Laghtgannon

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtgannon, from 56 m² to 68,992 m² (6.9 ha, 17.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Laghtgannon 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.

• 29 May 2026Refused

  of a dwelling house, garage and for replacement of original septic tank with a wastewater treatment plant on revised site boundaries and permission is being sought to complete the upgrade of the private wastewater system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660869

• 2 Mar 2026Refused

  for alterations to dwelling house and for replacement of original septic tank with a wastewater treatment plant and permission is being sought to complete the upgrade of the private wastewater system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660320

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660068

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  of dwelling house as constructed on revised site boundaries with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of works to be retained 319 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260017

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA054-041 Church
  Description

  On a slightly raised natural mound overlooking the Drimneen River to the WSW. A detailed survey of this medieval church and associated graveyard (GA054-041001-) was undertaken in March 2008 prior to the realignment of a section of the N59, which runs NNW-SSE immediately to the W of the church. During the course of the survey, an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA054-041002-) and bullaun stone (GA054-041003-) came to light (Blakeman 2008). The church (15m E-W; 7.3m N-S) was constructed of coursed roughly dressed stone and, at the time of the survey, the E and S wall were in a collapsed state; one section of collapse in the S wall may have marked the doorway. The gabled W wall, though covered in ivy, was the best-preserved wall and the N wall survived to a height of 1.9m. Two lengths of walling (L c. 2m) extending off the W gable but not bonded to it, had probably been truncated when the road was built (ibid., 5-6). Killanin 1947, 124) referred to this building as the ‘remains of a priest’s house or an extension’. The church occupies the NE part of the ecclesiastical enclosure and is surrounded by the graveyard. (Gosling 1993, 103, no. 588) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 July 2023 Blakeman, B. 2008 Topographic survey of a church site and enclosure (GA 054:041) adjacent to the existing N59 at Laghtgannon townland, Co Galway. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Unpublished report for Galway County Council.

• GA054-041001 Graveyard
  Description

  This graveyard, roughly trapezoidal in plan, is associated with ‘Killeroon Church’ (GA054-041----), a medieval church which is located in the NE part of an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA054-041002-). A detailed survey of it was undertaken in March 2008 prior to the realignment of a section of the N59, which runs NNW-SSE immediately to the W of the church (Blakeman 2008). Its outline is defined by a number of sections of walling, with three long sections (L 13-15m; Wth 1.5-1.8m; H 0.15-0.75m) visible to the NW, NE and S, the section to the S may have continued to the W of the road. Sixty grave-markers, that appeared to be laid out in rows, were identified to the N and E of the church and three further grave-markers were also noted in a possible enclosed area off the NW end of the church (ibid., 6). (Gosling 1993, 103, no. 588) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 July 2023 Blakeman, B. 2008 Topographic survey of a church site and enclosure (GA 054:041) adjacent to the existing N59 at Laghtgannon townland, Co Galway. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Unpublished report for Galway County Council.

• GA054-041002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On rising ground to the E of Drimneen River. This ecclesiastical enclosure, roughly D-shaped in plan, came to light in March 2008 during the course of a detailed survey of ‘Killeroon Chruch’ (GA054-041----) and graveyard (GA054-041001-) prior to the realignment of a section of the N59, which runs NNW-SSE immediately to the W of the church (Blakeman 2008). The church and graveyard occupy the NE area of the enclosure, which is defined from ENE to SW by what appears to be a grassed-over wall. The wall is best preserved from ESE to SW (Wth 2m; H 1m), where near-vertical faces were observed. From ENE to ESE it was wider, lower and in a more poorly preserved state (Wth 3m; H 0.5-0.7m). It appeared to be faced with large angular limestone blocks with a rubble core (ibid., 7). A bullaun stone (GA054-041003-) lies in the field to the S of the enclosure. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 July 2023 Blakeman, B. 2008 Topographic survey of a church site and enclosure (GA 054:041) adjacent to the existing N59 at Laghtgannon townland, Co Galway. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Unpublished report for Galway County Council.

• GA054-041003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In rough pastureland. This bullaun (GA054-041003-) is associated with an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA054-041002-), which lies c. 13m to its N. It came to light in March 2008 when a detailed survey of ‘Killeroon Church’ (GA054-041----) and graveyard (GA054-041001-) was carried out prior to the realignment of a section of the N59, which runs NNW-SSE immediately to the W of the church (Blakeman 2008). It consists of an irregular, roughly wedge-shaped granite boulder that is wider at its E end and narrows to the W (L 1.9m E-W; Wth 1.5m at E; Wth 0.8m at W; H 1.2m) and bears two fine oval-shaped bullauns on its sloping upper surface. Both have similar dimensions (L 0.46m; Wth 0.43m; D 0.12m along lower edges) but different orientations caused by the two different slopes on the boulder's surface: the E bullaun is orientated E-W, while the W bullaun is orientated roughly N-S, almost at right-angles to the former. According to local information, water in the hollows was used until fairly recently to cure warts and other similar ailments (ibid., 7; Pl. 2). The following images have been uploaded: GA054-041003-_02 View from SSW GA054-041003-_03 Detail of bullauns Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 July 2023 Blakeman, B. 2008 Topographic survey of a church site and enclosure (GA 054:041) adjacent to the existing N59 at Laghtgannon townland, Co Galway. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Unpublished report for Galway County Council.

• GA054-042 Enclosure
  Description

  In recently cleared scrubland. Marked on 1st and 2nd eds. (1899) of OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (N-S c. 60m, E-W c. 50m) cut by a number of field walls. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Laghtgannon, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_345 (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.

No address of the register names Laghtgannon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Laghtgannon · Leacht Geanainn

Area

756,340 m² (75.63 ha, 186.9 acres)

Civil parish

Killannin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,602 people lived in 844 households in the Wormhole electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughnanure, Bealnalappa, Drimnahoon, Killola, Maghera Beg, Porridgetown West

Placenames

Laghtgannon 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.