Cuilleen

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilleen, from 43 m² to 740,385 m² (74.04 ha, 182.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Cuilleen 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.

• 9 Mar 2026Refused

  for a detached single storey garage/tool storage shed, with connection to storm soakway. All contained within the curtillage of home site

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660356

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360512

• 18 Jun 2020Conditional

  chun (a) síneadh a chuir le taobh a teach atá lonnaithe ar an suíomh (b) an seid atá ann a leagann, (c) seid/garáiste nua a thógáil, (d) córas cóireála dramhuisce tí le scagaire snasúcháin a thógáil, (e) chomh maith le seirbhísí gaolmhara agus (f) athraithe bailchríocha seachtracha ar an teach reatha le fuinneogaí agus doirse nua, díon slinne nua, agus plástráil ballaí san áireamh. Tá Ráiteas Tionchair Natura á chuir isteach ag an tÚdaras Pleanála leis an t-iarratas. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 50 sqm (house & shed). Spás urláir comhlán d'aon scartáil: 6.25 sqm (shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20758

• 21 Jun 2019Refused

  chun (a) síneadh a chuir le taobh a teach atá lonnaithe ar an suíomh (b) an seid atá ann leagann, (c) seid/garáiste nua a thógáil, (d) córas cóireála dramhuisce tí le scagaire snasúcháin a thógáil, (e) chomh maith le seirbhísí gaolmhara agus (f) athraithe bailchríocha seachtracha ar an teach reatha le fuinneogaí agus doirse nua, díon slinne nua, agus plástráil ballaí san áireamh. Tá Ráiteas TionchairNatura á chuir isteach ag an tÚdras Pleanála. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: Teach - 30 sqm, Garáiste - 20 sqm. Spás urláir comhlán d'aon scartáíl: 6.25 sqm (seid)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19943

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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Area of Conservation: Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC 002111
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034

Recorded monuments

• GA076-006 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated close to the summit of a large flat-topped granitic hill (101m OD) known as Cnoc an Choillín. The hill-top setting consists of unenclosed blanket bog with frequent rocky granite outcrops. A large cleft in the hillside is located to the NE of the site running NNW to SSE and provides a convenient access route to the top. Another large cleft in the hillside is located to the SE of the site running NE to SW down to the coastline at Ards Bay, which is the closest point of the coastline to the signal tower site c. 475m to the SW. The signal tower has unobstructed views in all directions, except to the NE towards the summit of Cnoc an Choillín. The well-preserved signal tower on Lettermullan Island (GA089-013----), located c. 12.5 kms to the SE, is clearly visible during good weather. The signal tower at Bunowen Hill (GA049-017002-), located c. 19.9kms to the NW, has been demolished and can no longer be seen from this location. The site of this signal tower at Ard Castle Hill\Cnoc an Choillín is located c. 259m ENE of a holy well (GA076-007), known as ‘Tobar Muire’, located on the W side of Cnoc an Choillín, and c. 1.18kms NW of the Roman Catholic chapel (GA077-006----) located in the village of Carna. The site of an early nineteenth-century (c. 1805-6) originally two-storey square-plan signal tower (ext. dims. c. 5.8m NW-SE x c. 5.8m NE-SW; max H c. 0.75m to SE elevation). The signal tower has collapsed or been demolished, and most of the masonry has been removed from the site for use elsewhere. Apparently, this signal tower had fallen by 1865 (Robinson 1985, 35). The surviving part of the tower consists of a few courses of roughly squared and coursed rubble granite walling, defining a square-plan building with its walls facing NW, NE, SE and SW. No other architectural details are visible. The most intact portion of the building is at the SE, where the wall survives to H of 0.75m. The base of the signal tower site is surrounded by a spread of rubble (c. 25m NE-SW x c. 15m NW-SE). The rubble spread is not particular dense. Comparison to the more extensive rubble spreads recorded at signal stations such as Cleggan Hill, County Galway (GA009-007----), or Slievemore Hill, County Mayo (MA010-042----) supports the idea that much of the stone from the signal tower has been removed from the site. Short alignments of stone are visible within and adjacent to the rubble spread. These could be fragments of a removed enclosure or fragments of small buildings that had surrounded the signal tower. These alignments are too obscured to sufficiently interpret onsite. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the 19th century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 11/07/22 Images: GA076-006----.01 SE exterior GA076-006----.02 NE exterior GA076-006----.03 NW exterior GA076-006----.04 SW exterior GA076-006----.05 SE interior GA076-006----.06 SW interior GA009-007----.07 Site plan GA009-007----.08 Fragment of wall to N of site of signal tower, looking E GA076-006----.09 View of wall to N of site GA076-006----.10 View of wall to N of site GA076-006----.11 L-shaped wall to S of signal tower site

• GA076-007 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On S side of Cnoc an Choillín immediately above the former limits of cultivation. Known locally as Tobar Muire, it consists of a small natural round rock basin with a square cairn built over it on S to form a canopy. Modern offerings are visible in it. According to Mac Giollarnáth (1941), mass was celebrated, and a priest was captured here, in penal times. Not visited. (Robinson 1985, 35) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA076-008 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
  Description

  At S end of Loch an Mhuilinn on SW bank of river that flows from it into Cuan na hAirde. The site of a horizontal mill in use until about 1900. Demolished for stone to build nearby bridge but contemporary descriptions of it survive. A second mill — An Muileann Beag — also existed a short distance further upstream, the foundations of which still survive by a bend in the river. (Lucas 1953, 23; Robinson 1985, 36) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cuilleen.

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Cuilleen.

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

Name

Cuilleen · An Coillín

Area

2,747,345 m² (274.73 ha, 678.88 acres)

Civil parish

Moyrus, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Knockboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockboy electoral division: 875 people in 319 households; 81% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ard West, Knockboy, Letterdeskert, Moyrus

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Cuilleen 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.