Cappanraheen
Townland in the civil parish of Killora, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish Ceapaigh an Ráithín
- Area
- 28.4 ha
- 70 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 2,528 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappanraheen, from 13 m² to 58,626 m² (5.86 ha, 14.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Cappanraheen 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
22 Dec 2022Conditional
for development consisting of: (1) to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, (2) retention of domestic/garden store sheds and (3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 95 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained : shed 1 = 52.2 sqm, shed 2 = 20 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221257
4 Nov 2021Refused
of a new dwelling house and shed and on site sewage treatment system along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 200 sqm, Garage/fuel shed: 53.94 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212048
24 Jun 2021Refused
of a new dwelling house and shed and on site sewage treatment system along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200sqm (House) & 53.94sqm (Garage/fuel shed)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211129
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cappanraheen.
Recorded monuments
- GA104-276 House - 18th/19th century
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cappanraheen.
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 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 Cappanraheen.
- 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 Cappanraheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Cappanraheen · Ceapaigh an Ráithín
- Area
- 283,825 m² (28.38 ha, 70.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killora, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Craughwell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Craughwell electoral division: 2,092 people in 690 households; 84% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Creggaun, Crossderry, Laughil, Reaskmore, Roo
- Placenames
- Cappanraheen 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.