Tonabrocky
Townland in the civil parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway, Co. Galway; in Irish Tóin na Brocaí
- Area
- 175.8 ha
- 435 acres
- Land parcels
- 148
- registered freehold, median 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
- Agriculture and High Amenity
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tonabrocky, from 9 m² to 507,149 m² (50.71 ha, 125.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G5Agriculture and High Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Jun 2026Conditional
for variations to the proposed dwelling house extension permitted under planning reference number 25/61109 with all associated works and ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661085
17 Feb 2026N/a
Planning permission for development which consists of: planning permission for the construction of a GAA facility on lands at Keeraun and Mincloon, Rahoon, Galway. Works to consist of A) 2 no. grass playing pitches, 1 no. all weather synthetic playing pitch, with dugouts, floodlighting, ball stop netting system, score board structures, covered viewing stands and perimeter fencing to all pitches. B) a single storey proposed facilities building, C) a single storey pitch-maintenance building D) a public playground area with fencing E) a looped amenity walkway, F) parking for 95 cars, 3 coach spaces, 1 drop off zones and 144 bicycle parking spaces. G) electrical generator and associated storage, H) new vehicular and pedestrian access to the site from the Clybaun Rd (L-5021-0) with signage, entrance walls and gate. Development to include all associated site works and enabling works including but not limited to; road widening and provision of footpath/cycle track and lighting to existing Clybaun Rd (L-5021-0), site levelling, internal site lighting, a proprietary onsite wastewater pumping station with a pumped rising main to the gravity foul sewer network on the Rahoon Rd (L-1017-0), all boundary treatments & landscaping, and surface water drainage system. Permission to include removal of the existing agricultural entrance and the partial demolition of the existing farm structures on the Clybaun Rd (L-5021-0)
Permission · Galway City Council, 2660043
10 Feb 2026N/a
to construct an all weather surface horse exercise area, horse walker, manure pit and seepage tank
Permission · Galway County Council, 2630
9 Feb 2026Refused
for a new dwelling house, storage shed and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed. Existing agricultural access to be upgraded to serve dwelling, and all associated site services and landscaping works
Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660189
17 Dec 2025N/a
for the permanent placement of soil and topsoil to extend the existing GAA playing pitch development (previously granted under Planning Ref. 16/707 and 22/388) and all associated works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561876
17 Oct 2025N/a
to construct an all weather surface horse exercise area, horse walker, manure pit and seepage tank
Permission · Galway County Council, 25284
14 Aug 2025Conditional
for alterations and additions to the existing dwelling, including the demolition of the existing shed, the construction of a rear and side extension, the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and all other ancillary site development and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561109
30 Oct 2024Refused
chun teach cónaithe agus córas séarachais a choinneáil agus chun an córas séarachais a uasghrádú chomh maith le gach obair a bhaineann leis an fhorbairt. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 73 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24317
12 Sept 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new single storey extension to existing dwelling with alterations to elevations, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 39.00 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461205
4 Jul 2024Refused
chun Teach Cónaithe agus Córas Séarachais a choinneáil agus chun an Córas Séarachais a uasghrádú chomh maith le gach obair a bhaineann leis an fhorbairt, a chur i gcrích. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 73 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 24187
24 Jun 2024Conditional
for the construction of posts and ball stop netting and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460771
15 Jan 2024N/a
for: A) permanent placement of soil and topsoil to extend the existing GAA pitch development (previously granted under planning ref. 16/707 and 22/388), B) disabled access parking and viewing areas, C) team dug out structures and ball stop netting and structures and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 24 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2460033
20 Oct 2023Conditional
for dwellinghouse, garage/shed & private wastewater treatment system with all associated works & ancillary services
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2361263
17 Feb 2023Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services.Gross floor space of proposed works 228.00sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360131
29 Dec 2022Conditional
of a dwelling house (including all associated site services and site works) on revised site boundaries.Gross floor space of work to be retained 171.66sqm.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261335
24 Dec 2022Refused
for the construction of a new single storey extension to existing dwelling with alterations to elevations & associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 39.00sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2261328
9 Dec 2022Refused
chun mo Theach, agus mo Chóras Séarachais. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil 73 más cuí.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221226
1 Dec 2022Conditional
for existing equestrian centre on revised site boundaries & planning permission for an indoor equestrian arena building including ancillary stables, tack & storage rooms & parking area with all associated works & ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 481.00sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2261189
28 Sept 2022Refused
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system.Gross floor space of proposed works 258.00sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260974
23 Mar 2022Unconditional
for (a) permanent placement of soil and topsoil for the purpose of forming a new GAA pitch and (b) to construct a new covered stand to serve existing pitch (gross floor space stand 200sqm)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22388
23 Feb 2022Refused
for development consisting of dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. (Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 286.6 sqm., Garage 54 sqm.)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22232
28 Jan 2022Refused
for a Dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 210 sqm (dwelling house) & 48 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260042
20 Dec 2021Refused
for the erection of a dwelling house, garage and sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 286 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212423
9 Feb 2021Conditional
for the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage and fuel store, domestic Sewage proprietry treatment system, associated services and ground works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 279 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21133
10 Dec 2020Conditional
for the construction of a two storey 4 bedroom dwelling house, a domestic effluent treatment plant & percolation area and all associated site works including access via an existing dwelling entrance. Gross floor space of proposed works; 235sqm; Gross floor space of work to be retained; 16sqm (shed)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201889
The 25 most recent of 41 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tonabrocky.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tonabrocky.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_402 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tonabrocky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Tonabrocky · Tóin na Brocaí
- Area
- 1,758,462 m² (175.85 ha, 434.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahoon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Galway
- Electoral division
- Barna, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Barna electoral division: 3,866 people in 1,287 households; 84% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boleybeg East, Boleynasruhaun, Drum East, Gortatleva
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Tonabrocky 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.