# Derryclare, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Doire an Chláir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 10,247,719 m² (1,024.77 ha, 2,532.27 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 803,673 m² (80.37 ha, 198.59 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moyrus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moyrus.md
- Barony: Ballynahinch
- Electoral division: Bencorr, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18059
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61771
- Centre: latitude 53.49721, longitude -9.765322 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryclare, from 1,077 m² to 3,861,535 m² (386.15 ha, 954.21 acres); 2 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2103540: 3,861,535 m² (386.15 ha, 954.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2103540.md
- Parcel 2053927: 3,834,604 m² (383.46 ha, 947.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2053927.md
- Parcel 2053926: 1,323,008 m² (132.3 ha, 326.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2053926.md
- Parcel 2103539: 284,337 m² (28.43 ha, 70.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2103539.md
- Parcel 2740491: 4,538 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740491.md
- Parcel 2740488: 1,077 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740488.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 12 Dec 2024, Galway County Council 2461711: Conditional. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461711/0
- 23 Feb 2023, Galway County Council 2360: Refused. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex SAC, site code 002031, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002031
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex, site code 002031

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA037-015: Metalworking site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA037-015----. 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

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 Derryclare.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, 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/derryclare.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/derryclare.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/derryclare.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Derryclare 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)

- Cloonnacartan: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonnacartan.md
- Glencoaghan: https://everytownland.com/galway/glencoaghan.md
- Gleninagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/gleninagh.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.

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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.

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