# Ardgraigue, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilquain, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish An Ardghráig. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,164,438 m² (116.44 ha, 287.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,549 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilquain, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilquain.md - Barony: Longford - Electoral division: Kilquain, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 303 people lived in 107 households in the Kilquain electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21120 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60108 - Centre: latitude 53.179383, longitude -8.242153 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardgraigue, from 231 m² to 165,643 m² (16.56 ha, 40.93 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2109789: 165,643 m² (16.56 ha, 40.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109789.md - Parcel 2059736: 142,213 m² (14.22 ha, 35.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059736.md - Parcel 2109791: 126,183 m² (12.62 ha, 31.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109791.md - Parcel 2109790: 106,987 m² (10.7 ha, 26.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109790.md - Parcel 2059730: 89,374 m² (8.94 ha, 22.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059730.md - Parcel 2109788: 65,935 m² (6.59 ha, 16.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109788.md - Parcel 2109795: 56,906 m² (5.69 ha, 14.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109795.md - Parcel 2059735: 52,959 m² (5.3 ha, 13.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059735.md - Parcel 2059737: 52,290 m² (5.23 ha, 12.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059737.md - Parcel 2059731: 42,464 m² (4.25 ha, 10.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059731.md - Parcel 2109786: 40,504 m² (4.05 ha, 10.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109786.md - Parcel 2059729: 37,237 m² (3.72 ha, 9.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059729.md - Parcel 2109787: 37,133 m² (3.71 ha, 9.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109787.md - Parcel 2059728: 21,789 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059728.md - Parcel 2059727: 12,214 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059727.md - Parcel 2109794: 9,630 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109794.md - Parcel 2109793: 5,882 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109793.md - Parcel 2059726: 4,910 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059726.md - Parcel 2109792: 4,153 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2109792.md - Parcel 5490560: 3,739 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5490560.md - Parcel 2059732: 3,360 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059732.md - Parcel 4761331: 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4761331.md - Parcel 5413973: 3,045 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5413973.md - Parcel 3643283: 2,992 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3643283.md - Parcel 3013749: 2,937 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013749.md - Parcel 2059734: 2,797 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059734.md - Parcel 2059733: 2,527 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059733.md - Parcel 4698802: 2,459 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4698802.md - Parcel 2059724: 2,350 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059724.md - Parcel 5835672: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5835672.md - Parcel 4715834: 2,087 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4715834.md - Parcel 5835814: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5835814.md - Parcel 5726033: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5726033.md - Parcel 4698806: 1,206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4698806.md - Parcel 5835675: 1,154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5835675.md - Parcel 2059725: 1,141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2059725.md - Parcel 4993726: 873 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4993726.md - Parcel 4698724: 478 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4698724.md - Parcel 6218867: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6218867.md - Parcel 6218896: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6218896.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ardgraigue in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 10 Sept 2026, Galway County Council 2661536: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661536/0 - 3 Mar 2026, Galway County Council 2660322: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of an existing dwellinghouse, domestic garage, effluent treatment unit and all associated site works (previously granted under planning ref. no. 04/1721). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660322/0 - 22 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 25361: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for construction of a new dwelling, construction of a domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25361/0 - 21 Apr 2022, Galway County Council 22528: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the following development; (a) construction of a domestic garage and (b) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22528/0 - 7 Jul 2021, Galway County Council 211222: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (a). Construction of a new dwelling (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Wastewater treatment system with percolation area (c) New site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 286sqm (House) + 58.33sqm (Garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211222/0 - 23 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 202042: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 238 sqm & Garage 61.4 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/202042/0 - 17 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 201946: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for [a] construction of a new dwelling [b] construction of a domestic Garage [c] Wastewater treatment system with percolation area [d] New site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 182 msq & 41 msq. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201946/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Ardgraigue Bog SAC, site code 002356, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002356 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ardgraigue Bog, site code 001224 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA107-013: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA107-013----. On the W face of a gorse-covered hummock. A small hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 August 2014 - GA107-014: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA107-014----. This is a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 July 2015 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Shrine/oratory/grotto, 1920–1950, Regional interest, registry number 30410707, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30410707. Freestanding gabled limestone Marian shrine, erected c.1930. Rendered roof with decorative cast-iron cross finial and carved eaves course. Snecked walls to base with carved cornice, coursed walls to gable. Rubble walls to rear (south) face. Carved surround to round-headed niche, with rendered soffit, and carved marble life-sized statue of Virgin Mary. Situated opposite church. Dressed stone boundary walls to each side with rendered copings. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ardgraigue, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardgraigue. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardgraigue.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardgraigue.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardgraigue.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ardgraigue with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Killachunna: https://everytownland.com/galway/killachunna.md - Kilquain: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilquain-62731.md - Lissaniska North: https://everytownland.com/galway/lissaniska-north.md - Lissaniska South: https://everytownland.com/galway/lissaniska-south.md - Stowlin: https://everytownland.com/galway/stowlin.md - Woodfield: https://everytownland.com/galway/woodfield-64209.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardgraigue - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/ardgraigue