# Caherakeeny, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donaghpatrick, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Cathair an Chaonaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,135,346 m² (113.53 ha, 280.55 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,844 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Donaghpatrick, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/donaghpatrick.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Beaghmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 394 people lived in 136 households in the Beaghmore electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 13% 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/21393
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60720
- Centre: latitude 53.506199, longitude -8.995404 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherakeeny, from 78 m² to 475,611 m² (47.56 ha, 117.53 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1972980: 475,611 m² (47.56 ha, 117.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972980.md
- Parcel 1925292: 142,555 m² (14.26 ha, 35.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925292.md
- Parcel 1925300: 140,694 m² (14.07 ha, 34.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925300.md
- Parcel 1925287: 133,814 m² (13.38 ha, 33.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925287.md
- Parcel 1925296: 44,780 m² (4.48 ha, 11.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925296.md
- Parcel 1972979: 12,976 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972979.md
- Parcel 1925299: 12,889 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925299.md
- Parcel 4462217: 12,139 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4462217.md
- Parcel 1925293: 11,862 m² (1.19 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925293.md
- Parcel 1925294: 10,582 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925294.md
- Parcel 1972981: 8,445 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972981.md
- Parcel 1925288: 6,976 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925288.md
- Parcel 1925285: 6,641 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925285.md
- Parcel 1925295: 5,998 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925295.md
- Parcel 1972983: 4,988 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972983.md
- Parcel 1972976: 4,844 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972976.md
- Parcel 1972984: 3,795 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972984.md
- Parcel 1925286: 3,687 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925286.md
- Parcel 5790336: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5790336.md
- Parcel 1925291: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925291.md
- Parcel 1972974: 2,253 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972974.md
- Parcel 1925289: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925289.md
- Parcel 1925298: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925298.md
- Parcel 2432196: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2432196.md
- Parcel 2432201: 1,688 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2432201.md
- Parcel 1925297: 1,050 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1925297.md
- Parcel 1972982: 869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972982.md
- Parcel 4968879: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4968879.md
- Parcel 1972975: 767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972975.md
- Parcel 2432198: 647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2432198.md
- Parcel 1972978: 78 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1972978.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Caherakeeny 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 21 Feb 2023, Galway County Council 2360150: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for (1) the partial demolition of a rear flat roof extension to a dwelling. (2) The construction of a new extension to the dwelling (3) the construction of a new septic tank effluent treatment system and percolation area including all associated site development. Gross floor space of proposed works 91.30sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360150/0
- 24 Jan 2018, Galway County Council 1850: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain a domestic garage/fuel store. Gross floor space of work to be retained 47.43 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turlough O'Gall, site code 000331

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA042-049: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-049----. 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.
- GA042-050: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-050----. In low-lying grassland liable to flooding, NW of a turlough. Circular enclosure (D 56.5m), very poorly preserved, enclosed by a bank and external fosse from WSW through N to NE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A smaller enclosure (D 14.3m), possibly contemporary, adjoins the monument at NW and is also defined by a bank and external fosse. A gap and causeway at NE mark the original entrance. A field boundary cuts it at NE and SW. Another enclosure (GA042-052----) lies c. 120m to NW. 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
- GA042-051001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-051001-. In undulating grassland immediately E of a field system (GA042-051002-). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 26m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. 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
- GA042-051002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-051002-. On a NW-facing slope overlooking seasonal floodland. Aerial reconnaissance in September 1984 (ASGAP 148:53-5) revealed a series of field boundaries extending over an area c. 600m NE-SW by c. 400m NW-SE. These are predominantly defined by low grassed-over stony banks. Though a number of subrectangular fields are visible at SW, the bulk of the remains form no coherent pattern. A number of rectangular house foundations were noted close to NW limits: possibly indicating an associated settlement cluster. 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
- GA042-051003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-051003-. On a rise in undulating grassland. Aerial reconnaissance in November 1987 (ASGAP 385:11) brought to light an irregular enclosure cut by a field wall. What survives is a poorly preserved enclosure (E-W 62m) defined by a collapsed grassed-over stone wall curving from W through N to E. A field wall cuts the monument at E and W and no visible surface trace survives to S of it. 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
- GA042-052: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-052----. Some 120m NW of an enclosure (GA042-050----). Poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 35m) defined by a low bank of earth and stone. Within the interior are remains of at least two houses. A series of grassed-over stony banks radiate from the monument. 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
- GA042-052001: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-052001-. 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.
- GA042-052002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-052002-. 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.
- GA042-054: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-054----. On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved irregular enclosure (N-S 28m, E-W 22m int.) defined by an inner earthen bank, intervening berm and outer collapsed stone wall. The inner bank survives at E and S; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The berm and outer wall survive except at E. 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

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)

- Mossfort House, house, 1860–1880, Regional interest, registry number 30404202, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404202. Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1870, southern projecting bay having full-height canted bow to front, two-bay side elevations, and flat-roofed porch to re-entrant corner. Hipped slate roof having ornate finials to ends of ridge, and cement-rendered chimneystacks, and wide eaves with brackets. Walls are cement rendered with string course over ground floor and sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, except for ground floor of projection which have two-over-two horizontal panes, and tooled limestone sills. South elevation has round-headed stairs window, top and bottom parts now filled in, framed within square-headed recess. Yard to rear having outbuildings with rubble limestone walls.

## 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 Caherakeeny, about 1 in 5 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 Caherakeeny.
- 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/caherakeeny.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherakeeny.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherakeeny.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Caherakeeny 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)

- Ballintleva: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballintleva-60234.md
- Beagh More: https://everytownland.com/galway/beagh-more.md
- Carheenard: https://everytownland.com/galway/carheenard.md
- Castlehacket: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket.md
- Gortnasculloge: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortnasculloge.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.

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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.

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