Cordarragh

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cordarragh, from 80 m² to 342,319 m² (34.23 ha, 84.59 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 Nov 2025Refused

  for an extension to an existing dwelling previously granted under Planning Ref No 18890 and construction of a garage/shed together with all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561672

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  for 1. construction of 65 no. residential dwellings comprising of: a.1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling, b.19 no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, c. 19 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, d. 12 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey terraced dwellings, e.1 no. 4 bedroomed 3 storey terraced dwelling, f.4 no. 1 bedroom apartment units and 9 no. 2 bedroom apartments units, together with an associated communal bike and bin store within a two storey duplex building. 2. Construction of a single storey creche building, together with associated play area, bin store, parking and set down areas. 3. New road works along the R334 Cong Road to provide for; a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to serve the development, provision of gateway signage for the town of Headford, road re-alignment, construction of roadside footpath and public lighting, a pedestrian crossing point with pedestrian traffic signal, traffic calming ramps and associated warning signage. 4. Provision of public and private open spaces, play spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting within the estate; 5. Provision of residential carparking including a proportion of electric charging spaces and ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 6.Connection to public sewer and public watermain along Cong Road, together with on-site surface water drainage works; 7. Footpath connections, signage locations, ESB substation and all associated site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 7,446 sqm(houses), 518.00 sqm(commercial)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461601

• 23 Dec 2021N/a

  for the construction of a residential development for 110 units comprising of the following 1) 1 no. creche facility, 2) 15 no. 4-bed detached dwellings with study, 3) 1 no. 4-bed detached dwellings 4) 26 No 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, 5) 32 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, 6) 32 no. 3-bed terraced dwellings in blocks of 3 & 4, 7) 3 no. 2-bed terraced bungalow dwellings, 8) ancillary site works and landscaping (Gross floor area 12920.40 Creche 214 sqm)(PRE PLAN REF 08/3421) & EOD 14/67

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 212539

• 29 Oct 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced Extension - to Existing Dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 38.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201604

• 19 May 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works, 235sqm + 50.76sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20606

• 8 May 2020Conditional

  to retain and complete existing dwelling and associated effluent treatment system on revised site boundaries from that granted under Pl. Ref: 99/5194 and for Permission to construct a domestic garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20577

• 15 Mar 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a residential development for 110 units comprising of the following 1) 1 no. creche facility, 2) 15 no. 4-bed detached dwellings with study, 3) 1 no. 4-bed detached dwellings 4) 26 No 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, 5) 32 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, 6) 32 no. 3-bed terraced dwellings in blocks of 3 & 4, 7) 3 no. 2-bed terraced bungalow dwellings, 8) ancillary site works and landscaping (Gross floor area 12920.40 Creche 214 sqm)(PRE PLAN REF 08/3421) & EOD 14/67

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19373

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rostaff Turlough 000385

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cordarragh.

Architectural heritage

• Abbey View, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having dormer attic, and with late twentieth-century extension to rear. Pitched reed thatched roof having slightly raised scolloped ridge and rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof to extension. Roughcast rendered walls with cement strips to quoins and along base of walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber frames, and limestone sills. Round-headed doorway with timber spoked fanlight and replacement timber door. Garden to front bounded by low recent rubble wall having pedestrian gateway with fluted cast-iron gate piers with pineapple tops.

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 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 Cordarragh.

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

Name

Cordarragh · Corr Dharach

Area

1,687,542 m² (168.75 ha, 417 acres)

Civil parish

Killursa, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Headford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Headford electoral division: 1,864 people in 695 households; 75% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardfintan, Ballyfruit, Barnaboy, Headford, Kildaree, Lettera or Crossaun, Moyne (Co. Mayo), Pollacullaire, Ross

Placenames

Cordarragh 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.