Derreen Lower

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen Lower, from 586 m² to 149,597 m² (14.96 ha, 36.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Derreen Lower 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.

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage/garden store, new sewage treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661573

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct a slatted shed to include concrete apron and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 26211

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 180.43 sqm & (Shed) 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2532

• 23 Aug 2024Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store, new sewage treatment system and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 316.00 sqm (house) & 60.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461104

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355

• 2 Sept 2021Conditional

  to demolish the adjoining shed and shelter, renovate and extend (176 sqm) the existing building, and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 176 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211610

• 27 Nov 2017Conditional

  to demolish the adjoining shed and shelter, renovate and extend (392sqm) the existing building, construct a shed and polytunnel, amend the front boundary and entrance, and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 392sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained 322sqm, Gross floor space of any demolition 20sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171697

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 Derreen Lower.

Recorded monuments

• GA031-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D c. 32.5m) defined by a bank from NW through N to NE and elsewhere by a scarp. A silage pit has destroyed any trace of the enclosing element at W, Within S half of the interior is an oval mound of earth and stone with a slight central depression (L 4m, Wth 3:2m, H 0.4m). 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

• GA031-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On summit of hill in recently reclaimed grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). The monument has been levelled and apart from a slight rise in ground level (H c. 0.4m), 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

• GA031-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On slight rise in gently undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D 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

• GA031-027001 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA031-027002 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Kilkerrin National School, school, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey national school, built c.1890, having lower gabled porch to east end. Now part of garage. Pitched slate roof with cement-rendered chimneystacks to gable ends, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cement-rendered walls, having inscribed limestone plaque to porch gable. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, six-over-six pane to main section and with six-pane window to porch.

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 Derreen Lower, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derreen Lower.

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 Derreen Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Derreen Lower · Doirín Íochtair

Area

736,084 m² (73.61 ha, 181.89 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkerrin, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Cloonkeen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

493 people lived in 144 households in the Cloonkeen electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castletown, Derreen Upper, Lissacarha, Monairmore, Tullaghaun

Placenames

Derreen Lower 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.