Cloonkeenmore North
Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish Cluain Caoin Mór Thuaidh
- Area
- 190.8 ha
- 471 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 6,080 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonkeenmore North, from 16 m² to 318,890 m² (31.89 ha, 78.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Cloonkeenmore North 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
29 Sept 2025Refused
for a period of 10 years for a development consisting of the provision of the following: i. 8 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine total tip height range of 178m - 185m, a rotor diameter range of 149m - 163m, and turbine hub height range of 101m - 104m, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (including a control building (157.6 sqm) with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing, underground cabling, storage containers, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Cashla Substation in the townland of Barrettspark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route). This cabling route is primarily located within the public road corridor which includes protected structures (RPS No. 3747, RPS No. 146). iv. Underground electrical (20/33kV) and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed on-site substation; v. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities (with a combined floor area of 202.5 sqm); vi. A meteorological mast with a height of 30 meters, security fencing and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vii. Upgrade of existing site tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads, junctions and hardstand areas, including a new site entrance off the L3115; viii. Peat and Spoil Management Areas; ix. Tree felling and vegetation removal; x. Biodiversity enhancement measures (including peatland habitat enhancement, Marsh Fritillary habitat enhancement and management, establishment of hedgerows and native woodland planting); xi. Site drainage; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All ancillary works and apparatus. A thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines and subsequent decommissioning is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application. An Opinion on Unconfirmed Details issued by Galway County Council (Opinion Ref. No. 25/MP/2) on 29th May 2025 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine total tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters un
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561412
5 Dec 2023Conditional
pl. ref. no. 22/900 to construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 238 sqm (house)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23473
21 Jul 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and septic tank with percolation area including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240 sqm
Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22900
12 Apr 2018Conditional
for extension to existing dwelling house and the provision of a new effluent treatment system and raised percolation area. The works include part demolition of existing dwelling and the provision of all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 175.5 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 65 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18443
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 Cloonkeenmore North.
Recorded monuments
- GA085-003 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.
- GA085-004 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 Cloonkeenmore North.
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 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 Cloonkeenmore North.
- 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 Cloonkeenmore North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonkeenmore North · Cluain Caoin Mór Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,907,740 m² (190.77 ha, 471.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monivea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Cloonkeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloonkeen electoral division: 485 people in 157 households; 91% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Attimonmore South, Ballynanulty, Clogh, Cloonkeenbeg, Cloonkeenmore South
- Placenames
- Cloonkeenmore North 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.