Tomnahulla

105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tomnahulla, from 45 m² to 156,964 m² (15.7 ha, 38.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tomnahulla 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.

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house & garage with a connection to a new wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26153

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  of an existing dwelling house and domestic garage on revised boundaries and permission for the upgrade of effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor area of works retained: 90.28 sqm(H), 47.75 sqm(G)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560392

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  of a domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 34.30 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461446

• 9 Sept 2024Conditional

  of an existing single storey dwelling house (110 M²), effluent treatment system and percolation area

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461184

• 30 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 118.43 sqm (house) & 41 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460644

• 30 May 2023Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360579

• 24 Jan 2023Conditional

  to construct a four bay slatted shed, an 8 bay cubicle house, milking parlour, dairy, slatted collecting yard & change of use of existing machinery shed to a cubicle house & associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 769.22

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360037

• 24 Oct 2022Conditional

  of existing prefabricated creche/pre-school building (previously granted temporary permission for a period of 3 years under PL Ref 19/592, which has now expired) and permission for continued use of existing prefabricated creche/pre-school building for a further temporary period of 5 years.Gross Floor area of existing area: 254 sq m (existing) Area of existing area to be retained: 66 sq. m

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261069

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and a garage with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 120.7 sqm + 44 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212231

• 15 Oct 2021Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary service. Gross floor space of proposed works: 350 sqm (house) & 37 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211919

• 22 Jul 2021Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works is; House 230 sqm, Garage 34.19 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211326

• 27 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222.04 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21685

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the retention of 2 number domestic garages, a domestic store and all associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Garage: 1. 45 sqm, garage 2. 31 sqm, store 11.7 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202009

• 29 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, bin store, garage and a treatment plant system. Also permission is being sought to construct a new vehicle access to the site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 246 msq(house), 10.6sqm (bin store) & 72sqm (garage).

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201612

• 22 Jan 2020Refused

  for, a) a new house, b) new vehicle access to property c) construction of a new shed and bin store d) a new proprietary waste water treatment system and raised polishing filter, and e) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 328.6 sqm (House - 246 sqm, Garage - 72 sqm and Bin Store - 10.6 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2055

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  to erect a prefabricated unit for creche/pre-school purposes behind dwelling house and to connect into existing services and to retain existing rear extension to dwelling house which is currently used as part as of the creche/pre-school but which it is proposed to revert back to exclusive use as part of the private dwelling house on erection of the prefab unit. Gross floor space of proposed works: 71.72 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 23.1 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19592

• 14 Dec 2017N/a

  to erect a prefabricated unit for crèche/pre-school purposes behind dwelling house and to connect into existing services. Gross floor space of proposed works 71.72sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171797

• 7 Sept 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep, silage slab, underground rainwater storage tank and all associated ancillary concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works 1059.94. Gross floor space of work to be retained 60.48

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171332

• 13 Jul 2017Conditional

  to erect a prefabricated building for crèche/preschool services and for additional parking spaces and for all associated services on an extended site to the rear of dwelling house and existing crèche/preschool. Gross floor space of proposed works 89.04sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171039

• 20 Apr 2017N/a

  to erect a prefabricated building for crèche/pre-school purposes. Gross floor space of proposed works: 89.04sqm

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 17535

• 22 Feb 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed (Gross floor space of proposed works: 237sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17231

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 Tomnahulla.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-134 Field system
  Description

  In a large clearing at S end of an extensive tract of woodland. A series of low denuded grassed-over stone walls cover an area 51m E-W by 32m N-S. The walls are laid out on a NW-SE axis and their extent appears to coincide directly with the extent of the clearance. Near E limits is a circular drystone-built house (D 7.1m) with an entrance at W. A rectangular house (E-W; L 9.8m, Wth 4.3m), of similar construction, with a possible doorway at S, lies at WNW. 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

• GA056-134001 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA056-134002 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA057-026 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In scrubland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (NNE-SSW 45m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall at N. The td. boundary cuts the monument at E and W, to S of which, apart from an occasional foundation stone, no visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA057-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Immediately E of an enclosure (GA057-155----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 60m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA057-154 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a W-facing slope. Poorly preserved almost circular cashel (D 30m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. A field wall cuts the monument at NNW and SSE, to SW of which a scarp forms the enclosing element. A number of houses (GA057-154001-) are associated. 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

• GA057-154001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the vicinity of a ringfort (GA057-154----). The foundations of three houses have been identified as follows: (a) c. 50m to SE of the ringfort is a poorly preserved circular house (D 2.8m) defined by a grassed-over stone wall which survives from S through W to NNE. Traces of inner and outer wall-facing are visible; (b) adjoining the outer face of the latter at WSW are slight traces of a subcircular house (NE-SW; L 3m, Wth 2.5m) of similar construction; (c) some 11m N of the ringfort is a clearly defined rectangular house (E-W; L 10m, Wth 3.6m) indicated by a double-faced wall of limestone blocks. 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

• GA057-155 Enclosure
  Description

  In extensively reclaimed level land. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933) as a roughly circular enclosure (D 45m) cut by a field wall at SE and SW. The area has been cleared and no visible surface trace survives. A second similar enclosure (GA057-027----) lies immediately to E. 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

• GA057-158 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA057-158001 House - indeterminate date
  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 Tomnahulla.

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 Tomnahulla, 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 Tomnahulla.

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

Name

Tomnahulla · Tom na hUla

Area

2,501,212 m² (250.12 ha, 618.06 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Annaghdown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,451 people lived in 486 households in the Annaghdown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardgaineen, Aucloggeen, Bolisheen, Bunoghanaun, Gortroe, Turloughgarve

Placenames

Tomnahulla 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.