Cloghroak

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghroak, from 105 m² to 225,833 m² (22.58 ha, 55.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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 Cloghroak 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.

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  of a dwelling house, domestic garage, and a septic tank on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House: 133.8sqm, Garage: 167.8sqm, Total: 269.2sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221253

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment unit and all associated services.Gross floor space of proposed works 270.40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261091

• 24 Apr 2020Conditional

  for alterations to existing dwelling house, domestic garage and on-site sewage treatment system. Previous planning reference number 17/1295.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20506

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 177.9 sqm, Garage 35.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181821

• 29 May 2018Conditional

  for conversion of attic space to two bedrooms and bathroom, adding two dormer windows to front. Gross floor space of proposed works 87.2 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18707

• 6 Mar 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a sheep shed and a hay shed along with all associated ancillary concrete on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works 1303.88 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18250

• 30 Aug 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, garage, onsite sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated works (Gross floor space house 225.1sqm; garage 60sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171295

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  permission for elevations alterations and rear extension to an existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained 22.1sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171206

• 22 Jun 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area, loose bedded area and ancillary concrete (gross floor space proposed293.76sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17925

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghroak.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-109 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 225, no. 125) as a very ruinous ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 48.2m). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-110 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a hillock. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 16, no. 140) as a ‘bowl-barrow’ but his description is that of a cairn of stones (diam. 12.2m; H 2.4m), bounded from S to W by a field wall. McCaffrey (ibid.) referred to numerous dumps of field stones in the locality but felt that this particular cairn was not of recent origin due to the fact that ‘the stones of the lower part are grass- and moss-grown’. He also felt that its hilltop setting also argued that it could be prehistoric in date but noted that only excavation would determine that. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 November 2019

• GA104-111 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 227, no. 140a) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 34.2m) in a very ruinous condition. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-112 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pastureland. This is the W example of two adjoining enclosures (see also GA104-112001-) marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was roughly subcircular in plan (diam. c. 26m). On the 1933 edition of the map only the NE half of the monument is indicated by a line of hachures. A field wall cut through it from NW to SE and no trace of it is depicted to the SW of the field wall. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 226, no. 138a) as a possible earthen fort which was in a very ruinous condition. No visible surface trace of either monument now survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 July 2017

• GA104-112001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pastureland. This is the E example of two adjoining enclosures (see also (GA104-112----)marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was roughly subcircular in plan (diam. c. 25m). On the 1933 edition of the map a field wall cuts through the monument from NW to SE. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 226, no. 138a) as a possible earthen which was in a very ruinous condition. No visible surface trace of either monument now survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2017

• GA104-115 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA104-116 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough grazing land. Very poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 39.3m); all that survives is the arc of a collapsed drystone wall at W. The monument was levelled due to field clearance. A blocked-up souterrain (GA104-116001-), lies within the SW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-116001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the SW quadrant of a cashel (GA104-116----). This blocked-up souterrain is obscured by overgrowth and is inaccessible. Compiled by: Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-117001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 225-6, no. 138) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 29m) in a very ruinous condition with two elliptically shaped enclosures lying nearby to the N and E. No visible surface trace of any of these features survives due to land reclamation. A field system (GA104-117002-) was also associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-117002 Field system
  Description

  In the same field and to the S of a cashel (GA104-117001-). McCaffrey (1952, 226, no. 138) noted 'remains of an older field system' and described it as a 'group of small fields bounded by upright stone blocks' (ibid., 74). The area has subsequently been reclaimed and no visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 November 2017

• GA104-118 Castle - tower house
  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.

• GA104-119 Cist
  Description

  This rectangular slab-built short cist (L 1.2m; Wth 0.7m; H 0.6m) was discovered in 1900 during gravel quarrying. It is aligned N-S and consists of four slabs roofed with a capstone. It contained the remains of two unburnt skeletons, one of which was that of an infant, the cremated bones of an adult, and two vases (McCaffrey 1952, 225, no. 137; Waddell 1975, 8; 1990, 93). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 November 2019

• GA104-285 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Cloghroak.

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloghroak.

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

Name

Cloghroak · Cloch an Chrócaigh

Area

1,398,497 m² (139.85 ha, 345.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killogilleen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killogilleen electoral division: 981 people in 308 households; 93% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass East, Caherduff, Gortroe, Lisnagranshy, Manninard, Rathcosgry, Shantallow, Sroove

Placenames

Cloghroak 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.