Pollnamal

291 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollnamal, from 65 m² to 65,116 m² (6.51 ha, 16.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 53 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 Pollnamal 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  of the existing dwelling house, storage shed, septic tank & percolation area & & all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661159

• 4 Jun 2026Conditional

  of the existing dwelling house, existing domestic garage / storage shed, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site works on current site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660896

• 7 May 2026N/a

  of the existing dwelling house, existing domestic garage/storage shed, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site works on current site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660695

• 13 Feb 2026N/a

  to construct a four bay slatted cattle shed & manure pit

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2633

• 22 Aug 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, domestic garage and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 295sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22991

• 18 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store which is attached to the rear of the dwelling house, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application will be accompanied by Archaeological Impact Assessment. Gross floor space of proposed works:303 sqm (house) & 27 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22210

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment plant and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 220 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211932

• 16 Aug 2021Refused

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, domestic garage and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is; House 235 sqm & Garage 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211481

• 11 Feb 2021Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, garage, treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: house: 216 sqm, garage: 62 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21149

• 21 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 174 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201548

• 25 Jul 2019Conditional

  for (1) revision to house extension plans granted under pl. ref. no. 18/558 and (2) revision to site boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 162.04 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 75.52 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191152

• 29 Jan 2019Conditional

  of a dwelling house with revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 145 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19113

• 6 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 244.52 sqm, (Garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181750

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  to erect serviced dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 145 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18616

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  of a) dwelling house in lieu of dwelling granted under Planning Ref. 10/644, b) to construct an extension to dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works 100 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained 75.5 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18558

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  to construct a four bay calving shed and also a new farmyard entrance from the public road. Gross floor space of proposed works Shed 145.92sqm, Entrance 23.4sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171740

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

• GA029-149 Enclosure
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in pastureland. A very poorly preserved quadrangular enclosure (WNW-ESE >47.6m, N-S >13.7m) defined along its N and E sides by a scarp (H 0.6m). No visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives along S and W sides where modern field walls and a laneway delimit it. Another earthwork (GA029-150----) lay 100m to S. 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

• GA029-150 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, S of an earthwork (GA029-149----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m) within the centre of which a limekiln is shown. No visible surface trace survives. A CBG (GA029-150002-) is associated. 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

• GA029-150001 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA029-150002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with an earthwork (GA029-150----). The site name suggests the presence of a CBG but no visible trace of it or the associated monument survives. 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

• GA029-151 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in pastureland. This monument consists of a poorly preserved subcircular grassed-over cairn (NNW-SSE 15.5m, WSW-ENE 14m, H 0.8m), the NW section of which has been quarried out. 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

• GA029-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a W-facing slope in mixed farmland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure: on 1st ed. it is defined by hachures (D c. 30m) but on 3rd ed. (1932) by a solid line (D c. 25m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA029-153 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 40m). The monument has been levelled and no visible surface trace survives; the area has been incorporated into a farmyard, and a silage pit and outbuildings have been constructed on it. A limekiln shown along its N boundary on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map is still intact. A CBG (GA029-153002-) is associated. 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

• GA029-153001 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA029-153002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with an enclosure (GA029-153----). On OS 6-inch maps, this enclosure is named 'Lisheennanisk' which suggests the former presence of a CBG. However, no visible surface trace of either monument survives. 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

• GA029-154 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m) cut by a field bank at W and NE. By the time of 3rd ed. (1932), it is shown as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 45m) truncated by field boundaries along W and N sides. All that is visible is a degraded scarp curving from SSE through S to WNW. The interior appears to have been quarried out. 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

• GA029-155 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). Apart from a slight kink in a field boundary, immediately S of which is a flat-bottomed steep-sided fosse curving from W through N to NNE, no visible surface trace survives 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Pollnamal, 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 Pollnamal.

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

Name

Pollnamal · Poll na Meall

Area

2,669,049 m² (266.9 ha, 659.54 acres)

Civil parish

Killower, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Belclare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

792 people lived in 279 households in the Belclare electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Claretuam, Cloonfush, Kilmore, Pollaturk or Newgarden, Polldarragh, Sylaun, Treanbaun, Woodquay

Placenames

Pollnamal 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.