Slievefin

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slievefin, from 44 m² to 230,091 m² (23.01 ha, 56.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 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 Slievefin 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.

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for alterations to an existing dwelling with an attached domestic garage and the conversion of the first floor to habitable space including all associated works and services

  Retention · Galway County Council, 25273

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  for, a) a two story extension to the side of existing house, b) a porch extension to the front of existing house c) internal and external alterations d) a new garage and e) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 73.8 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21687

• 3 Oct 2019Conditional

  for change of house plans to that previously approved under Pl. Ref. 17-1579. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling - 107 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191537

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 235 sqm. (garage) 36.25 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18730

• 2 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 175sqm, Garage 40.45sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171579

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 Slievefin.

Recorded monuments

• GA057-142 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge in pastureland overlooking lower land to N and NW. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) as an oval enclosure (NW-SW c. 35m, E-W 20m). The monument has been completely levelled and no visible surface trace survives. The presence of barley stubble suggests that the subsurface features may have been disturbed by ploughing. 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

• GA070-034 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved roughly circular rath (D 34m) defined by a bank. A field wall overlies the monument from NE through S to WNW. A souterrain (GA070-034001-) lies within the interior. 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

• GA070-034001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA070-034----). Drystone-built rectangular chamber (L > 7.1m), in fair condition, running NNE-SSW. Present access in near S end. 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

• GA070-098 Mound
  Description

  In undulating grassland immediately W of a modern house. A well-preserved circular mound of earth and stone (D 25.8m, max. H 2.4m at S). The centre is dished and there is an 'entrance-like' gap (Wth 1.5m) at E, giving the monument a barrow-like appearance. However, these features may in part be the result of quarrying. 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

• GA070-099 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of a hill in grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 49m, E-W 46m), in fair condition, defined by a bank overlain by a field wall from SW to NW. Gap at SE appears original. A CBG (GA070-099001-) lies within the interior. 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

• GA070-099001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA070-099----). Unenclosed rectangular area (NNW-SSE 7m, NE-SW 4m) within which a number of graves are marked by small set stones. Some 3m to S lie four small circular enclosures (D c. 1.9m) delimited by small set stones; these features may also represent graves. 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 Slievefin.

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 Slievefin, 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

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

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

Name

Slievefin · An Sliabh Fionn

Area

2,035,205 m² (203.52 ha, 502.91 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Liscananaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,601 people lived in 521 households in the Liscananaun electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aucloggeen, Baunmore, Carheeny, Carraghy, Cartron, Drumbaun, Glebe, Kilgill, Nineacres, Racoona

Placenames

Slievefin 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.