Tobernaclug

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobernaclug, from 6 m² to 159,479 m² (15.95 ha, 39.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 Tobernaclug 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.

• 23 Oct 2025Conditional

  for change of house and garage plans previously granted under planning reference 24/60913 and associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561559

• 17 Feb 2025Conditional

  to carry out renovations to the existing dwelling house which will include alterations to the internal layout. Full planning permission sought to carry out extensions to the existing dwelling house and install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 114.00 sqm(house), 95.00 sqm(extension)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560165

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 192.60 sqm (house) & 40.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460913

• 13 Oct 2022Conditional

  for the construction of dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 302.49 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261028

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 302.50sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2160001

• 25 Jun 2021Unconditional

  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 dwellinghouse 192 sqm, and garage 41 sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 211137

• 3 Aug 2017Conditional

  of dwellinghouse, garage, sheds and associated services on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained dwelling 155sqm, Garage 32.5sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171175

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bog NHA 000247

Recorded monuments

• GA005-106 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 July 2014

• GA005-107 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand or gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 4 July 2014

• GA005-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 41m, E-W 39m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank are present from SW through W to NE. A large quarry has encroached upon the enclosing elements at SW. (Neary 1914, 112, no. 41) 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

• GA005-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Subcircular ringfort (N-S 42m, E-W 39.5m), in fair condition, cut by a number of field boundaries. It is defined by two stone-revetted banks and an intervening fosse, but the outer bank is present only from NE to SE, and at NW. There is a well-defined entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. Just inside the inner bank at W is a linear nettle-filled hollow (L 8m, Wth 2m) running E-W and up to 1.2m in depth; a possible souterrain. An earthwork (GA005-110----) lies 130m to SE. 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

• GA005-109001 Souterrain
  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.

• GA005-110 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 130m SE of a ringfort (GA005-109----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). 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

• GA005-111 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). 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

• GA017-151 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 43m, N-S 38.5m) cut by a modern stone wall at NW and NE: no visible surface trace survives to S of this wall. It is defined by three banks and two intervening fosses, the remains of which are well defined from NW through N to NE. There is a souterrain (GA017-151001-) in the interior. (Neary 1914, 112, no. 45) 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

• GA017-151001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within NW quadrant of a ringfort (GA017-151----). Described by Neary (1914, 112, no. 45) as 'an open souterrain roofed with massive flag-stones'. All that is now visible is a shallow linear hollow (L 5.2m, Wth 4m) running NNW-SSE. A single roof lintel, apparently still in situ, is visible at SSE end. Several other slabs are visible in the immediate vicinity. 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

• GA017-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On S-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NW-SE c. 45m, NE-SW c. 40m) defined by a degraded scarp and external fosse. The scarp survives from NE through S to WSW, and the fosse from E through S to SW. A field bank cuts the monument at ESE and WSW. Abutting the scarp at SW is a CBG (GA017-152001-). (Neary 1914, 112, no. 44) 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

• GA017-152001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with ringfort (GA017-152----), in a circular hollow (D 4m) in the fosse at SW. Within it, three small grave-markers are visible. According to local information, no burials have taken place within the last 55 years. (Neary 1914, 112, no. 44) 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Tobernaclug, about 1 in 5 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 Tobernaclug.

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

Name

Tobernaclug · Tobar na gClog

Area

1,553,669 m² (155.37 ha, 383.92 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

399 people lived in 141 households in the Toberadosh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintava, Ballywataire, Cluid, Gortaleam, Meenleana, Woodfield

Placenames

Tobernaclug 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.