# Castlehacket, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killower, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Caisleán an Haicéadaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,644,222 m² (364.42 ha, 900.51 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,711 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killower, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/killower.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Killower, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 925 people lived in 302 households in the Killower electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21811
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61105
- Centre: latitude 53.493918, longitude -8.974531 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlehacket, from 27 m² to 388,950 m² (38.89 ha, 96.11 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5300340: 388,950 m² (38.89 ha, 96.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5300340.md
- Parcel 1945243: 291,499 m² (29.15 ha, 72.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945243.md
- Parcel 2006606: 223,347 m² (22.33 ha, 55.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006606.md
- Parcel 2006599: 138,501 m² (13.85 ha, 34.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006599.md
- Parcel 2006692: 114,391 m² (11.44 ha, 28.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006692.md
- Parcel 1945155: 112,669 m² (11.27 ha, 27.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945155.md
- Parcel 1945158: 109,914 m² (10.99 ha, 27.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945158.md
- Parcel 2006591: 96,621 m² (9.66 ha, 23.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006591.md
- Parcel 2006695: 96,051 m² (9.61 ha, 23.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006695.md
- Parcel 2006597: 88,664 m² (8.87 ha, 21.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006597.md
- Parcel 1945145: 81,191 m² (8.12 ha, 20.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945145.md
- Parcel 1945237: 68,835 m² (6.88 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945237.md
- Parcel 2425838: 62,488 m² (6.25 ha, 15.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425838.md
- Parcel 2425842: 61,516 m² (6.15 ha, 15.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425842.md
- Parcel 5196294: 55,914 m² (5.59 ha, 13.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5196294.md
- Parcel 1945242: 55,732 m² (5.57 ha, 13.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945242.md
- Parcel 2006694: 54,835 m² (5.48 ha, 13.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006694.md
- Parcel 2006593: 50,464 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006593.md
- Parcel 2425844: 48,535 m² (4.85 ha, 11.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425844.md
- Parcel 2006605: 47,828 m² (4.78 ha, 11.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006605.md
- Parcel 2006696: 47,675 m² (4.77 ha, 11.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006696.md
- Parcel 2425843: 47,279 m² (4.73 ha, 11.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425843.md
- Parcel 1945236: 43,526 m² (4.35 ha, 10.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945236.md
- Parcel 1945240: 43,275 m² (4.33 ha, 10.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945240.md
- Parcel 1945239: 42,202 m² (4.22 ha, 10.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945239.md
- Parcel 2006603: 42,122 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006603.md
- Parcel 1945149: 41,420 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945149.md
- Parcel 2006592: 40,569 m² (4.06 ha, 10.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006592.md
- Parcel 2425837: 38,692 m² (3.87 ha, 9.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425837.md
- Parcel 1945245: 38,463 m² (3.85 ha, 9.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945245.md
- Parcel 2425839: 38,210 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425839.md
- Parcel 2425836: 37,616 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425836.md
- Parcel 2006604: 37,204 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006604.md
- Parcel 1945247: 36,663 m² (3.67 ha, 9.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945247.md
- Parcel 1945150: 36,111 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945150.md
- Parcel 4460080: 34,726 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460080.md
- Parcel 2006607: 34,538 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006607.md
- Parcel 4932530: 33,330 m² (3.33 ha, 8.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932530.md
- Parcel 1945248: 32,876 m² (3.29 ha, 8.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945248.md
- Parcel 1945144: 31,801 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945144.md
- Parcel 1945152: 30,521 m² (3.05 ha, 7.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945152.md
- Parcel 2006596: 30,239 m² (3.02 ha, 7.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006596.md
- Parcel 1945143: 28,680 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945143.md
- Parcel 2425835: 27,856 m² (2.79 ha, 6.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425835.md
- Parcel 2006693: 27,850 m² (2.79 ha, 6.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006693.md
- Parcel 1945241: 26,998 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945241.md
- Parcel 2006608: 26,716 m² (2.67 ha, 6.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006608.md
- Parcel 1945142: 25,925 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945142.md
- Parcel 2006595: 23,158 m² (2.32 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006595.md
- Parcel 2006598: 22,637 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006598.md
- Parcel 5951291: 19,905 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5951291.md
- Parcel 1945156: 17,832 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945156.md
- Parcel 1945146: 17,508 m² (1.75 ha, 4.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945146.md
- Parcel 1945157: 17,339 m² (1.73 ha, 4.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945157.md
- Parcel 6196130: 16,439 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6196130.md
- Parcel 2425840: 15,290 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425840.md
- Parcel 2006594: 15,132 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006594.md
- Parcel 4686976: 14,047 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4686976.md
- Parcel 1945238: 13,375 m² (1.34 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945238.md
- Parcel 5327375: 10,640 m² (1.06 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5327375.md
- Parcel 2006697: 10,277 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006697.md
- Parcel 5014875: 9,066 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5014875.md
- Parcel 1945246: 8,806 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945246.md
- Parcel 2006600: 7,324 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006600.md
- Parcel 1945249: 6,969 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945249.md
- Parcel 2006589: 6,139 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006589.md
