Keeagh
Townland in the civil parish of Moycullen, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish An Chaothach
- Area
- 242.9 ha
- 600 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 6,930 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keeagh, from 160 m² to 683,738 m² (68.37 ha, 168.96 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 Keeagh 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
27 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new two storey extension to the rear of our house and also including new dormer style window to the front and back of the existing house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 76.00 sqm(extension)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560664
17 Jan 2025Conditional
for change of dwelling house design from that previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 23/60391 with all associated works and ancillary services. A Natura Impact Statement for the proposed development will be submitted with this application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560040
4 Jun 2024Conditional
of an existing dwelling house, garage and wastewater treatment services on revised site boundaries in relation of Ref No's 00/243 and 01/2091. Gross floor space of work to be retained: (House) 214 sqm & (Garage) 60 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24149
15 May 2023Conditional
for the development consisting 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, 2360511
14 Apr 2023Conditional
for dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. A Natura Impact Statement for the proposed development is submitted with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 218.60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360391
4 Oct 2022Refused
for dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. A Natura Impact Statement for the proposed development will be submitted with this application.Gross floor space of proposed works 266.60sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260988
2 Aug 2018Refused
for the erection of a new dwelling house, garage and sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 237.50 sqm. (garage) 23 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 181099
26 Apr 2018N/a
for erection of a new dwelling house, garage and sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 237.50.
Permission · Galway County Council, 18514
20 Oct 2017N/a
for storage building as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 205.6sqm.
Retention · Galway County Council, 171519
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Keeagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Keeagh.
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 20 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 Keeagh.
- 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 Keeagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Keeagh · An Chaothach
- Area
- 2,429,107 m² (242.91 ha, 600.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moycullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Slieveaneena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Slieveaneena electoral division: 797 people in 280 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Gortyloughlin, Killagoola, Kylebroghlan, Laughil, Lealetter, Pollnaclogha
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Keeagh 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.