Caherroyn

796 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherroyn, from 2 m² to 184,522 m² (18.45 ha, 45.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 694 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.6Disused Railway (Other transport/general uses)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  for the construction of 12 no. residential units. The development will consist of the construction of: • A three storey apartment block, comprising of 6 no. 1 bed ground floor simplex units, 5 no. 2 bed upper floor duplex units and 1 no. 3 bed upper floor duplex unit, together with an integrated ground floor bin store/bike store. The proposed development will also include for; • Provision of a public open space area, private open space areas, visitor bicycle parking, footpath connections, public lighting, landscaping and revised boundary treatments. • Provision of carparking including EV parking and ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points, and accessible parking. • Provision of a raised ramp crossing to traverse the Slí An Chlairín estate road located to the west of the site. • Connection to existing mains water infrastructure, connection to foul sewer network and provision of surface water drainage works to serve the development, together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661493

• 24 Jul 2026Conditional

  to build a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661268

• 21 May 2026Refused

  of one bed apartment, garden shed and raised rear boundary wall

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660802

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  for amendments to finished floor level of Block 3 granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23 and associated site and development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660782

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage & connection to associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2689

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  of •existing dwellings (eircodes H65TH24 and H65HR92) on revised boundaries, •partial demolition of existing single storey shed,•construction of 2no. semi-detached single storey dwellings,•provision of car parking, accessed from internal access road granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23,• service connections and all other ancillary site and development works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2660523

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  for provision of an extension to the existing warehouse building (Permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047 and extended under Pl. Ref. 10/841) comprising a total extension area of 3,395 sq. m; Construction of 1 no. new warehouse building for storage, logistics and manufacturing associated with the existing land use, including 5 no. staff toilets and 11 no. loading bays (gross floor area 2,118 sq. m); Continued use of the existing site access junction via L3107 permitted under Pl. Ref. 02/1375; Provision of 1 no. new site access junction via L3107; Alterations to car parking layout providing 56 no. additional car parking spaces for staff and visitors, including 5 no. universal access spaces (103 no. total car parking spaces provided); Provision of 20 no. bicycle parking spaces located within a secure, stacked bicycle shelter; Provision of designated onsite flood attenuation measures including an attenuation pond, stoned attenuation areas, permeable hard surface areas and additional drainage infrastructure; Provision of a concrete circulation yard to facilitate HGV movements within the site; All ancillary works required, including site lighting layout, landscaping, pedestrian infrastructure, boundary treatments and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes a revision of the site boundary from 1.296 hectares (permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047) to 3.31 hectares (site area increase of 2.014 hectares). The Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660229

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  for amendments to the development permitted under ABP Ref. 316109-23 / Pl. Reg Ref 2261303. The proposed amendments consist of; retention and extension of single storey dwelling designated for demolition under ABP Ref. 316109-23 / Pl. Reg Ref 2261303, alterations to access road, parking and communal open space and all associated development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561280

• 28 Aug 2025Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage and connection to asscoiated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25223

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 154.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560899

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a 2 bedroom detached dwelling house on a vacant site including all associated works and services, The proposed works includes the re-configuration of the private open space of an apartment which was approved under pl ref. no 03/4232. Gross floor space of proposed works: 75 sqm(H)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2577

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with connection to associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2563

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  for a detached single storey house, two bedroom dwelling house, with connection to existing water supply and drainage services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 74.6 sqm(house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2545

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  to increase the occupancy of existing pre-school facility from the permitted occupancy of 28 children to 44 children in accordance with Tusla Guidelines, permission to increase floor area, permission for installing 3 additional toilets and a kitchen, and permission to retain existing additional floor space. Gross floor area of proposed works: 33.10 sqm. Gross floor area to be retained: 44.90 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461132

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  of: (1) rear extension, (2) minor alterations to existing house, (3) all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38.85 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460502

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  to construct two detached dwelling houses, and to connect to the existing utility services on a corner site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 324.80 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2460486

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  of the demolition of existing 99sq.m. single storey 1960's habitable dwelling and construction of new 227sq.m. two storey, three bedroom, dwelling, including relocated site entrance, new boundary wall, external store and carport and associated landscape works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 227 sqm & (Carport) 23.4 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 99 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460434

• 29 Nov 2023Conditional

  for an infill residential development to the existing estate. The development will consist of the following: 1. decommissioning and removal of existing temporary on-site treatment plant and new connections to be made to existing public services; 2. construction of 38 no. residential dwellings consisting of: a. 8 no. 4 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; b. 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; c. 4 no. 2 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; 3. repositioning of existing substation; 4. revised road alignment to existing estate entrance; 5. new vehicular and pedestrian accesses onto the existing internal estate road; 6. provision of public and private open spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, play spaces and public lighting; 7. provision of residential carparking including ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 8. footpath connections, signage locations and all associated development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4290 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361431