- Parcel 5255187: 5,837 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5255187.md
- Parcel 5059550: 5,296 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5059550.md
- Parcel 5014874: 4,547 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5014874.md
- Parcel 4960867: 4,059 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960867.md
- Parcel 4895792: 4,016 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895792.md
- Parcel 2022287: 3,921 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2022287.md
- Parcel 5722793: 3,687 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722793.md
- Parcel 5454699: 3,568 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5454699.md
- Parcel 5711606: 2,995 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5711606.md
- Parcel 6077053: 2,991 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6077053.md
- Parcel 6225817: 2,911 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6225817.md
- Parcel 3613340: 2,650 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3613340.md
- Parcel 4684123: 2,583 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684123.md
- Parcel 3006554: 2,514 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3006554.md
- Parcel 2429298: 2,413 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429298.md
- Parcel 4460081: 2,391 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460081.md
- Parcel 4654067: 2,310 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654067.md
- Parcel 4635073: 2,299 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635073.md
- Parcel 1945148: 2,209 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945148.md
- Parcel 2429293: 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429293.md
- Parcel 4644326: 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4644326.md
- Parcel 5237363: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5237363.md
- Parcel 1945154: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945154.md
- Parcel 2425846: 1,591 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425846.md
- Parcel 4932525: 1,489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932525.md
- Parcel 1945235: 1,404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945235.md
- Parcel 5287124: 1,191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5287124.md
- Parcel 1945147: 1,129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945147.md
- Parcel 1945244: 1,048 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945244.md
- Parcel 2006601: 938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006601.md
- Parcel 2006602: 822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006602.md
- Parcel 5391035: 814 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5391035.md
- Parcel 5021273: 739 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5021273.md
- Parcel 5722834: 707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722834.md
- Parcel 1945234: 630 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945234.md
- Parcel 1945151: 490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945151.md
- Parcel 2006590: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006590.md
- Parcel 2006609: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006609.md
- Parcel 4932527: 235 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932527.md
- Parcel 1945153: 189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945153.md
- Parcel 2425849: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425849.md
- Parcel 5722837: 166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5722837.md
- Parcel 2429242: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429242.md
- Parcel 2429235: 154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429235.md
- Parcel 4932524: 138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932524.md
- Parcel 1945159: 123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1945159.md
- Parcel 2006588: 94 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2006588.md
- Parcel 5021272: 80 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5021272.md
- Parcel 4635065: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635065.md
- Parcel 4635079: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635079.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Castlehacket in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

19 applications, newest first.

- 22 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 25358: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25358/0
- 16 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 25282: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/25282/0
- 14 Aug 2025, Galway County Council 2561116: Refused. Retention. for two existing buildings for agricultural use, along with a fuel shed. Permission is also sought for the vehicular entrance which provides access to the buildings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561116/0
- 5 Jun 2025, Galway County Council 2560708: N/a. Retention. of existing buildings for agricultural use, along with a fuel shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 275.90 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560708/0
- 16 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2560431: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. sought 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 : 230.00 sqm(H), 60 sqm(G). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560431/0
- 19 Nov 2024, Galway County Council 2461565: Refused. Retention. of various machinery and fuel sheds as constructed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 68.50 sqm(farm machinery shed), 155.30 sqm (machinery repair shed), 51.50 sqm (fuel shed). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461565/0
- 27 Aug 2024, Galway County Council 24250: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. iarratas a dhéanamh ar chead coinneála chun struchtúr sealadach a úsáid fad a bheidh oibreacha riachtanacha ar siúl. RPS 48. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 40 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/24250/0
- 13 Jun 2024, Galway County Council 24159: N/a. Retention. iarrata dhéanamh ar chead coinnela chun struchtúr sealadach a úsáid fad a bheidh oibreacha riachtanacha ar siúl. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 40 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/24159/0
- 17 Apr 2024, Galway County Council 24108: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 266 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/24108/0
- 22 Dec 2022, Galway County Council 221259: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and domestic garage, toghether with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 266 sqm (H) & 60 sqm (G). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/221259/0
- 24 Jun 2022, Galway County Council 2260649: Refused. Retention. to retain sheds as constructed. Part of these sheds are being used in conjunction with his tractor repair and servicing business.Gross floor space of work to be retained 377.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260649/0
- 3 Jun 2022, Galway County Council 2260581: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for serviced dwelling, effluent treatment system and garage shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 265 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260581/0
