# Derreen Lower, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish Doirín Íochtair. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 736,084 m² (73.61 ha, 181.89 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,116 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilkerrin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilkerrin.md - Barony: Tiaquin - Electoral division: Cloonkeen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21521 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61740 - Centre: latitude 53.563743, longitude -8.582944 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen Lower, from 586 m² to 149,597 m² (14.96 ha, 36.97 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2097793: 149,597 m² (14.96 ha, 36.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097793.md - Parcel 4460776: 111,977 m² (11.2 ha, 27.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460776.md - Parcel 5371141: 92,877 m² (9.29 ha, 22.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5371141.md - Parcel 2048620: 78,546 m² (7.85 ha, 19.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048620.md - Parcel 5371180: 62,147 m² (6.21 ha, 15.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5371180.md - Parcel 5371085: 44,150 m² (4.42 ha, 10.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5371085.md - Parcel 2097792: 37,567 m² (3.76 ha, 9.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097792.md - Parcel 2048623: 23,762 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048623.md - Parcel 2097788: 22,999 m² (2.3 ha, 5.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097788.md - Parcel 2114540: 20,858 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114540.md - Parcel 2048624: 20,074 m² (2.01 ha, 4.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048624.md - Parcel 2048625: 19,458 m² (1.95 ha, 4.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048625.md - Parcel 2097787: 13,272 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097787.md - Parcel 2097783: 7,116 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097783.md - Parcel 4584196: 5,717 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4584196.md - Parcel 2097789: 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097789.md - Parcel 4738447: 3,747 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4738447.md - Parcel 2097785: 3,747 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097785.md - Parcel 2097790: 3,666 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097790.md - Parcel 2097786: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097786.md - Parcel 2097791: 2,153 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097791.md - Parcel 4738446: 1,422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4738446.md - Parcel 2097784: 1,388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097784.md - Parcel 2048627: 1,002 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048627.md - Parcel 2048622: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048622.md - Parcel 2048626: 652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2048626.md - Parcel 2097794: 586 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2097794.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 17 Sept 2026, Galway County Council 2661573: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage/garden store, new sewage treatment system and all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661573/0 - 24 Aug 2026, Galway County Council 26211: N/a. Permission. to construct a slatted shed to include concrete apron and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/26211/0 - 27 Feb 2025, Galway County Council 2532: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2532/0 - 23 Aug 2024, Galway County Council 2461104: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461104/0 - 29 Aug 2023, Galway County Council 23355: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23355/0 - 2 Sept 2021, Galway County Council 211610: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211610/0 - 27 Nov 2017, Galway County Council 171697: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171697/0 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 Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA031-024: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-024----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-025----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-026----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-027001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA031-027002-. 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. 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) - Kilkerrin National School, school, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 30403102, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30403102. 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. ## 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 Lower, 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 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 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-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/derreen-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/derreen-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) 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: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/galway/castletown-61118.md - Derreen Upper: https://everytownland.com/galway/derreen-upper.md - Lissacarha: https://everytownland.com/galway/lissacarha.md - Monairmore: https://everytownland.com/galway/monairmore.md - Tullaghaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/tullaghaun.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-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/derreen-lower