Which towns in Co. Galway flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Taylors Hill (20), Shantalla (20), Galway (20), Salthill (20), Galway City (19). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Co. Galway hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Co. Galway

Flood risk in Co. Galway: 372 recorded floods around 62 towns

372 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 62 towns in Co. Galway. 55 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

372

recorded flood events within 2 km of 62 town centres (OPW)

55/62

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Co. Galway has flooded

Across 62 towns in Co. Galway, the OPW register holds 372 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: coastal/estuarine waters 154, river 80, turlough 34, low lying land 21, runoff 4, lake 4. The towns with the longest record:

Taylors Hill	20 events
Shantalla	20 events
Galway	20 events
Salthill	20 events
Galway City	19 events
Woodquay	19 events
Craughwell	17 events
Bohermore	14 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Co. Galway

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

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Flood risk by town in Co. Galway

Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Galway flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Taylors Hill (20), Shantalla (20), Galway (20), Salthill (20), Galway City (19). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Galway hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.