Shantallow

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shantallow, from 81 m² to 186,153 m² (18.62 ha, 46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Shantallow 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.

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  a 10-year for development consisting of: construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with an operational lifespan of c.35-years and an export capacity of c. 36MW. The works will comprise of: (1) Ground-mounted PV panels arranged in rows; ancillary electrical works including cabling, string inverters, transformer stations, ducting, and underground connections; internal access tracks; storage containers; site lighting; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; perimeter fencing; and a temporary construction compound. (2) Access arrangements to the solar PV farm via the existing agricultural entrance on the R446, which will be upgraded as part of this application. (3) Relocation and reinstatement of stonewalls and selective removal of hedgerows to facilitate the development and provide appropriate site access / egress, with works minimised and accompanied by replacement planting and conservation measures for stone walls. (4) Creation of a biodiversity area in the southwest of the site to enhance ecological value. (5) Hard and soft landscaping works, including internal access roads, drainage features, a berm in the southwest of the site, boundary treatments, and planting. (6) Installation of an underground cable route, including joint bays, along the R446,access roads, and through agricultural lands, to connect the proposed solar PV farm to the previously permitted 110 kV substation under An Coimisiún Pleanála Case No. 310141-21,which will also be connected to the solar PV farm permitted under Galway County Council Reg. Ref. 17/1544. (7) All associated site development works, including above and below ground services, across a total site area of 39.52ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application has included an NIS

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660398

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a granny flat to the side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 61.34 sqm (granny flat)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461686

• 10 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250.28 sqm (house) & 59.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460700

• 23 May 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 203 sqm (dwelling house) and 46 sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260528

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  for the provision of (i) a single-storey side extension to the existing dwelling and (ii) The provision of a roof window to the side elevation of the existing dwelling roof in the townland of Shantallow, Oranmore, Co Galway. Gross floor space of proposed works for Dwelling Extension 60.70sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21980

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  for 10 years for a solar PV farm to export up to 35MW of electricity to the national grid on a site at Shantallow & Moyveela. The development will comprise approx. 275,970 sqm of solar panels together with all ancillary cabling and electrical infrastructure including approx. 18 No. inverters/transformer station; a 110kV substation facility with loop in to existing 110kV overhead line on site including 2 No. new 110kV end mast towers (approx. 19.5m in height); optional permission for a 38kV substation in lieu of the 110kV substation; a new temporary construction access point to the R446; upgrade of an existing agricultural entrance to form an operational phase access; provision of new access tracks and upgrading of existing agricultural access tracks; landscaping; temporary construction compounds; boundary and security fencing; CCTV security system; approx. 4m telecommunications mast and all ancillary site development works all on a site of approximately 71.0ha. Gross floor space of proposed work Approx 430.8sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171544

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shantallow.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_717 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Shantallow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Shantallow · Seantalamh

Area

805,830 m² (80.58 ha, 199.12 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Stradbally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stradbally electoral division: 1,186 people in 387 households; 89% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrydonnell Beg, Moneymore East, Moyveela

Placenames

Shantallow 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.