Cloonamore

127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonamore, from 14 m² to 1,620,379 m² (162.04 ha, 400.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Cloonamore 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.

• 13 Jun 2024Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment system. The application will include an NIS report and CEMP. Gross floor space of proposed works: 271.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460717

• 22 Dec 2022Refused

  to (1) refurbish and extend semi ruinous dwelling (2) construct new single storey extension (3) install new effluent treatment system and polishing filter (4) new vehicular site entrance as well as all associated site works and site services. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended).Gross floor space of proposed works 94.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261305

• 17 Nov 2022Refused

  for the construction of new ferry staff accommodation, office and equipment storage along with a wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 134.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261155

• 25 Mar 2022Refused

  for the construction of new dwelling house and studio, proprietary effluent treatment system and polishing filter, together with all ancillary site services. Natura Impact Statement included. Gross floor space of proposed works: 271 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22405

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  to replace existing septic tank with a new treatment plant an construct a new percolation area. An NIS will accompany application.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22177

• 8 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct an extension to an existing dwelling house. A Statement for Screening for Appropriate Assessment will be lodged with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 105 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212076

• 4 Mar 2021Refused

  to demolish an existing semi ruinous dwelling and construct a new cottage dwelling with wastewater treatment system and new entrance road. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). Gross floor space of proposed works: 119 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 45 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21299

• 22 Dec 2020N/a

  to demolish an existing semi ruinous dwelling and construct a new cottage dwelling with wastewater treatment system and new entrance road. This application contains an NIS. Gross floor space of proposed works: 119 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202028

• 20 Dec 2018N/a

  to demolish and reconstruct an existing dwelling with new septic tank and treatment plant. Gross floor space of proposed works: 115 sqm; Gross floor space of demolition work: 70 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181864

• 14 Mar 2018Conditional

  for development of two camping pods at the existing campsite at Inishbofin hostel. Gross floor space of proposed works 4.6sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18292

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  to renovate an existing dwellinghouse, to construct extensions to an existing dwellinghouse and to install an effluent treatment system (gross floor space proposed 68.5sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171292

• 30 Mar 2017Conditional

  of two number 'Velux' skylights to the front of dwelling.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17421

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: Inishbofin and Inishshark SAC 000278
• Special Protection Area: Inishbofin, Omey Island and Turbot Island SPA 004231
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inishbofin And Inishshark 000278

Recorded monuments

• GA009B004 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
  Description

  On N side of Inishbofin 220m SE of Bunnamullen Bay, on E side of a small stream. A fragmented granite millstone (D 0.7m, T 0.25m) came to light during a drainage scheme some years ago. Half of the bottom stone and all of the (broken) top stone survive. Probably the site of a horizontal mill. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA009B005 Enclosure
  Description

  On a terrace on NE side of Inishbofin. Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (L 40m, Wth c. 25m) defined by a drystone wall, best preserved at W (Wth 1-1.2m, H 0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA009B007 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Close to the sea, between two promontories on NE side of Inishbofin. A subcircular area (L 4m, Wth 2.5m) defined by a line of drystone walling within a series of field walls (info. M. Gibbons). A second hut lies c. 150m to NW (GA009B016----). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA009B016 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Circa 150m SE of a similar hut (GA009B007----) and WSW of the headland of Dún Dubh. Poorly preserved remains of a rectangular or D-shaped drystone structure (c. 7m by c. 6m), built against a low rock face immediately SE of a small stream (info. M. Casey). This is probably the 'old residence' described by Westropp as being 'not far from the stream, and nearly opposite to Roonduff' (1911, 63, f). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonamore.

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 high, moderately high, 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 Cloonamore.

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.

• Cloonamore, Inishbofin8 sales

Name

Cloonamore · Cluanach Mhór

Area

2,682,149 m² (268.21 ha, 662.77 acres)

Civil parish

Inishbofin, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Inishbofin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Inishbofin electoral division: 184 people in 80 households; 69% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Knock, Middlequarter

Placenames

Cloonamore 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.