Cappaghnanool

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappaghnanool, from 145 m² to 221,826 m² (22.18 ha, 54.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Cappaghnanool 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.

• 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

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  for change of design of extension as previously approved PL Ref: 2560238 and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 71.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560889

• 7 Mar 2025Conditional

  for a temporary mobile home with connection to the existing septic tank & full planning permission for renovation and extension of existing dwelling, removal of chimneys, new sewage treatment system, percolation area, domestic garage and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40.00 sqm(extension), 96.00 sqm(house). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 35.00 sqm(mobile home)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560238

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 Cappaghnanool.

Recorded monuments

• GA085-014001 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  On an E-W running ridge in undulating pastureland. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 467) record that 'Ardnabarra (Ard na barra) Abbey, the site of which is still visible, stood south of the road'. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a rectangular roofed building, aligned NW-SE. By the time of 3rd ed. (1933), it is marked as 'Site of' and a CBG (GA085-014002-) appears to occupy its site. All that survives is a roughly subrectangular area (E-W 45m, N-S 30m) defined by a degraded scarp (H 1m) best defined at SSW, and disturbed at E and SW by quarrying and field clearance respectively. Within the interior are two possible subdivisions. At E end is a roughly square area (N-S 16m, E-W 15m) defined on W and N sides by a slight scarp; while at SW, another subrectangular area (N-S 8.5m, E-W 8m) is defined along N and E sides by a poorly preserved scarp/bank: possibly the site of the CBG. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 366) 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

• GA085-014002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with 'Ardnabara Abbey' (see GA085-014001-). Named but not clearly marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933). No definite surface trace survives but it may have been located within one of the two subdivisions still discernible amongst the faint earthworks which mark the 'abbey' site. 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

• GA085-015 Quarry
  Description

  No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map on inspection in 1983. A house occupied the site. Cartographic evidence suggested it was pit or hollow. As it was of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014

• GA085-016 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1982 (OPW Field Notes) to be a hollow that was either natural or the result of quarrying. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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 Cappaghnanool.

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

Name

Cappaghnanool · Ceapach na nUll

Area

1,698,524 m² (169.85 ha, 419.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killimordaly, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killimor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killimor electoral division: 373 people in 141 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beech Hill, Cappanasruhaun, Clooncah, Derrynamanagh, Gannow, Killimor

Placenames

Cappaghnanool 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.