# Derreen, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish An Doirín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 814,086 m² (81.41 ha, 201.17 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,574 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Omey, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/omey.md - Barony: Ballynahinch - Electoral division: Clifden, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,059 people lived in 796 households in the Clifden electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18122 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61734 - Centre: latitude 53.501173, longitude -10.052429 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 1,859 m² to 560,275 m² (56.03 ha, 138.45 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2114546: 560,275 m² (56.03 ha, 138.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114546.md - Parcel 2048800: 43,643 m² (4.36 ha, 10.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048800.md - Parcel 2097985: 38,406 m² (3.84 ha, 9.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097985.md - Parcel 4654254: 36,246 m² (3.62 ha, 8.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654254.md - Parcel 2048796: 34,245 m² (3.42 ha, 8.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048796.md - Parcel 4858285: 31,716 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858285.md - Parcel 2048797: 12,318 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048797.md - Parcel 2097980: 11,671 m² (1.17 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097980.md - Parcel 2097987: 8,574 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097987.md - Parcel 2097986: 7,919 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097986.md - Parcel 2097983: 5,620 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097983.md - Parcel 2097984: 5,562 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097984.md - Parcel 4960206: 4,528 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960206.md - Parcel 5457311: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5457311.md - Parcel 2048799: 2,772 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048799.md - Parcel 2097981: 2,499 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097981.md - Parcel 2097982: 1,859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097982.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Derreen 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) 13 applications, newest first. - 12 Dec 2024, Galway County Council 2461709: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house, install wastewater treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 277 sqm(house). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461709/0 - 16 May 2024, Galway County Council 2460569: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house and wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 203.80 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460569/0 - 9 Feb 2024, Galway County Council 2460131: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of dwelling house and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 203.80 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460131/0 - 5 Jul 2023, Galway County Council 23271: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system & polishing filter, new vehicular entrance as well as all ancillary site works & services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23271/0 - 1 Dec 2022, Galway County Council 2261195: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, new vehicular entrance as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 148.35sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2261195/0 - 19 Aug 2021, Galway County Council 211497: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for a dwelling house and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 205.7 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211497/0 - 20 May 2021, Galway County Council 21853: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, new vehicular entrance as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 278.31 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21853/0 - 28 Sept 2020, Galway County Council 201391: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works; Gross floor space of proposed works; 224sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201391/0 - 12 Feb 2020, Galway County Council 20164: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 224 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20164/0 - 21 Mar 2019, Galway County Council 19404: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 224 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19404/0 - 14 Aug 2018, Galway County Council 181154: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to replace existing septic tank and percolation with a new treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181154/0 - 4 Dec 2017, Galway County Council 171732: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of existing dwelling house, previously granted under Pl Ref No. 14/1179. Gross floor space of work to be retained 252.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171732/0 - 7 Jun 2017, Galway County Council 17811: N/a. Retention. of external alterations made to existing dwelling house, previously granted under Pl Ref No 14/1179. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 137sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17811/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Derreen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA035-035: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA035-035----. This monument is situated at the foot of a steep face of rock above S inner reaches of Streamstown Bay. It consists of a roughly angled structure (L 3m, Wth 0.9m), aligned approximately ENE-WSW, and covered by two roof-stones. The W opening is divided by a longitudinally set stone. Traces of a mound are visible on W, N and E. The remains of this tomb are insufficient to permit classification. (Petrie 1972, 253, 'Dunmore, and a cromleac adjoining' may refer: see GA035-035001-) 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 - GA035-068: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA035-068----. Adjoining a megalithic tomb (GA035-035----). Petrie (1972, 253) refers to a 'caher' known locally as 'Dunmore' of which no visible trace survives. 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 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 Derreen. ## 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 Derreen, 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 high, 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 Derreen. - 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/derreen-61734.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/derreen-61734.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/derreen-61734.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Derreen 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) - Clifden Demesne: https://everytownland.com/galway/clifden-demesne.md - Fakeeragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/fakeeragh.md - Gortrummagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortrummagh.md - Letterdeen: https://everytownland.com/galway/letterdeen.md - Lettershanna: https://everytownland.com/galway/lettershanna.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. --- 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/derreen-61734 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/derreen-61734