Carrowmacowan

104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmacowan, from 13 m² to 91,042 m² (9.1 ha, 22.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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.

• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  of the following: existing dwelling house as constructed, domestic garage/fuel storage units, septic tank/percolation area, exit/entrance gates along with all ancillary site works on revised site boundaries from that previously granted planning permission reference number 59845

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561868

• 5 Dec 2025Conditional

  for change of house plans & elevations from those previously granted under planning ref no. 24/277 to include all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561789

• 24 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, treatment system/septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 259 sqm (H) & 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24277

• 13 Apr 2021Unconditional

  to construct extension to wareshouse unit with ancillary office and storage space, new wastewater treatment system and percolation and associated site works and permission to retain existing site entrance (gross floor space 216sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 21585

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and fuel store, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed development: 315.30msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20900

• 4 Jan 2019Refused

  and permission for development at Weir Road Business Park. The application site comprises an area of c. 1.3 hectares. The development will consist of: Retention of an existing industrial building (Warehouse No. 3) (c. 684 sqm GFA) including 2 No. lean-to-structures to the south of the building: Retention of 1 No. existing weighbridge office (c. 33 sqm GFA) adjoining weighbridge on site: Retention of existing retaining walls on the western boundary (c. 72m in length), southern boundary (c. 21.5m in length) and eastern boundary (c. 82m in length); retention of c. 65,000 litre rainwater harvesting tank and all ancillary site development, boundary treatment works above and below ground. Permission for proposed use of Warehouse No. 3 for the manufacture and storage of plastic pellets; increase in height of existing retaining wall along the western boundary and provision of new retaining wall along the southern boundary (c. 125m in length). The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Management Facility Permit from Galway County Council. Gross floor space of proposed works: 684 sqm (Relates to proposed use associated with Warehouse No. 3). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 717 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 198

• 8 May 2018Conditional

  to 1) demolish the existing rear extension, 2) construct a new extension to the rear of the dwelling house, 3) construct roofs to the existing front bay windows and replace the existing front porch/front door with a new window, 4) construct a domestic garage/fuel store, 4) install a new septic tank, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area proposed 145m2 extension, 60m2 garage

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18587

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrowmacowan.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrowmacowan, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_664 (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 Carrowmacowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carrowmacowan · Ceathrú Mhic Dhubháin

Area

1,352,744 m² (135.27 ha, 334.27 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbennan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Tuam Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,556 people lived in 2,346 households in the Tuam Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Airgloony, Cloonfush, Killaloonty, Mullagh, Tonlegee, Woodquay

Placenames

Carrowmacowan 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.