Lack

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lack, from 980 m² to 52,938 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Lack 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.

• 26 Feb 2026Refused

  for the construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house and garage, site access and installation of approved effluent treatment system, including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660306

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 230 sqm & Garage: 50 sqm. This site was previously granted planning permission under Planning Reference 22/3. Permission is also sought for a mobile home on site for the duration of the construction period

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560391

• 15 Apr 2024Conditional

  of the following development on revised site boundaries; 1: Dwelling house, 2: Domestic Garage, 3: Stables, 4: Septic tank and percolation area. Previous planning permissions granted under Planning Reference numbers 71131 and 05/825 refer to the property being sought to retain. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 306.10 sqm (house) & 30.95 sqm (garage) & 47 sqm (stables)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460406

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  of 1: the existing dormer window and Velux roof light on the front roof façade of the dwelling house. 2: of the existing wooden garden shed. 3:of the additional ground floor window in the rear elevation of the dwelling house from previous planning application reference numbers 02/3244 and 04/2174 and all ancillary site works.Gross floor space of work to be retained House : 234.2 and Shed: 8.20sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360030

• 4 Jan 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 209.7 sqm & Garage: 40 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 223

• 8 Nov 2021Conditional

  of garage as built on site, all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor of space of work to be retained: 50.83 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212074

• 14 Feb 2019Conditional

  of planning to application ref number 082873 & 13641, for the following changes, on front elevation --changes to window layout, enlarged porch design. On rear elevation-- changes to window layout, including velux windows to attic storage / office space. On side elevations-- additional windows at ground floor level. Also retention of attic conversion to storage and office space. Relocation of site entrance to centre of site and retention and completion for garage with foundation now in place. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage - 60 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Attic - 38 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19197

• 28 Jul 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and proprietary treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 230.6sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171147

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

• GA016-089 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a slight natural platform, c. 50m W of the Clare River which marks the td. boundary. A rectangular area (N-S 14m, E-W 7m) enclosed by a low mortared stone wall. The interior is almost entirely covered with small set stones. Near the centre, a few narrow slabs apparently cover entire graves. 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

• GA016-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise level grassland. The River Clare flows to S. Subcircular ringfort (NW-SE 38m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is faced with stone. A field bank overlies the fosse and outer bank from NNW through N to SE. There is a souterrain (GA016-090001-) within the interior. 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

• GA016-090001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within and abutting the bank of a ringfort (GA016-090----). A fairly well-preserved drystone-built souterrain, dog-legged in plan, consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. The 1st chamber (L 2.6m, Wth 1.1m) runs E-W. Access is gained via an opening at E end. A rectangular depression extending to E of this, with evidence of drystone-walling and a possible roof lintel, suggests the chamber extended a further 5m in this direction. The creep (Wth 0.65m) at SW end is inaccessible but leads to the 2nd chamber (L c. 12m) which runs NE-SW. A possible air vent (D 0.15m), indicated by a stone-lined ope, is visible on the outer face of the inner bank of the rath. 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

• GA016-092 Mill - unclassified
  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

• Mill (water), 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay three-storey L-plan watermill with attic storey, main block built c.1775 and later built c.1825. Pitched roof, now lacking timbering and covering, and partly ruinous. Earlier block has walls of coursed rubble limestone, and later block has less rough stonework. Square or slightly cambered heads to openings, lacking fittings. Segmental vehicular arch to west elevation of later block. Mill race and wheel pit not visible. External limestone staircase to west gable of earlier block.

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 Lack, 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

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

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

Name

Lack · An Leac

Area

719,542 m² (71.95 ha, 177.8 acres)

Civil parish

Addergoole, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Milltown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

704 people lived in 266 households in the Milltown electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymary, Cloonnacross, Cooladooaun, Dawros Lower, Milltown, Russelstown

Placenames

Lack 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.