Pollaturk or Newgarden

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollaturk or Newgarden, from 17 m² to 582,332 m² (58.23 ha, 143.9 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 Pollaturk or Newgarden 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.

• 17 Feb 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a 49.5m² single-story west-side extension to the existing dwelling, comprising a bedroom with ensuite and a sitting room, retention of a garage as constructed, together with all associated site works and connections to existing services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660244

• 1 Jul 2022Refused

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260678

• 1 Jul 2022Refused

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.Gross floor space of proposed works in 294.30sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260679

• 30 Dec 2021Refused

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 249.3 sqm, Garage: 45 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212550

• 30 Dec 2021Refused

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 249.3 sqm, Garage: 45 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212551

• 31 Aug 2021Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage/ fuel store, treatment system/septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251 sqm (house) & 63.84 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211583

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  consists of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under PL. Ref. 09/1618) together with antennas, dishes, ladder attached, equipment cabinets, fencing, access track and all associated site development works.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 21439

• 1 Mar 2021Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 228 sqm, Garage 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21266

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 230.4sqm, Garage 56.1sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191166

• 24 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct a four bay single slatted shed with creep area and holding pen. Gross floor space of proposed works 267sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171534

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Belclare Turlough 000234

Recorded monuments

• GA043-033001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In NW quadrant of a hilltop ericlosure (GA043-033006-) on the summit of Knockacarrigeen, a large hill to E of Knockmaa (GA042-064002-). A very poorly preserved oval cairn (NE-SW 21m, NW-SE 16m, H c. 1.5m) much disturbed and interrupted by the walls of a later ringfort (GA043-033002-) which lies immediately ESE. Two small cairns to NE are possibly derived from field clearance, though aerial photography (ASGAP 384:40; 385:6) suggests that they may occupy the site of a second, robbed cairn. (Byrne and Gosling 1988, 138-41; CUCAP ATF 21) 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

• GA043-033002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In N sector of a hilltop enclosure (GA043-033006-) and immediately ESE of a cairn (GA043-033001-). Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (NE-SW c. 37m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, overlain from SE through W to NE by a later field wall. Within the interior are two possible house foundations: (a - GA043-033003-) to N of centre, a rectangular area of collapsed stone (E-W; L 10m, Wth 7m); (b - GA043-033004-) in SE quadrant, an L-shaped line of grassed-over stone. (Byrne and Gosling 1988, 138-40; CUCAP ATF 21; ASGAP 384:40; 385:6) 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

• GA043-033003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In N sector of a hilltop enclosure (GA043-033006-) and immediately ESE of a cairn (GA043-033001-). Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (NE-SW c. 37m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, overlain from SE through W to NE by a later field wall. Within the interior are two possible house foundations: (a - GA043-033003-) to N of centre, a rectangular area of collapsed stone (E-W; L 10m, Wth 7m); (b - GA043-033004-) in SE quadrant, an L-shaped line of grassed-over stone. (Byrne and Gosling 1988, 138-40; CUCAP ATF 21; ASGAP 384:40; 385:6) 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: 13 December 2017

• GA043-033004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In N sector of a hilltop enclosure (GA043-033006-) and immediately ESE of a cairn (GA043-033001-). Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (NE-SW c. 37m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, overlain from SE through W to NE by a later field wall. Within the interior are two possible house foundations: (a - GA043-033003-) to N of centre, a rectangular area of collapsed stone (E-W; L 10m, Wth 7m); (b - GA043-033004-) in SE quadrant, an L-shaped line of grassed-over stone. (Byrne and Gosling 1988, 138-40; CUCAP ATF 21; ASGAP 384:40; 385:6) 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: 13 December 2017

• GA043-114001 Church
  Description

  On a terrace on N slopes of Knockacarrigeen; it stands within a small rectilinear graveyard (GA043-114002-) close to td. boundary with Carrowntemple. Noting the latter name, and the site name, the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 126) suggest that there was 'an old church' here which 'probably occupied the spot on which the present R.C. chapel stands'. The visible remains are those of this now ruined rectangular church (E-W; L 20m, Wth 7.8m) which has a separate sacristy at E end. The flat-headed doorway, surmounted by a false arch, is at W end of N wall. There are three pointed windows in N wall, a similar window in S wall and an alcove centrally placed in W gable. Four corbels visible in side-walls at W end of the church indicate the former presence of a loft here. A cross crowns E gable. On the line of W wall a foundation course runs northwards for c. 3m. Well-cut stones are visible at ground level but do not rise above the surface. It is possible that they are related to the earlier church noted in the OS Letters. A sink hole (GA043-114004-), named 'Pollaturk', lies immediately S of the graveyard. 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: 8 August 2016

• GA043-114002 Graveyard
  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 Pollaturk or Newgarden.

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 Pollaturk or Newgarden, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pollaturk or Newgarden.

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 Pollaturk or Newgarden with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Pollaturk or Newgarden · Poll an Toirc

Area

1,712,311 m² (171.23 ha, 423.12 acres)

Civil parish

Belclare, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Claretuam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,132 people lived in 394 households in the Claretuam electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowntemple, Common or Turloughnaroyey, Goldenpark, Knockacarrigeen, Polldarragh, Pollnamal, Thomastown, Treanbaun

Placenames

Pollaturk or Newgarden 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.