# Gallagh, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Gallach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 696,929 m² (69.69 ha, 172.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,686 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballyovey, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballyovey.md - Barony: Carra - Electoral division: Portroyal, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 603 people lived in 220 households in the Portroyal electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35194 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151745 - Centre: latitude 53.713398, longitude -9.290368 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gallagh, from 45 m² to 327,347 m² (32.73 ha, 80.89 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4859275: 327,347 m² (32.73 ha, 80.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859275.md - Parcel 984885: 232,554 m² (23.26 ha, 57.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984885.md - Parcel 872636: 55,134 m² (5.51 ha, 13.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872636.md - Parcel 962707: 48,038 m² (4.8 ha, 11.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962707.md - Parcel 893856: 14,211 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893856.md - Parcel 908971: 7,854 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908971.md - Parcel 4026136: 3,969 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4026136.md - Parcel 4922967: 2,816 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4922967.md - Parcel 5245689: 2,686 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5245689.md - Parcel 894090: 1,296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/894090.md - Parcel 986026: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/986026.md - Parcel 948385: 1,061 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/948385.md - Parcel 955223: 983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/955223.md - Parcel 1003045: 827 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003045.md - Parcel 5250494: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5250494.md - Parcel 6129435: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6129435.md - Parcel 5250510: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5250510.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Gallagh 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) 1 application, newest first. - 15 Oct 2024, Mayo County Council 24426: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24426/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC, site code 001774, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001774 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex, site code 001774 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA099-028001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-028001-. On S-facing slope; in pasture, overlooking Cloon Lough S to W, and Aille River to W. Marsh immediately S to W. Roughly circular area (46m N-S; 51m E-W), enclosed by substantial, well-preserved stone wall (H 2.1n; Wth 1.7m). Huge boulders evident on NW, NE and SE. Slight collapse in outer N face. Two gaps; N (Wth 2.6m), NW (Wth 1m). SE has lintelled entrance (Wth 0.8m). Rectangular mound of stone (25.6m N-S; 19.4m E-W; H 1.5m), a possible building in interior. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 281. Date of upload: 22 January 2013 - MA099-028002: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-028002-. 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 Gallagh. ## 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 Gallagh, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gallagh. - 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/mayo/gallagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gallagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gallagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Gallagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Derrew: https://everytownland.com/mayo/derrew-151381.md - Kilfaul: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilfaul.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/mayo/newtown-152620.md - Portroyal: https://everytownland.com/mayo/portroyal.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/mayo/gallagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/gallagh