Callancruck
Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Caladh an Chnoic
- Area
- 421.8 ha
- 1,042 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 3,970 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callancruck, from 112 m² to 3,445,941 m² (344.59 ha, 851.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Callancruck 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Oct 2025Conditional
chun síneadh agus athruithe a dhéanamh ar an teach cónaithe atá ann cheana, chomh maith le hathruithe agus síneadh ar an scioból atá ann cheana fhéin, maraon le gach obair thánaisteach. Tá Natura Impact Statement (NIS) bainteach leis an iarratas seo
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561532
18 Jun 2025Refused
to demolish existing Dwelling House & construct a new dwelling house in the same location with new front porch, side extension and decrease in footprint of original dwelling to the rear along with fenestration changes, increase in ridge height by 850mm and proposed new roof windows to the front and rear. Proposal includes extension to existing shed along with all ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 131.00 sqm(H), 15.30 sqm(G). Gross floor space of demolition: 82.80 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560787
7 Mar 2025Conditional
for the change of house plan, site layout plan and all associated services, all previously approved under Planning Ref No. 24/153. Gross floor space of proposed works: 213.00 sqm(house)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560239
6 Jun 2024Conditional
chun teach cónaithe, córas séarachais agus garáiste, chomh maith le gach obair eile a bhaineann leis an fhorbairt a thógáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 267 sqm (H), 60 (G). Tá me ag cuir Ráiteas Tionchair Nádurtha, maidir leis an tIarratas pleanála seo
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24153
13 Mar 2023Refused
to construct new side & rear extension & boiler house, partial demolition of existing internal walls of cottage, remove existing roof and rise ridge level by 1000mm, alterations & upgrade works to existing cottage including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 92.3 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 37.3 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2389
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
- Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Callancruck.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Callancruck.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Callancruck.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Callancruck with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Callancruck · Caladh an Chnoic
- Area
- 4,217,505 m² (421.75 ha, 1,042.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moyrus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballynahinch
- Electoral division
- Skannive, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Skannive electoral division: 606 people in 239 households; 73% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beagha, Dooletter West, Glinsk, Gowla, Knockboy
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Callancruck 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.