Tawnaghmore

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawnaghmore, from 115 m² to 153,250 m² (15.32 ha, 37.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Tawnaghmore 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.

• 7 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the front of an existing dwelling, internal alterations and refurbishment of the dwelling and all other ancillary works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560123

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  of (i) the conservatory structure to the side elevation of the existing dwelling & (ii)the domestic garage/storage shed structure in the rear garden area

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560119

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  for existing dwelling and full permission for demolition, extension and alterations to an existing dwelling, together with associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 58.50 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 27.90 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 17.90 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460242

• 16 Feb 2023Conditional

  of existing domestic garage/ fuel store and its ancillary site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained 30 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360124

• 26 Aug 2022Conditional

  for a two storey rear extension, rear porch enclosure, front porch enclosure and single storey domestic garage with car port. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 71.89 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221004

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of (a) single storey dwelling house measuring 230 sqm, (b) single storey domestic garage measuring 38 sqm (c) creation of vehicular entrance to public road (d) wastewater treatment and all associated site services and works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201615

• 29 Jul 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and for all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191177

• 7 Jun 2019Conditional

  for a) existing agricultural shed including stables and all associated services and b) retention of existing dwelling house, separate domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated services on revised site boundaries (previously approved under 62014, 95/2105 & 00/861). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 488.28 sqm (Agricultural - Shed/Stables - 325.71 sqm (Exempt sheds = 106 sqm), Residential - Dwelling House - 135.30 sqm, Residential - Garage - 27.28 sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19873

• 18 Apr 2017Conditional

  for retention of serviced dwelling house granted under planning ref. 02/1881 on revised site boundaries and retention of 2 No. domestic stores. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: Existing house = 142 sqm; 2 No. Domestic stores = 25 sqm.)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17514

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 Tawnaghmore.

Recorded monuments

• GA057-146 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a slight rise in undulating pastureland, c. 400m W of the Clare River and immediately S of the td. boundary with Tawnaghbeg. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Moyler McRichard' (Noland 1901b, 118). A poorly preserved rectangular tower (L 11.1m, Wth 8.4m) surviving to a height of three storeys. The S wall has collapsed, apart from a short section at SE corner on ground floor. The doorway was towards W end of this wall. It opened into a small lobby above which are traces of the murder-hole. There was a small guardroom to W and an intramural stairs to E leads to spiral stairs, in SE angle, most of which are destroyed. The 1st and 2nd floors comprise main chambers with subsidiary ones, now largely collapsed, to S. There is an intact stone vault between 1st/2nd floors and both of the subsidiary chambers were also vaulted. A fireplace is visible in N wall on 1st floor. There is an intramural passage/chamber in E wall in the haunches of the vault between 1st/2nd floors. Windows consist of rectangular slits and single lights with ogee heads. The tower occupies NW section of a flat-topped rectangular platform (L 15.2m, Wth 14.6m) defined by a scarp. Traces of a possible bawn wall (L c. 11m) extend S from SW corner of the tower. (Nolan 1901a, 39; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 287) 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

• GA057-147 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On low-lying ground, c. 250m to W of the Clare River. A rectangular area (N-S 32m, E-W 26m) defined on all sides by a gentle scarp edge. Irregular undressed stones, arranged in a N-S linear fashion, now mainly grassed over, mark the burials. Field-clearance stones are dumped on NE corner of the monument. 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

• GA057-148 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a hill in otherwise low-lying grassland. Well-preserved irregularly shaped rath (WSW-ENE 36.7m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Entrance causeway (Wth 3.4m) at SE. A field wall cuts the monument at NNW and SSE. 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

• GA057-150 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA057-151 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA057-152 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA057-153 Designed landscape feature
  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 Tawnaghmore.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_669 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

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

Name

Tawnaghmore · An Tamhnach Mhór

Area

1,660,389 m² (166.04 ha, 410.29 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoylan, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Cummer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cummer electoral division: 1,160 people in 353 households; 88% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Anbally, Caheravoley, Carheenshowagh, Carrowreagh, Kilcurrivard, Pollacossaun Oughter, Stripe, Tawnaghbeg, Turloughcartron

Placenames

Tawnaghmore 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.