Derryclare

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryclare, from 1,077 m² to 3,861,535 m² (386.15 ha, 954.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 2 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 Derryclare 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.

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  for a ten-year development, this will consist of: i. The felling/removal of some 343 hectares of conifer plantation for the purposes of peatland restoration and the establishment of native woodland. ii. Measures to restore and rehabilitate approximately 281 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and heathland that is currently planted with lodgepole pine and conifer forests and managed for productive forestry. iii. Conversion of 62 hectares of conifer forestry to native woodland. iv. Main peatland restoration measures will include tree removal, drain blocking (manual and mechanical) and surface smoothing. v. The control of existing invasive species on site and continued control during the restoration works to prevent their spread. vi. Drain-blocking all existing artificial drainage and artificial land drains currently existing within the peatland restoration areas in order to restore the highwater table which is necessary for blanket bog growth. vii. Provision of silt traps at outflows to block the pathway to the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation. viii. Deer fencing to protect 62 hectares of proposed native woodland. ix. Provision of a Harvest Management Phasing Plan for the proposed project. x. Provision of new internal access road extending to 1.58 km. xi. Across the site there will be 4 no. temporary water-crossings constructed in order to facilitate the harvesting of the timber at the site. xii. Provision of informational signage. xiii. Maintenance of up to 8.23 km of existing forestry roads. xiv. Resurfacing of existing car park to facilitate public access. xv. Installation of water monitoring stations for real time water monitoring during operations. xvi. Cutting of roadside trees to improved sightline visibility at site entrance. xvii. The application is supported by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461711

• 23 Feb 2023Refused

  For a ten-year planning permission consisting of: I.) The felling/removal of some 343 hectares of conifer plantation for the purposes of peatland restoration and the establishment of native woodland. ii.) Measures to restore and rehabilitate approximately 281 hectares of Atlantic blanket bog and heathland that is currently planted with lodgepole pine and Sitka spruce forests and managed for commercial forestry. iii.) Conversion of 62 hectares of conifer forestry to native woodland. iv.) Main peatland restoration measures will include tree removal, drain blocking (manual and mechanical) and ground reprofiling. v.) The control of existing invasive species on site and continued control during the restoration works to prevent their spread. vi.) Drain-blocking all existing artificial drainage and artificial land drains currently existing within the peatland restoration areas in order to restore the high water table which is necessary for blanket bog growth. vii.) Provision of silt traps at outflows to block the pathway to the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation. viii.) Deer fencing to protect 62 hectares of proposed native woodland. ix.) Provision of a Harvest Management Phasing Plan for the proposed project. x.) Provision of new internal access road extending to 1.58 km. xi.) Across the site there will be 4 no. temporary water-crossings constructed in order to acilitate the harvesting of the timber at the site. xii.) Provision of informational signage. xiii.) Resurfacing of up to 8.23 km of existing forestry roads. xiv.) Resurfacing of existing car park to facilitate public access. xv.) Installation of water monitoring stations for real time water monitoring during operations. xvi.) Cutting of roadside trees to improved sightline visibility at site entrance. xvii.) The application is supported by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360

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: The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex SAC 002031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex 002031

Recorded monuments

• GA037-015 Metalworking site
  Description

  On the NW shore of Derryclare Lake, c. 120m to the NE of the ruins of 'Derryclare Lodge'. A scatter of metal-working debris along the shore suggests the presence of a metal-working site. No structures are visible. It appears to be eroding out of a drowned horizon (pers. comm. M. Gibbons January 2020). Compiled by Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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 Derryclare.

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

Name

Derryclare · Doire an Chláir

Area

10,247,719 m² (1,024.77 ha, 2,532.27 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

Cloonnacartan, Glencoaghan, Gleninagh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Derryclare 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.