Carrowmoreknock

217 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmoreknock, from 12 m² to 90,309 m² (9.03 ha, 22.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrowmoreknock 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.

• 5 Feb 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2625

• 15 Nov 2023Conditional

  for extension and alterations to existing dwelling house with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 53.60 sqm (extension)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361363

• 8 Apr 2023Refused

  to construct a dwelling house (317 sqm), domestic garage (84 sqm), effluent treatment system, polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360363

• 29 Apr 2022Refused

  for construction of a dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 255.00 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260421

• 9 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new garage/shed, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Gross floor space of work to be retained: 53.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212322

• 15 May 2020N/a

  to construct a new dwelling, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area, upgrade of existing access road, and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 258 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20600

• 23 Jan 2020Refused

  to construct a new dwelling, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 258 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2074

• 13 Jan 2020N/a

  of existing conservatory and attic conversion, 14 photovoltaic panels on the roof of the house, gate, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91.9 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2024

• 9 Apr 2019N/a

  for a) construction of a new garage / shed, for the erection of 14 photovoltaic panels on the roof of the house and new entrance gates; b) retention of conservatory and attic conversion and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 136 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91.9 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19525

• 12 Sept 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a crèche/playschool with proprietary treatment plant and polishing filter. Gross floor space of proposed works - 212 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181288

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  of first floor accommodation and permission to construct a first floor window in each gable and retention of a shed at the rear of the site. Gross floor space of work to be retained 67.4 sqm. (shed) 75.1 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18721

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  (1) Cead chun teach dhá stór atá ann cheana a scartáil, (2) Cead chun teach nua dha stór a thógáil, (3) Garáiste baile nua a thógáil, (4) an córas cóireála séarachais atá ar an suíomh cheana a uasghrádú (5) Chun foirgneamh feirme a léagann agus gach oibreacha eile a bhaineann leis an láithreán. Spás urláir comhlán na-oibreacha beartaithe teach 236.0sqm, Gáraiste 69.7sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171481

• 10 Mar 2017Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage / shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. (Gross floor space of proposed works: House 243.2 sqm., Garage 57 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17327

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Area of Conservation: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement SAC 001271
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement 001271

Recorded monuments

• GA055-029 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. Well-preserved subcircular cashel (E-W 41.8m; N-S 37m) defined by a drystone wall best preserved at E. A modern house stands just outside it at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA055-030 Enclosure
  Description

  On the summit of a low hillock. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 55m). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA055-032 House - vernacular 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

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Carrowmoreknock, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrowmoreknock.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carrowmoreknock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carrowmoreknock · Ceathrú Mhór an Chnoic

Area

2,352,276 m² (235.23 ha, 581.26 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,602 people lived in 844 households in the Wormhole electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Callownamuck, Corranellistrum, Kylemore, Pollagh

Placenames

Carrowmoreknock 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.