Corrofin

237 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corrofin, from 59 m² to 219,811 m² (21.98 ha, 54.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 68 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 Corrofin 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.

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661491

• 20 Jul 2026Conditional

  of the existing horse stables, dungsted and effluent storage tank (from previously granted planning reference number 09/1465) and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2661230

• 23 Jun 2026N/a

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage, treatment plant and percolation area, and associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26154

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  of a domestic garage as constructed, and to upgrade the existing septic tank, to a new wastewater treatment system

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561913

• 2 Oct 2025Conditional

  for proposed rear and side single storey extensions to the existing detached house

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561433

• 20 Jun 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, and wastewater treatment system, domestic garage, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 257 sqm(H), 37.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560802

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel storage shed, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 298.00 sqm(house), 50.00 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560109

• 15 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the existing raft foundation granted under previous planning permission reference number 07/4637. Full planning permission to construct a change of house plan on the existing raft foundation which will incorporate additional extensions from the original footprint previously granted permission reference number 07/4637. Full planning permission to construct an exit/entrance gate, domestic garage/fuel store, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 200 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460285

• 27 Apr 2023N/a

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage, treatment plant, polishing filter and associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23167

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional

  for extensions to existing dwelling along with the construction of a new garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 86.00sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360180

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  sought to retain dwelling house and associated services on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained 118.00sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260756

• 12 Apr 2022Conditional

  of private garage/ fuel shed/ car port to include all associated site works . Gross floor space of works to be retained 59.41 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22491

• 20 Jan 2022Conditional

  for alterations and re-furbishment of existing dwelling and permission to construct rear and side extension to existing dwelling and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 185 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2235

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a rear extension to existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 89.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211991

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a private dwelling house and private garage to include on site sewerage treatment works and all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 266.7 sqm, Garage: 59.5 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211883

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  of the existing dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, on all revised site boundaries, (previous planning permission reference number 12580) and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 102 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21125

• 4 Dec 2020N/a

  for the construction of a private dwelling house and private garage to include on site sewerage system treatment works and all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 266.7 msq & 59.5 msq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201843

• 27 Mar 2019Conditional

  permission for domestic garage and greenhouse on existing house site. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Garage - 48.95 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19437

• 1 Mar 2019Conditional

  for the demolition of the existing agricultural storage sheds and the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, garage and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 250 sqm, Garage -39.6 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 251 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19292

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with creep area, manure pit along with all associated ancillary concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.18 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 235.18 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181577

• 16 May 2018Conditional

  of existing dwelling house, storage shed, entrance/exit gate, existing septic tank and percolation area/soak pit and all ancillary site works all on revised site boundaries (previous Planning Ref. No. 19581). Full planning permission also sought to replace the existing front boundary wall with a new wall and create a new 3m parking space and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained house 162 sqm.,garage 16sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18629

• 6 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct single storey extensions to the rear and side of existing house at No. 7 Caislean Cuirte (gross floor space 48.6sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17799

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  for an extension, alterations and a new tertiary waste treatment system and polishing filter at existing house. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 25 sqm; Gross floor space of demolition works: 7.5 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17378

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

Recorded monuments

• GA057-089 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This tower house is sited on a low partially natural platform on the W bank of the River Clare: the original river flowed c. 10m to its E but a subsequent channel now flows c. 70m to the E of it. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, it was built in 1451 by Lord Clanrickarde (Nolan 1901a, 26-7) and it was in the possession of 'Richard Burke' in 1585 (ibid. 1901b, 118). On inspection in November 1983, it comprised a rectangular four-storey tower (L 11.8m, Wth 10.4m) constructed of coursed well-dressed stone with a gently base-batter. The pointed arch doorway, set off-centre in the NE wall, opened into a small lobby with a murder-hold overhead. The presence of opposing vertical slots in the side-walls directly inside the door, indicated that it was also defended by a portcullis. An intramural stairs to the E lead to the 1st floor from where the spiral stairs rose in the E angle. There were stone vaults between ground/1st and 2nd/3rd floors. Intramural passages were evident in the SE wall on the 1st floor and in the SW wall on the 2nd floor; the former lead to a garderobe in the SW wall. A mural chamber was visible in the NE wall on the 2nd floor and a fireplace survived in the NW wall. Only the central section of the SW wall on the 3rd floor survived. Corbels centrally placed on top it formerly supported a machiolation. Apart from simple slits, all the windows had been robbed out (SMR file). In January 2009, following a reported lightning strike, some masonry from various sections of the SW wall fell to the ground. The tower stands at the S corner of a roughly subrectangular earthen platform (E-W 41m, N-S 38m) defined by a stony scarp (H 1.4m): traces of a wall foundation are visible on its crest along the SE side. On 1st ed. of the OS 6-inch map, an artificial-looking side channel of the river skirts the W and N sides of the platform before rejoining the main channel to the N. An 'Old Br.' is indicated across the channel at NW but no visible surface trace of it survives. These features may be part of the 'causeway and drawbridge' referred to by Nolan (1901a, 27). Within the interior of the platform, a rectangular area (NW-SE 18.5m, NE-SW 12.5m) defined by a low bank adjoins the tower on its NW side, and aerial reconnaissance (CUCAP BDN 77) shows a possible rectangular house foundation in the E corner. 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). Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 7 July 2023

• GA057-089001 Bridge
  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.

