Mullagh

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullagh, from 36 m² to 196,159 m² (19.62 ha, 48.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Mullagh 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.

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  WORKS TO REFURBISH THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR-CLOON 110kV OVERHEAD LINE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 57KM LONG, AND COMPRISES 252 NO. WOODEN POLESETS AND 40 NO. STEEL ANGLE MASTS BETWEEN THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF AGHALUSKY, AND THE EXISTING CLOON 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CLOONASCRAGH, CO. GALWAY. APPROXIMATELY 20KM OF THE EXISTING CIRCUIT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL AND APPROXIMATELY 37KM IN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22780

• 7 Sept 2022Conditional

  to refurbish the existing Castlebar-Cloon 110kV overhead line, which is approximately 57km long, and comprises 252no. wooden polesets and 40no. steel angle masts between the existing Castlebar 110kV substation in County Mayo, and the existing Cloon 110kV substation in County Galway. Approximately 20km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway County Council and approximately 37km in the functional area of Mayo County Council.The proposed uprate development is located in the townlands of Belmont, Carrownageeha, Carrownurlaur, Cloonascragh (Kilbennan), Cloonascragh (Tuam), Cloondarone, Cloonfush, Cloontooa, Kilcreevanty, Killeelaun, Kilmore, Lehid, Liskeevy, Mullagh, Pollacorragune, and Woodquay in County Galway.The works will include:• the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor and wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of the existing earthwire, including bonding leads, earth leads and vibration dampers; • the replacement of 53no. wooden polesets and 39no. steel masts; • the replacement of hardware, fittings and insulators; • the replacement of crossarms at 50no. wooden polesets and the realignment of crossarms at a further 5no. wooden polesets; • all associated site development works, including foundation upgrade works; • all associated works within the Castlebar 110kV substation and Cloon 110kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110kV overhead line including uprating of the Castlebar bay in Cloon 110kV substation and the Cloon bay in Castlebar 110kV substation; • the replacement of approximately 175m of underground cable at the Castlebar 110kV substation; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing Structures; and • other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221030

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 258.4 sqm (House: 218.4 sqm, Garage 40 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202044

• 7 Jun 2019Conditional

  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: House - 239 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19868

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system, percolation area, site entrance, domestic garage and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 217 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19793

• 5 Apr 2017Conditional

  of dwelling house as constructed including extensions, septic tank and percolation area and all associated works with revised boundaries. The extensions to the original house granted permission under ref. 13193 (1973) were carried out in the 1980's. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 62.3 sqm; Gross floor space of proposed works: 87 sqm.)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17447

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 Mullagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA029-131 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland on an E-W running esker ridge. A hachured area, named 'Caislean-na-Cirche' on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map, proved on inspection in 1984 to be a quarried area at the E end of the esker. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 July 2014

• GA029-132 Souterrain
  Description

  In level reclaimed farmland. Named on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as 'Cave' and on 3rd. ed. (1932) as 'Souterrain'. 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

• GA029-204 Road - class 1 togher
  Description

  Within an extensive tract of the Mullagh-Woodquay raised bog. The remains of a togher (L c. 200m, Wth 1.5m) came to light during turf-cutting operations, c. 0.4m below the present ground surface. Composed of brushwood, it is visible intermittently in the cut-away bog running on a NNE-SSW axis. According to local information, 'tallow or butter dishes' were found fairly close to the togher, and a number of hazel nuts were found amongst the brushwood. 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 Mullagh.

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 Mullagh, 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 Mullagh.

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

Name

Mullagh · An Mullach

Area

2,164,658 m² (216.47 ha, 534.9 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbennan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Belclare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

792 people lived in 279 households in the Belclare electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboy, Carrowmacowan, Cloonascragh, Pollacorragune, Tonlegee, Woodquay

Placenames

Mullagh 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.