- 21 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 201991: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied with an Ecological Impact Assessment Report and a Flood risk Assessment Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 287 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201991/0
- 20 Nov 2020, Galway County Council 201759: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 268 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201759/0
- 10 Nov 2020, Galway County Council 201678: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to make; alterations and extend existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 78.3 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 75.5 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 6.5 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201678/0
- 29 Oct 2020, Galway County Council 201605: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/ shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 253 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201605/0
- 12 Mar 2020, Galway County Council 20317: Refused. Retention. of a shed as constructed, and to use same for the purposes of repairing tractors, and for selling same tractors on premises. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 155.9 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20317/0
- 16 Jun 2017, Galway County Council 17890: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of extension and alterations to elevations of existing dwelling house and retain domestic garage and fuel store (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 92.9sqm). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17890/0
- 4 Apr 2017, Galway County Council 17445: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and garage / shed. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 205 sqm.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17445/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turlough O'Gall, site code 000331
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockmaa Hill, site code 001288

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA042-006: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-006----. In gently undulating grassland. Named 'Cahergon Fort' on OS Fair Plan, what survives is an oval cashel (E-W 64m, N-S 51m) defined by a poorly preserved drystone wall. Though grassed-over, and partly destroyed at S, double wall-facing is evident intermittently. Rubble from land reclamation has been dumped on top and against it. A field wall cuts the monument at NE and SW. The S half of the interior has been reclaimed but a number of internal divisions are visible in N half. A gap at NNE could be original. 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
- GA042-083: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-083----. In grassland near the foot of Knockmaa. A trapezoidal area (E-W 14.7m, N-S 12.3m max.), partially enclosed along W and N sides by a collapsed stone wall. Within the interior are numerous set stones, arranged in N-S running rows, indicating graves oriented E-W. One or two rectangular graves are also visible. 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
- GA042-084: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-084----. 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.
- GA042-085: Castle - hall-house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-085----. In low-lying grassland overlooked by Knockmaa to the S. This castle was in recorded in 1585 when it was in the possession of 'Ullig McReamon Burke' (Nolan 1901, 118) and it remained occupied until 1703 (ibid., 1901b, 30-31). Salter (1993, 28) suggests that it dates to the 13th century and that it originally was a hall-house, which was subsequently modified when the upper two storeys were added in the late 16th century. The following details from an inspection in March 1984 (SMR file) indicate that the castle is rectangular in plan (ext. dims. 14.8m E-W, 11.3m N-S) with a base-batter and is constructed of mortared stone. It is four storeys high with a gabled attic. The SE corner is destroyed. On inspection ivy covered most of the W wall and some of the S wall. Access was gained through a robbed-out doorway in the W wall on the ground floor. This floor was subdivided into two vaulted chambers and the cross-wall carrying the vaults was a later insertion associated with the remodelling; it blocked an original loop at the W end (Salter ibid.). None of the other floors, which were wooden, survived but corbels indicated their positions; those which supported the 2nd floor were ornately carved in a style typical of the late 16th-century Gaelic revival decoration. A staircase in the NW corner of the N chamber connected the first two floors. It was unclear how the upper floors were accessed but it may have been from a staircase that was located in the destroyed SE section. Fireplaces were evident in the N wall on the 1st and 3rd floors and in the W gable on the 2nd and 3rd floors, and the attic. The W gable rose inside the parapet and was crowned with a rectangular chimney stack. The chimney stack on the N wall rose directly from the parapet. Bartizans occured on the NE and SW corners of the tower, and the corbels which supported another one on the NW corner also survived. Drip-stones were visible on the N and S walls at the base of the parapet. Apart from one slit window in the W gable, all the others dated to the remodelling and consisted of rectangular robbed-out mullioned windows, some with traces of hood-mouldings. A projecting latrine was visible on the N wall at 1st-floor level. A diagonal line on the external E wall-face indicated that a two-storey gabled structure had been built against this wall. To accommodate it, most of the base-batter was removed from the wall. No visible surface trace of the building survived or, likewise, of the bawn wall referred to by Nolan (ibid.). On a revisit in June 2021, it was noted that the castle walls are now so densely overgrown with ivy, that apart from the doorway, some window openings and the chimney stacks, few of the features noted above can be seen. A number of trees are growing on top of the ground-floor vaults. (Fahey 1893, 341; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 305-5; Alcock et al. 1999, 401-2) Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 13 July 2021
- GA042-085001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-085001-. 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.
- GA042-085002: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-085002-. 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.
- GA042-086: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-086----. In gently undulating grassland near the foot of Knockmaa. A roughly square enclosure (E-W 55m, N-S 53m) defined by a tree-lined denuded bank of earth and stone, except on E side where no visible surface trace survives. Internal divisions are visible in SW quadrant. A field wall abuts the bank at W. 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
- GA042-087: Designed landscape feature, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-087----. 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.
