Ardskea More
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmoylan, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Ard Sceiche Mór
- Area
- 190.8 ha
- 472 acres
- Land parcels
- 115
- registered freehold, median 3,416 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardskea More, from 48 m² to 98,924 m² (9.89 ha, 24.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardskea More 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
20 Feb 2026Conditional
for construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660277
18 Sept 2025Conditional
to construct a shed for agricultural purposes only and all ancillary site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561350
23 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, a garage and a treatment plant system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208.65 sqm(H), 54.00 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561000
1 Mar 2024Refused
to construct two new agricultural storage sheds and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 408.00 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2460223
24 Jan 2024Conditional
to erect dwelling house, domestic store/gym, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 212.40sqm (Dwelling house) and 52.65sqm (Domestic Store/Gym)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460069
23 Jan 2024Conditional
to erect dwelling house, domestic store/gym, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 227.70sqm (Dwelling house) and 49sqm (Domestic store/gym)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460064
21 Jun 2023Conditional
to construct dwellinghouse along with domestic garage & treatment system with percolation area & all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360679
23 Sept 2022Refused
to construct dwelling house along with domestic garage and treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 214.00sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260960
13 Sept 2022Conditional
for change of house plans to those previously approved under Planning Register Reference No. 21/305. Gross floor space of proposed works is: 271.75sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221045
14 Mar 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied with an Appropriate Assessment Screening report and a Flood risk Assessment report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 215 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22342
14 Mar 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied with an Appropriate Assessment Screening report and flood risk Assessment report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 252 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22341
18 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 299sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22209
9 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage fuel store with waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 245.48 sqm + 65.9 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22147
5 Mar 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 252 sqm, Garage: 59.22 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21305
17 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied with an Appropriate Assessment Screening report and a Flood Risk Assessment report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 219 [h] 60 [g]
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201321
6 Apr 2020Refused
for change of use of existing horse stables granted under Planning Ref 06/4075 to agricultural storage shed for storage of organic compost and biosolids material during winter months and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 385.80sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20438
14 Feb 2020N/a
for change of use of existing horse stables granted under Planning Ref: 06/4075 to agricultural storage shed for storage of organic compost and biosolids material during winter months, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 385.80 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20197
12 Nov 2018Refused
to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system, garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 225 sqm. (garage) 42 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 181608
10 Aug 2018Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works dwelling 225sqm, garage 60sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181137
24 Apr 2018Conditional
to demolish old dwelling and for planning permission to construct a new fully services private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system, domestic garage/fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 311.38sqm., demolition 118.53sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18492
13 Feb 2018N/a
to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system, garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 313 sqm. (house) 42 sqm. (garage)
Permission · Galway County Council, 18146
8 Jun 2017Conditional
of dwelling house on revised site boundaries. Gross floor area 246m2
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17822
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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA057-022 Enclosure
Description
In level pastureland immediately NE of the Abbert River. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 37m). By the time of 3rd ed. (1933), the E sector appears to have been no longer extant. 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
- GA057-024 Country house
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardskea More.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_712 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardskea More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ardskea More · Ard Sceiche Mór
- Area
- 1,908,228 m² (190.82 ha, 471.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoylan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Kilmoylan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmoylan electoral division: 1,171 people in 372 households; 92% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annagh, Ardskea Beg, Ballintober, Ballynacreg South, Bullaun, Common, Tonamace
- Placenames
- Ardskea More 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.