Gortnagoyne

167 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnagoyne, from 18 m² to 106,659 m² (10.67 ha, 26.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 53 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortnagoyne 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.

• 2 Jul 2026Refused

  of the existing agricultural storage shed and construct an additional agricultural storage shed. Full planning permission also sought to carry out alterations to the existing entrance/exit gate in order for it to comply with regulations for an agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2661119

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  of existing dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, exit /entrance gates along with all ancillary site works on revised site boundaries from that previously granted planning permission reference number 38107. Full planning permission also sought to construct an extension to the existing dwelling house and install a new wastewater treatment systems, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 213.00 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 134.00 sqm(H), 26.60 sqm(G)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560681

• 23 May 2025Refused

  sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 176.00 sqm(H), 60 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560646

• 28 Sept 2023Conditional

  to construct a single story dwellinghouse, entrance onto public road, effluent treatment system & all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23392

• 17 Jan 2023Conditional

  and completion of a dwelling house, (dwelling house raft & blockwork to hollowcore level completed to date) domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 17/860. Gross floor space of proposed works: 122sqm (H) & 59sqm (G). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 139.60sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 238

• 26 Aug 2021Conditional

  to retain the existing dwelling house, storage shed, entrance/exit gate, all on revised site boundaries, (previous planning permission reference number 57272). Full planning permission also sought to install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 187 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211544

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  of house location on site which differs from that originally granted permission under planning ref 02-1001, and retention of first floor attic conversion which includes two bedrooms and roof windows constructed in 2010. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 220 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1982

• 14 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works (gross floor space dwelling 261sqm; garage 59sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17860

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

• GA017-101 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a glacial ridge in undulating grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as an arc of hachures curving from N to SE. According to local tradition, this was the site of a 'fort'. A large quarry now occupies the site and no visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA017-102 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved originally circular rath (D c. 40m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank from S to W. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. Field banks cut the monument at W and S. A CBG (GA017-102001-) lies within the interior. 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

• GA017-102001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA017-102----). Traditionally regarded as the site of a CBG in which most burials took place in the 1930s and 1940s. No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA017-103 Earthwork
  Description

  On a rise in low-lying grassland. A small roughly circular mound (D 26m, H 2.5m), the E section of which has been quarried out revealing a gravelly core. This is now filled with field clearance. A small relatively modern stone-built hut abuts it at S and tree stumps are piled around the perimeter. 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

• GA017-162 Ringfort - rath
  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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortnagoyne.

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 Gortnagoyne, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortnagoyne.

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.

• Gortnagoyne, Dunmore6 sales

Name

Gortnagoyne · Gort na gCadhan

Area

2,795,182 m² (279.52 ha, 690.7 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Dunmore North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

604 people lived in 221 households in the Dunmore North electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Addergoole Beg, Ballymoney North, Cloonagh, Darrary North, Darrary South, Garrafrauns, Knockatee West, Menus

Placenames

Gortnagoyne 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.