# Doocreggaun, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Aughrim, barony of Clonmacnowen, Co. Galway; in Irish An Dúchreagán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 790,023 m² (79 ha, 195.22 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 20,182 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Aughrim, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/aughrim.md - Barony: Clonmacnowen - Electoral division: Oatfield, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 446 people lived in 149 households in the Oatfield electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18006 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61836 - Centre: latitude 53.282316, longitude -8.320633 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doocreggaun, from 2,217 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) to 201,006 m² (20.1 ha, 49.67 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2045231: 201,006 m² (20.1 ha, 49.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045231.md - Parcel 2094180: 170,643 m² (17.06 ha, 42.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094180.md - Parcel 2094177: 146,136 m² (14.61 ha, 36.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094177.md - Parcel 2045235: 85,474 m² (8.55 ha, 21.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045235.md - Parcel 2045233: 60,219 m² (6.02 ha, 14.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045233.md - Parcel 4459429: 39,769 m² (3.98 ha, 9.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4459429.md - Parcel 2094182: 36,958 m² (3.7 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094182.md - Parcel 2094178: 20,182 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094178.md - Parcel 4744240: 5,037 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744240.md - Parcel 2045232: 4,914 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045232.md - Parcel 2745862: 3,868 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2745862.md - Parcel 2045234: 3,760 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045234.md - Parcel 5736164: 2,281 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5736164.md - Parcel 5736162: 2,271 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5736162.md - Parcel 2094181: 2,217 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094181.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Doocreggaun 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 28 Jul 2026, Galway County Council 2661308: N/a. Permission. for a slatted cattle shed & ancillary concrete and the retention of an existing slatted shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661308/0 - 16 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 2561334: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to demolish existing front porch, rear extension, sheds and site entrance; to refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations; to construct new porch and extensions to same; to include alterations to elevations of existing shed; to upgrade treatment system and percolation area; to form a new site entrance, and carry out all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561334/0 - 11 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 2561298: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to demolish existing front porch, rear extension, sheds and site entrance, to refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations, to construct new porch and extensions to same, to include alterations to elevations of existing shed, to upgrade treatment system and percolation area, to form a new site entrance, and carry out all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561298/0 - 5 Aug 2021, Galway County Council 211439: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the following development; (a) construction of a new dwelling (b) construction of a domestic Garage/store (c) wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) new site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is House 259 sqm & Garage 58.33 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211439/0 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 Doocreggaun. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA087-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA087-010----. In undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). Apart from a curving td. boundary which may overlie its line from SW through W to NNE, 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 - GA087-063: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA087-063----. In gently undulating grassland. A poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 32m) defined by a bank from SE through W to NE. A field boundary delimits the monument from NE to SE. Quarrying has disturbed the bank at W. 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 - GA087-064: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA087-064----. In gently undulating marshland. A poorly preserved well, dry at the time of visit, dedicated to St Commadan. It is enclosed by a rectangular drystone-built wall (NE-SW; L 2m, Wth 1.5m) on W, N and E sides and is open to S. No steps are evident at the entrance but the floor here is paved with limestone flags. A hawthorn tree is growing at SW. According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 566), stations were performed here on Sundays. 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 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 Doocreggaun. ## 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 Doocreggaun, about 1 in 20 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Doocreggaun. - 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/doocreggaun.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/doocreggaun.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/doocreggaun.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Doocreggaun 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) - Ballyeighter: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyeighter-60311.md - Ballyhoolahan: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyhoolahan.md - Hardwood: https://everytownland.com/galway/hardwood.md - Kilcommadan: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilcommadan.md - Kilnahown: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilnahown.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/doocreggaun - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/doocreggaun