Garrynafela
Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary's, barony of Brawny, Co. Westmeath; in Irish Garraí na Féile
- Area
- 62.5 ha
- 154 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 2,025 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Established Residential
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrynafela, from 11 m² to 216,432 m² (21.64 ha, 53.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Sporting Recreational (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Dec 2025Conditional
extension to existing house into an existing adjacent domestic garage. The application will also include a rear extension, changes to the existing elevations and all associated site works and drainage
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560618
17 Nov 2023Conditional
demolition of existing domestic outbuilding, composed of garage & store and to construct granny flat adjacent to existing family home with new connections to be made to on-site services
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360393
3 Nov 2023N/a
demolition of existing domestic outbuilding, composed of garage & store and to construct granny flat adjacent to existing family home with new connections to be made to on-site services
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360371
3 Nov 2023Conditional
Large Scale Residential Development on a site of total c. 7.31 ha comprising of a residential development and public open space comprising the following: Construction of 177 no. residential units on a gross site area of 7.31 ha, ranging in height from 2-3 storeys comprising detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, maisonettes and 3 storey duplex apartments. 65 no. 2 bed houses, 71 no. 3 bed houses and 9 no. 4 bed houses will be provided. 24 no. 1 bed maisonette apartment units and 8 no. 3 storey duplex apartment units will be provided included all associated development works. This development will form part of a larger phase of permitted and proposed development. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 163 homes · Westmeath County Council, 2360374
26 Oct 2023N/a
Large Scale Residential Development on a site of total c. 7.31 ha comprising of a residential development and public open space comprising the following: Construction of 177 no. residential units on a gross site area of 7.31 ha, ranging in height from 2-3 storeys comprising detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, maisonettes and 3 storey duplex apartments. 65 no. 2 bed houses, 71 no. 3 bed houses and 9 no. 4 bed houses will be provided. 24 no. 1 bed maisonette apartment units and 8 no. 3 storey duplex apartment units will be provided included all associated development works. This development will form part of a larger phase of permitted and proposed development. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360365
20 Sept 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, with connection to public services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360314
18 May 2021N/a
Construction of three dwelling houses, three domestic garages with connections to public services including an access road and entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Outline permission · Westmeath County Council, 21262
15 Apr 2021Refused
Construction of a five-bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a new entrance, domestic garage and all associated site works and drainage.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21197
18 Feb 2021Conditional
Modifications to existing fenestration to include the removal of two bay windows to front at ground floor and one window to front at first floor; existing window to rear to be replaced with double doors; minor internal modifications; three new rooflights to main roof; external insulation to all external walls; removal of existing sheds to rear; alterations to front entrance porch; new entrance steps to front and all associated site works to an existing two-storey detached house
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2173
7 Nov 2019Conditional
Construction of a new single storey, four-bedroom detached dwelling, detached garage, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197232
22 May 2019Refused
The construction of a new 2 storey, 4 bedroom detached dwelling, detached garage & storage area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197112
29 Mar 2019Conditional
A single dwelling, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197075
24 Aug 2018Conditional
Planning permission for a proposed new dwelling with access via existing entrance to Garnafailagh House; Domestic garage, waste water treatment system & associated site works; The application includes a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187161
23 Jul 2018N/a
Planning Permission for a proposed new dwelling with access via existing entrance to Garnafailagh, domestic garage, waste water treatment system & associated site works. The application includes a natura impact statement
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187139
16 Aug 2017N/a
Permission to construct 1 no. Granny Flat, connect into existing foul sewer, share entrance onto road and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177152
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC 000440
- Special Protection Area: Lough Ree SPA 004064
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree 000440
Recorded monuments
- WM022-039 Castle - unclassified
Description
No surface remains of a castle depicted at this location on Larkin's 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 October 2016
- WM029-041 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
Situated at N end of natural ridge in undulating pasture with good views in all directions. High oval-shaped flat-topped mound (top dims. 7.8m x 6.28m; base diam. c. 31m NE-SW x 24m NW-SE) of earth and stones with no evidence of an enclosing fosse or any other feature associated with the mound. The sides of the mound are quite steep on W, N and E sides. The NE side of the mound has been damaged by quarrying and there are some thorn bushes growing on the monument at this location. Possible mound barrow classification as it would appear to be too small to classify as a small motte (SMR File 06/06/1985). Mound barrow placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18/06/1986. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 July 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garrynafela.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1608 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Garrynafela with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Garrynafela · Garraí na Féile
- Area
- 624,770 m² (62.48 ha, 154.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Mary's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Brawny
- Electoral division
- Moydrum, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moydrum electoral division: 3,155 people in 1,066 households; 78% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykeeran, Cappankelly, Clonagh, Cornamaddy, Cornamagh, Kippinstown, Tullin
- Placenames
- Garrynafela 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.