Keernaun

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keernaun, from 3 m² to 450,206 m² (45.02 ha, 111.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Keernaun 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.

• 6 Oct 2021Refused

  for the infilling of a 3.78 hectare site, for agricultural improvement purposes, with greenfield soil and stone, and all associated site works and services to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211838

• 11 Aug 2020Conditional

  to consist of 1) permission to demolish 2 no. existing outbuildings, 2) construct a single and two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling house, 3) construct new domestic garage / garden store, 4) minor alterations to elevations, 5) new sewage treatment system and 6) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works; extension = 170.2sqm, garage = 60sqm, Gross floor space of any demolition; 117.9sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201119

• 17 Jun 2020N/a

  consisting of the infill of lands with non-hazardous inert fill material such as soils, clay, stone, hardcore, clean concrete rubble etc and all associated site works and services required to facilitate this development.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20744

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turloughcor 001788

Recorded monuments

• GA056-076 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1920) as a circular enclosure (D c. 32m); no visible surface trace survives. A CBG (GA050-076001-) is associated. 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

• GA056-076001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with an enclosure (GA056-076----). Although named on OS 6-inch maps, no visible surface trace of this CBG 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

• GA056-077 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying scrub and grassland. Subcircular cashel (NE-SW 23.3m) defined by a low grassed-over drystone wall, overlain by a field wall from N to NE. A rectangular structure abutting the inner face of the wall at NW may be an animal shelter, whilst a semicircular foundation line (D 1.9m) at E may be a hut site. 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

• GA056-078 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in scrubland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D c. 25m) defined by a drystone wall reduced to a rubble spread from SW through N to E. A field wall forms the enclosing element elsewhere. A number of houses (GA056-078001-) are associated. 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

• GA056-078001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Associated with a cashel (GA056-078----). The outlines of three poorly preserved houses/huts are visible as follows: (a: GA056-078001-) immediately inside the collapsed cashel wall at SSW is a subrectangular area (N-S; L c. 5m) defined by a ruinous stone wall, the outer face of which is clearly visible; (b: GA056-078002-) on the line of the collapsed cashel wall at NNE is a roughly circular hut (D 1.35m) defined by a collapsed stone wall; (c: GA056-078003-) immediately S of the latter is a rectangular area (NW-SE; L 2.9m, Wth 1.7m), similarly defined, which also appears to be built into the cashel wall. 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

• GA056-078002 Hut site
  Description

  Associated with a cashel (GA056-078----). The outlines of three poorly preserved houses/huts are visible as follows: (a: GA056-078001-) immediately inside the collapsed cashel wall at SSW is a subrectangular area (N-S; L c. 5m) defined by a ruinous stone wall, the outer face of which is clearly visible; (b: GA056-078002-) on the line of the collapsed cashel wall at NNE is a roughly circular hut (D 1.35m) defined by a collapsed stone wall; (c: GA056-078003-) immediately S of the latter is a rectangular area (NW-SE; L 2.9m, Wth 1.7m), similarly defined, which also appears to be built into the cashel wall. 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: 15 February 2017

• GA056-078003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Associated with a cashel (GA056-078----). The outlines of three poorly preserved houses/huts are visible as follows: (a: GA056-078001-) immediately inside the collapsed cashel wall at SSW is a subrectangular area (N-S; L c. 5m) defined by a ruinous stone wall, the outer face of which is clearly visible; (b: GA056-078002-) on the line of the collapsed cashel wall at NNE is a roughly circular hut (D 1.35m) defined by a collapsed stone wall; (c: GA056-078003-) immediately S of the latter is a rectangular area (NW-SE; L 2.9m, Wth 1.7m), similarly defined, which also appears to be built into the cashel wall. 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: 15 February 2017

• GA056-079 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of a low hill in scrubland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 20.5m) defined from N through E to SW by a drystone wall now reduced to a substantial spread of rubble. From SW through W to N, a field wall forms the enclosing element, whilst another cuts the monument at NW and SE. 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

• GA056-080 Enclosure
  Description

  In grass and scrubland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 25m). All that survives is an arc of drystone wall from SE to S, overlain by a field wall which encloses the monument throughout. Inaccessible due to dense overgrowth. 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

• GA056-081 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in low-lying grassland prone to flooding. An almost circular flat- topped but overgrown mound of earth and stone (ESE-WNW 17.6m, NE-SW 16.3m) up to 1m in height. It is surrounded by a shallow external fosse, with traces of a possible causeway at NE. 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

• GA056-147 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on top of a low rise in undulating pastureland. This large tapering slightly rounded limestone slab (H 1.85m; base Wth c. 1.35m; Wth at top 0.85m; T 0.5m) is aligned N-S. A number of small packing stones are visible around its base, particularly on its W side. Compiled by: Olive Alcock based on information supplied by Dr G. Gowling Date of upload: 6 April 2018 The following images have been uploaded: GA056-147----_01 View from S GA056-147----_02 View from E GA056-147----_05 View from W

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Keernaun.

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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Keernaun.

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

Name

Keernaun · Caorthannán

Area

1,971,613 m² (197.16 ha, 487.2 acres)

Civil parish

Killeany, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killeany, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killeany electoral division: 617 people in 218 households; 85% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghanower, Kilgarriff, Muckcoort, Rafwee, Turloughcor

Placenames

Keernaun 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.