Gannaveen

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gannaveen, from 7 m² to 131,855 m² (13.19 ha, 32.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 Gannaveen 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.

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  to install an effluent treatment system unit and percolation area. The application will also include all associate site-works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21336

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing house and garage. The extension will include two new replacement bedrooms and a bathroom. The application will also include minor revisions to existing dwelling and all associated site-works and drainage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 67 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201458

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gannaveen.

Recorded monuments

• GA100-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in tillage. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (36m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.2m). A deeply ploughed furrow cut across the S half of the monument. Another rath (GA100-091----) lies c. 280m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 February 2019

• GA100-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in gently undulating pastureland. Very poorly preserved almost circular rath (48.5m N-S; 47.5m E-W) defined by a steep scarp (H 0.9-3.2m) from S through W to NW. The scarp decreases in height towards N and from N to NE only a faint rise indicates its outline. From NE to SE it increases in height again. A NE-SW running field bank cuts across the monument at NE and W. A post and wire fence extends from this and cuts the enclosing element at SW. Several mature trees are growing along the perimeter at W. Another rath (GA100-010----) is visible c. 240m to the N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 February 2019

• GA100-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hillock in gently rolling pastureland, a N flowing stream is visible to the W. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (47.5m N-S; c. 42m E-W) defined by a scarp from NNW to NE (max. H 1m) and from SE to S (max. H 0.5m); elsewhere no visible surface trace survives. Two more raths (GA100-090---- and GA100-092----) lie c. 250m to the NW and c. 300m to the WSW respectively. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 February 2019

• GA100-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland, a N flowing stream is visible to the W. This very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) is defined by scarp (max. H 1.1m). Two other raths (GA100-090---- and GA100-091----) lie c. 200m to the N and c. 300m to the NE respectively. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 February 2019

• GA100-093 Fish-pond
  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.

• GA100-095001 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.

• GA100-095002 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

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

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 Gannaveen, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Gannaveen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Gannaveen · Gainmhín

Area

2,687,604 m² (268.76 ha, 664.12 acres)

Civil parish

Clontuskert, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Lismanny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

264 people lived in 88 households in the Lismanny electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymanagh, Coolbeg, Crowsnest, Lakefield, Lismanny, Oghil Beg, Tirrooaun

Placenames

Gannaveen 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.