Lackafinna South

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackafinna South, from 74 m² to 264,865 m² (26.49 ha, 65.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Lackafinna South 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.

• 16 Oct 2025Refused

  for alterations and extension to existing dwelling house, replacement of existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment system, new percolation area and associated site work

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561514

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  of alterations to dwelling house under construction (previous Planning Ref: 23/61502), and relocation of proposed on-site wastewater treatment system with all ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560550

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the existing hardstand, (the levelled area west, North and east of the agricultural shed) along with the existing access way (the access way from the gate that is approx. 100m off the public road to the agricultural shed)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560213

• 27 Jan 2025N/a

  for the existing hardstand, (the levelled area west, North and east of the agricultural shed) along with the existing access way (the access way from the gate that is approx. 100m off the public road to the agricultural shed)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560070

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage and on-site wastewater treatment system with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 220.5 sqm (House) and 37.5 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361502

• 28 Jan 2022Refused

  to construct an agricultural shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 175.1 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2295

• 27 Jan 2022Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.79 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2279

• 11 Mar 2020Conditional

  for works to existing restaurant, these works include (a) the closing in of the existing covered roof area located off the existing restaurant with glazing, (b) relocation of the existing carpark from the rear to the front of the building (c) Construction of a new porch area to the rear of the building and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 114 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 20304

• 6 Dec 2019N/a

  for works to existing restaurant, these works include (a) the closing in of the existing covered roof area located off the existing restaurant with glazing, (b) relocation of the existing carpark from the rear to the front of the building (c) construction of a new porch area to the rear of the building and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 114 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191889

• 2 Oct 2019N/a

  for works to existing restaurant, these works include (a) the closing in of the existing covered roof area located off the existing restaurant with glazing, (b) relocation of the existing carpark from the rear to the front of the building (c) Construction of a new porch area to the rear of the building and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 114 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191519

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  for construction of new dwelling house, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 203.8 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18674

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 Lackafinna South.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-122 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (33m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by a scarp from ESE through S to NW. No visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives from NW through E to ESE but its line is preserved in a curving field wall from NW to NE. A low earthen mound in N sector of the interior appears to be natural. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 January 2018

• GA097-123 Mill - corn
  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.

• GA097-124 Kiln
  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.

• GA097-125 Castle - tower 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.

• GA097-126 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the W-facing slope of a hill in pastureland. This subcircular rath (42.5m N-S; 40m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank survive from NW through N to NE and from SW to W. A field wall overlies the inner bank from NE to S and another overlies the outer bank from SSW to SW. A wide causewayed gap (Wth 15m) at S is modern. Another rath (GA097-127----) lies c. 80m to the WSW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 January 2018

• GA097-127 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 25.7m) defined by a bank best preserved at E. A field wall cuts through the monument at NNW and NNE and, apart from a slight mound, no visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives to the N of it. Another rath (GA097-126----) lies c. 80m to the ENE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 January 2018

• GA097-128 Well
  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.

• GA097-129 Well
  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 Lackafinna South.

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 Lackafinna South, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lackafinna South.

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

Name

Lackafinna South · Na Leaca Fionna Theas

Area

1,306,771 m² (130.68 ha, 322.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconickny, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Lackalea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

425 people lived in 119 households in the Lackalea electoral division. 97% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykeeran, Bellayarha South, Bullaun, Bushfield, Kanargad, Lackafinna North, Lackalea, Turoe

Placenames

Lackafinna South 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.