Bracklagh

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bracklagh, from 976 m² to 84,691 m² (8.47 ha, 20.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Bracklagh 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.

• 4 Aug 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater system, garage & all associated site services. Application is in lieu of previously approved Pl. Ref: 25/61450

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661347

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater system, garage & all associated site services. Application is in lieu of previously approved Pl. Ref: 25/61450

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661037

• 5 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater system, garage & all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561450

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the construction of new dwelling house, wastewater system, garage & all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561266

• 22 Aug 2025Conditional

  to change previously granted house design (Pl.Ref.No: 22/142)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561164

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 263 sqm + 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22142

• 23 May 2017Conditional

  on grant of outline permission P14/397 for dwelling house and domestic garage and all ancillary site developments. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226sqm

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17723

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 Bracklagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA029-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in gently rolling grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (D 49m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is visible from S through N to SE and the fosse survives from W through N to SSE. There is a probable souterrain (GA029-031001-) within the interior. (Costello 1903, 10) 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

• GA029-031001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within NW quadrant of a ringfort (GA029-031----). According to Costello (1903, 10), this 'fort' contained 'a souterrain, but it is so filled up as to prevent inspection'. What is now visible is a grassy L-shaped depression (L 20m, Wth 3.5m) averaging 0.6m in depth. The longer arm (L 12.6m) runs E-W before turning sharply to S at E end, from where the shorter arm (L 7.4m) extends on a N-S axis. 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

• GA030-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in low-lying grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 44.5m, E-W 40m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank has traces of inner stone-facing at E. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements at WSW. Well-defined entrance at ESE. 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

• GA030-018 Enclosure
  Description

  On the summit of a low but prominent hillock in undulating grassland. Small roughly circular enclosure (D 7.6m) defined by a gravelly earthen bank. Opposing gaps at NW and SW could be original. Just S of centre is a faint mound. The siting and dimensions of the monument suggest that it may be a barrow, but it could also be the remains of a house. 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 Bracklagh.

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 Bracklagh, 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_748 (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 Bracklagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Bracklagh · An Bhreaclach

Area

710,664 m² (71.07 ha, 175.61 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, 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

Birmingham Demesne, Fear More, Fortyacres, Garrauns, Loughpark, Townparks (5th Division)

Placenames

Bracklagh 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.