Gortbeg
Gortbeg is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmoylan, barony of Clare, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Gort Beag.
Parcel 2071809
- Area
- 31,619 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 186 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Gortbeg
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Mar 2025Conditional
of dwelling house granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, including slight changes to roof design, & all associated site services on revised Site Boundaries to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of garage structure due to change of design to that granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of Storage Shed Structure and all on revised site boundaries, to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560299
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_794 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 197.8 ha
- 489 acres
- Land parcels
- 139
- registered freehold, median 4,458 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
139 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortbeg, from 16 m² to 140,781 m² (14.08 ha, 34.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gortbeg 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Oct 2025Conditional
for construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561539
21 Mar 2025Conditional
of dwelling house granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, including slight changes to roof design, & all associated site services on revised Site Boundaries to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of garage structure due to change of design to that granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359, retention of Storage Shed Structure and all on revised site boundaries, to those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 02/4359
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560299
7 Dec 2023Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank with treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 181 sqm (dwelling house) and 60sqm (domestic garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361462
2 May 2023Conditional
of the existing dwelling from previously approved planning permission 03/3517 and planning permission for a single storey rear extension, internal alterations, new wastewater treatment and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360453
20 Dec 2022Conditional
to retain the existing domestic garage/fuel store/storage shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained 77.00sqm.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261279
25 Oct 2022Refused
for the construction of a single storey rear extension, internal alterations, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 90.12sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261074
22 Sept 2022N/a
of dwelling house & domestic garage. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 660 sqm (house) + 34 sqm (garage)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221065
30 Jun 2022Conditional
sought for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 220sqm (dwelling house) and 56sqm (domestic garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260669
5 Aug 2021Conditional
for retention of domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 40 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 211432
18 Dec 2020Conditional
to construct a house, garage and a treatment plant system plus associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 267 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201981
7 Jul 2020Conditional
for an agricultural shed for dry feed, machinery and lambing. Gross floor space of proposed works: 324 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20887
5 Mar 2019Conditional
to; a) demolish existing substandard cottage, b). construct a new dwelling house, entrance and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 150 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19308
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortbeg.
Recorded monuments
- GA044-060 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.
- GA044-061 House - vernacular 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortbeg.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Gortbeg, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_794 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gortbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Gortbeg · An Gort Beag
- Area
- 1,977,507 m² (197.75 ha, 488.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoylan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Ballynapark, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,101 people lived in 336 households in the Ballynapark electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballina, Ballynastuckaun, Brackloon, Cahergal, Clooninagh, Cloonlusk, Garra
- Placenames
- Gortbeg 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.