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Galway City Council's Electoral Areas (EAs) also known as Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) are subdivisions of city-level local government for electoral purposes. Residents of each Electoral Area elect a number of councillors to represent them in the Galway City Council. (Between...
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This polygon dataset defines the Galway City Boundary and Galway City Council administrative area extents for purposes of local government.
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A protected structure is a structure or part of a structure that a planning authority considers to be of special interest from an architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific social or technical point of view. Given the rich built heritage of...
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TimpeallachtThere are views within the city, which require special protection due to their significant contribution to scenic amenity. Views of scenic amenity value and interest define the character of the city, engender a strong sense of place, and significantly enhance local amenities....
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An Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) is a place, area group of structures or townscapes which is either of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest in its own right or which contributes to the...
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TimpeallachtThe aim of the Shellfish Waters Directive is to protect or improve shellfish waters in order to support shellfish life and growth. It is designed to protect the aquatic habitat of bivalve and gastropod molluscs, which include oysters, mussels, cockles, scallops and clams. The...
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Identification and mapping of heavy metal pollution in soils of a sports ground in Galway CityTimpeallachtHeavy metals in urban soils continue to attract attention because of their potential long-term effects on human health. During a previous investigation of urban soils in Galway City, Ireland, a pollution hotspot of Pb, Cu, Zn and As was identified in the sports ground of South...
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Designated wave energy test site for supporting ocean energy device research and development at 1/4 scale. The Galway Bay 1/4 scale wave energy test site is located 1.5km from Spiddal pier within inner Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. Data has been collected in Galway...
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This data provides localities described in "A Geological Guide to the Granites of the Galway Batholith, Connemara, western Ireland. Dublin, Geological Survey of Ireland." by Feely, M., B. E. Leake, S. Baxter, J. Hunt and P. Mohr (Published by the Geological Survey of Ireland,...