# Cloonkeen Eighter, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish Cluain Coill Íochtair. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 918,134 m² (91.81 ha, 226.88 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,138 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilkerrin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilkerrin.md - Barony: Tiaquin - Electoral division: Scregg, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 247 people lived in 82 households in the Scregg electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19074 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61294 - Centre: latitude 53.520588, longitude -8.6269 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonkeen Eighter, from 199 m² to 225,496 m² (22.55 ha, 55.72 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1938729: 225,496 m² (22.55 ha, 55.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938729.md - Parcel 1938726: 167,869 m² (16.79 ha, 41.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938726.md - Parcel 2013600: 160,032 m² (16 ha, 39.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013600.md - Parcel 1938727: 98,568 m² (9.86 ha, 24.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938727.md - Parcel 1938730: 50,549 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938730.md - Parcel 2013603: 41,271 m² (4.13 ha, 10.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013603.md - Parcel 1938627: 39,798 m² (3.98 ha, 9.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938627.md - Parcel 5225870: 32,034 m² (3.2 ha, 7.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5225870.md - Parcel 2013601: 28,762 m² (2.88 ha, 7.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013601.md - Parcel 1938626: 28,626 m² (2.86 ha, 7.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938626.md - Parcel 1938624: 14,138 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938624.md - Parcel 1938623: 13,868 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938623.md - Parcel 2013599: 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013599.md - Parcel 1938629: 3,480 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938629.md - Parcel 2013598: 3,091 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013598.md - Parcel 1938728: 2,940 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938728.md - Parcel 1938628: 1,717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938628.md - Parcel 1938625: 1,661 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1938625.md - Parcel 2013602: 650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2013602.md - Parcel 4777955: 471 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4777955.md - Parcel 4777956: 199 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4777956.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cloonkeen Eighter in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 2 Feb 2024, Galway County Council 2429: Conditional. Permission. to demolish existing shed and construct a new shed over existing slatted tanks to include concrete apron and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197.40 sqm (shed) & 202.24 sqm (apron). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2429/0 - 28 Jun 2018, Galway County Council 18896: Conditional. Permission. for the development of this site, the existing Cloon to Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which is approximately 65 Kilometres long. Approximately 37km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway county Council with approximately 27km located in County Roscommon and approximately 120 metres located in Co. Longford, The furbishment of the existing circuit within County Galway will be undertaken between structure EM1 at Cloon Substation, south of Tuam, and structure AM220, south-east of Creggs village near the administrative border between counties Galway and Roscommon. The development will consist of the refurbishment of the Cloon- Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which will primarily include: replacement of a large proportion of existing structures, the breaking out and reconstruction of the concrete foundation and shear blocks at the majority of end/angle mast structures, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures; and the fitting of bird flight diverters and stay guards. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, and will be replaced, and will be of a generally similar height and appearance. Associated site development works to gain access to the existing structures include clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of stone walls and gate posts and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing. The proposed development includes all other associated and ancillary site development works required for the refurbishment of the existing circuit, including the installation of temporary silt traps, silt fences, bog mats and clear span bridges. No additional structures and no alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of the existing structure. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) forms part of this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18896/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Natural Heritage Area: Derrynagran Bog And Esker NHA, site code 001255, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/001255 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA031-020: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-020----. On the S slope of a low hill in undulating pastureland. A hachured area marked on the 1931 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a depression resulting from quarrying operations. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 July 2014 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonkeen Eighter. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Cloonkeen Eighter, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonkeen Eighter. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonkeen-eighter.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonkeen-eighter.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonkeen-eighter.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cloonkeen Eighter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinphuill: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinphuill-60226.md - Cloonagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonagh-61206.md - Cloonkeen Oughter: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonkeen-oughter.md - Derrynagran: https://everytownland.com/galway/derrynagran.md - Kead: https://everytownland.com/galway/kead.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonkeen-eighter - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/cloonkeen-eighter