Carrownagower

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownagower, from 58 m² to 95,826 m² (9.58 ha, 23.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Carrownagower 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area as well as all associated site works and ancillary services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661423

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  for (a) new 2-storey ten classroom school; (b) new entrance form L-3114 road; (c) 27 no. car parking spaces, including electric vehicle charging spaces, and set down facilities; (d) new wastewater treatment plant; (e) a heat pump compound (f) outdoor plan/sports areas; (g) new footpath connection to village. Including set-back of wall and the lowering of a section and the removal of a section of the wall along the R349 and provision of a pedestrian crossing; and (h) all associated works. There are a number of Recorded Monuments in the townland of Carrowbaun and a large ringfort (GA097:063) is located immediately west of the site and is partially within the land-take for the proposed school development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2,040.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560635

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  for amendments to a permitted development for a new primary school (Pl.ref.no. 19/60). The proposed development comprises: amendments to the permitted school and associated site layout comprising the following: -Replacement of east facing inclined roof with flat roof area with low parapet wall and collapsible safety rails behind.- Lowering of west facing inclined roof over school hall and associated areas. - Incorporation of clerestory glazing in new 'step' in roof planes. -Reduction in size external roof canopy over main entrance. - Inclusion of new heat pump compound to south, to service school only. -General modification to the extend of glazing to the classrooms and other internal areas, with corresponding impact on elevations. Inclusion of coloured elements to the east classroom façade facing the carpark area. -Relocation of 4 no. accessible carparking spaces to suit new installation of EV car charging point in the car park. -Expansion of gas tank compound to take in reformatted firefighting water tank. -Alterations to the existing stone wall adjoining the R349 providing for the lowering of a section and the removal of a section .-Amendments to the permitted vehicular and pedestrian access arrangement at the Kilconieron GAA Club vehicular access, including the provision of an unsignalled pedestrian crossing in front of existing entrance gates. - Amendments to the permitted pedestrian access route between St. Josephs NS site and the proposed new school. -Amendments to the permitted landscaping, public lighting and boundary treatments as well as all other site development works and services ancillary to the proposed development. Gross floor space of proposed works 2040sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221097

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  to retain dwelling house as constructed. Gross floor space of work to be retained in 573.70sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260575

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct 3 dwelling house's and septic tanks with percolation area's including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 572 sqm

  Permission consequent, 3 homes · Galway County Council, 21577

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage / fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 32.48 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201904

• 20 Feb 2020Conditional

  to construct 3 dwelling houses and septic tanks with percolation areas including all associated works and services;

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20214

• 14 Feb 2019Conditional

  to erect a temporary prefabricated classroom and staff room and to relocate existing office and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 115 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19199

• 18 Jan 2019Conditional

  for a new primary school on lands adjacent to Kilconieron GAA Club. The proposed development includes: (a) new 2-storey ten classroom school; (b) new entrance from L-3114 road; (c) 27 no. car parking spaces and set down facilities; (d) new waste water treatment plant; (e) outdoor play/sports areas; (f) new footpath connection to village, including set-back of wall and lowering of sections of wall along the R349 and provision of pedestrian crossing; and (g) all associated works. There are a number of recorded monuments in the townland of Carrowbaun and a large ringfort (GA097:063) is located immediately west of the site and is partially within the land-take for the proposed school development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2065.5 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1960

• 17 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct one 80m2 ASD ensuite classroom with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 80sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171052

• 23 May 2017N/a

  to construct one 80m2 ASD Ensuite classroom with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 80sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17722

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  to convert existing attic from storage use to habitable use together with alterations to existing house. (Gross floor space 62.8sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1775

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 Carrownagower.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-070 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a hill in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (39m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. Within the centre of the interior is a wide grassed-over stone wall (L 2m) aligned NE-SW; it may be an associated internal division. (McCaffrey 1952, 166, no. 34) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 January 2017

• GA097-162 Souterrain
  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 Carrownagower.

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 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 Carrownagower.

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

Name

Carrownagower · Ceathrú na gCorr

Area

820,305 m² (82.03 ha, 202.7 acres)

Civil parish

Lickerrig, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Kilconierin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilconierin electoral division: 741 people in 238 households; 89% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahivnia, Carrowbaun, Dunsandle, Lickerrig, Saintclerans

Placenames

Carrownagower 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.