Cartronroe
Townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An Cartún Rua
- Area
- 146.7 ha
- 362 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 7,106 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cartronroe, from 192 m² to 149,879 m² (14.99 ha, 37.04 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cartronroe 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
8 Oct 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new machinery/dry store storage shed adjoining an existing farm shed, and all associated site development work
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561464
29 Sept 2025Conditional
to construct a slatted cattle shed
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561413
4 Oct 2024Conditional
of (1) agricultural storage sheds, machinery shed, silage slab & slatted sheds with underground slurry storage tanks along with all associated site works. (2) Planning permission for demolition of an existing slatted shed & construction of a new slatted shed in situ with underground slurry storage tanks along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 437.76 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 792.76 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 394.76 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2461309
2 Sept 2024Conditional
of a single story flat roofed kitchen & living room extension to the rear of house, also retention of additional window (to bedroom) on side elevation, retention of corner window on the front and other side elevation, also retention of flat roofed shed/outbuilding to be used as plant room for the house, work equipment storage, private home office, private meditation/prayer room/play room, and WC facility. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 60.00 sqm (outbuilding) & 37.00 sqm (extension)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461153
14 Jun 2021Conditional
to retain the existing dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, percolation area all on revised site boundaries from previous planning 98/254. Full planning was also sought to install two dormer windows to the front of the dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 173m2.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211051
15 Mar 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 295 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21367
9 Dec 2019N/a
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 178 sqm (House), 43 sqm (Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191890
18 Apr 2019Conditional
for the renovations and extensions to existing dwelling. This to include additional first floor, with alterations to existing layout and elevations along with proposed garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 151.4 sqm, Garage - 39.9 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19579
13 Dec 2018Conditional
for an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling, a new effluent treatment system, construction of a garage/shed and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension - 24.5 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181790
11 Jul 2018Conditional
for extension and alterations to an existing dwelling, a new effluent treatment system, construction of a garage/shed and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 24.5 sqm. (garage) 60 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18973
28 Jun 2018Conditional
for the development of this site, the existing Cloon to Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which is approximately 65 Kilometres long. Approximately 37km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway county Council with approximately 27km located in County Roscommon and approximately 120 metres located in Co. Longford, The furbishment of the existing circuit within County Galway will be undertaken between structure EM1 at Cloon Substation, south of Tuam, and structure AM220, south-east of Creggs village near the administrative border between counties Galway and Roscommon. The development will consist of the refurbishment of the Cloon- Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which will primarily include: replacement of a large proportion of existing structures, the breaking out and reconstruction of the concrete foundation and shear blocks at the majority of end/angle mast structures, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures; and the fitting of bird flight diverters and stay guards. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, and will be replaced, and will be of a generally similar height and appearance. Associated site development works to gain access to the existing structures include clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of stone walls and gate posts and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing. The proposed development includes all other associated and ancillary site development works required for the refurbishment of the existing circuit, including the installation of temporary silt traps, silt fences, bog mats and clear span bridges. No additional structures and no alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of the existing structure. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) forms part of this application.
Permission · Galway County Council, 18896
30 Jan 2018Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 275 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1876
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA030-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in undulating grassland overlooking marshy terrain to W and N. Well- preserved subcircular rath (E-W 52m, N-S 49m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The monument has been quarried out at E. Well-defined entrance gap and causeway at SE. A possible lake dwelling (GA030-037----) lies c. 300m to NW. 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
- GA030-037 Crannog
Description
In a very marshy area with a shallow lake to N and a fast-flowing stream to S. It consists of a poorly preserved pear-shaped mound of earth and stone (L 40m, Wth 25m, H 1.5m). 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 Cartronroe.
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 moderately low, 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 Cartronroe.
- 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 Cartronroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Cartronroe · An Cartún Rua
- Area
- 1,466,931 m² (146.69 ha, 362.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Levally, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Levally electoral division: 437 people in 148 households; 96% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahgloragh, Birmingham Demesne, Castlemoyle, Coolpark, Hillswood East, Hillswood West, Monacow, Monumentpark, Stripe
- Placenames
- Cartronroe 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.