Shannakeela

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shannakeela, from 26 m² to 6,043,412 m² (604.34 ha, 1,493.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Shannakeela 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.

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360503

• 28 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct an agricultural shed with associated farmyard and pens. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19270

• 21 Dec 2018N/a

  le haghaid ainmhí agus umar sciodar, a thógáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 219 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181891

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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Area of Conservation: Maumturk Mountains SAC 002008
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA 004181
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Maumturk Mountains 002008

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shannakeela.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shannakeela.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Shannakeela.

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.

• Shannakeela, Recess5 sales

Name

Shannakeela · Seanadh Chaola

Area

7,746,543 m² (774.65 ha, 1,914.21 acres)

Civil parish

Moyrus, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Illion, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Illion electoral division: 105 people in 39 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boheeshal, Bunscanniff, Illion East, Oorid, Shannaunnafeola, Teernakill South

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Shannakeela 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.