Clogh
Townland in the civil parish of Clonkeen, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Chloch
- Area
- 663.9 ha
- 1,641 acres
- Land parcels
- 213
- registered freehold, median 11,379 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
213 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clogh, from 86 m² to 960,240 m² (96.02 ha, 237.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Clogh 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
30 Apr 2025Conditional
of an existing slatted cow wintering shed. Permission is also sought to extend the said existing slatted shed and construct a farm yard manure pit, including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 181 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2591
23 Jan 2025Conditional
to construct a domestic garage and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 66.50 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560060
13 Mar 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 233 sqm (house) & 40 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460268
7 Apr 2022Conditional
to revise the house design and the garage design previously granted under planning reference number 19/1583.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260323
11 Oct 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 135 sqm (House), 52 sqm (Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191583
22 Dec 2017Conditional
for construction of a new one and two storey dwelling house, and a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, access road and all associated site development and external works. Gross floor space of proposed works 350sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171879
1 Jun 2017Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works (Gross floor space of proposed works: 272.86sqm; house: 214.06sqm and garage: 58.80sqm)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17778
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Lough Tee Bog NHA 000307
Recorded monuments
- GA072-006 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
On a rise in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S 33m, E-W 28m), in fair condition, defined by a bank from SW through W to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A berm completely encircles the monument. 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
- GA072-007 Enclosure
Description
On top of a slight rise in undulating farmland. A poorly preserved kidney-shaped enclosure (E-W c. 52.5m, N-S 23.5m) defined by a bank from N to NE, and by a scarp from E to S. The entire W half has been quarried away, but slight traces of the bank are visible at W. According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' (possible souterrain) within the interior of which no visible surface trace survives. 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
- GA072-007001 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.
- GA072-008 Children's burial ground
Description
In undulating farmland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1928) as a small unenclosed oval area (E-W c. 20m, N-S c. 10m). All that survives is an area of thistles and dock leaves, amongst which some small boulders are visible. According to local tradition, the last burial took place about 50 years ago. 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
- GA072-012 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.
- GA085-002 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.
- GA085-026001 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.
- GA085-026002 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.
- GA085-026003 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.
- GA085-026004 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.
- GA085-027 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.
- GA085-041 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 Clogh.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Clogh.
- 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 Clogh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Clogh · An Chloch
- Area
- 6,639,205 m² (663.92 ha, 1,640.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonkeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Cappalusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cappalusk electoral division: 416 people in 144 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Attimonbeg, Ballyglass, Ballynanulty, Cloonkeenbeg, Cloonkeenmore North, Cormacuagh East, Cormacuagh West, Gortnalone North, Gortnalone South, Shanballymore, Temple
- Placenames
- Clogh 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.