Derryadd West

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryadd West, from 368 m² to 4,057,661 m² (405.77 ha, 1,002.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Derryadd West 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.

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360512

• 29 Oct 2020N/a

  to construct a new dwelling including treatment plant and all associated services. An Appropriate Assessment Screening report is also attached. As part of the application, I also propose to renovate/upgrade an existing stone structure within the curtilage of the site. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling 222.55 sqm, Shed 16 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201593

• 10 Nov 2017Conditional

  to (1) raise the existing roof height to accommodate proposed habitable rooms on the first floor level (2) proposed external and internal alterations to existing dwelling house (3) demolish existing rear elevation utility and replace with new utility room (4) replace existing septic tank and percolation area with new treatment system with polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 61.53sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained 142.00sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 9.47sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171615

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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034

Recorded monuments

• GA050-008 Burial
  Description

  To S of road close to seashore on inner reaches of Cloonisle Bay. It consists of two set boulders (H c. 0.5m, c. 0.3m), 2.8m apart. Said to be the grave of a priest who was caught and killed here, having swum across from Toombeola Friary (GA050-026001-) on opposite shore of bay, when it was attacked by soldiers. The spot is called Corr na mBráithre (info T. Robinson). Not visited. 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

• GA050-009 Church
  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.

• GA051-017001 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• GA051-017002 House - indeterminate date
  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

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

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derryadd West.

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.

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

Name

Derryadd West · Doire Fhada Thiar

Area

5,711,251 m² (571.13 ha, 1,411.28 acres)

Civil parish

Moyrus, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Bencorr, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bencorr electoral division: 219 people in 55 households; 72% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 39% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinafad, Ballynahinch, Cloonbeg, Cloonisle, Cushatrower, Derryvickrune, Toombeola

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Derryadd West 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.