Lenarevagh
Lenarevagh is a townland in the civil parish of Rahoon, barony of Galway, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Léana Riabhach.
Parcel 2029602
- Area
- 37,705 m² (3.77 ha, 9.32 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- G3 Coastal Edge (Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R2 Residential Existing (Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
G1 Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Lenarevagh
Planning applications on this parcel
7 Jul 2025Conditional
for a new roof structure, rear ground and first floor extensions, ground floor extension to the front of existing house, alterations to existing elevations, internal alterations, and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 85.60 sqm(extension)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560910
5 Aug 2022Conditional
for alterations to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260798
16 Jun 2022Conditional
for the demolition of an existing single-storey extension, boiler store and shed, the construction of a new rear 2-storey extension, alterations to the existing house, the installation of a new waste water treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works and ancillary services.Gross floor space of proposed works 121.50sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260613
21 Dec 2017Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 227sqm, Garage 48sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171865
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_381 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 42.9 ha
- 106 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 1,265 m²
- Zoning
- G1
- Open Space/Recreation & Amenity
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lenarevagh, from 15 m² to 49,665 m² (4.97 ha, 12.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Coastal Edge (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Recreation and Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Jul 2025Conditional
for a new roof structure, rear ground and first floor extensions, ground floor extension to the front of existing house, alterations to existing elevations, internal alterations, and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 85.60 sqm(extension)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560910
20 May 2024Unconditional
for a change of house type to that previously granted under pl. ref: 18/1152. The proposed dwelling is to be 1 - 2 storey with all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 291 sqm
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24134
8 Apr 2022Conditional
development consisting of the demolition of an existing side extension, construction of a new two storey side extension, alterations to existing elevations and internal alterations, new wastewater treatment system, percolation areas and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 42.31 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22474
17 Sept 2019Conditional
for a change of house type to that previously granted under pl. ref: 18/1152. The proposed dwelling is to be 1 - 2 storey with all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 291 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191437
14 Aug 2018Conditional
for the construction of a 1 - 2 storey dwelling with connection to the public sewer (as approved 15/1204) and associated site development works including road & new boundary walls. Gross floor space of proposed works 252 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181152
21 Dec 2017Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 227sqm, Garage 48sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171865
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
- Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lenarevagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lenarevagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_404 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lenarevagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Lenarevagh · An Léana Riabhach
- Area
- 428,591 m² (42.86 ha, 105.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahoon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Galway
- Electoral division
- Barna, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,866 people lived in 1,287 households in the Barna electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Freeport, Knockaunnacarragh
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Lenarevagh 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.