Newtown Kilcolgan

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown Kilcolgan, from 146 m² to 128,430 m² (12.84 ha, 31.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Newtown Kilcolgan 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Refused

  sought to construct an agricultural shed for machinery storage purposes and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561056

• 18 Jul 2024Conditional

  and completion of a revised house plan previously granted under 22/60207. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 224.72 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460892

• 24 Aug 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and creating new shared entrance/ driveway through existing entrance granted under planning Ref. (No 64362) and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260845

• 10 Mar 2022Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house, new road access and sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 211 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260207

• 31 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system & polishing filter, percolation areas and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 372 sqm - House 301 sqm, Garage 71 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202064

• 2 Mar 2020Refused

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system & polishing filter, percolation areas and all associated services, Gross floor space of proposed works; 282 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20272

• 21 Dec 2018Refused

  consisting of the demolition of an existing house, construction of replacement house and domestic shed, proprietary wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated external works including new site access to replace the existing site access. Gross floor space of proposed works: 281 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 194 sqm ( + 59 sqm - shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181888

• 9 Aug 2018N/a

  for the demolition of an existing house and outbuilding/shed, construction of replacement house and domestic shed, proprietary wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated external works. Gross floor space of proposed works 281sqm, Gross floor space of demolition works 194 (+ 59sqm shed)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181134

• 11 Aug 2017Conditional

  permission of an existing 26m telecommunications support structure carrying antennas dishes together with associated equipment and container enclosed within a 2.4m fenced compound as previously granted under file no. 11/1726.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 171215

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 Newtown Kilcolgan.

Recorded monuments

• GA103-157 Well
  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.

• GA103-158 Cairn - clearance cairn
  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.

• GA103-159 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.

• GA103-160 Well
  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 Newtown Kilcolgan.

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 Newtown Kilcolgan, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_681 (ZIP).

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

Name

Newtown Kilcolgan · Baile Nua Chill Cholgáin

Area

541,727 m² (54.17 ha, 133.86 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolgan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Drumacoo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,561 people lived in 514 households in the Drumacoo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherpeak West, Kilcolgan, Killeely More, Killeenmunterlane North, Killeenmunterlane South

Placenames

Newtown Kilcolgan 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.