• 31 Aug 2023Refused

  to construct five terraced dwellinghouses & to connect to the existing utility services on a corner site

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361034

• 21 Jul 2023Refused

  for 1) the construction of a 91 unit residential development (10no. 1 bed, 24no. 2 bed, 45no. 3 bed & 12no. 4 bed) & 2no. commercial units (café/work hub (73 m2) & crèche (172 m2)) accessed via the existing Parklands estate, 2) a redesigned amenity area & new homezone in the existing Parklands estate as part of the new road access works, 3) temporary construction traffic access via the existing laneway to New Line between the Caislean Oir & Bridge Court estates & 4) all associated site & external works including infrastructural connections via the Caislean Oir estate & the existing on site mains

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360822

• 16 May 2023Conditional

  of the construction of a new educational campus that will comprise of two school buildings. Gaelscoil Riada a part one & two-storey, 16 classroom primary school with single class base SEN & ancillary spaces with total floor area of circa 2890sqm. Colaiste an Eachraidh a part one, two & three-storey post primary school with 17 general classrooms, 12 specialist classrooms, sports hall, single class base SEN & ancillary spaces with a total floor area of circa 6985sqm. Proposed site works to include the construction of standalone ESB substation & bin store, 2no. plant enclosures, all new hard play areas, shared central grass play area, general purpose external amenity spaces, access road with lay-by set down, 84no. carparking spaces, 48no. covered bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, including new vehicular access points & new pedestrian access, together with new boundary treatments & landscaping works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23196

• 22 Dec 2022Refused

  for the development which will consist of: • The demolition of 2 no. single storey dwellings and associated structures along with removal of existing partly demolished house and rubble, • The construction of a mixed use office, enterprise and residential development within 4 no. building blocks, • Building No. 1 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 4 no. 1 bed apartments on the ground floor, and 6 no. 2 bedroom apartments on the first and second floor, • Building No. 2 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 6 no. 1 bedroomed apartments on the ground floor, and 8 no. 2 bedroom apartment units on the first and second floor, • Building No. 3 will consist of a single storey building to accommodate incubator/start up offices. • Building No. 4 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate a ground floor Enterprise Centre and 8 no. 2 bed apartments on the first and second floor, • Provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from the Caheroyan Road, • Provision of an ESB Sub Station, • Provision of carparking including a number of dedicated electrical charge spaces and ducting to all spaces for future charging points; • Provision of public & private open spaces, bicycle parking, bin storage, site landscaping, play spaces and public lighting; • Provision of landscaping and riverside amenity area and associated drainage swales, • Connection to existing services, revised boundary treatments, footpath connections, signage locations and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.Gross floor space of proposed works 3,857.13sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261303

• 6 Dec 2022Conditional

  for extension/renovations to existing dwelling house as constructed and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 24.00sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261206

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  for the development consisting of: the demolition of the existing, vacated, two storey, former Clarin College school buildings, including all permanent and ancillary structures, existing footings and hardstanding within the site; as well as the removal of all disused on site drainage system and utility services, including any existing underground attenuation tanks. Gross floor space of any demolition: 4,450 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221098

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with attached garage and treatment plant with percolation area. Gross floor area: 272.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260866

The 25 most recent of 57 applications.

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 Caherroyn.

Recorded monuments

• GA084-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives; probably levelled during the construction of the Galway-Dublin railway line which crosses it from roughly NE to SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 July 2019

• GA084-035 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

• Banba House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1880, having gable-fronted projecting bay to west end of front elevation with canted-bay windows, and gabled entrance porch. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and rendered crenellations to canted bay. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls having continuous sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor, square-headed openings to ground floor, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed timber panelled door. Wrought-iron gates and rendered piers to front boundary set into rubble limestone walls.

• Bridge, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch humpbacked railway bridge, built 1896, carrying road at skew over Athenry to Tuam railway line. Rusticated limestone parapet walls with tooled capstones, rusticated voussoirs to segmental arch and rusticated walling to elevations and abutments.

• Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Galway to Dublin railway line. Cut limestone abutments with rusticated quoins supporting metal superstructure having wrought-iron latticework parapets.

• Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Galway-Dublin railway line. Rock-faced rusticated walls and piers, voussoirs and string course, with buttresses flanking elliptical arch, latter having ashlar soffit. Cut-stone string courses and copings to parapet walls.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_867 (ZIP).

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

Name

Caherroyn · Cathair Ruaín

Area

1,086,619 m² (108.66 ha, 268.51 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Athenry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athenry electoral division: 5,765 people in 2,069 households; 67% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Athenry, Ballydavid South, Carrowntober West, Cullairbaun, Gorteenacra, Kilcornan, Kingsland North, Pollacappul

Placenames

Caherroyn 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.