Breanra

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Breanra, from 3 m² to 254,074 m² (25.41 ha, 62.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 67 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Dec 2022Conditional

  to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works 5.3sq m

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261193

• 12 Oct 2022N/a

  sought to erect solar panels on the roof of the existing playschool/crèche and all ancillary site works at Breanra, Dunmore. (surface area of roof solar panels 85 sq m)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261020

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  for: 1) permitted agricultural shed, walled silage slabs, ancillary concrete and overground slurry storage tank originally permitted under planning reference 06-5688 on revised site boundaries, 2) retain extension to agricultural shed and associated services, 3) construct a farm biogas plant for the management of cattle slurry, crops and other on farm manure. This consist of a sealed tank, pumping equipment, solids/liquid separator and a storage shed for separated solids to capture renewable gas for the generation of electricity from the livestock manure which will be utilized to displace fossil fuels on site and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 187 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1360 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 212502

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling: 217 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21199

• 7 Dec 2020N/a

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201859

• 10 Oct 2019Conditional

  of dwelling house, domestic garage and fuel store, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 200.8 sqm (House - 158 sqm, Garage - 42.8 sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191571

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 223.6 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191188

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

• GA017-026 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland on a prominent rise within a meander of the Sinking River. An oval enclosure (NNE-SSW 72m, WNW-ESE 25m), in fair condition, defined by a bank from N through E to SSE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Entrance at NNE. A field boundary overlies the bank from SE to S. There are three other 'forts' (see GA017-027----) in this td. (Neary 1914, 123, no. 80) 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

Architectural heritage

• Eiscir View, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1800, now derelict, having shallow breakfront to entrance bay with flat-roofed entrance porch to front, and with shallow projection to middle of rear. Shallow hipped slate roof with two rendered chimneystacks to ridge, and replacement uPVC gutters and cast-iron downpipes. Rendered to walls and plinth, with projecting stone string course to ground floor of front elevation. Square-headed boarded up window openings with painted stone sills. Round-headed full-height window opening to central bay of rear elevation, one replacement uPVC window visible to second floor. Porch comprises flat concrete roof supported on square columns, added c.1920. Entrance approached by concrete steps, and having six-panelled double-leaf timber door with elaborate Adam-style fanlight with radial glazing bars forming central orb and each segment ending in ogee arch. Set in open field adjacent to housing estate with random rubble boundary wall and single-storey random rubble outbuildings to south of site.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Breanra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Breanra · Bréanra

Area

560,661 m² (56.07 ha, 138.54 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Dunmore South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunmore South electoral division: 891 people in 351 households; 70% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyland North, Abbeyland South, Baunoges North, Baunoges South, Dunmore Demesne, Gaterstreet, Killuney, Lissybroder, Moneenpollagh, Quarter

Placenames

Breanra 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.