Caher

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher, from 3,660 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres) to 256,081 m² (25.61 ha, 63.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Caher 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 Sept 2018Conditional

  to construct a new 5 bay agricultural shed with slatted units and underground effluent storage tank in existing farm yard. Gross floor space of proposed works, 344.7sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181318

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 Caher.

Recorded monuments

• GA087-016 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On E-facing slope of a ridge in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 27m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. From NE through E to SE, a berm-like feature probably represents the last vestiges of the fosse and outer bank. A field boundary overlies the outer bank at S. A gap (Wth 3.5m) at E could be original. There is a souterrain (GA087-016001-) in the interior. 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

• GA087-016001 Souterrain
  Description

  In S half of a ringfort (GA087-016----). In a grassed-over L-shaped depression (L 21.5m), the outline of two collapsed chambers and a possible creep are discernible. Moss-covered stones protrude from its sides and much stone is scattered along its base. The longer axis (L 13m, Wth 2.5m) runs E-W and is up to 1m in depth. At its E end, it narrows sharply (Wth 1.8m), at which point slight traces of a possible creep can be seen. Beyond it, the depression turns sharply to S and continues on a N-S axis (L 8.5m). At its S end, it merges into the slope of the ringfort bank. Two large whitethorn bushes are growing from the sides of the depression as its NW and SE limits. 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

• GA087-017 House - 18th/19th century
  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 Caher.

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 Caher, about 1 in 10 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1279 (ZIP).

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 Caher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Caher · An Chathair

Area

265,804 m² (26.58 ha, 65.68 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcloony, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Ballinasloe Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

555 people lived in 210 households in the Ballinasloe Rural electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curragh, Garbally Demesne, Glennavaddoge, Knockroe, Loughbown

Placenames

Caher 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.