# Tobermina, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Belclare, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Tobar Maighne. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 767,635 m² (76.76 ha, 189.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 33,735 m² (3.37 ha, 8.34 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Belclare, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/belclare.md - Barony: Clare - Electoral division: Killower, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 925 people lived in 302 households in the Killower electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% 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/21802 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 64026 - Centre: latitude 53.485082, longitude -8.957622 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobermina, from 163 m² to 150,642 m² (15.06 ha, 37.22 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1988465: 150,642 m² (15.06 ha, 37.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988465.md - Parcel 2425859: 64,243 m² (6.42 ha, 15.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425859.md - Parcel 1988466: 64,174 m² (6.42 ha, 15.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988466.md - Parcel 2425866: 63,266 m² (6.33 ha, 15.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425866.md - Parcel 2425878: 51,885 m² (5.19 ha, 12.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425878.md - Parcel 2022144: 50,025 m² (5 ha, 12.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2022144.md - Parcel 1962226: 48,835 m² (4.88 ha, 12.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962226.md - Parcel 2425877: 42,241 m² (4.22 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425877.md - Parcel 2425875: 40,046 m² (4 ha, 9.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425875.md - Parcel 2425874: 40,005 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425874.md - Parcel 2425882: 34,442 m² (3.44 ha, 8.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425882.md - Parcel 2425879: 34,035 m² (3.4 ha, 8.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425879.md - Parcel 2425883: 33,435 m² (3.34 ha, 8.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425883.md - Parcel 2425881: 32,135 m² (3.21 ha, 7.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425881.md - Parcel 1988464: 4,020 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988464.md - Parcel 2069389: 3,393 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2069389.md - Parcel 4650586: 3,122 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650586.md - Parcel 2425871: 2,777 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425871.md - Parcel 2425884: 1,710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425884.md - Parcel 1962225: 1,123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962225.md - Parcel 2425880: 680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425880.md - Parcel 2425885: 666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425885.md - Parcel 2425886: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425886.md - Parcel 1988463: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988463.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Tobermina 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 12 Jun 2025, Galway County Council 2560750: Conditional. Permission. for continued use of the existing quarry (granted under Planning Ref. File No.: 06/2275 and ABP Ref.: PL07.222783), including drilling, blasting, crushing, processing, and stockpiling of mate-rials within a total site area of 15.09 hectares to the permitted depth of 33m OD. Continued use of existing permitted structures and facilities, including: weighbridge and wheelwash with side and overhead spray bar, office and staff facilities building and carpark provision (Ref. 17512). Asphalt plant (Ref. 15104), concrete batching plant (Ref. 20419), maintenance shed (Ref. 141295), aggregate shed, ESB substation (Ref. 191964), crushing and screening plant, and stock bays (Ref. 062275 & 21442). Associated site infrastructure. Construction of a new quarry storage yard (c. 1.09 Ha.) to the east of the existing quarry. Relocation of the existing permitted sheds (Plan Ref File No. 21442) to an area beside the proposed storage yard area. Importation of soil and stone (both waste and non-waste) for site restoration purposes and selected construction and demolition waste for recycling to preserve natural aggregate re-sources, subject to the necessary authorisations. The proposed development will facilitate the continued operation and restoration of the site, with the operational life of the quarry ceasing upon resource exhaustion, followed by resto-ration to agricultural and natural uses using imported material. The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 16.3 hectares and is for a total period of 35 years (comprising an operational period of 33 years followed by 2 years for restoration). The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560750/0 - 22 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 202013: N/a. Permission. for development consisting of the further quarrying of mineral [limestone] at lands to the west of lands authorised under Substitute Consent Ref 07.SU.0036 [Carton Quarry]. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/202013/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockmaa Hill, site code 001288 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA042-221: Designed landscape - summer house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-221----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - GA043-129001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-129001-. On a hilltop in grassland. Poorly preserved much-overgrown oval cashel (N-S c. 46.7m) defined by a drystone wall best preserved at NE. Some 25m from the enclosing element are the remains of a second cashel-like wall, suggesting an outer defence. It is best preserved at NW and NE and is disturbed elsewhere by farm buildings. An uncertain castle (GA043-129002-) lies within the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA043-129002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-129002-. Within a ringfort (GA043-129001-). Named 'Ruins of Castle Freeky' on OS Fair Plan. All that survives is a very poorly preserved rectangular structure (L 8m, Wth 5m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. No architectural features are visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA043-130: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA043-130----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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 Tobermina. ## 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 Tobermina, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tobermina. - 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/tobermina.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/tobermina.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/tobermina.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Tobermina 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) - Caltragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/caltragh-60802.md - Carheens: https://everytownland.com/galway/carheens.md - Carrowbeg South: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowbeg-south-60922.md - Cartron: https://everytownland.com/galway/cartron-61054.md - Castlehacket: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket.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/tobermina - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/tobermina