Curra

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curra, from 176 m² to 247,636 m² (24.76 ha, 61.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 4 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Curra 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.

• 8 Jul 2026N/a

  for a (i) new single storey extension to existing dwelling, (ii) new garden shed, (iii) alterations to existing floor plans and elevations, (iv) new wastewater treatment system & (v) all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement is included as part of this application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661148

• 30 Jan 2026Conditional

  of bedroom, office, storage, bathroom as constructed ancillary to main house with construction of integrated connecting link to existing house and all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660130

• 30 May 2025Refused

  for: 1. Farm Manager’s one bed apartment and office. 2. Retention of Caretaker’s accommodation consisting of a one bed chalet type structure. 3. Upgrade of existing wastewater treatment plant previously permitted under planning reference 03/4908 and all associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 97.50 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560677

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  to change previously granted house design (Pl.Ref.No: 20/1344). Gross floor space of proposed works: 66.80 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461381

• 13 Apr 2024Refused

  to construct a storage shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 36.90 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460401

• 14 Nov 2022N/a

  for: 1) demolition of existing dwelling, 2) construction of replacement dwelling, 3) construction of extension to existing basement garage and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 362 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 42 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 116 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221170

• 20 Apr 2022Unconditional

  for demolishing existing wooden chalet and construct a new 3 bedroom single storey dwelling house and replace existing septic tank with treatment plant and tertiary treatment filter and a polishing bed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 163.8sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22523

• 21 Sept 2020Conditional

  to change previously granted house design (Pl. Ref. No. 19/24). Gross floor space of proposed works: 161.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201344

• 11 Jan 2019Conditional

  to change previously granted house design (pl. ref. No. 17/143). Gross floor space of proposed works: 172.2 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 55 sqm (see 17/143)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1924

• 9 Feb 2017Conditional

  for demolishing existing wooden chalet and construct a new 3 bedroom single storey dwelling house and replace existing septic tank with treatment plant and tertiary treatment filter and a polishing bed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 163.8sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17143

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Curra.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Curra, 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 Curra.

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.

No address of the register names Curra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Curra · An Chora

Area

704,384 m² (70.44 ha, 174.06 acres)

Civil parish

Moycullen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Tullokyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,303 people lived in 756 households in the Tullokyne electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Kilcloggaun, Portdarragh

Placenames

Curra 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.