Tonagarraun

189 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tonagarraun, from 32 m² to 124,748 m² (12.47 ha, 30.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 51 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 Tonagarraun 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.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  for construction of a domestic garage/store and all ancillary works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661455

• 2 Apr 2026Conditional

  of (1) first floor extension and minor alterations to dwelling constructed under planning ref. no. 10/446. (2) Permission for construction of a domestic shed and (3) all ancillary works. SPLIT DECISION - GRANT PERMISSION FOR first floor extension and minor alterations to dwelling constructed under planning ref. no. 10/446. REFUSE PERMISSION for construction of a domestic shed

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660499

• 17 Feb 2026Refused

  for the construction of a new garage directly adjacent to an existing dwelling

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660243

• 1 Aug 2025Unconditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plan, percolation area and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25199

• 24 Apr 2024Conditional

  for an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling, construction of a garage/shed together with associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 69 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460446

• 3 Mar 2024Conditional

  and completion of the addition of a utility to the extension granted under pl. ref. no. 21/601. In addition, permission to retain and complete the minor variations to the extension granted under the said planning permission. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 4.48 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460225

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  for dwellinghouse, garage & private wastewater treatment system with all associated works & ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361037

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  for an extension & alterations to an existing dwelling & associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 38.00sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261238

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  to retain a domestic shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained 51.7sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2261179

• 4 Oct 2022N/a

  to retain a domestic shed.Gross floor space of work to be retained 51.70sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2260989

• 27 Jun 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208 sqm (house) & 47 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22814

• 7 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling along with an on-site wastewater treatment system, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 160 sqm (house) & 45 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212303

• 29 Jul 2021Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/ fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 249.56 sqm (house) & 40 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211392

• 11 May 2021Refused

  for Construction of a new Dwelling House, Domestic Garage, Sewage Treatment System, and all Associated Site Development Works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 208 sqm, Garage: 47 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21787

• 15 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a side and rear extension to my dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 111 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 12 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21601

• 14 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: H: 208 sqm, G: 56 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201919

• 4 Dec 2020Conditional

  to change the house plans and garage plans that were granted under planning permissions reference numbers 12/1155 and 17/1424 and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208 sqm (House), 50 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201839

• 9 Oct 2020N/a

  to change the house plans and garage plans that were granted under planning permissions reference numbers 12/1155 and 17/1425 and all-ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208 msq & 50 msq.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201474

• 16 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plan, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed area: 260 msq [h] & 60 msq [g]

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20970

• 23 Aug 2018Conditional

  to retain and complete the domestic garage having been relocated from the southwest to the northeast of the site, and all associated site works, previously granted under planning ref 17/364. Gross floor space to be retained works 51.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181191

• 28 Sept 2017Unconditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works (gross floor space house 233sqm; garage 37sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 12/1155.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171424

• 26 Apr 2017Conditional

  to extend existing dwellinghouse to include Family room, study & bedroom. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 51.6 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17579

• 16 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with waste water treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 205.48 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17364

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 Tonagarraun.

Recorded monuments

• GA069-037 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a slight rise. Oval-shaped spring well (NE-SW 2.5m, NW-SE 1.5m) revetted by drystone-walling and entered via pathway from E. 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

• GA069-039 House - vernacular house
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having flat-roofed windbreak entrance, and flat-roofed addition to rear. Hipped thatched roof with slightly raised ridge, and rendered chimneystack. Whitewashed walls with slight batter, channelled decoration at top of wall under eaves. Square-headed possibly original-size one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with painted sills and square-headed glazed timber door. Yard to front and rear, having recent rubble limestone boundary walls and double-leaf timber gates.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with attic, gabled porch, and having flat-roofed addition to rear. Pitched thatched roof with rendered copings and chimneystack. Whitewashed walls. Square-headed replacement timber windows and battened timber door. Yard to front and rear, with rubble limestone wall to road and having recent timber pedestrian gate.

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 10 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_523 (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 Tonagarraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Tonagarraun · Tóin an Gharráin

Area

2,287,824 m² (228.78 ha, 565.33 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Liscananaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Liscananaun electoral division: 1,601 people in 521 households; 83% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aucloggeen, Carrowbeg South, Castlecreevy, Castlequarter, Cregduff, Drumgriffin, Gardenham or Garrymore, Gortroe, Liscananaun, Mullaghadrum, Park

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Tonagarraun 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.