Knocknagreana

115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknagreana, from 8 m² to 87,284 m² (8.73 ha, 21.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Knocknagreana 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 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of a single storey 3 bedroom dwelling house, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661074

• 8 Jun 2026Conditional

  1) in ionad an leagain amach den bhealach isteach a ceadaíodh roimhe seo. 2) Cead chun an Corás searachas agus an limistéar síothlúcháin atá ann cheana a choinneáil ina suíomh athbhreithnithe, seachas mar a ceadaíodh sa bhunchead pleanála. 3) Cead chun na hathruithe ar aghaidh an tí a choinneáil, seachas mar a ceadaíodh sa bhunchead pleanála. 4) Cead chun spás áiléir an chéad urláir a athrú isteach ina spás chónaithe, mar aon leis na hoibreacha suímh uile a bhaineann leis sin

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2660921

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  chun teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith garáiste nua agus le córás searachais nua

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660071

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, storage shed, and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed. Existing agricultural access to be upgraded to serve dwelling, and all associated site services and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561237

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  for minor change of house plans, to previously granted permission (plan ref: 24/61746), to add an additional driveway so houses no.s 1 and 2 are independently accessed. House no. 1 permitted mezzanine level window to south-east elevation changed from round to square shape. House no. 2 to have an additional south facing window at mezzanine level. To include all associated site services and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 528.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560772

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, a domestic effluent treatment system, percolation area, demolition of existing derelict house & outbuildings and all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 271.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560754

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  for 2 no. dwelling houses, 2 no. storage sheds, and installation of 2 no. wastewater treatment systems and associated polishing filter beds. Existing agricultural access upgraded to serve both dwellings, and all associated site services and landscaping works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461746

• 5 Jun 2024Conditional

  for 2 no. single storey dwelling houses, 2 no. storage sheds, and 2 no. wastewater treatment systems and associated polishing filter beds. Existing agricultural access upgraded to serve both dwellings, and all associated site services and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 500.00 sqm

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460673

• 21 Dec 2023Refused

  for 2 no. single storey dwelling houses, 2 no. storage sheds, and installation of 2 no. wastewater treatment systems and associated polishing filter beds

  Outline permission, 4 homes · Galway County Council, 23495

• 9 Oct 2023Refused

  chun teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith garáiste nua agus le córás searachais nua

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361206

• 3 Jun 2022Refused

  le h-aghaidh theach cónaithe, garaiste, seirbhisi agus coras searachais a thogail. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 204 sqm & 45 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22726

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and waste water treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 138sqm (dwelling house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260576

• 2 Feb 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house (130m2), garage (55m2) and waste water treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260053

• 27 Jan 2022N/a

  to retain Horse Stables and Machinery Shed and all associated site works and services which will continue to be accessed via the site which previously received planning permission under Planning Reference No. 16/1613. Gross floor space of retained works: 317.5 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2260035

• 26 Jan 2022Refused

  to retain a change of use of a previously permitted domestic garage to a Granny Flat and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 57.3 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260033

• 17 Sept 2021Refused

  to retain Horse Stables and Machinery shed and all associated site works and services at the rear which will be accessed via the site which previously received planning permission under pl. ref. no. 16-1613. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 317.5 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 211725

• 17 Sept 2021Refused

  to retain and complete the change of use of a previously permitted domestic garage to a Granny Flat and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 57.3 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211726

• 24 Jun 2021N/a

  of Horse Stables and Machinery Shed and all associated site works and services at the rear which will be accessed via the site which previously received planning permission under Planning Reference No. 16/1613. Gross floor space of work to be retained 317.5sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 211121

• 24 Jun 2021N/a

  to retain and complete the change of use of a previously permitted domestic garage to a Granny Flat and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 57.3sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211122

• 14 Sept 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of construction of new dwelling house and garage to include wastewater treatment plant & polishing filter. Gross floor space of proposed works: 273 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201306

• 28 Feb 2020Refused

  chun athrú ar seasamh tí atá ann cheanna fhéin a bhí ceadaithe faoi uimhir pleanail 04/1657 chomh maith le athru ar leagann amach an gCórás searachais agus bealach isteach a choinneáil uilig ar teorainn athbhreithnithe.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20261

• 7 Nov 2019Refused

  chun athrú ar seasmah tí atá ann cheanna fhéin a bhí ceadaithe faoi uimhir pleanail 04/1657, chomh maith le athru ar leagann amach an gcórás searachais agus bealach isteach a choinneáil uilig ar teorainn athbhreithnithe. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 165.7 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191747

• 28 Aug 2019Conditional

  for alterations to an existing bungalow with first floor inhabited roof space, the construction of a new single storey extension with roof terrace over, to the south end of the existing dwelling house, the construction of a new single storey extension to the north end of the existing dwelling house, the construction of a first floor dormer extension of the roof space to the rear of the existing dwelling house, together with all associated site services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 76.7 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 337 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191341

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  for existing garage/storage shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 24 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19882

• 8 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a Pony Stable and all associated site works at the rear of proposed dwelling house site and which will be accessed via this site which previously received planning permission under Planning Reference No. 16/1613. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19513

The 25 most recent of 29 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknagreana.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knocknagreana, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknagreana · Cnoc na Gréine

Area

1,019,538 m² (101.95 ha, 251.93 acres)

Civil parish

Rahoon, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Furbogh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,634 people lived in 534 households in the Furbogh electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Forramoyle West, Furboghgarve, Newvillage, Polleeny

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Knocknagreana 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.