• GA057-090 Enclosure
  Description

  On low-lying level ground to SW of Corrofin Castle (GA057-089----). The very poorly preserved remains of a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 34m) defined from WSW through N to NE by a gentle scarp. The E sector has been disturbed by the construction of a field wall and another field wall delimits the monument from SSE to WSW. 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA057-091 Bridge
  Description

  Spanning the River Clare at Corrofin (see GA057-146----). It comprises a mortared limestone bridge (E-W; L 132m, Wth 5.45m) of twelve arches, built in two phases and still in use. The 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map shows a bridge of twelve or thirteen arches flanked by cutwaters. The surviving fabric of this bridge, possibly of 17th-C date, is indicated by the ten westernmost round-headed arches, the seventh of which, being the largest, probably marks the centre of the pre-drainage river channel. These arches are flanked by nine cutwaters, with corresponding refuges in the parapet walls above, on N or upstream side but S side is plain, indicating that the bridge has been widened. This work is probably coeval with its extension to E which is commemorated by a stone plaque: 'Corofin Bridge Drainage Commission 1848'. The new channel flows through the twelfth arch. This bridge probably replaced an earlier crossing point (see GA057-161----) a short distance downstream. 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA057-092 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.

• GA057-093 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.

• GA057-094 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.

• GA057-095 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.

• GA057-096 Country 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.

• GA057-161 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On W bank of the River Clare a short distance S of Corrofin Castle (GA057-089----). Aerial reconnaissance in July 1970 (CUCAP BDN 77) showed a section of an old roadway (L c. 60m) immediately SW of the building marked 'Corofin Lodge' on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1933). This comprised a slightly raised linear earthwork defined by two low parallel banks. It followed a NE-SW axis but appeared to turn W at its SW end, where its line could be traced for a further c. 100m as a faint ridge and cropmark. At its NE end, its NE-SW axis is continued by a field boundary for a further c. 75m. Its presence suggests that there was an older crossing point c. 100m downstream from the present bridge (GA057-091----), probably at the point where 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map shows a weir. Not visited. 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA057-172 Burial ground
  Description

  During monitoring ahead of the construction of sixteen dwellings at Castlegrounds, Corrofin, Co. Galway, human remains, comprising at least eight skeletons, were recorded. As a result, it was decided that, due to the advanced stage of the development, the remains should be fully excavated. This was carried out in July and August 2004. Considerable amounts of human bone were recovered from the topsoil. Excavation revealed a minimum of 57 skeletons in varying states of preservation. Those near the surface had been truncated, probably by agricultural activity, and most survived only partially. They were laid supine, almost all orientated east-west, with no grave goods, shrouding or coffins. Grave-cuts, where discernible, were tight to the skeletons. Grave fills were for the most part similar to the topsoil, with patches of redeposited natural and some charcoal. A curving ditch defined the edge of the burials to the east. This was 2m wide at the surface and over 1m deep, containing two fills. It is thought that the association of the graveyard and a substantial enclosing feature is suggestive of an Early Christian burial ground. Osteological analysis of the skeletons is currently in progress and it is hoped that this and radiocarbon dating will shed further light on the date and origin of this graveyard (Rogers 2007, 164-5, no. 679). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 September 2016

Architectural heritage

• Corrofin Bridge, bridge, 1650–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Twelve or thirteen-arch road bridge, over River Clare. Ten western round arches are of probable seventeenth-century date, seventh arch being over original channel of river, and twelfth segmental arch is dated 1848. North elevation of western arches flanked by cutwaters with pedestrian refuges above. Bridge widened to south side, possibly during drainage works of 1848. Segmental arch to river has draughted and pecked limestone voussoirs to arch rings, coursed hammer-finished ashlar limestone to spandrels and parapets, dressed hammer-finished limestone copings with modern decorative metal lantern brackets and square-edged string course to parapet. Plaque to inner face of north parapet reads 'Corofin Bridge Drainage Commission 1848' and also bears crow's foot benchmark. Random rubble limestone walls to adjacent fields with stile and stone steps to east. Tarmacadamed carriageway.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_710 (ZIP).

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

Name

Corrofin · Cora Finne

Area

3,090,620 m² (309.06 ha, 763.71 acres)

Civil parish

Cummer, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Cummer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cummer electoral division: 1,160 people in 353 households; 88% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybanagher, Cloonkeen North, Cummer, Curry Eighter, Curry Oughter, Currylaur, Illaunroe, Mahanagh, Mylespark, Tawnaghbeg, Turloughcartron, Turloughmartin

Placenames

Corrofin 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.