Tynagh
Townland in the civil parish of Tynagh, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Tíne
- Area
- 94 ha
- 232 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 1,119 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tynagh, from 7 m² to 211,020 m² (21.1 ha, 52.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
No zone of a development plan covers Tynagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Jun 2025Conditional
for a domestic extension and renovation, conservation and repair works. The development will include the provision of new electrical services cabinets adjacent. Gross floor space of proposed works: 46.75 sqm(extension). Demolition: 4.8 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560855
29 Nov 2024Conditional
for five dwelling houses, wastewater treatment systems, polishing filters, service road and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 822.00 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461634
12 Dec 2023Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 196 sqm House, Garage 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361486
28 Oct 2022Refused
for five dwelling houses, domestic garages, wastewater treatment systems, service road and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 789 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221144
18 Jun 2021Conditional
to construct a two storey Dwelling House, sewage treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage and all associated services using existing approved access granted under Planning Permission Reference Numbers 99/4177 & 04/4709. Gross floor space of proposed works 270.3 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211088
8 Jun 2021Conditional
for (a) alterations to dwelling house previously approved under planning ref.no. 30541, (b) retail dwelling house septic tank, percolation are and all associated site services on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 207sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21995
8 Jun 2021Conditional
for (a) alterations to shop apartment previously approved under planning ref. no. 01/1915, (b) retain shop unit and apartment on revised site boundaries and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 338sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 21996
9 Aug 2019Conditional
for (a) Demolition of two dewellinghouses. (b) Permission sought for dwellinghouse and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 124.25 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: Garage - 33 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191253
5 Jul 2019Conditional
to construct a domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 42.2 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191040
27 May 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 248.83 sqm (House) and 60.36 sqm (Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19803
30 Apr 2019N/a
to construct a domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 42.2 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 19639
21 Dec 2018Conditional
to construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 351.56 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181880
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tynagh.
Recorded monuments
- GA116-120 Church
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.
- GA116-120001 Graveyard
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.
- GA117-094001 Church
Description
On a hillock in undulating pastureland at the NE end of Tynagh village. Named 'Church' in Roman script on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and shown as a roofed rectangular building. On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is named 'Church (Remains of)' and only its outline (c. 17m E-W; c. 9m N-S) is depicted by a broken line. No visible surface trace of it survives; a large wooden crucifix marks its site. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 April 2020
- GA117-094002 Graveyard
Description
On a hillock in undulating pastureland at the NE end of Tynagh village. This rectilinear graveyard (c. 60m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall capped with concrete. Access is gained via a gateway and stile at SW. Inscribed grave-markers date from the mid-18th century and most of these examples are lying against the W wall. A number of small uninscribed grave-markers are also visible. A large wooden crucifix marks the site of an associated church (GA117-094001-). On inspection the graveyard was being expanded to the N and most of the N wall had been removed. This extension is accessed by a new entrance and pathway off the roadway to the W. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 April 2020
- GA117-095 House - 18th/19th century
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 three-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic, built c.1800, having flat-roof porch to front (north) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with low rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls to front and rear elevations, and smooth rendered to side elevations, with smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and replacement timber windows, those to west gable having render surrounds. Square-headed doorway with replacement timber door and sidelights. House fronts directly onto road.
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 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tynagh.
- 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 Tynagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Tynagh · Tíne
- Area
- 940,377 m² (94.04 ha, 232.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tynagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Tynagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tynagh electoral division: 472 people in 169 households; 77% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derrybeg, Derryfrench, Feagh, Lecarrow, Lisheen South, Redpark, Spring Garden
- Placenames
- Tynagh 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.