Menlough Oughter

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Menlough Oughter, from 15 m² to 165,633 m² (16.56 ha, 40.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 57 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 Menlough Oughter 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.

• 2 Jan 2026Conditional

  for a No.1 detached house and No.1 detached garage with associated landscaping, proposed wastewater treatment system, pedestrian and vehicular access from the public road; two story house, comprising of No. 5 bedrooms, study, kitchen, living, dining and ancillary spaces; 1 story garage, comprising of storage, office and WC

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660002

• 20 Aug 2025Refused

  for a No.1 detached house and No.1 detached garage with associated landscaping, proposed wastewater treatment system, pedestrian and vehicular access from the public road; two story house, comprising of No. 5 bedrooms, study, kitchen, living, dining and ancillary spaces; Garage; 1 story garage, comprising of storage, office and WC

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561155

• 9 Dec 2024Conditional

  for change of use of existing convenience shop to include part off-licence use, along with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 16.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461678

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  (i) retention of three single storey domestic sheds (ii) retention of the built funeral home and change of use of same to residential ancillary to the uses of the existing dwelling and proposed changes to the internal layout of same and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212536

• 16 Nov 2021Conditional

  of (1) Alterations and extension to private dwelling house, (2) Domestic Garage, (3) Second entrance to the site and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91.1 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212126

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/ fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 193.25 sqm (house) & 53.94 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211668

• 15 Sept 2020Conditional

  for proposed alterations and extensions to existing dwelling house as follows; a) proposed two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling to cater for wheelchair accessible facilities, b) proposed amendments to internal layout to include a sensory room, c) proposed elevations/façade changes to existing dwelling and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 78sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201313

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  of a single storey extension to our existing semi-detached dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained; 51.185sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201299

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  for proposed alterations and extension's to existing dwelling house as follows; A: Proposed conversion of part of existing single storey dwelling to proposed two storey type dwelling and associated elevational changes, B: Proposed porch extension to front elevation, C: Proposed single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling to cater for a granny flat arrangement to south side of dwelling at ground floor level, D: Proposed elevational/façade changes to existing dwelling, E: Proposed amendments to internal layout, F: Proposed upgrade to proprietary treatment system and percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Ground floor and First floor - 114.66 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Ground floor - 96.90 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 192038

• 17 Aug 2018Conditional

  for the change of use of an existing public house to 2 no. residential units, including the upgrading of the existing treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 279sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181177

• 2 Feb 2018Refused

  for the change of use of an existing public house to 3 no. residential units, including the upgrading of the existing treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 261 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1897

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 Menlough Oughter.

Recorded monuments

• GA059-053001 Chapel
  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 Menlough Oughter.

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 Menlough Oughter, 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 Menlough Oughter.

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

Name

Menlough Oughter · Mionlach Uachtair

Area

1,228,921 m² (122.89 ha, 303.67 acres)

Civil parish

Killoscobe, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Derryglassaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

976 people lived in 332 households in the Derryglassaun electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonmweelaun, Lismoes, Menlough Commons, Menlough Eighter, Moneen

Placenames

Menlough Oughter 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.