Ardderroo
Ardderroo is a townland in the civil parish of Killannin, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Na hArd-doiriú.
- Area
- 341.7 ha
- 844 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 25,020 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardderroo, from 754 m² to 2,767,548 m² (276.75 ha, 683.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardderroo 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Jul 2025N/a
of pl. ref: 23/225 for the following: (1) alterations to the Cnoc Raithní (Knockranny) Wind Farm (Galway County Council pl. ref. no. 13/829 & ABP ref: 07.243094 comprising 11no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 150m (an increase of 19.5m & 9.5m from 130.5m & 140.5m, as previously permitted), a rotor blade length of 68m or 69m & a hub height of 81m or 82m; associated increase in turbine foundations; & omission of permitted on-site 110kV substation & underground cabling; (2) provision of underground electrical (33kV) & communications cabling connecting the 11no. wind turbines to the Ardderroo wind farm substation for the purposes of connection to the national grid, including a new cable service track (with watercourse/culvert crossings) & widening of an existing access road; extension of the Ardderroo substation within the existing substation compound, including control building extension, new 110kV transformer & electrical plant & apparatus; (3) all associated site development & ancillary works above & below ground in support of the above, including site drainage & tree felling; (4) an operational period & planning permission duration to align with the existing permission (ABP ref: 07.243094). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) & Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared & will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25186
1 Jun 2023Conditional
for the following: (1) alterations to the Cnoc Raithní (Knockranny) Wind Farm (Galway County Council pl. ref. no. 13/829 & ABP ref: 07.243094 comprising 11no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 150m (an increase of 19.5m & 9.5m from 130.5m & 140.5m, as previously permitted), a rotor blade length of 68m or 69m & a hub height of 81m or 82m; associated increase in turbine foundations; & omission of permitted on-site 110kV substation & underground cabling; (2) provision of underground electrical (33kV) & communications cabling connecting the 11no. wind turbines to the Ardderroo wind farm substation for the purposes of connection to the national grid, including a new cable service track (with watercourse/culvert crossings) & widening of an existing access road; extension of the Ardderroo substation within the existing substation compound, including control building extension, new 110kV transformer & electrical plant & apparatus; (3) all associated site development & ancillary works above & below ground in support of the above, including site drainage & tree felling; (4) an operational period & planning permission duration to align with the existing permission (ABP ref: 07.243094). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) & Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared & will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Galway County Council, 23225
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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ardderroo.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardderroo.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ardderroo, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardderroo.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardderroo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ardderroo · Na hArd-doiriú
- Area
- 3,416,747 m² (341.67 ha, 844.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killannin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Slieveaneena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 797 people lived in 280 households in the Slieveaneena electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boliska Oughter, Finnaun, Knockranny, Letter, Slieveaneena
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ardderroo 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.