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

Townland in the civil parish of Ardrahan, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish Cathracha Thaidhg.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,393,890 m² (139.39 ha, 344.44 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in it, median 1,934 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Ardrahan, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ardrahan.md
- Barony: Dunkellin
- Electoral division: Castletaylor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 693 people lived in 215 households in the Castletaylor electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19275
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60727
- Centre: latitude 53.16525, longitude -8.825631 (WGS 84)

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

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Caherateige, from 1,934 m² to 1,934 m²; 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1923044: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1923044.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Caherateige 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 26 Aug 2026, Galway County Council 2661451: N/a. Retention, 1 home. of; (1) previously permitted extension with larger dimensions on plan, minor elevational & sectional changes connected to a thatched cottage (protected structure RPS 890) & (2) outbuildings (sheds, stables). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661451/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Ardrahan Grassland SAC, site code 002244, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002244

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

- GA113-028: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-028----. In rock outcrop and marshland. Circular cashel (diam. 42.1m), in fair condition, defined by two collapsed drystone walls. The inner wall is surmounted by a later field wall from SW through W to N. The outer wall survives from NNE to S with slight traces also visible from W to NW. (McCaffrey 1952, 265-6, no. 13b) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-029: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-029----. In scrubland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 264, no. 12a) as a ‘rectangular Stone fort’ (c. 22m by c. 21m) defined by a drystone wall. There was an entrance gap (Wth c. 1.6m) at E flanked by ‘uprights’ and 'a structure measuring 28' x 19' [8.5m by 5.8m] overall' within the interior. Apart from traces of a raised platform, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-030001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-030001-. Within a field system (GA113-030002-), on a gentle W-facing slope in scrubland. Poorly preserved almost circular cashel (diam. 22.5m) defined by a drystone wall. A number of internal divisions are evident within the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 265, no. 13) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-030002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-030002-. Surrounding a cashel (GA113-030001-) and enclosure (GA113-030003-) from S through W to NE, this field system consists of a series of drystone walls, much obscured by overgrowth; it covers an area of c. 100m by c. 100m. A roughly circular enclosure (18m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a single line of drystone walling is evident at W. A double-faced drystone wall extends from it at SW and runs SW from c. 18m before turning SE for c. 60m. Elsewhere only intermittent traces of walls are visible. (McCaffrey 1952, 265, no. 13) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-030003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-030003-. Abutting a cashel (GA113-030001-) at N. This small circular enclosure (diam. 12m) is defined by a double-faced drystone wall. Within the interior at NW is a small oval enclosure (4m N-S; 3m E-W) also defined by a drystone wall; it may be the remains of a house site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-031: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-031----. In rock outcrop and grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 52m) defined by a drystone wall. Field walls cut across the monument from ENE to W and from SE to SW, and another overlies the enclosing element from NW through E to SE. (McCaffrey 1952, 265, no. 13a) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-032001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-032001-. On a gentle W-facing slope in scrub and rock outcrop. Very poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 35m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall, now reduced to a rubble spread. McCaffrey (1952, 264, no. 12) noted an entrance (Wth c. 2.1m) facing E ‘flanked by two large uprights’ and also a ‘souterrain’ (GA113-032002-) in the interior. No visible surface trace of these features survives; the interior is heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-032002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-032002-. Within the interior of a cashel (GA113-032001-). McCaffrey (1952 264, no. 12) noted the presence of a souterrain. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-033: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-033----. In rock outcrop. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 265, no. 12b) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 23.4m) defined by a drystone wall. There was a ‘a modern structure 21'x 18' [c. 9.7m by c. 5.5m] overall’ outside the monument at SW. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-034: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-034----. In rock outcrop. Circular cashel (diam. 28.3m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall. A possible entrance gap at E is now obscured by rubble. McCaffrey (1952, 266, no. 13c) noted three rectangular structures, defined by drystone walls, and a ‘paving of boulders’ within the interior. Only faint traces of internal structures survive at SE and SW. There is a souterrain (GA113-034001-) in the NW quadrant. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017
- GA113-034001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA113-034001-. In the NW quadrant of a cashel (GA113-034----). This drystone-built passage (L 8.4m), running E-W, is unroofed and partially filled with rubble for most of its length (6m). From the present access point, near the W end, a roofed section extends c. 2m to the W and runs under the cashel wall. At the E end a short section of drystone revetment extending off to the S suggests there may have been a second passage. (McCaffrey 1952, 266, no. 13c) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017

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)

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

## 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 Caherateige, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_762, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_762.zip (ZIP).
- 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/caherateige.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherateige.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherateige.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Caherateige 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)

- Barratreana: https://everytownland.com/galway/barratreana.md
- Brackloon: https://everytownland.com/galway/brackloon-60645.md
- Caherdaly: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherdaly.md
- Kiltiernan East: https://everytownland.com/galway/kiltiernan-east.md
- Kiltiernan West: https://everytownland.com/galway/kiltiernan-west.md
- Parkatleva: https://everytownland.com/galway/parkatleva.md
- Rooaunmore: https://everytownland.com/galway/rooaunmore-63728.md
- Rooghaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/rooghaun.md
- Tonroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/tonroe-64060.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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