Emlagh

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Emlagh, from 15 m² to 111,638 m² (11.16 ha, 27.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Emlagh 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 Oct 2026N/a

  to construct a dwelling house with new entrance road with wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661686

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 8 Aug 2022Unconditional

  to demolish a section of the side elevation of the existing dwelling house and replace with a new single storey extension (2) construction of a porch to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house as well as all ancillary site works (Gross floor space of proposed works 24sqm, Gross floor space of any demolition 12.23sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22951

• 15 Jul 2019N/a

  to construct a 3 bay single slatted shed, creep area and tank along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 198.72 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191076

• 10 Jul 2017Conditional

  to demolish a section of the side elevation of the existing dwelling house and replace with a new single storey extension (2) construction of a porch to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house as well as all ancillary site works (Gross floor space of proposed works 24sqm, Gross floor space of any demolition 12.23sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171021

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: Aughrusbeg Machair and Lake SAC 001228
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Aughrusbeg Machair And Lake 001228

Recorded monuments

• GA022-034 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA022-034001 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan single-storey former rectory, built c.1850, having five-bay front elevation with advanced catslide bays flanking location of original entrance in turn flanked by projecting end bays, four-bay rear with slightly advanced middle bays and two-bay sides. Recent conservatories to front and to north-west and flat-roof addition to north-west. Recent outbuilding linked to house by flat-roofed addition to south-west. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, decorative timber valence and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with rendered plinth. Mainly camber-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and internal timber shutters. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, six-over-six pane to front end bays, rear and south-east side elevation, one-over-one pane square-headed and bipartite four-over-four pane to north-west, and round-headed margined one-over-one pane to bays flanking entrance. Square-headed door opening to south-east elevation with timber glazed door. Rubble stone enclosing wall to front courtyard. Recent outbuildings to south-west. Rubble stone boundary walls with cast-iron piers and decorative wrought-iron gates.

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 Emlagh, 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 Emlagh.

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

Name

Emlagh · Imleach

Area

1,187,926 m² (118.79 ha, 293.54 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Sillerna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

466 people lived in 191 households in the Sillerna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attigoddaun, Aughrus More, Claddaghduff, Moorneen, Rossadillisk

Placenames

Emlagh 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.