# Gallanagh, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monaghan, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Gallánach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 507,686 m² (50.77 ha, 125.45 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 486 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/monaghan.md - Barony: Monaghan - Electoral division: Monaghan Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,411 people lived in 2,320 households in the Monaghan Rural electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40851 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171030 - Centre: latitude 54.253929, longitude -6.988113 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gallanagh, from 15 m² to 192,269 m² (19.23 ha, 47.51 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5282592: 192,269 m² (19.23 ha, 47.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5282592.md - Parcel 348533: 48,456 m² (4.85 ha, 11.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348533.md - Parcel 5319029: 21,525 m² (2.15 ha, 5.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5319029.md - Parcel 5180334: 21,149 m² (2.11 ha, 5.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180334.md - Parcel 353486: 19,793 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353486.md - Parcel 4112422: 11,097 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4112422.md - Parcel 351738: 7,850 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351738.md - Parcel 5136394: 4,962 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5136394.md - Parcel 345575: 3,037 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345575.md - Parcel 357260: 2,681 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/357260.md - Parcel 2419493: 1,466 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2419493.md - Parcel 5817531: 1,302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5817531.md - Parcel 331279: 1,120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/331279.md - Parcel 355574: 857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355574.md - Parcel 2501380: 831 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2501380.md - Parcel 5361539: 618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5361539.md - Parcel 5319066: 586 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5319066.md - Parcel 315579: 560 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/315579.md - Parcel 5180360: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180360.md - Parcel 344646: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/344646.md - Parcel 4069220: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4069220.md - Parcel 4071066: 200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4071066.md - Parcel 4071008: 187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4071008.md - Parcel 5128960: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5128960.md - Parcel 5053421: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5053421.md - Parcel 4070961: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4070961.md - Parcel 4646465: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646465.md - Parcel 4634981: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634981.md - Parcel 5156435: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5156435.md - Parcel 5092321: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5092321.md - Parcel 5036014: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5036014.md - Parcel 5361540: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5361540.md - Parcel 5065874: 150 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5065874.md - Parcel 5065906: 123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5065906.md - Parcel 4646487: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4646487.md - Parcel 328294: 15 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328294.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 18 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 - G3 Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 - C2.1 Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 - R4 Strategic Residential Reserve: Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 - G5 Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/Monaghan-County-Development-Plan-2025-2031-Written-Statement-compressed-files.pdf#page=235 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 5 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560488: Conditional. Retention. planning for a development which will consist of retaining existing access to existing dormer dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560488/0 - 18 Dec 2024, Monaghan County Council 24121: Conditional. Retention. permission to retain as built domestic garage, existing septic tank and soakaway and exit on to public road and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/24121/0 - 18 Jan 2023, Monaghan County Council 2316: Conditional. Permission. permission to install a new packaged waste water treatment plant with tertiary treatment system and infiltration area with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2316/0 - 15 Dec 2022, Monaghan County Council 22517: N/a. Permission. permission consisting of the installation of a new packaged wastewater treatment plant with tertiary treatment system and infiltration area with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22517/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gallanagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gallanagh. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Water pump, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 41303001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO®no=41303001. Freestanding cast iron water-pump, erected c.1900, now disused. Cylindrical fluted shaft and moulded plinth. Fluted domed cap surmounted with acorn finial, and tap fixing to side. Cast-iron lion's head mask forming spout to west side. Set in concrete base to east side of road on south approach to Milltown. - Post box, 1900–1915, Regional interest, registry number 41303002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO®no=41303002. Wall-mounted cast-iron post box with hinged door, installed c.1901-10, with banded margin surround, projecting letter slot embossed with raised 'POST OFFICE' insignia, ER VII royal cipher to upper portion, 'W.T.Allen & Co. London' foundry cast to bottom. Set into roughcast rendered section of eastern gateway to Gallanagh House, north-west of Monaghan Town. - Bridge, 1850–1870, Regional interest, registry number 41303004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO®no=41303004. Single-arch sandstone road-over-railway bridge, built c.1860. Part of Portadown & Cavan branch of Ulster Railway. Elliptical arch with margined rock-faced voussoirs, parapets, abutments and plinths. Dressed rock facing to soffit, tooled squared rubble copings to parapets. Single carriageway track to deck. Bridge located to north-west of Monaghan town. ## 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 Gallanagh, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2301, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2301.zip (ZIP). - 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/monaghan/gallanagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/gallanagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/gallanagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Gallanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cornecassa Demesne: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cornecassa-demesne.md - Crover: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/crover-170615.md - Drumgarran: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgarran-170825.md - Kilnacloy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kilnacloy.md - Mullaghadun: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghadun.md - Newgrove: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/newgrove.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/monaghan/gallanagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/gallanagh