Crosheen

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crosheen, from 201 m² to 206,692 m² (20.67 ha, 51.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Crosheen 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.

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  for a change of design and layout for a previously approved café previous planning reference 20/908 and also permission is being sought to construct a Bat House. Gross floor space of proposed works: 32.90 sqm, 5.29 sqm(bat house). Gross floor space of any demolition: 24.50 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560211

• 8 Oct 2024Conditional

  for alterations and extension to existing dwelling; to convert the existing attached garage, to demolish the existing ground floor front elevation overhang and to construct a new entrance porch and renovate and increase the height of the existing sheds along with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 56.3 sqm (extension)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24291

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a 1) dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store, 2) new sewage treatment system and, 3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223.3 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212496

• 16 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 164 sqm, Garage: 50 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212124

• 20 Nov 2020Conditional

  to (1) demolish existing old garage/sheds (2) erect dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter together with new access road and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 231.80 sqm (H), 46.00 sqm (G) Gross floor space of any demolition; 135sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201762

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  for the following:[1] demolition of existing sub-standard dwellinghouse and replacement of same with a new two storey dwellinghouse. [2] change of use of existing bar / licensed premises to use as a café. Demolition of existing sub-standard extension to licensed premises. The construction of an extension to licensed premises which incorporates a kitchen, toilets and extended seating area. [3] Replacement of existing sub-standard septic tank with a proprietary effluent treatment system. [4] All parking, signage, binstores and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240.4 msq, Gross floor space of any demolition; 197.60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20908

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of (1) permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage / garden store (2) new sewage treatment system and (3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 212.5 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 192030

• 17 Sept 2019Refused

  for (1) alterations to site layout and internal layout of access road relating to 3 proposed detached dwellings, as granted under planning reference 18/692 and (2) construction of a further 6 detached dwelling houses with domestic garages, each with an on-site sewage treatment system, on revised site boundaries, along all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 983 sqm

  Permission, 6 homes · Galway County Council, 191445

• 19 Jul 2019N/a

  for (1) alterations to site layout and internal layout of access road relating to 3 proposed detached dwellings, as granted under planning reference 18/692 and (2) construction of a further 6 detached dwelling houses with domestic garages, each with an on-site sewerage treatment system, on revised site boundaries, along all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 983 sqm

  Permission, 9 homes · Galway County Council, 191117

• 4 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment unit and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling - 242 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19484

• 25 May 2018Conditional

  for 1) demolition of existing old garage, 2) construction of 3 detached dwelling houses with domestic garages, each with an on-site sewage treatment system along with a new access road and ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 549 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 135 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18692

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  to construct a single storey side extension and minor amendments to the existing house. Gross floor space of proposed works 9.3 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18554

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 Fingall Complex SAC 000606
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fingall Complex 000606

Recorded monuments

• GA103-010 Chapel
  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

• Bertie's Cottage, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1800. Pitched thatched roof having raised ridge, and painted rendered chimneystacks. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having painted stone sills with replacement uPVC windows to front elevation, fixed window to gable. Square-headed door opening having replacement half-glazed timber door. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with rendered piers and rubble stone boundary walls to front garden.

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 Crosheen.

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

Name

Crosheen · An Croisín

Area

729,459 m² (72.95 ha, 180.25 acres)

Civil parish

Drumacoo, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Drumacoo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumacoo electoral division: 1,561 people in 514 households; 83% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinderreen, Ballyvullaun, Carrownacreggaun, Cartron, Drumacoo, Muggaunagh

Placenames

Crosheen 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.