Cahermorris

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermorris, from 61 m² to 237,570 m² (23.76 ha, 58.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cahermorris 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.

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 3 Mar 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a new extension to existing dwelling along with demolition of existing sunroom and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 38.2sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22285

• 17 Feb 2021Conditional

  for development consisting of (1) to construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage/garden store. (2) New sewage treatment system and (3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 262 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21189

• 24 Sept 2020Conditional

  to replace existing conservatory with a new sun room and to create a en-suite overhead at the first floor level. Gross floor space of proposed works: 26 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 12.96 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201385

• 21 Jun 2019N/a

  for (a) the existing workshop for the purpose of dismantling End of Life Vehicles (ELV), (b) dry parts storage shed, (c) car storage area, (d) all associated works and services including alterations made to site access junction/entrance. Planning Permission is being sought for upgrades to the drainage system on site, construction of an additional shed on site, and all associated site services and ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 175 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 553 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19944

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 Cahermorris.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-041 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating grassland. This poorly preserved subcircular cashel (N-S 30m) is defined by a drystone wall that is reduced to a rubble spread (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.2-0.3m). The interior is overgrown with trees. In the NW quadrant there is a subrectangular depression (L 6.5m, Wth 3.8m) running NW-SE. On its E side, definite traces of stone-facing are visible. These remains may represent a possible souterrain (GA056-041001-). (Westropp 1919, 183; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304) 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). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1991).

• GA056-041001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of the cashel (GA056-041---) there is a subrectangular depression (L 6.5m, Wth 3.8m) running NW-SE. On its E side, definite traces of stone-facing are visible. These remains may mark the site of a souterrain (GA056-041001-). This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1991). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 November 2018

• GA056-042 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Some 25m NW of a large enclosure (GA056-043001-). When inspected in September 1983 this poorly preserved circular cashel (D 35m) was defined by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3-0.4m) which was obscured by overgrowth. A field wall cut through the monument at NW and SE. On re-inspection in May 1991 it was noted that as a result of land clearance in the area field-clearance rubble was dumped against the external face of the E half of the cashel 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 14 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1991).

• GA056-043001 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  In rough scrub and grassland. When visited in September 1983, this monument consisted of a large roughly D-shaped enclosure (N-S 85m, E-W 80m) defined by a well-preserved drystone wall (Wth 2.9m, H 1.7m max.). A sketch plan by Westropp (1919, 168) shows a gap at NNE, probably the same point at which he noted 'a slight trace of a mortar-built gateway' (ibid., 182-3): no definite surface traces of either were found. The monument was almost completely levelled in April/May 1991 as a result of land clearance. A castle (GA056-042----) stood in the interior and a ringfort (GA056-043002-) lies 25m to NW. (Anon. 1919, 165) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1991).

• GA056-043002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Within a large enclosure (GA056-043001-). According to Nolan (1901a, 46), it was in existence in 1570 when it 'belonged to Burke of Castle Hackett': in 1574 it is listed as being in the possession of 'Mc Walters sept' (ibid. 1901b, 118). Named but not indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map: on 3rd ed. (1920), its site is marked in E sector of the enclosure. No visible surface trace survives in this area but there is a low circular stony mound (D 8m) in N sector in which large chunks of masonry are visible. Within it is a roughly rectangular hollow (N-S 3.5m, E-W 1.5m) in which faint traces of wall-faces are visible. Though it lies inside the line of the enclosure wall, this may be synonymous with the 'slight trace of a mortar-built gateway' mentioned by Westropp (1919, 182-3, 168). 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1991).

• GA056-045 Country house
  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

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having windbreak to entrance, and single-storey late twentieth-century extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with decorative knotting to raised ridge, low rendered chimneystack, and cement copings to gables, and flat roof with parapet to windbreak. Rendered walls with rendered plinth, bevelled quoins to front corners of building and of windbreak, and render eaves course. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casements, painted stone sills and raised render reveals. Square-headed glazed timber door. Set parallel to road with garden to front with rendered boundary wall and piers with metal gate. Two outbuildings to north with pitched corrugated-iron roofs and random rubble walls.

• Cahermorris House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway, erected c.1880, to Cahermorris House. Round-plan piers of hammer-finished ashlar limestone, with tooled square-edged string course and tooled conical caps, with recent decorative metal gates, flanked by coursed random rubble stone walls with 'Buck and Doe' rubble coping.

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 Cahermorris, about 1 in 5 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

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

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

Name

Cahermorris · Cathair Mhuiris

Area

2,025,594 m² (202.56 ha, 500.54 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

925 people lived in 302 households in the Killower electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bredagh, Bunatober, Bunnahevelly Beg, Bunnahevelly More, Cluidrevagh, Glenrevagh

Placenames

Cahermorris 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.