Carraghy
Townland in the civil parish of Annaghdown, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Na Cathracha
- Area
- 109.5 ha
- 271 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 2,829 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carraghy, from 15 m² to 123,888 m² (12.39 ha, 30.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Carraghy 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
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
15 Sept 2025Refused
for construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system & associated site works; permission is also sought for a shared vehicle access off the N83 and all associated site works and boundary works to form part of shared entrance
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561326
23 Jul 2025Refused
to construct a new service station and associated site development works. The development will consist of; 1. The provision of a vehicular entrance from the N83; part of a proposed footpath cycleway to the north-east to tie into the existing footpath network, associated works to carriageway including modification of existing footpaths, removal of central median and creation of right turn lane with a new ghost island junction, proposed footpath at the front of the site to the east to tie in with existing footpath network, existing lamp post-ESB pole relocation and associated ancillary works; 2. Provision of 6 no. fuel pump island car/van forecourt with canopy over (maximum height of c. 4.50m), 2 no. diesel fuel pump HGV forecourt with canopy over (maximum height of c. 6.50m), Air pumps and LPG stations together with underground fuel storage tanks and ancillary pipe works; 3. A two-storey service station building (1,170sqm total gross floor area) with a maximum height of c. 7.950m. The ground floor will comprise of a convenience retail store (net retail floorspace 100sqm), a food court with 3 no. food providers (including a drive-thru facility), with communal seating area including external terrace seating, W. C. facilities; ancillary food preparation, storage, servicing areas, and office space. The first floor will comprise of additional food court seating area, W.C. facilities, and ancillary office, storage, and servicing areas; 4. Parking for 80 no. cars including provision for 18 no. EV spaces, disabled parking, 13 no. HGV, 4 no. coach parking, and 36 no. covered bicycle parking spaces; 5. 1 no. illuminated totem commercial sign (measuring c.6.5m in height) at the vehicle site entrance; 1 no totem commercial sign on the north side of the site, signage on the services building and canopy (illuminated and non-illuminated); 6. New pedestrian and cycle route through the site to connect to the bus stop at the northeast of the site; 7. Revised boundary treatments, public lighting, and ESB substation; 8. Hard & Soft Landscaping throughout the site, including external seating areas; 9. On-site wastewater treatment plant, surface water drainage proposals, and connection to public water supply to serve the development; together with all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,170.00 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2560997
14 Dec 2020Conditional
for development consisting of the change of use of existing convenience shop to include part off-licence use (gross floor area for off-licence use 20 sqm), and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 20 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 201921
4 Feb 2020N/a
for construction of new dwelling along with domestic garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 224 sqm, Garage - 40.5 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20118
30 Sept 2019Refused
for the construction of new dwelling along with domestic garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191511
24 Sept 2019Refused
for the construction of new dwelling along with domestic garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 244 sqm, Garage - 40.5 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191476
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 Carraghy.
Recorded monuments
- GA070-032 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In rocky grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). When visited in 1983, the arc of a bank was extant from N to E. The area has since been cleared and no visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA070-033----) lay c. 40m to N. 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
- GA070-033 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Some 40m N of an enclosure (GA070-032----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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
- GA070-108 Souterrain
Description
On a S-facing slope in rocky grassland. All that is visible is a small depression (L/Wth 1m) which is filled with square blocks of limestone. A broken roof lintel is evident on NNW side and part of a drystone-built wall on SSE side. From this point, the souterrain appears to curve off to SW. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carraghy.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_618 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carraghy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Carraghy · Na Cathracha
- Area
- 1,095,486 m² (109.55 ha, 270.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annaghdown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Liscananaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Liscananaun electoral division: 1,601 people in 521 households; 83% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Carraghy 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.