Kilcommadan

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcommadan, from 1,536 m² to 483,677 m² (48.37 ha, 119.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilcommadan 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.

• 15 Feb 2026Conditional

  to sow native trees along river bank, mechanical raking and loosening of existing gravel substrate to improve spawning/riparian habitat for salmonids

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660234

• 17 Nov 2020Conditional

  for construction of new 1 & 2 storey extensions to front and sides of existing dwelling, internal & external modifications to existing dwelling, and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 218 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201728

• 6 Mar 2018Conditional

  for livestock agricultural shed, 3 bays slatted with lie back area plus 3 bay dry bed to include external cattle crush and adjoining concrete silage slab. Gross floor space of proposed works 345.8 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18248

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilcommadan.

Recorded monuments

• GA087-092 Enclosure
  Description

  On S flank of Aughrim Hill. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1945-6) as a line of hachures curving from SE to WSW and cut by field boundaries at SE and WSW. What survives are the very poorly preserved overgrown remains of an enclosure (E-W c. 35m, N-S>25m) defined by a degraded scarp/bank and external fosse curving from SE to through S to WNW. Slight traces of an outer bank (L c. 6m) are also visible at S. 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

• GA087-124 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 32m, N-S 29m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is best preserved at S. The dumping of clay and large stones has disturbed the enclosing elements at W. There is an entrance causeway (Wth 4.4m) at 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

• GA087-125 Monumental structure
  Description

  Some 100m NE of a probable early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA087-126001-). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a tiny rectangular enclosure. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 566) note that 'St. Ruth is said to have been buried in the [nearby] grave yard … where his “flag” is yet shewn, but it is said that his body was afterwards removed from it'. No visible surface trace survives. See also CBG (GA087-126003-). 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

• GA087-126001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in recently reclaimed pastureland. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 389), this was an 'early site' and OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 566) record that the 'church of Kilcommadan [was] 'one of the seven chief Coarbships [of Hy Many]'. What survives is a large but poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (ESE-WNW >38m, NNE-SSW >13.5m). Due to reclamation, it is now clearly defined only from NW through N to ENE, where traces of a degraded earthen bank are visible. There is a quarry pit on its line at E and a modern field boundary and trackways dissect the interior. A church site (GA087-126002-) and a CBG (GA087-126003-) 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

• GA087-126002 Church
  Description

  In SW quadrant of a probable early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA087-126001-). The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 556) refer to 'the old church of Kilcommadan', and it is shown on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an unroofed rectangular building aligned E-W. According to local information, a large subrectangular stony foundation measuring c. 10m by c. 6m marked its site until recently. However, due to the construction of farm buildings in the vicinity, no visible surface trace now survives. A CBG (GA087-126003-) 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

• GA087-126003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Immediately S of a church (GA087-126002-). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as a CBG. According to local tradition, a burial took place here c. 150 years ago. There is also a tradition that Lieut.-General St Ruth was initially buried here (see GA087-125----) before being reinterred at the Carmelite priory in Loughrea. No visible surface trace survives.(O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 225) 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

• GA087-127 Battlefield
  Description

  The site of the Battle of Aughrim, fought on 12th July 1691, extends over nine townlands in undulating farm and bogland to E and S of the village of Aughrim; Attibrassil, Attidermot, Coololla, Cloonameragaun, Foats or Levallynearl, Kilcommadan, Kinnaveelish, Tristuan and Urraghry (Hayes-McCoy 1969, 241). It was contested by Jacobite forces, under the command of Lieut.-General the Marquis de St Ruth, and the Royalists, led by Lieut.-General Ginkel. The Jacobite positions were ranged E-facing slopes of Aughrim Hill, extending for c. 2.5km from Aughrim Castle (GA087-055----) at N to Attibrassil Bridge at S. A number of placenames connected with the battle are marked on OS 6-inch maps, most notably 'Luttrell's Pass', in Coololla td. and 'The Bloody Hollow' in Kilcommadan (OS 3rd. ed. 1946). A number of monuments are also associated in particular with Lieut.-General St Ruth: GA087-004----, GA087-126003-, GA087-125----. The initial positions of the victorious Williamite army, including their artillery, were ranged in a broad arc, c. 3km long, from Melehan Bridge at N, across Urraghy Hill, to Attibrassil and Tristaun at S (ibid. 1942, 14-20). 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

• GA087-128 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA087-131 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hummock in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a curving boundary in NE corner of a field. What survives is a poorly preserved enclosure (N-S c. 24m, E-W c. 16.5m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank, all of which survive from SSE through W to NW. Quarrying has destroyed the enclosing elements from NW through N to NE. A road, running N-S, cuts though E part of the monument and no visible trace survives to E of it. Possibly a landscape feature or the poorly preserved remains of a ringfort. 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

• GA087-132 House - 18th/19th century
  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 Kilcommadan.

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilcommadan, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Kilcommadan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Kilcommadan · Cill Chumadáin

Area

1,816,926 m² (181.69 ha, 448.97 acres)

Civil parish

Aughrim, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Aughrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

576 people lived in 198 households in the Aughrim electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attibrassil, Attidermot, Ballyeighter, Doocreggaun, Foats or Levallynearl, Garrynamishaun or Aughrim Plots, Kilnahown, Tristaun, Urraghry

Placenames

Kilcommadan 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.