# Cuilnacappy, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Galway; in Irish Coill na Ceapaí.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 677,870 m² (67.79 ha, 167.51 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 71,420 m² (7.14 ha, 17.65 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilbegnet, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilbegnet.md
- Barony: Ballymoe
- Electoral division: Creggs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 351 people lived in 139 households in the Creggs electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18966
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61629
- Centre: latitude 53.582722, longitude -8.37026 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilnacappy, from 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres) to 318,812 m² (31.88 ha, 78.78 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2103923: 318,812 m² (31.88 ha, 78.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2103923.md
- Parcel 2103922: 266,341 m² (26.63 ha, 65.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2103922.md
- Parcel 5754172: 71,420 m² (7.14 ha, 17.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5754172.md
- Parcel 5754165: 15,605 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5754165.md
- Parcel 2054290: 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2054290.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Cuilnacappy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 16 Sept 2026, Galway County Council 26238: N/a. Permission. to upgrade the Creggs 2582 meter long walkway. The upgrade to consist of an overlay broken stone on existing road surface and the sealing of the completed surface with a bitumen bound material. A car parking area to hold 5 car spaces plus picnic table will be provided. Existing defective stone culverts along the route of the walkway will be replaced with drainage pipes. Existing roadside drains will also be improved. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/26238/0
- 28 Jul 2023, Galway County Council 2360875: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe & Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years & a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling & electrical infrastructure including approx. 18no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting & underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2no. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 & one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1no. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; & all associated site development & landscaping works, all on a site of approx. 107.4ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the project & will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360875/0
- 5 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360464: N/a. Permission. for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe, and Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years and a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling and electrical infrastructure including approx. 18 no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting and underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2 No. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 and one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1 No. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; and all associated site development and landscaping works. All on a site of approx. 107.4ha. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360464/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA020-005: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA020-005----. On N-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 45m by c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Cuilnacappy, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cuilnacappy.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/cuilnacappy.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/cuilnacappy.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/cuilnacappy.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cuilnacappy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Coalpits: https://everytownland.com/galway/coalpits.md
- Gorteenfadda: https://everytownland.com/galway/gorteenfadda.md
- Mallyree: https://everytownland.com/galway/mallyree.md
- Millford: https://everytownland.com/galway/millford.md
- Moneenroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/moneenroe.md
- Park: https://everytownland.com/galway/park-63503.md
- Rabbitpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/rabbitpark.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/cuilnacappy
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/cuilnacappy