Clooncah
Townland in the civil parish of Killimordaly, barony of Kilconnell, Co. Galway; in Irish Cluain Catha
- Area
- 309.4 ha
- 764 acres
- Land parcels
- 84
- registered freehold, median 18,733 m² (1.87 ha, 4.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooncah, from 14 m² to 211,138 m² (21.11 ha, 52.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Clooncah 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
20 Apr 2023Conditional
for the refurbishment & reconstruction of an existing dwellinghouse; for the construction of an extension onto the dwelling house; & to retain a replacement septic tank & replacement percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360402
3 Apr 2023Conditional
for amendments to house plan granted under planning ref. no. 2260535. Gross floor area of proposed works: 211.0m²
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360333
15 Feb 2023N/a
for the amendments to house plan granted under planning ref. no. 2260535. Gross floor area of proposed works: 211.0m² (dwelling house)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360122
24 May 2022Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 196.6m² (dwelling house), 50.0m² (domestic garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260535
3 Mar 2022Refused
for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage treatment plant and percolation. Gross floor space of proposed works: 276.6sqm
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22292
9 Feb 2017Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage treatment plant and percolation. Gross floor space of proposed works: 276.6sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17149
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clooncah.
Recorded monuments
- GA085-029 Designed landscape feature
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.
- GA085-030 House - vernacular 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.
- GA085-031 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
In undulating marshy pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). No visible surface trace survives, however its outline is evident on aerial photographs (https://binged.it/2fKQ3Yq, last accessed 7 November 2016). This monument also extends on to OS sheet 72 (GA072-068----). 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 7 November 2016
- GA085-032 Designed landscape feature
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.
- GA085-034 House - 18th/19th century
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.
- GA085-035 Designed landscape feature
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.
- GA085-036 Designed landscape feature
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.
- GA085-037 Church
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.
- GA085-093 Structure - peatland
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
- Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span humpback railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Rock-faced rusticated battered piers and approach walls, supporting painted metal deck with painted metal latticed parapet railings.
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 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 Clooncah.
- 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 Clooncah with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Clooncah · Cluain Catha
- Area
- 3,093,773 m² (309.38 ha, 764.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killimordaly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Electoral division
- Killimor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killimor electoral division: 373 people in 141 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beech Hill, Caltraghbreedy, Cappaghnanool, Cappanasruhaun, Dooghcloon, Fahy, Gortronnagh, Lenareagh, Shanballard, Streamsford
- Placenames
- Clooncah 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.