Crossooha
Crossooha is a townland in the civil parish of Kinvarradoorus, barony of Kiltartan, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Crois Uatha.
- Area
- 195.3 ha
- 482 acres
- Land parcels
- 181
- registered freehold, median 5,121 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
181 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crossooha, from 13 m² to 612,838 m² (61.28 ha, 151.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Crossooha 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
10 Sept 2026N/a
for the construction of a New Slatted Shed with Calf Creep Area; Retention of Existing Storage Shed and all associated works and ancillary services
Permission · Galway County Council, 2661540
16 Apr 2026N/a
for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area; retention of existing storage shed and all associated works and ancillary services. This application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660583
5 Feb 2026N/a
for the 1) Construction of a New Slatted Shed with Calf Creep Area 2) Retention of Existing Storage Shed and all associated works and ancillary services. A Natura Impact Statement will be accompanied with this application
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660169
21 Aug 2025Conditional
for a ground floor corner window at the front of dwelling house
Retention · Galway County Council, 2561157
24 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct an extension and carry out alterations to an existing dwellinghouse and to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 39.25 sqm
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2561015
15 Apr 2024Conditional
for the construction of: (a) single storey dwelling house measuring 109m2, (b) single storey garage measuring 32m2, (c) new boundary wall and vehicular entrance to public road, (d) wastewater treatment and all associated site services and works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460405
12 Jan 2024Conditional
for revised house design from that granted under Planning Reference 22/791. Gross floor space of proposed works: 234.55 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 50.16 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460023
27 Sept 2023Conditional
& completion of alterations to previously permitted development under pl. ref. 22/60509
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361160
30 Jun 2023Conditional
for a change of house design to that granted under planning reference 22/60463
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360729
20 Jun 2022Conditional
to (1) partially demolish exiting derelict dwelling house, (2) refurbishment of existing derelict dwelling.(3) construct new two storey extension to rear of same.(4) construct a domestic garage with a car port, (5) install new proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site services. (6)including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 415.36sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22791
19 May 2022Conditional
to construct an extension and carry out alterations to existing dwelling house and to convert part of existing shed to habitable space and to retain bicycle covered area and all associated works. Gross floor area of extension: 14.20 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260509
11 May 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor area of proposed works: House= 222.4sqm Garage=36.5sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260463
4 Feb 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A WORKSHOP AND SHED WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. GROSS FLOOR SPACE OF PROPOSED WORKS 68.10 SQM
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2260067
8 Apr 2021Conditional
for a change of house plans for an extension to an existing dwelling house to that previously granted under Planning Reference No. 18/1127. Gross floor space of proposed works: 34.1 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21554
19 Sept 2019Conditional
to construct a private dwelling house, a domestic garage and sewerage treatment system with all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 307 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191449
10 Aug 2018Conditional
to construct an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works 48.4sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181127
14 Jun 2018Conditional
for construction of dwelling house, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 253.4 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18808
3 May 2018Conditional
of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and all associated services on revised site boundaries to that previously granted under 61186. Gross floor area house 136m2, garage 23.8m2.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18571
27 Feb 2018Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 212.1 sqm. (garage) 49.5 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18224
29 Jun 2017Conditional
of a dwellinghouse, septic tank and all associated services on revised site boundaries to that previously granted under 25178. (gross floor area 85.7sqm)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17947
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
- Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268
Recorded monuments
- GA112-006 Enclosure
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
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1820, having lean-to to west elevation converted into part of house. Pitched thatched roof with decorative raised ridge, render copings and low rendered chimneystack. Smooth render to walls, with some exposed limestone to lower part of front (south) elevation. Square-headed openings to front having replacement glazed timber door and timber panelled half-door, and replacement windows with stone sills. Garden to front, having wrought-iron pedestrian gate with rendered piers.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Crossooha, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Crossooha.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Crossooha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Crossooha · Crois Uatha
- Area
- 1,952,524 m² (195.25 ha, 482.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kinvarradoorus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kiltartan
- Electoral division
- Doorus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 882 people lived in 293 households in the Doorus electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybranagan, Carrownamaddra, Doorus Demesne, Kinvarra, Mountscribe or Moneyscreebagh, Roo Demesne
- Placenames
- Crossooha 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.