 2040964: 1,762 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040964.md
- Parcel 2040954: 1,744 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040954.md
- Parcel 2089635: 1,688 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089635.md
- Parcel 2089609: 1,624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089609.md
- Parcel 5245582: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5245582.md
- Parcel 2040962: 1,490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040962.md
- Parcel 4945533: 1,403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4945533.md
- Parcel 4632285: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632285.md
- Parcel 2040966: 1,386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040966.md
- Parcel 2089624: 1,364 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089624.md
- Parcel 5521101: 1,284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5521101.md
- Parcel 2089616: 1,256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089616.md
- Parcel 2089605: 1,255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089605.md
- Parcel 2089629: 1,249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089629.md
- Parcel 4646018: 1,238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646018.md
- Parcel 5245581: 1,219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5245581.md
- Parcel 4638741: 1,142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4638741.md
- Parcel 2040953: 1,101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040953.md
- Parcel 2089612: 1,054 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089612.md
- Parcel 2089634: 1,031 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089634.md
- Parcel 2089601: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089601.md
- Parcel 2089631: 957 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089631.md
- Parcel 2089600: 949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089600.md
- Parcel 5245580: 870 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5245580.md
- Parcel 2089630: 862 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089630.md
- Parcel 5245583: 509 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5245583.md
- Parcel 2040961: 472 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040961.md
- Parcel 2089621: 459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089621.md
- Parcel 2040960: 455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040960.md
- Parcel 4664290: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664290.md
- Parcel 2089633: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089633.md
- Parcel 5462315: 380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5462315.md
- Parcel 2089622: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089622.md
- Parcel 4683050: 173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4683050.md
- Parcel 2089602: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2089602.md
- Parcel 2040952: 49 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2040952.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Rahard 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)

15 applications, newest first.

- 7 Aug 2026, Galway County Council 2661366: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661366/0
- 18 Jun 2026, Galway County Council 2661013: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to 1. Construct a new side extension to existing dwelling house and 2. Construct a new standalone garage to the rear of dwelling, along with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661013/0
- 21 May 2026, Galway County Council 26117: Conditional. Permission consequent, 1 home. for ref # 25328 to construct a dwelling house & septic tanks with percolation area including all associated works & services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/26117/0
- 7 Apr 2026, Galway County Council 2660516: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660516/0
- 2 Jan 2026, Galway County Council 2660001: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house with treatment plant and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660001/0
- 27 Nov 2025, Galway County Council 25328: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25328/0
- 23 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260957: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwellinghouse , sewage system domestic garage and associated services.Gross floor space of proposed works 269.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260957/0
- 16 Sept 2022, Galway County Council 2260936: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house along with domestic garage and treatment system with percolation area, and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 194 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260936/0
- 17 Jul 2020, Galway County Council 20971: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 149 sqm (House), 59 sqm (Garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20971/0
- 10 Apr 2019, Galway County Council 19532: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for dwellinghouse, shed and septic tank and percolation area on a site with revised boundaries and for removal of condition No 10 of PP. Ref No 07/1465. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House - 301.66 sqm, Shed - 29.75 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19532/0
- 7 Mar 2019, Galway County Council 19323: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. and completion of changes to dwelling under construction, as granted under Pl Ref: 09/1745. Retention is also sought for garden shed and temporary use of existing garage as a granny flat to include new proprietary treatment tanks and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 274.8 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19323/0
- 17 Jan 2019, Galway County Council 1949: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 191 sqm, Garage - 35 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/1949/0
- 27 Sept 2018, Galway County Council 181354: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage and waste water treatment system and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works - 259.8 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181354/0
- 2 Aug 2018, Galway County Council 181103: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of dwelling house and domestic garage previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 10/1093. Gross floor space of work to be retained (house) 259 sqm. (garage) 60 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181103/0
- 28 Jun 2017, Galway County Council 17945: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a dwelling house, sewage treatment plant, percolation area and domestic garage (Gross floor space of proposed works: House 211sqm, garage 41.2sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17945/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rahard.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA084-114: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-114----. In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused gravel 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: 22 July 2014
- GA084-115: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-115----. In grassland. Described by Cody (1989, 267-9, no. 91) as a poorly preserved subcircular cashel (39m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. Within the E half of the interior were two almost parallel grass-covered stony banks running WSW-ENE and a low mound of earth and stone (3m by 3m). As a result of field clearance in the area, the monument has been leveled and no visible surface trace of it, or its associated features, survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018
- GA084-116: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-116----. In gently rolling pasture and tillage. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (35.9m E-W; 29.4m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall that is overlain by a field boundary at SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018
- GA084-117: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-117----. In undulating grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Described by Cody (1989, 212-13, no. 60) as a poorly preserved rath that was defined by two sections of an earthen bank which survived to the NW and SE of a field wall that cut across the monument from NE to SW. Where slight traces of the bank survived to the SE of the wall a hay-shed and lean-to were built across it. An orchard occupied the surviving section to the NW of the wall. When visited by the Survey in October 1983, no visible surface trace of the monument survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018
- GA096-145: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA096-145----. In low-lying marshy pastureland, c. 10m to the W of a stream. This partially demolished fulacht fia consists of two oval-shaped grassed-over mounds of burnt stone. A slight rise running from the W end of the N mound (7m E-W; 4m N-S; H 1m) to the S mound (7m E-W; 5m N-S; H 0.3m) suggests that the trough area originally opened out to the E. (Cody 1989, 162, no. 22) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 November 2019

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 Rahard.

## 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 Rahard, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_868, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_868.zip (ZIP).
- 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/rahard.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/rahard.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/rahard.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Rahard, Athenry: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/galway/rahard-athenry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Backpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/backpark.md
- Baunmore: https://everytownland.com/galway/baunmore-60520.md
- Blean: https://everytownland.com/galway/blean.md
- Boyhill: https://everytownland.com/galway/boyhill.md
- Deerpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/deerpark-61715.md
- Kingsland South: https://everytownland.com/galway/kingsland-south.md
- Loobroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/loobroe.md
- Moyode: https://everytownland.com/galway/moyode.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.

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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.

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