Johnstown

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown, from 3,477 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres) to 273,549 m² (27.35 ha, 67.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Johnstown 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.

• 30 Jul 2025Conditional

  sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, greenhouse, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561044

• 6 Jun 2025N/a

  sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, greenhouse, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 244 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560722

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20338

• 13 Feb 2018Conditional

  for a change of house design from that previously granted full planning permission under Planning Ref. No. 15/289 along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 184.4 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18150

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Belclare Turlough 000234

Recorded monuments

• GA043-093 Windmill
  Description

  On a gravel ridge. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as 'Windmill' but evidently out of use by the time of 3rd ed. (1930) when the words 'in Ruins' are appended. It is shown thereon as a small unroofed circular structure (D c. 5m). The site has since been extensively quarried (see GA043-093001-) and no 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

• GA043-093001 Cist
  Description

  On a ridge, on or close to the site of a windmill (GA043-093----). Discovered in 1968 in a sand quarry. A rectangular cist (L >1.1m, Wth 0.75m), its long axis running NNE-SSW, was accidentally exposed in the face of the quarry. It comprised two stones (H c. 0.35m) on W side, and a very low end-stone (H 0.15m) at N end. Only one stone survived on E side and S end had already fallen away. The N end had previously been disturbed by a pit dug into it from above. This had been refilled with small rounded stones amongst which a number of animal bones were found. The cist itself contained nothing. Subsequently destroyed by quarrying: no trace survives (Topgr. Files, NMI). 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

• GA043-094 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure or mound (D c. 20m). Though not marked on 3rd ed. (1930), the site name does appear, albeit now transferred to another monument (GA043-019----) 450m to SSE. 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 Johnstown.

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 Johnstown, 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 Johnstown.

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

Name

Johnstown · Baile Sheáin

Area

599,481 m² (59.95 ha, 148.13 acres)

Civil parish

Killower, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Claretuam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,132 people lived in 394 households in the Claretuam electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrumkilla, Carrowbeg North, Common or Turloughnaroyey, Goldenpark, Killower, Tulrush

Placenames

Johnstown 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.