Cahergal

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahergal, from 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 169,877 m² (16.99 ha, 41.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Cahergal 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 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed and underground slurry storage tank along with all associated siteworks

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561537

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 Cahergal.

Recorded monuments

• GA055-022 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a low ridge in gently rolling grassland. Well-preserved subcircular cashel (N-S 42.3m, E-W 37.4m) defined by a massive drystone wall. There is an entrance at SE. A number of field walls radiate from the enclosing element and a trackway encircles it at E. Some grassed-over stone walls are visible within the interior. (Kelly 1897, 387; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 183-4) 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

• GA055-023 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in undulating grassland. Marked on OS Fair Plan as a circular area defined by a broken line, but on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map it appears as a roughly triangular area defined by a solid line. What survives is a very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (N-S 30m, E-W 27m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.5m max.). A CBG (GA055-023001-) is associated. 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

• GA055-023001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with an enclosure (GA055-023----). On 1st ed, of OS 6-inch map, the words 'Milla or Lisheen' appear alongside a circular enclosure suggesting the presence of a CBG. Only faint traces of the enclosure survive and no visible surface trace of the CBG. 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

• GA055-025001 Enclosure
  Description

  On S-facing hillslope. An oval area (NE-SW 58.1m, NW-SE 40m) defined by a grassed-over stony bank. Some stone-facing is visible at NE. A burial ground (GA055-025002-) lies in NW quadrant and an altar (GA055-025003-) in SW quadrant. 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

• GA055-025002 Burial ground
  Description

  In NW quadrant of an enclosure (GA055-025001-). Burials are indicated by small field stones embedded in the sod. The last internment took place in 1957. Both adults and children were buried here. 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

• GA055-025003 Altar
  Description

  Within SW quadrant of an enclosure (GA055-025001-). A rectangular drystone-built structure (NNW-SSE; L 1.7m, Wth 0.6m, H 1.05m) capped by two large flat slabs. According to local information, it was used to celebrate mass in penal times. To NE of the enclosure, there is a large natural boulder (GA055-025004-) which was used as a lookout post while mass was being celebrated. 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 Cahergal.

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 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 Cahergal.

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

Name

Cahergal · An Chathair Gheal

Area

881,463 m² (88.15 ha, 217.81 acres)

Civil parish

Cargin, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Headford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Headford electoral division: 1,864 people in 695 households; 75% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconlought, Cloghanower, Cuilleen, Farrangavnagh, Lisheennageeha

Placenames

Cahergal 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.