Derryeighter

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryeighter, from 7 m² to 57,453 m² (5.75 ha, 14.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 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 Derryeighter 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.

• 25 May 2023Conditional

  for (1) proposed elevational changes to existing dwelling house (2) rear and side elevation extensions to existing dwelling house as well as all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360560

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  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, 2360507

• 27 May 2021Conditional

  for (1) demolish an existing dwelling house and the construction of a new dwelling house and (2)replace an existing septic tank and percolation area with a new effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary siteworks and site services. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended). Gross floor space of proposed works: 176.38 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21903

• 24 Oct 2019N/a

  to (1) retain and complete alterations made to semi ruinous dwelling (2) permission for a single storey rear elevation extension (3) permission for a new effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works and site services. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended). Gross floor space of proposed works: 94.03 sqm (30 sqm + Extension 63.74 sqm). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 30.00 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191661

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: Slyne Head Peninsula SAC 002074
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slyne Head Peninsula 002074

Recorded monuments

• GA035-076 Weir - fish
  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.

• GA035-077 Weir - fish
  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 Derryeighter.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Derryeighter.

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

Name

Derryeighter · Doire Íochtair

Area

536,360 m² (53.64 ha, 132.54 acres)

Civil parish

Ballindoon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Errislannan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Errislannan electoral division: 234 people in 84 households; 83% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 51% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drinagh, Keerhaun North, Maum

Placenames

Derryeighter 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.