Fahy

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fahy, from 324 m² to 594,149 m² (59.41 ha, 146.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Fahy 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 Mar 2026Conditional

  for demolition of a rear annex and the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling with minor elevational alterations to the existing dwelling; demolition of an existing outbuilding and the construction of a domestic garage/store; decommission existing septic tank and install a wastewater treatment system with a soil polishing filter; widening of the existing site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2653

• 14 Nov 2022Conditional

  new vehicular entrance to existing Parochial House and all associated site services.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261142

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  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: 231 sqm (house) & 58.33 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212435

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  to (1) alter layout of existing slatted sheds to facilitate cubicles and access to new shed (2) construct a new shed extension to rear of existing slatted shed consisting of milking parlour, storage tank area for milk and plant room (3) construct livestock holding area with feeding passage and underground slatted tank (4) construct meal silo, water storage tank and all associated site works (gross floor space proposed 740sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17958

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Meeneen Bog NHA 000310

Recorded monuments

• GA108-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of a ridge in undulating grassland. On inspection in September 1984 this very poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. 26m) was defined by a scarp, which was overlain by a later field wall, from SW through W to N. Otherwise, apart from a low rise no visible surface trace survived. The OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph indicates that the field wall, as well as a number of other walls in the area, has been subsequently removed. No visible surface trace of the monument now survives. Its siting as well as the cartographic evidence suggests that it was a rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 March 2019

• GA108-096 Quarry
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused and overgrown quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-098 Quarry
  Description

  On a hummock in undulating pastureland. No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan, when inspected in 1984. As it was of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-099 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit defined by an overgrown irregular depression. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-100 Quarry
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large irregular disused gravel pit that was being used as a dump. Low mounds of sand and gravel lay immediately to its N, E and S. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-101 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 100m N of a church (GA108-102----), on the N bank of a stream. Named ‘Toberros’ on the 1838 edition and 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch maps. According to the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 46), some bushes were growing over this well ‘in which they used to dip delicate children’. On inspection, no visible surface trace of it survived. The stream had been deepened as part of a land-drainage scheme. Some of the material resulting from this work that was dumped along the banks of the stream may have obscured the well. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 March 2023

• GA108-102 Church
  Description

  In undulating grassland, within the N end of a graveyard (GA108-102001-). Described in the OS Letters as ‘a small rude church with all its features destroyed’; the surviving masonry suggested that it was ‘about four hundred years old’. The doorway was in S side-wall (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 46). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 February 2020

• GA108-102001 Graveyard
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A church (GA108-102----) was located in its N end. Most of the headstones in this rectangular graveyard (c. 36m N-S; c. 33m E-W) date to the 19th and 20th centuries but some late 18th-century examples are also visible. It is enclosed by a concrete stone wall with an entrance at W. A holy well (GA108-101----) lay c. 90m to the N. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 February 2020

• GA108-103 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA108-105 Country house
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with 'ER VII' royal cipher and raised crown motif. Now disused. Raised 'Post Office' lettering to letter flap and foundry name to the base (now illegible). Set into rendered gate pier at former entrance to Greenfield House, adjacent to rural road junction.

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 Fahy, 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 Fahy.

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

Name

Fahy · An Fhaiche

Area

3,267,321 m² (326.73 ha, 807.37 acres)

Civil parish

Fahy, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Meelick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

296 people lived in 100 households in the Meelick electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownafinnoge, Derry, Grange, Longford, Reaskmore, Tiranascragh, Tullinlicky

Placenames

Fahy 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.