Fough East

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fough East, from 15 m² to 12,006 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Public Utility (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Aug 2026Conditional

  for amendments to the development previously permitted under Planning Ref. Nos. 24/60466 and 26/60227. The proposed amendments comprise revisions to the permitted finished floor levels and associated alterations to the permitted landscaping proposals. The amendments also include consequential adjustments to internal road and footpath levels together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661378

• 8 Jun 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to public water & wastewater networks and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660918

• 5 Jun 2026Conditional

  for amendements to previously permitted development (ref 24/60466), the development will consist of the alterations and modifications of a previously permitted commercial building. The amended proposal will provide commercial use at ground floor level with 12 guest bedrooms at first and second floor level (guesthouse/short-term accommodation), together with associated alterations to elevations and internal layouts. The development will also include additional bicycle parking, alterations to the public realm, connection to public watermain, surface & wastewater drainage, together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660904

• 25 May 2026N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to public water & wastewater networks and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660821

• 11 May 2026Conditional

  for extension and alterations to dwelling house with all associated works and ancillary services

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660723

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  for amendments to previously granted planning application (REF: 24/60466), for the construction of a residential development and all associated services. The amendments include the conversion of granted ground floor start-up commercial units to 7 x one-bed apartments in duplex block 1 and 2. The amendments include alterations to elevations and internal layouts, reorientation of both duplex blocks along with the addition of landscaping and alterations to public realm, connections to public watermain, surface water drainage, together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660227

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

  for alterations to front and side elevations and to construct a porch to front elevation

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561466

• 26 Apr 2024Conditional

  for the development consisting of the following: 1. Construction of a commercial building (3 Storey). 2. Construction of 2 no. (2 ½ storey) duplex buildings to provide for 7 no. ground floor commercial start up units and 8 no. 2 bed upper floor apartments. 3. Construction of 35 no. houses consisting of: a. 10 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses, b. 1 no. 4 bedroom 2 ½ storey end of terrace house, c. 14 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses, d. 2 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey end/mid terrace houses, e. 2 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses, f. 6 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey terraced houses. 4. Provision of communal open space area with playground, private open space, public lighting, soft and hard landscaping and revised boundary treatments. 5. Car parking including dedicated EV charge spaces, ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points. 6. Provision of 2 no. vehicular entrances onto Pier Road. 7. Proposed pedestrian footpath along Pier Road. 8. Provision of bicycle and bin storage. 9. Provision for ESB Substation. 10. Connection to public sewer and provision for adjoining house to the north-east (Eircode H91DX8R) to connect to this sewer network, together with the decommissioning of the existing septic tank. 11. Connection to public watermain, surface water drainage, together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4,028.00 sqm (house/s), 60 sqm (ESB substation), 728.80 sqm (apartment/s) & 823 sqm (comm/ind)

  Permission, 37 homes · Galway County Council, 2460466

• 18 Jan 2023Conditional

  for a change of use, with minor alterations, of existing retail unit to apartment/residential use with all associated works and ancillary services.Gross floor space of proposed works 68.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360018

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  to facilitate 35 children at pre-school/creche premises rather than the 20 permitted by Condition No. 2 of planning permission ref. no. 00/1611 with all associated works and ancillary services.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261001

• 29 Jun 2022Refused

  to carry out Embankment Protection Works using Rock Armour to a section of the Owenriff River.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22827

• 23 Aug 2021Refused

  The proposed development will consist of the provision of a total of 61 No. Dwellings as follows - 4 No. 2 Bed Single Storey Units, 16 No. 2 Bed Two Storey Units, 33 No. 3 Bed Two Storey Units and 8 No. 4 Bed Two Storey Units. The development will also include surface car parking, bicycle parking and bike shelters, waste water pumping station, SuDs drainage systems, landscaping and open space including a playground, new boundary treatments, a new vehicular access onto Carrowmanagh Road; and all other associated works above and below ground. The development consists of a Gross floor area 6,110 sqm. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning application.

  Permission, 61 homes · Galway County Council, 211530

• 15 Jul 2021N/a

  to (1) Extend existing supermarket including associated offices, staff facilities and storage, (2) Demolition of existing storage buildings/staff facilities including single storey out building, (3) Temporary re-location of storage containers on site for the duration of construction works, (4) Car-parking, enclosed service yard and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works is 1099.8 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211289

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct one dwelling house and garage with connections to services on their land.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201669

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  for minor revisions to the front elevation of Joyce's Supermarket at Main Street, Oughterard. The development will consist of (1) Removal of existing signage & canopy, and replacement with revised signage & canopy to the ground floor façade. (2) Provision of a local limestone finish to the ground floor façade (3) Relocation of projecting sign from the eastern end of the upper face to the western end of the upper floor façade and (4) Installation of external lighting together with all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191007

• 20 May 2019Conditional

  for the demolition of an existing dwelling house and the construction of two No. apartments, shed and associated site works at 5 Camp Street. Gross floor space of proposed works: 241.20 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 171.85 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19761

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fough East.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey thatched house with dormer attic, built c.1800, having three-bay ground floor. Formerly public house, now vacant. Two-storey pitched extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof to front block, with gabled dormer windows to end bays, low rendered chimneystacks to gables, and rendered eaves course, with corrugated-iron roof to extension. Roughcast limewashed walls, with rendered flagstone bench to front. Square-headed window openings having replacement timber windows to ground floor and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to dormers. Square-headed door opening to front with replacement timber door.

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

At the centre of the townland of Fough East, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_331 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Fough East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Fough East · An Fhuathach Thoir

Area

139,555 m² (13.96 ha, 34.48 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Oughterard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,819 people lived in 1,042 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cregg, Eighterard, Fough West, Lemonfield, Ordnance Ground

Placenames

Fough East 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.