Tooreen

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tooreen, from 201 m² to 1,544,412 m² (154.44 ha, 381.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tooreen 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.

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 12 Nov 2020Conditional

  to demolish the existing treated water storage reservoir and to replace it with a single story storage shed. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended). Gross floor space of proposed works: 36 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 65 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201696

• 21 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural shed with effluent tank, for housing livestock. Gross floor space of proposed works: 163 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19401

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  of changes to dwelling house and retention of garage, sewage treatment unit and percolation area. Permission is also sought for the removal of the enurement clause attached to the original planning permission Pl. Ref. 00/5741. Gross floor space of work to be retained - 133sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181646

• 11 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 218sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171028

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Tooreen Bog NHA 002436

Recorded monuments

• GA022-074 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  On low flat bogland between Ballynakill and Garraunbaun Loughs. The monument is very ruined and appears to be the last vestiges of a megalithic tomb. Several orthostats and a number of displaced stones appear to be the remains of a gallery, aligned N-S. The more southerly of the erect stones is a fine gable-shaped stone which may well be a backstone. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 8-9) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• GA022-075 Enclosure
  Description

  On a promontory jutting into E end of Ballynakill Lough. Poorly preserved rectang­ular enclosure (L 20.6m, Wth 17.5m) defined by a bank of earth and stone on W and S, and by a cliff face on N and E. A rectangular grassed-over stone structure (L 7m, Wth 6.5m) abuts the outer face of the bank at E; possibly the remains of a house (Kinahan 1871, 351). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA022-075001 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA022-126 Enclosure
  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.

• GA022-127 Enclosure
  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.

• GA022-128 Enclosure
  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 Tooreen.

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 Tooreen, 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 high, moderately high, 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 Tooreen.

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

Name

Tooreen · An Tuairín

Area

3,179,675 m² (317.97 ha, 785.71 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Cleggan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

304 people lived in 112 households in the Cleggan electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cartron, Clooncree, Crocknaraw, Dooneen, Garraunbaun, Sheeauns, Shinnanagh

Placenames

Tooreen 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.