Gortnagroagh

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnagroagh, from 38 m² to 54,656 m² (5.47 ha, 13.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Gortnagroagh 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.

• 3 Jul 2026Conditional

  of existing house & basement storage area, construct new attic conversion & refurbishment works to existing house, retain the existing entrance in its current position, retain the existing septic tank in its current position all on revised boundaries on previously granted planning reference 'old48741' inclusive of al associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661124

• 21 Apr 2026N/a

  to construct new attic conversion, alterations & refurbishment works to existing house, retain the exsiting entrance in its current position, retain the existing septic tank in its current position & retain the existing basement storage shed on previously granted planning ref old48741 & all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660607

• 22 Jan 2026N/a

  to construct a new attic conversion, alterations & refurbishment works to existing house, including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660078

• 6 Jan 2026Conditional

  of dwelling house attic conversion to living accommodation and for existing annexe building to use as artist’s studio and as a shed/store with all associated works and ancillary services

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660004

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  for an existing agricultural farm shed. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 152.50 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461163

• 8 May 2024N/a

  of a) existing agricultural farm shed and b) permission to construct agricultural access road, dungstead and seepage tank and all associated services. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared as part of this planning application. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 152.50 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460517

• 19 Apr 2024Conditional

  for the construction of dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204 sqm (house) & 48 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460426

• 16 Apr 2024N/a

  of: a) existing agricultural farm shed and b) to construct agricultural access road, dungstead and seepage tank and all associated services. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared as part of this planning application. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 152.50 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460411

• 1 Mar 2024N/a

  of: a) existing agricultural farm shed and b) permission to construct agricultural access road, dungstead and seepage tank and all associated services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 152.50 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460219

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  for variations to dwellinghouse & garage/shed design, layout & location from that previously permitted under pl. permission ref. no. 18/1562 with all associated works & ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361235

• 18 Jul 2023Refused

  for change to dwellinghouse & garage/shed design, layout & location from that previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 18/1562 with all associated works & ancillary services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360806

• 3 Feb 2023Refused

  for variations to dwelling house and garage/shed design, layout and location from that previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 18/1562 with all associated works and ancillary services.Gross floor space of proposed works 274.80sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360083

• 12 Oct 2022Refused

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services.Gross floor space of proposed works 252.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261016

• 6 Sept 2022Refused

  for access road as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2260895

• 11 Aug 2022Refused

  is sought for retention of a) domestic storage shed and to convert part to livestock housing with associated feed storage area, dungstead and seepage tank and all associated services ( Gross floor space of works to be retained/approved: 152.50 sq m. ( Domestic 89.50 sq m - Agricultural 63 sq m ))

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260816

• 17 Dec 2021Refused

  of a) domestic storage shed and b) separate domestic garage and all associated services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 212.66 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 212407

• 6 Mar 2020Refused

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 204.0 sqm, Garage 48.0 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20287

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling - 178.2 sqm, Garage - 48 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191618

• 18 Apr 2019N/a

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling - 178.2 sqm, Garage - 48 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19587

• 2 Nov 2018Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works. and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 188sqm, Garage - 48sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181562

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  of dwelling house, annexe store building and shed buildings as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained Dwelling 180sqm, Annexe Store 102sqm, Garage 22.3sqm & Fuel Store 11.9sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181138

• 27 Jul 2018Refused

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 188 sqm. (garage) 48 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181069

• 11 May 2018N/a

  for dwelling house and shed buildings as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 316.2 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18613

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  of access point/entrance and driveway as constructed with all associated works.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18325

• 27 Jul 2017Conditional

  will consist of the demolition of an existing substandard house, construction of replacement house, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site development and external works. Gross floor space of proposed works 164sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 134sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171129

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 Gortnagroagh.

Recorded monuments

• GA067-014 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In rough scrubland prone to flooding. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (N-S c. 42m) defined by a grassed-over drystone wall from E through S to N; no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortnagroagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortnagroagh · Gort na gCruach

Area

519,742 m² (51.97 ha, 128.43 acres)

Civil parish

Killannin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,602 people lived in 844 households in the Wormhole electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fahy, Gortacarnaun, Oakfield or Gortnandarragh, Porridgetown East, Rosscahill West

Placenames

Gortnagroagh 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.