Claddaghduff

169 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Claddaghduff, from 46 m² to 148,165 m² (14.82 ha, 36.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Claddaghduff 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.

• 16 Jan 2026Refused

  for alterations to the permitted boat/storage shed as granted under reg. Ref. 22/60999 as follows : Retention permission is sought for minor external alterations to the shed including window and door profiles to elevation, the omission of one no. window to the south elevation and an external decking area to the rear of the shed. Retention permission is also sought for the change of use from boat shed to habitable space with internal alterations including partition walls to facilitate a revised internal layout accommodating kitchen, utility, home office, wet room and stairs to loft storage area. Planning permission is now sought to remove the kitchen, utility room and all white goods and its replacement with storage only. This will result in a storage/boat shed with home office and wet room. Permission is also sought for the provision of a revised landscaping plan with the removal of a temporary vehicular entrance and all ancillary works required to facilitate the development

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660040

• 25 Sept 2025N/a

  of alterations to the permitted Boat/storage shed as granted under Reg. Ref. 22/60999 consisting of Minor alterations to elevations including window and door profiles and the omission of one no. window to south elevation. Retention is also sought for the change of use from boat shed to habitable space with internal alterations as follows: partition walls to facilitate a revised internal layout, kitchen, utility, a wet room, home office, stairs, storage loft, and a decking area to the rear of the shed. Planning permission is sought for: (i) the removal of the utility room and kitchen with all electrical appliances to be replaced with storage (i.e. change of use back to permitted boat/storage shed to now provide for a boat/storage shed with ancillary wet room and home office) , (ii) the provision of a revised landscaping plan with the removal of a temporary vehicular entrance, and (iii) all ancillary works required to facilitate the development

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561389

• 19 Apr 2024Conditional

  for extension and alterations to existing dwelling house, with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 16.40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460425

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  to construct (1) new dwellinghouse, (2) new domestic garage (3) installation of a wastewater treatment system & associated polishing filter bed, as well as all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360869

• 6 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct a new boat shed as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 58.00sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260999

• 19 Dec 2019N/a

  for domestic garage and wood store, and for retention of elevational changes to dwellinghouse on revised site boundaries, (previous permission Pl Ref 04/4196) Floor area 138 sqm, and for retention of ancillary services.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191980

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  for an extension and alteration works to existing semi ruinous dwelling, new septic tank/treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 125sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181519

• 12 Sept 2018Conditional

  to (1) construct a single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing house (2) proposed external and internal alterations to the existing to the existing house as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 33.63sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained 120.55sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181291

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: Omey Island Machair SAC 001309

Recorded monuments

• GA021-009 Chapel
  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 Claddaghduff.

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 Claddaghduff, about 1 in 5 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 Claddaghduff.

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

Name

Claddaghduff · An Cladach Dubh

Area

1,684,756 m² (168.48 ha, 416.31 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Sillerna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

466 people lived in 191 households in the Sillerna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attigoddaun, Aughrus More, Courhoor, Emlagh, Fountainhill or Knockavilra, Grallagh, Patches

Placenames

Claddaghduff 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.