# Shannakeela, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Seanadh Chaola. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 7,746,543 m² (774.65 ha, 1,914.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,455 m² (1.35 ha, 3.32 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Moyrus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moyrus.md - Barony: Ballynahinch - Electoral division: Illion, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18230 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63826 - Centre: latitude 53.466605, longitude -9.625796 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shannakeela, from 26 m² to 6,043,412 m² (604.34 ha, 1,493.36 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1931280: 6,043,412 m² (604.34 ha, 1,493.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931280.md - Parcel 1967520: 155,280 m² (15.53 ha, 38.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967520.md - Parcel 1967519: 136,392 m² (13.64 ha, 33.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967519.md - Parcel 1931288: 95,453 m² (9.55 ha, 23.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931288.md - Parcel 5512401: 79,004 m² (7.9 ha, 19.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5512401.md - Parcel 1931197: 74,159 m² (7.42 ha, 18.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931197.md - Parcel 1931285: 63,392 m² (6.34 ha, 15.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931285.md - Parcel 3631399: 54,905 m² (5.49 ha, 13.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3631399.md - Parcel 1931193: 52,923 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931193.md - Parcel 1967514: 45,155 m² (4.52 ha, 11.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967514.md - Parcel 1967527: 45,029 m² (4.5 ha, 11.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967527.md - Parcel 2113199: 42,584 m² (4.26 ha, 10.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113199.md - Parcel 1931282: 35,639 m² (3.56 ha, 8.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931282.md - Parcel 1967515: 32,483 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967515.md - Parcel 1931284: 24,158 m² (2.42 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931284.md - Parcel 1967521: 22,527 m² (2.25 ha, 5.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967521.md - Parcel 1967513: 21,610 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967513.md - Parcel 1931293: 21,050 m² (2.11 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931293.md - Parcel 1967516: 20,395 m² (2.04 ha, 5.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967516.md - Parcel 1931196: 19,749 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931196.md - Parcel 1967522: 19,032 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967522.md - Parcel 1931290: 18,703 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931290.md - Parcel 1931292: 16,471 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931292.md - Parcel 1931287: 16,155 m² (1.62 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931287.md - Parcel 1967525: 15,687 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967525.md - Parcel 1967511: 13,768 m² (1.38 ha, 3.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967511.md - Parcel 1931191: 13,143 m² (1.31 ha, 3.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931191.md - Parcel 1967518: 11,137 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967518.md - Parcel 1967523: 9,828 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967523.md - Parcel 1931291: 8,372 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931291.md - Parcel 1931294: 8,116 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931294.md - Parcel 1931194: 8,067 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931194.md - Parcel 1931195: 7,370 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931195.md - Parcel 1931289: 6,334 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931289.md - Parcel 4623375: 6,233 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4623375.md - Parcel 1931283: 5,084 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931283.md - Parcel 1931281: 4,357 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931281.md - Parcel 1931192: 4,103 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931192.md - Parcel 2472537: 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2472537.md - Parcel 1931286: 3,586 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931286.md - Parcel 1931279: 3,054 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931279.md - Parcel 4757099: 2,944 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757099.md - Parcel 1967517: 2,891 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967517.md - Parcel 1967510: 2,853 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967510.md - Parcel 1931190: 2,694 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1931190.md - Parcel 4665571: 2,669 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665571.md - Parcel 4620138: 2,322 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4620138.md - Parcel 1967526: 1,917 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967526.md - Parcel 1967512: 1,456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967512.md - Parcel 4832263: 1,105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4832263.md - Parcel 1967524: 466 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1967524.md - Parcel 4757095: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757095.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 15 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360503: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360503/0 - 28 Feb 2019, Galway County Council 19270: Conditional. Permission. to construct an agricultural shed with associated farmyard and pens. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19270/0 - 21 Dec 2018, Galway County Council 181891: N/a. Permission. le haghaid ainmhí agus umar sciodar, a thógáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 219 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181891/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC, site code 002034, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002034 - Special Area of Conservation: Maumturk Mountains SAC, site code 002008, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002008 - Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA, site code 004181, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004181 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex, site code 002034 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Maumturk Mountains, site code 002008 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shannakeela. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shannakeela. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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: 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, 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/shannakeela.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/shannakeela.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/shannakeela.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Shannakeela, Recess: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/galway/shannakeela-recess.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Boheeshal: https://everytownland.com/galway/boheeshal.md - Bunscanniff: https://everytownland.com/galway/bunscanniff.md - Illion East: https://everytownland.com/galway/illion-east.md - Oorid: https://everytownland.com/galway/oorid.md - Shannaunnafeola: https://everytownland.com/galway/shannaunnafeola.md - Teernakill South: https://everytownland.com/galway/teernakill-south.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/shannakeela - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/shannakeela