- GA042-090: Kiln - lime, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-090----. 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.
- GA042-225: Designed landscape - summer house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA042-225----. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Castle Hacket, country house, 1750–1930, Regional interest, registry number 30404207, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404207. Detached two-storey country house over basement, built c.1760 and rebuilt 1929 after being burnt in 1923. Eight-bay entrance front faces north onto large courtyard with gateway, has one-bay projections to each side of entrance bay, flat-roofed porch between projections, and two-bay east side elevation, and with slightly lower four-bay two-storey over basement service wing at west side and stables at east. Seven-bay garden front faces south, with pair of full-height canted bows on either side of central two bays, and is continued by slightly lower three-bay two-storey over basement block terminating in further rounded corner bay, to join with four-bay two-storey over basement service wing on west side of courtyard. Hipped roofs, conical to rounded bay, with graduated slates, brick chimneystacks, and with limestone cornice. Garden front has render frieze to parapet, with medallions separated by fluting. Roughcast rendered walls, garden front having brick bows, smooth render below ground floor windows, and limestone sill courses. Raised limestone quoins to corners of main block. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows, main block having nine-over-six pane to ground floor and six-over-six pane to first floor, and lower block having three-over-six pane to first floor, six-over-six to ground floor and three-over-three to basement. Bows and west side of west projection of entrance front have four-over-four pane to first floor and six-over-four to ground floor. Porch has open arch to exterior, supported on columns with Temple of the Winds-style capitals, and approached by flight of steps. West bow of garden front has round-headed doorway with glazed timber door and fanlight and approached by three limestone steps. Garden to south of house bounded by low hedge, with parkland and sheep grazing beyond.
- Castle Hacket, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 30404208, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404208. Entrance gateway, erected c.1850, to road entrance of south-east avenue to Castle Hacket. Double-leaf ornate vehicular gates flanked by rectangular-plan ashlar limestone piers with shallow bows to front, moulded plinths and plain cornices with pyramidal caps. Similar cast-iron railings flank gates, without plinths, and terminated by similar piers. Inside gateway, to east side, is square-plan gate lodge with pyramidal slated roof and central chimneystack. Square-headed tripartite window to west gable, with cut limestone surround and set within segmental-headed recess.
- Castle Hacket, stables, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 30404222, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404222. Detached ten-bay two-storey stable block, built c.1770, in yard to front of Castle Hacket. Hipped slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed windows, having four-pane pivoted frames to first floor and similar over blank lower half to ground floor, with limestone sills. Middle of trio of bays at each end have bigger pitching doors with timber battened fixings. Four flat-headed doorways and two segmental carriage arches to ground floor, having limestone block-and-start dressings, doorways also having triple keystones, all with timber battened fixings. Between house and stables are late eighteenth-century wrought-iron piers of neo-classical design. On north side of courtyard is round archway faced in ashlar limestone, similar to entrance arches found in late sixteenth-century bawns. Farmyard has range of single-storey buildings of coursed rubble limestone and further structures of less importance. Farm founded in 1830s as training college for farmers by Kirwan family of Castle Hacket. The entrance gates at the west end of the demsene have massive, banded piers with balls on top , arched pedestrian gates and quadrant walls ornamented with niches. A plaque commemorates the rebuilding of the house in 1929 by General Sir Denis Kirwan Bernard. The architect of the house is unknown.
- Castle Hacket, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 30404223, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30404223. Ashlar limestone gateway, erected c.1770, to Castle Hacket country house. Comprises vehicular entrance having square-plan piers with moulded plinths and cornices and topped with blocks having balls, with rebates for double-leaf cast-iron gates, in turn flanked by round-headed pedestrian entrances having block-and-start surrounds with projecting copings, one entrance having timber battened door. Rendered limestone quadrant walls flanking entrance, having limestone copings and with round-headed niche to each side having limestone block-and-start surrounds and sills. Plaque to east pier reads 'This house was destroyed by fire in January 1923 and rebuilt by Lt General Sir Denis Kirwan [...] 1929'.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Castlehacket, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlehacket.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Castlehacket with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardrumkilla: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardrumkilla.md
- Ballintleva: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballintleva-60234.md
- Caherakeeny: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherakeeny.md
- Caltragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/caltragh-60802.md
- Carrowbeg North: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowbeg-north-60920.md
- Carrowbeg South: https://everytownland.com/galway/carrowbeg-south-60922.md
- Gortnasculloge: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortnasculloge.md
- Tobermina: https://everytownland.com/galway/tobermina.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlehacket
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/castlehacket