Ardour

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardour, from 5 m² to 362,319 m² (36.23 ha, 89.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardour 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.

• 20 Feb 2024Conditional

  of the existing dwelling house (238sqm), detached office area (33 sqm), existing treatment system and percolation area all on revised site boundaries from previously granted permission reference number 2260842. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 238 sqm (house) & 33 sqm (office)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460170

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area & all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 93.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360259

• 23 Aug 2022Conditional

  sought to retain the existing dwelling house 238 sqm, retain the conversion of the previously granted domestic garage to an office area 33 sqm for the enjoyment of the dwelling house. Retention also sought for the existing treatment system and percolation area at the above location all on revised site boundaries from previously granted permission reference number 07/803. Gross floor space of work to be retained is 271.00 sq m.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260842

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardour.

Recorded monuments

• GA015-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in otherwise level grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 45m) defined by a scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. Possible entrance at E. The enclosing elements have been quarried out at N and SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA015-002 Well
  Description

  On S bank of the Black River in grassland. An oval water-filled pool (NE-SW 8m, NW-SE 5m) fed by a spring which, according to local tradition, never dries up. A second well lies c. 20m to NE and is known locally as the 'small well'. It consists of a circular hollow (D 3.5m) which, though dry at the time of visit, is used as a domestic well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA015-003 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hillock in grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). Apart from a vegetation band at SE, outside of which runs a shallow fosse, no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA015-005 Bridge
  Description

  This twin-arched stone bridge spans the NW-SE flowing Black River. The river, which was dry at the time of site visit, now only flows through the N arch. The S arch is partially blocked with earth. The road across the bridge is tarmacademed. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2017

• GA015-054 Children's burial ground
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA028-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Well-preserved quadrangular rath (E-W 40.5m, N-S 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank survive from SE through W to N; a field bank overlies the outer bank at S. Possible entrance at SW. Two small quarries have encroached upon the enclosing elements at N and SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardour.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ardour, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardour.

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.

No address of the register names Ardour with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ardour · Ard Obhair

Area

2,228,722 m² (222.87 ha, 550.73 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconla, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Kilshanvy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

420 people lived in 145 households in the Kilshanvy electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyweela (Co. Mayo), Blindwell, Kilshanvy, Oultauns (Co. Mayo)

Placenames

Ardour 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.