Moneen

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneen, from 183 m² to 184,775 m² (18.48 ha, 45.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Moneen 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 Jan 2026Conditional

  of existing two storey dwelling. Permission for demolition of existing dwelling rear two storey block incl. concrete rain water harvester tank only. Full planning permission for single & two storey extension to all dwelling elevations incl. minor alterations & renovation to existing dwelling floor plan to reconfigure layout & alterations to existing elevations to suit, new treatment plant incl. percolation area with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660021

• 4 Oct 2019Conditional

  for the following as constructed a). Dwelling house as constructed on the site, originally granted permission in 1978 under Plan. Ref. 27545 and subsequently extended under Plan. Ref. 96/740 in 1996. b). Domestic shed constructed in 1980 (approx.) c). Store for storing materials and light plant as constructed on site, originally granted permission under Plan. Ref. 03/3398 in 2003. Including all associated works on extended boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 487.2 sqm (Single Dwelling House - 224.6 sqm, Garage - 65 sqm, Light Tool Store - 197.6 sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191549

• 6 Aug 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 195.7 sqm, Garage - 42.34 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191227

• 8 Jan 2019Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 195.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1917

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 the townland of Moneen.

Recorded monuments

• GA057-134 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope in grassland. A circular rath (D 57.3m), in fair condition, defined by a denuded bank with intermittent traces of inner and outer stone revetments. From NE to SE, the bank is almost totally levelled. Within the interior are the foundations of two rectangular houses: (a) in SW quadrant (NE-SW; L 13m, Wth 4m) and (b) in NW quadrant (E-W; L 12m, Wth 7m), and also a probable souterrain (GA057-134001-). Just to E of centre are traces of a low bank (L 7m) running NNW-SSE. The stone-built 'covered way for sheep ... under the wall' noted by Costello (1903, 9) was not located. An earthwork (GA057-102----) lay c. 50m to NE. (CUCAP BDN 81) 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 9 August 2016

• GA057-134001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within NW quadrant of ringfort (GA057-134----). Costello (1903, 9) refers to a 'much injured souterrain in the centre [of the ringfort]'. It has been filled in and is inaccessible. 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

• GA057-134002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the SW quadrant of the rath (GA057-134----). Only the foundations of this rectangular house site (13m E-W; 4m N-S; H 0.5m) survive. Another house site (GA057-134003-) is visible in the NW quadrant. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 August 2016

• GA057-134003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of the rath (GA057-134----). Only the foundations of this rectangular house site (12m E-W; 7m N-S; H 0.5m) survive. Another house site (GA057-134002-) is visible in the SW quadrant. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 August 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_614 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Moneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Moneen · An Móinín

Area

508,795 m² (50.88 ha, 125.73 acres)

Civil parish

Cummer, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Cummer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cummer electoral division: 1,160 people in 353 households; 88% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacreg North, Caherlea, Culleen, Cummer, Rusheens South

Placenames

Moneen 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.