Culliagh South
Townland in the civil parish of Abbeyknockmoy, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Choilleach Theas
- Area
- 122.7 ha
- 303 acres
- Land parcels
- 120
- registered freehold, median 445 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Culliagh South, from 3 m² to 151,180 m² (15.12 ha, 37.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Culliagh South 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
23 Jul 2025Conditional
for the completion of single story dwelling with a different orientation on the same site to that granted under ref number 201160, (structure rotated 90 degrees) also permission for completion of external rendering of the dwelling, also retention of covered patio/external hallway attached to the dwelling and all other site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 68 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561006
18 Mar 2025Refused
for the (i) construction a glazed entrance porch to front of existing supermarket, (ii) construction of covered outdoor customer seating area, (iii) change of use of an existing retail unit to use as a café, new café signage and associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2560279
20 Jun 2022Refused
for change of use of existing house to store and permission to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with connection to existing treatment plant and percolation area to be enlarged to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 217.64 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22788
19 Apr 2022N/a
for change of use of existing house to store and permission to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with connection to existing treatment plant and percolation area to be enlarged to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 217.64 sqm (house) & 51 sqm (garage/fuel shed)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22513
13 Dec 2021Conditional
to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212356
4 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, along with associated site works. Permission to retain existing serviced mobile home (22m2), 2 no. storage sheds (32m2 combined) and ancillary works on site until dwelling is completed. Gross floor space of proposed works is 249 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211426
10 May 2021N/a
to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 249.0 sqm, Garage: 40 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21771
30 Apr 2021Conditional
to change the use of part of the existing licensed premises to a tyre changing facility. Gross floor space of proposed works: 288 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 21731
5 Mar 2021Unconditional
for the construction of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and demolition of existing single storey extension to sides and rear of existing dwelling and the installation of a new treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works (gross floor space proposed 132sqm; demolition 60sqm)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 21307
11 Feb 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house (gross floor space 255 sqm) domestic garage/fuel store and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 325 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21145
9 Nov 2020N/a
to construct a new dwelling house (gross floor space 255sqm), domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 325sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201670
13 Oct 2020Conditional
to demolish an existing dwelling house and to construct a new two storey dwelling house, along with a new waste water treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235.8 msq (house) & 60 msq (garage). Gross floor space of any demolition: 95.2 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201503
20 Aug 2020Conditional
for the construction of a single storey dwelling and on site sewerage treatment works and all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 51 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201160
26 Jul 2019Conditional
for the following works which were previously granted Planning permission under Pl Ref No. 06/2242 and 13/919: a)Change of elevations of dwelling houses and relocation of rear sunrooms from one side of the house to the other to houses 9, 13 & 14. b) Change of elevations to dwelling houses 12 & 15, and all associated site development works.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191175
20 Nov 2018Conditional
to retain the existing funeral home, septic tank, percolation area and car parking facilities all on revised site boundaries from the previous planning application Ref. No. 55867 and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 100 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 181657
24 Jan 2017Unconditional
for (1) demolition of part of existing commercial garage, which is currently being used for the repair and maintenance of commercial vehicles (2) construction of an extension onto remaining section of garage which includes a replacement of the existing office, staff canteen and staff toilet and additional bays for the servicing and repairs of motor vehicles (3) provision of carparking for staff and customers, and all ancillary works at the rear of the building (4) provision of cladding and signage as detailed on part of external facade of building (5) provision of a new septic tank and percolation area (gross floor space demolish 22.1sqm proposed 109.7sqm). Previous planning reference no. 11/1008.
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 1750
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Culliagh South.
Recorded monuments
- GA058-097 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
In pastureland. Shown on the 1938 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular hachured enclosure (c. 25m NW-SE; c. 23m NE-SW). Current aerial imagery (Google Earth 15 April 2020) indicates that it has been levelled. It may have been a ringfort. The monument was brought to our attention by Mr D. Kilner. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 October 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Culliagh South.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Culliagh South.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Culliagh South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Culliagh South · An Choilleach Theas
- Area
- 1,227,350 m² (122.74 ha, 303.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Abbey West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Abbey West electoral division: 884 people in 290 households; 86% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynakilla, Culliagh North, Glennaveel, Liss
- Placenames
- Culliagh South 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.