Fiddaun
Townland in the civil parish of Ardrahan, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Feadán
- Area
- 132.3 ha
- 327 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 5,715 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fiddaun, from 116 m² to 242,307 m² (24.23 ha, 59.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Fiddaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Dec 2025Conditional
to construct cubicles shed with slatted tank and all associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561925
30 Dec 2020Conditional
and complete alterations and extensions to previously approved planning ref no 19/1024 for a new Milking Parlour, Dairy, Plant Room, Roofed cubicle house and roofed slatted tanks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 939.55 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 566.25 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202061
19 Nov 2020N/a
for the construction of a new Dairy, Plant Room and farm office and a new canopy and change of roof design to the building previously granted permission under ref. no. 19/1024. Gross floor space of proposed works: 939.55 msq. Gross floor space of work to be retained 566.25sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 201751
22 Aug 2019Conditional
for (A) Construction of a building to the rear of the school to accommodate a multipurpose room / activity room and auxillary rooms (B) Installation of a temporary building (portacabin) until new building is constructed (C) All associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 113.4 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191308
3 Jul 2019Conditional
for the construction of a new milking parlour, dairy, roofed cubicle house and roofed slatted tanks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 806.40 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191024
6 Mar 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197.66 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19315
9 Aug 2018Conditional
for construction of dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 269.28sqm, Garage 50.72sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181126
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fiddaun.
Recorded monuments
- GA104-138 Ringfort - rath
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.
- GA104-139 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
On a ridge. This circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 35m) comprises a flat-topped central mound (diam. c. 13m; H 0.75-1m) which is encircled by a fosse and external bank. From SE to SSW the bank has been levelled and the fosse has been partially in-filled. The construction of a slurry pit has disturbed the bank from SW to W. (McCaffrey 1952, 26, no. 143; 1955, 223) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 August 2019
- GA104-142 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rolling pastureland. Poorly preserved overgrown circular rath (diam. 23.3m) defined by a bank and external fosse. A field wall cuts across the monument at NNW and SSE. (McCaffrey 1952, 230, no. 144) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fiddaun.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Fiddaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Fiddaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Fiddaun · An Feadán
- Area
- 1,322,918 m² (132.29 ha, 326.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardrahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Killogilleen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killogilleen electoral division: 981 people in 308 households; 93% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyglass East, Furzypark, Isertkelly North, Lismoylan, Moneen East, Monksfield
- Placenames
- Fiddaun 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.