Castle

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle, from 107 m² to 171,434 m² (17.14 ha, 42.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Castle 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.

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  for a development consisting of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under Pl. Ref. 091833 together with antennas, dishes, equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works. The development will continue to provide high speed wireless broadband and data services.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221105

• 25 Jul 2022N/a

  for development consisting of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under pl. ref. 091833 together with antennas, dishes, equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works. The development will continue to provide highspeed wireless broadband and data services

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22909

• 17 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works at the above location. Gross floor space of proposed works: 233sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211070

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural entrance/exit gateway and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181844

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

Recorded monuments

• GA006-035001 Earthwork
  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.

• GA006-035002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On a low spur in undulating grassland overlooking a stream to S. Known locally as 'Caislean Beg or Little Castle' (Neary 1914, 124, no. 1) and described as a 'small square castle … long a quarry, and only the foundation remains, 24 ft. [7.3m] square in plan, walls 4 ft. [1.2m] thick'. What survives is an indeterminate grassed-over mound of earth and stone in which fragmentary sections of three walls are visible. These comprise an E wall (L 5m, Wth >0.3m, H 2m max.) along with short sections of the adjoining N wall (L 1.3m, Wth 0.7m). At S end of the former is a blocked ope (Wth 1.6m), possibly a door or gateway. The S side of the ope is formed by a short separate wall fragment (S wall), running E-W (L 1.2m, Wth 0.7m, H 2.2m). Neary (ibid.) also mentions the 'openings of two souterrains … in the centre of the castle ruin', no trace of which is now visible: possibly cellars but unlikely to be souterrains. 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

• GA006-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland overlooking bogland to SW. On inspection in June 1984, this subcircular rath (N-S 35.5m, E-W 33m) , known locally as 'Lisduff' (Neary 1914, 117, no. 3), was defined by an overgrown bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) with traces of an external fosse surviving only at SW. A gap (Wth 2m) at NE may have been original. On re-inspection in January 2010, it was found that the rath had been completely levelled. 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). The following image has been uploaded: GA006-036----.jpg Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 22 June 2023

• GA006-038 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On top of a rise in undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roughly square area (L/Wth c. 10m); on inspection in June 1984 it was defined by a semicircular unenclosed area (N-S c. 14m) within which a number of small set stones marked graves. On re-inspection in September 2009, it was found that the burial ground had been cordoned off with a wooden post and wire fence and the area immediately outside the fence was heavily poached. 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). The following images have been uploaded: GA006-038----_02.jpg Overall view from N GA006-038----_04.jpg Interior from S Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 22 June 2023

• GA006-039 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured area marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a shallow disused and grassed-over gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 July 2014

• GA006-040 Quarry
  Description

  A roughly circular hachured feature marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit defined by a large roughly circular hollow. Probably of 19th/20th century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 29 August 2014

• GA006-041 Bridge
  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.

• GA006-066 Boundary mound
  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 Castle.

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 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 Castle.

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

Name

Castle · An Caisleán

Area

1,943,350 m² (194.34 ha, 480.21 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Toberadosh electoral division: 399 people in 141 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinphuill, Beagh, Cloonmaghaura, Curragh West, Gortaganny, Lisheennaheltia, Lissyconor, Woodfield

Placenames

Castle 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.