Caherbriskaun

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbriskaun, from 78 m² to 250,603 m² (25.06 ha, 61.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Caherbriskaun 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.

• 23 Dec 2025N/a

  to extend wind turbine testing & research site to rear of existing factory (previously granted under planning permission ref. number 13/1242) to include the following: 24 no. 20-30kw wind turbines (maximum height is 30.100 meters), includes 2 no. turbines in upper test site (previously granted under planning permission ref. no. 20/101), all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25365

• 29 Sept 2025Refused

  for a period of 10 years for a development consisting of the provision of the following: i. 8 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine total tip height range of 178m - 185m, a rotor diameter range of 149m - 163m, and turbine hub height range of 101m - 104m, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (including a control building (157.6 sqm) with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing, underground cabling, storage containers, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Cashla Substation in the townland of Barrettspark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route). This cabling route is primarily located within the public road corridor which includes protected structures (RPS No. 3747, RPS No. 146). iv. Underground electrical (20/33kV) and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed on-site substation; v. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities (with a combined floor area of 202.5 sqm); vi. A meteorological mast with a height of 30 meters, security fencing and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vii. Upgrade of existing site tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads, junctions and hardstand areas, including a new site entrance off the L3115; viii. Peat and Spoil Management Areas; ix. Tree felling and vegetation removal; x. Biodiversity enhancement measures (including peatland habitat enhancement, Marsh Fritillary habitat enhancement and management, establishment of hedgerows and native woodland planting); xi. Site drainage; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All ancillary works and apparatus. A thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines and subsequent decommissioning is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application. An Opinion on Unconfirmed Details issued by Galway County Council (Opinion Ref. No. 25/MP/2) on 29th May 2025 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine total tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters un

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561412

• 3 Apr 2025Refused

  to subdivide parents site and to construct a dwelling house and a garage with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 139.10 sqm(H), 40.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560358

• 14 Jun 2021Unconditional

  to construct the following: a 24,505sqm single storey data centre building, a 5232sqm single storey Logistics and Administration Building, a 289sqm single storey Maintenance Building, a 16sqm Security Hut and associated barriers, 2 number 48sqm Fibre Huts (max building eaves height = 10m), 18 external standby generators, all associated external plant, a 20kV Electricity Substation, contractor facilities, a main entrance including a new right turning lane, internal access roads and associated infrastructure, proprietary waste water treatment plants including percolation areas, mains water connection, fire water storage tanks; rainwater harvesting, provision of fibre optic data connections, car parking (207 spaces, including 7 visitor spaces, 50 internal staff mobility spaces and disabled parking spaces), bike parking, an amenity walkway and associated parking, site leveling for a laydown area and a 220kV substation, 2.4m high perimeter security fencing, landscaping including supplementary tree planting and all associated works. A report for screening for Appropriate Assessment and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted with the planning application (gross floor space 30,138sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 211047

• 30 Jan 2020Conditional

  for wind turbine test site comprising of the following.:- 1. No. 12m high turbine tower with adjacent 12m high wind measuring mast and 1. No. 20m high turbine tower with adjacent 20m high wind measurement mast and all associated services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20101

• 24 Oct 2017Refused

  for a 20 megawatt solar Photovoltaic farm comprising photovoltaic panels on ground Mounted frames, 4 no. single storey inverter/transformer substations, 1 no. Single storey substation and transformer, 40 no. single storey 1 megawatt battery storage containers (in battery storage area), Internal tracks, closure of existing and provision of new operational access on to R348, fencing, CCTV/lighting and all associated ancillary development and landscaping (including berms) works. Temporary construction access from the Existing farm access road on the R348. Gross floor space of proposed works 220sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171538

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 Caherbriskaun.

Recorded monuments

• GA083-002 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA083-003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on 2nd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1896) as an oblong enclosure (c. 65m by c. 20m), its long axis running NE-SW, the SE side of which was by then evidently already defaced. All that is now visible is a low oval hillock (E-W c. 45m, N-S c. 35m, H 0.6m), possibly largely natural. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Caherbriskaun · Cathair Bhrioscáin

Area

1,507,627 m² (150.76 ha, 372.54 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Aughrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Aughrim electoral division: 1,317 people in 436 households; 89% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barrettspark, Caraunduff, Knocknacreeva, Lisheenkyle East, Moor, Toberroe

Placenames

Caherbriskaun 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.