Cuilleen

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilleen, from 50 m² to 231,611 m² (23.16 ha, 57.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  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.

• 19 Aug 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling; modifications to the existing roof structure; the conversion of the existing attic space into habitable accommodation; alterations to the existing elevations, including the provision of new roof lights and associated window openings; together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661413

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  to construct a two storey extension to the rear of dwelling house and to renovate the said house so to accommodate the proposed extension. Permission is sought also to replace the effluent treatment system with a new system

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561144

• 20 Jun 2025N/a

  to demolish the current rear extension, construct a new rear extension, renovate the house & replace the existing septic tank with a treatment plant system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 121 sqm(extension). Demolition: 20.50 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560800

• 28 Jan 2021Conditional

  for development consisting of amendments to previous permitted storage building (granted under Planning Application reference 20/1460). Proposed revisions comprise of additional storage area and provision of loading bay (total additional floor area 1010 sqm), and associated site and external works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1010 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2171

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of construction of a new shed for storing building products (as part of the existing business) and associated external and site development works. floor space of proposed works=1872sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201460

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  to change the house and garage plans from those granted under Planning Permission 15/503. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) - 215.51 sqm; (Garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1980

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  and retention permission for development consisting of alterations to previously approved development granted under Planning Application Reference 17/1500 and 16/1468: a) alterations to previously approved car park layout including omission of 1 No. vehicular access and construction of new boundary wall, provision of 5 No. flagpoles signs and 1 No. totem sign, and associated works, b) retention of external lighting to car park

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181895

• 17 Oct 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of amendents to previously approved development granted under Planning Application Ref. 16/1468 comprising of: a) the relocation of 1 No. polytunel, b) the construction of an extension and alterations to existing single storey retail area and staff welfare facilities, c) alterations to proposed facades/shopfront, and all associated external works. Gross floor space of proposed works 414sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171500

• 26 Jun 2017Conditional

  for (a) the demolition of existing substandard dwelling and (b) for the construction of a replacement dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 431.55sqm, demolition 105sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17939

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cuilleen.

Recorded monuments

• GA042-117 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a hillock in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved oval cashel (E-W 42m, N-S c. 35m) defined by a low drystone wall. 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

• GA042-118 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved roughly circular cashel (D 42m) defined by a drystone wall overlain by a field walk No visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives from SE to S. 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

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

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

1,144,441 m² (114.44 ha, 282.8 acres)

Civil parish

Cargin, 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

Ballyconlought, Balrickard, Cahergal, Cloghanower, Clooneen, Headford, Kilmurry

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.