Lurgan More

177 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lurgan More, from 84 m² to 223,311 m² (22.33 ha, 55.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 73 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 Lurgan More 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 Jan 2026Conditional

  to construct a four bay slatted cattle shed

  Permission · Galway County Council, 261

• 2 Oct 2025Conditional

  for construction of a dormer extension to the side [east elevation] of an existing dormer dwelling with minor elevational alterations to the existing dwelling [previously granted under plan. ref. no. 04/4073], retention of converted attic space from storage space to habitable accommodation, and all associated external site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25260

• 1 Mar 2022Conditional

  for the following development: (a) construction of a new dwelling (b) construction of a domestic garage/store (c) wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) new site entrance and (e) all associated external site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 230sqm, Garage: 133sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22265

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 263 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21512

• 17 Dec 2019Conditional

  for the following development: (a) Conversion of existing attic space to habitable accommodation and minor elevation alterations to existing dwelling (b) Construction of a domestic garage and all associated site works: Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension - 18.78 sqm, Garage - 42.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191945

• 18 Nov 2019Conditional

  and complete dwellinghouse and all associated site works (previously granted under planning ref. no. 18/1045). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 247.85 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191794

• 23 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwellings 153.6sqm, Garage 59.6sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181045

• 17 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 263 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181001

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Eskerboy Bog NHA 001264

Recorded monuments

• GA107-148 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland overlooking extensive bogland to the W and N. Subcircular rath (37m E-W; 34m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is visible except from S to SW where a scarp forms enclosing element. The fosse survives from NNE through S to W; elsewhere a vegetation band indicates its line. Numerous gaps in the bank appear to be modern. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 February 2018

• GA107-149 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a W-facing slope in grassland with bogland to the S. This well-preserved subcircular rath (54m N-S; 48m E-W) is defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is overgrown with trees and is best preserved from S to SSW and from NW to NE (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m). The fosse (Wth 3.5m) is obscured with overgrowth but is most clearly visible from SE to SW. There is a wide causewayed gap (Wth 12m) at NE. A N-S field boundary runs to the E of the site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 February 2018

• GA107-150 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in grassland overlooking bogland to the N. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW). On inspection in April 1984 no visible surface trace survived. However, slight traces of its outline are visible on OSi aerial imagery (Google maps). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lurgan More, about 1 in 10 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 Lurgan More.

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

Name

Lurgan More · An Lorgain Mhór

Area

2,421,405 m² (242.14 ha, 598.34 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeygormacan, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Abbeygormacan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

464 people lived in 162 households in the Abbeygormacan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrew, Eskerboy, Gortknappagh, Gortmore, Kilbeg, Lisdeligny, Lurgan Beg

Placenames

Lurgan More 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.