Mulroog West

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mulroog West, from 13 m² to 204,595 m² (20.46 ha, 50.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Mulroog West 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.

• 12 Aug 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new Dwellinghouse and Domestic Garage/Garden store, new sewage treatment system, all associated site works and services and a Natura Impact Statement will accompany the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661380

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to side of existing dwellinghouse, and permission to demolish existing storage shed and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660624

• 19 Nov 2025Conditional

  for alteration to domestic garage granted under planning reference number 21/1588 all associated site development works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561694

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage located to the rear of the existing house and all associated services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 60sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2421

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  for the development consisting of: (1) construction of a single storey extension to side of existing dwellinghouse and (2) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 119.6 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221256

• 1 Sept 2022Refused

  for change of use from horse housing previously granted under planning reference number 96-2527 to general purpose amenity use ancillary to the existing house.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260885

• 25 Aug 2022Refused

  for a development consisting of (1) Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house and (2) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 128.4sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221002

• 31 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a 1) dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store, 2) new sewage treatment system and 3)all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 261.8 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22711

• 16 Mar 2022Refused

  for development consisting of (1) Permission to construct a Dwelling house and Domestic Garage / Garden store (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 261.8 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22366

• 23 Dec 2021Refused

  to construct a two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house [b]minor alterations to front of existing dwelling house and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of works; 143.4m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212531

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  to: 1) Construct a dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store, 2) New sewage treatment system and 3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223.3 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212457

• 1 Sept 2021Conditional

  for a development which will consist of (1) Permission to construct a Dwelling house and Domestic Garage/Garden Store (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222.8 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211588

• 27 May 2021Conditional

  for permission to construct (1) Dwelling house and domestic garage/ garden store (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) All associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 247sqm, Garage 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21902

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  for [1] demolish 2 no. old sheds and [2] construct new domestic garage and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 mqs

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21243

• 18 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the Construction of a new slatted Shed with Calf Creep Area, and all associated Ancillary Concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.10 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 121.44 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21198

• 12 Feb 2021N/a

  for a new domestic garage and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21162

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  to [1] complete storage shed [2] retain garden shed [3] replace existing septic tank and percolation area with new treatment system and polishing filter and [4] complete front boundary wall & entrance gates. [Previous Planning Reference No. 14/1238] Gross floor space of works to be retained: 145.55 msq.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201149

• 30 Jul 2018Conditional

  for 1) construction of a slatted agricultural shed with underground storage tank and concrete yard, 2) covered dung stead and, 3) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 170.5 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181078

• 15 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct a slatted agricultural shed with underground storage tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 203 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18299

• 6 Dec 2017N/a

  erect a General Propose Agricultural Shed (Gross floor Area 162sqm) along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 162sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171747

• 8 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage/garden store and sewage treatment system with all associated site works and services (gross floor space house 178sqm;garage 60sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17826

• 2 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension at the rear of existing house comprising an enlarged kitchen, wheelchair accessible bathroom, playroom and two bedrooms. Gross floor space of proposed works: 73.99sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17794

• 23 Feb 2017Conditional

  for alteration to the house design granted under Planning Reference 15/772. Gross floor space 230.5sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17248

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: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments

• GA103-149 Well
  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.

• GA103-150 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating reclaimed pastureland. Very poorly preserved oval cashel (38m N-S) defined by a wall (Wth 2.5m; base Wth, including field-clearance material, 8.9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.5m) that is obscured by field-clearance rubble which has been piled against its external wall-face. Due to dense overgrowth the entire perimeter of the monument was not visible or accessible. Two roughly N-S running field walls bisect the monument at NNW and SSW, and at NNE and E. There is a children’s burial ground (GA103-150001-) in the E sector of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 200, no. 113) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA103-150001 Children's burial ground
  Description

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• GA103-150002 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.

• GA103-150003 Graveyard
  Description

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• GA103-152 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland, c. 150m to the NE of the shores of Galway Bay. Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) and classified by McCaffrey (1952, 200) as a ‘Stone fort (?)’ which was obscured by field rubble. According to local information, a possible souterrain (GA103-152001-) is associated. The monument was levelled during land reclamation in the 1950s and no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA103-152001 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information there was a possible souterrain in the interior of the cashel (GA103-152001-). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA103-153 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• GA103-154 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in grassland and overlooking the shore of Galway Bay c. 175m to the SW. Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as the arc of a double-faced wall curving from roughly NE to S. A NNW-SSE running field wall cuts it at S. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 200, No. 115) as a circular 'Stone fort' defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 3.6m; H 0.54m) which was obscured by field rubble. The landowner recalled an arc of stones; it was subsequently leveled as a result of field clearance. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA103-155 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. Well-preserved rectangular enclosure (46m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a drystone wall. A modern laneway which borders the monument at N encroaches upon it in NE quadrant. (McCaffrey 1952, 201, no. 122) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019

• GA103-156 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in improved pastureland. This poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 16.8m) is defined by a much-collapsed grassed-over drystone wall (Wth 2.1m; base Wth 7.2m; int. H 0.92m; ext. H 1.14m). A field boundary, running N-S, cuts through WNW sector of the monument. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Mulroog West, 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 made ground.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Mulroog West · Maolrúg Thiar

Area

1,644,114 m² (164.41 ha, 406.27 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolgan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Drumacoo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,561 people lived in 514 households in the Drumacoo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Mulroog East, Pollagh, Ringeelaun

Placenames

Mulroog West 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.