Ardrahan North

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardrahan North, from 54 m² to 32,050 m² (3.21 ha, 7.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardrahan North 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  to construct 1. a community centre, 2.multipurpose sports centre, 3. new wastewater treatment system and all associated services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561895

• 10 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct 4 houses on their own individual sites with domestic garages on sites 1 to 3, along with individual onsite wastewater treatment systems and all associated works. Permission is also being sought to extend the existing public footpath and set back the existing roadside boundary wall. Gross floor space of proposed works: 870.61 sqm(H), 120.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560922

• 15 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the change of dwelling house plans to those previously approved under pl. ref. no. 22/60718, permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 203.00 sqm (House) 33 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361510

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of: a change of use and general alterations to the proposed structure (RPS Ref No. 883, NIAH Ref 30340004), and lands within the curtilage of the protected structure comprising of: (a) A material change of use from a dwelling house to a guesthouse, with internal modifications to accommodate 5 no. guesthouse bedrooms, (b) Demolition of non-original two storey addition to the rear, measuring 27m2, (c) Demolition of non-original detached shed to the rear and affronting the public road, measuring 41m2, (d) Conservation and refurbishment of the existing two storey house to include: (i) Replacement of existing uPVC windows with timber sliding sash windows, (ii) Localised roof repairs, replacement of rainwater goods, (iii) Removal of existing render and re-rendering in lime render, (iv) Internal modifications to accommodate change of use, (v) Associated mechanical, electrical and fire safety upgrade works, (e) New single storey extension to the rear of the protected structure and affronting the public road, which incorporates 2 no. guesthouse bedrooms, lounge area, café, kitchen, and toilets, measuring 290m2, (f) New vehicular entrance, on site car parking, bin stores and boundary wall to public road, (g) Existing sub-standard septic tank to be replaced with proposed secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter, (h) All associated site services, signage, drainage, landscaping and ancillary works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360539

• 14 Jul 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 241.70 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260718

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 246.97 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212510

• 14 Dec 2018Refused

  to demolish existing shed and construct three new dwelling houses, wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated services. Also applying to connect to existing house to new proposed wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter. These works are within the curtilage of a protected structure listed on Galway County Council's record of protected structures ref no 883. Gross floor space of proposed works: 336.9 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 74.8 sqm

  Permission, 3 homes · Galway County Council, 181803

• 23 May 2018Conditional

  to complete walkway, carpark, access road and ancillary public lighting previously granted under Planning Permission Ref. No. 12/607.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18673

• 4 May 2018Refused

  to demolish existing shed and construct three new dwelling houses, wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated services and to connect existing house to new proposed wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter. These works are within the curtilage of a protected structure listed on Galway County Council's Record of Protected Structures Ref. No. 883. Gross floor space of proposed works 336.9 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 74.8 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18579

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 Ardrahan North.

Recorded monuments

• GA114-001 Historic town
  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.

• GA114-001001 Moated site
  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.

• GA114-001002 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  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.

• GA114-001003 Church
  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.

• GA114-001004 Graveyard
  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.

• GA114-001005 Round tower
  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.

• GA114-001006 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a graveyard (GA114-001004-). McCaffrey (1952, 279, no. 4) recorded that this souterrain was located ‘immediately east’ of the round tower (GA114-001005-). According to local information, a stone-built ‘cave’, running NE-SW towards the tower, was accessible in the early 1950s. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 September 2019

• GA114-001007 Cross-slab
  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.

• GA114-001008 Cross - Market cross
  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.

• GA114-001010 Town defences
  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.

• GA114-001011 Earthwork
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Ardrahan Church, church/chapel, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-cell Church of Ireland church, built 1809, having four-bay nave, two-stage hexagonal-plan tower to west gable, and semi-circular apse to east. Pitched slate roof having stepped tooled limestone eaves course, tooled limestone copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Conical slate roof to apse. Crenellations to tower with tooled limestone copings. Wetdashed rendered walls with tooled limestone string course to upper gable walls, round-headed niche to north face of tower, and tooled limestone plinth course to base of tower. Clocks to upper stage of tower. Square-headed door opening to south face of tower having timber battened door. Triple-light window to apse with tooled limestone sill and surround having keystone over each round-headed light, with stained-glass. Pointed arch window openings to west elevation having timber mullioned windows and limestone sills. Round-headed double-light window openings to nave with tooled limestone sills, block-and-start surrounds and pointed lights with cast-iron mullions and lattice glazing. Square-headed openings to upper stage of tower having timber louvred vents. Interior has octagonal vestibule, with timber panelled doors leading to nave, stairs and another room. Brass wall plaque to entranceway to nave. Polychrome tiled floor to nave, and carved stone font. Altar area has round-headed plaques flanking east window and bearing Ten Commandments. Mosaic plaque beneath east window. Timber wainscotting to altar area, with carved timber altar. Carved timber pulpit to nave. Timber wainscotting to nave. Variety of limestone, marble and brass plaques to nave walls. Carved timber gallery and organ to west end of nave, gallery supported on timber columns. Decorative render cornice to Tudor arch rendered ceiling. Brass lectern to nave. Figurative stained-glass windows to nave. Church set within graveyard, ruins of earlier church to south-east, and base of round tower to south-west. Gateway to east having pair of square-profile cut limestone piers with string course to top, flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates, set into rubble limestone boundary walls.

• Ferndale, school, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former school, built c.1860, having gabled entrance porch to front elevation, and flat-roofed two-bay two-storey extension to rear. Now in use as house. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, timber eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed door opening to east side of porch, with carved timber doorcase comprising cornice and fluted pilasters, and timber panelled door. Cut limestone threshold. Square-headed window openings throughout having tooled limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear, having pitched slate roof with render copings, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber eaves course, rendered walls, square-headed windows and doors, latter timber panelled to front and double-leaf timber battened vehicular to west gable. Rendered boundary wall to site. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to south with rendered plinths, caps and recessed wetdash panels, and double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gate. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with single square-profile rendered pier to north-west.

• Cross, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cut limestone market cross, erected c.1860, comprising square-profile cut-stone pier having projecting pyramidal capping and cross finial, set on stepped plinth.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800. Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack and copings. Rendered walls having render plinth course to front elevation. Square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber panelled door and overlight. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows.

• The Old Dispensary, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house and former dispensary, built c.1870, having projecting gabled end-bay to front elevation with lean-to porch adjoining, and paired single-storey additions to rear. Pitched slate roof with render copings, rendered chimneystacks, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped slate roofs to extension. Rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed window openings throughout having render surrounds, painted sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Pair of oculi to first floor of rear elevation. Square-headed door opening to porch, with render surround and canopy and timber panelled door. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation having render surround and timber battened half-door. Square-headed openings to south-east elevation with render surrounds and double-leaf glazed timber doors, one having overlight. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding with attic to east of site, with external stone steps to south-east elevation, pitched slate roof having rooflights and replacement rainwater goods, coursed rubble stone walls, segmental-headed opening with roughly-dressed stone voussoirs, and square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, render sills and recent timber windows. Recent gates with square-profile rendered piers to site entrance to south-west, with rubble stone boundary walls.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ardrahan North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ardrahan North · Ard Raithin Thuaidh

Area

116,782 m² (11.68 ha, 28.86 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Ardrahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardrahan electoral division: 612 people in 201 households; 75% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrahan South, Caherdaly, Cregaclare Demesne, Rooghaun

Placenames

Ardrahan North 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.