Gortaloman

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaloman, from 66 m² to 115,463 m² (11.55 ha, 28.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Gortaloman 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.

• 4 Jun 2026Conditional

  for a prefabricated full daycare early years setting along with all ancillary works including connection to existing on-site wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660889

• 24 Apr 2026N/a

  for a prefabricated Full Daycare Early Years Setting along with all ancillary works including connection to existing on-site wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660634

• 6 Nov 2025Refused

  for the construction of a slatted agricultural shed

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25305

• 22 Jan 2025Conditional

  for change of house plans to previously permitted planning application 23/61547 for construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 202.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560059

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the 1. construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system & associated site works; and 2. shared vehicle access off the R380 and all associated site works and boundary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 157 sqm (house) & 40.50 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361547

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  for: 1)Alterations to front elevation of existing public house 2)Rear extension to existing public house including kitchen/toilets and outdoor seated area and all associated works.Gross floor space of work to be retained 63.20sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260705

• 8 Dec 2020Conditional

  to retain 1] revised dwelling house on revised site boundaries to that previously granted under Planning Reference 11/898. 2] A domestic storage shed and 3] To upgrade existing waste water treatment system. Gross floor of woks to be retained: 105.12 msq & 27.61 msq.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201863

• 18 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a slatted agricultural shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251.5 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20749

• 14 Jun 2018Unconditional

  for the construction of an extension to the existing National School (Gross floor space 33.9sqm proposed works). Previous Planning Ref. 13/740

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 18803

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: Peterswell Turlough SAC 000318
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Peterswell Turlough 000318

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortaloman.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortaloman, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_837 (ZIP).

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

Name

Gortaloman · Gort an Lomáin

Area

320,632 m² (32.06 ha, 79.23 acres)

Civil parish

Kilthomas, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Castleboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

571 people lived in 204 households in the Castleboy electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynabucky, Blackrock, Cuilmore, Loughaunawadda, Shanvally, Turloughnacloghdoo Commons

Placenames

Gortaloman 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.