Kilgill
Townland in the civil parish of Annaghdown, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Cill Ghill
- Area
- 127.3 ha
- 315 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgill, from 59 m² to 177,455 m² (17.75 ha, 43.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Kilgill 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
9 Jun 2026Conditional
of the existing domestic garage/fuel store and the existing storage shed and all ancillary site works
Retention · Galway County Council, 2660925
20 Dec 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 210.00 sqm(house) & 60.00 sqm(garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461786
18 Dec 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house (125 sqm), domestic garage/fuel store (60 m2), septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461755
3 Oct 2023Conditional
to construct an extension & demolish shed
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361183
9 Sept 2022Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, treatment plant and polishing filter and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 249 sqm (dwelling) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221037
5 May 2022Refused
to construct dwelling house, garage, treatment plant and polishing filter and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 249 sqm (dwelling) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22582
2 Mar 2022Conditional
of a single storey extension to side of dwelling house, and to retain a domestic shed.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260173
15 Dec 2021Conditional
for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 91 sqm (dwelling) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212371
24 May 2021Conditional
for the retention and completion of a domestic garage with revisions to the garage design from that previously permitted under pl. ref 17/1659, the redesign will include a link to the existing dwelling and first floor home office and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage: 123 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21879
15 Feb 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the following: (a) Erection of a shed for the storage of the block making machinery and (b) variation of conditions of use, specifically Condition No. 2 of PL7/5/88667 (Concrete Batching Plant) and Condition 2 of PL7/5/88665 (Macadam Plant) such as to materially change the hours of use of both authorised plants. The applicant seeks to vary the operating hours of both plants, associated marshalling areas and haul road to allow plants to operate between the hours of 06.00 hrs and 20.00 Monday to Friday excluding public holidays and between 07.00 and 16.00 on Saturdays. Loading and unloading of vehicles shall be confined to the hours of 07.00 and 19.00 Monday to Friday and 08.00 to 16.00 on Saturdays. Operation of the plant outside of these hours shall be subject to prior agreement with Galway County Council. Gross floor space of proposed works: 45 sqm [SPLIT DECISION - REFUSE PERMISSION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITIONS OF USE, SPECIFICALLY CONDITION NO. 2 OF PL7/5/88667 (CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT) AND CONDITION 2 OF PL7/5/88665 (MACADAM PLANT) SUCH AS TO MATERIALLY CHANGE THE HOURS OF USE OF BOTH AUTHOIRSED PLANTS. THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO VARY THE OPERATING HOURS OF BOTH PLANTS, ASSOCIATED MARSHALLING AREAS AND HAUL ROAD TO ALLOW PLANTS TO OPERATE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 06.00 HRS AND 20.00 MONDAY TO FRIDAY EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND BETWEEN 07.00 AND 16.00 ON SATURDAYS. LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VEHICLES SHALL BE CONFINED TO THE HOURS OF 07.00 AND 19.00 MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND 08.00 TO 16.00 ON SATURDAYS. OPERATION OF THE PLANT OUTSIDE OF THESE HOURS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL]
Permission · Galway County Council, 21169
25 Jan 2021N/a
The development consists of the variation of conditions of use, specifically Condition No. 2 of PL7/5/88667 [Concrete Batching Plant] and Condition 2 of PL7/5/88665 [Macadam Plant] such as to materially change the hours of use of both authorised plants. The applicant seeks to vary the operating hours of both plants, associated marshalling areas and haul road to allow plants to operate between the hours of 06.00 hrs and 20.00 Monday to Friday excluding public holidays and between 07.00 and 16.00 on Saturdays. Loading and unloading of vehicles shall be confined to the hours of 07.00 and 19.00 Monday to Friday and 08.00 to 16.00 on Saturdays. Operation of the plant outside of these hours shall be subject to prior agreement with Galway County Council.
Permission · Galway County Council, 2153
14 Dec 2020N/a
for development consisting of the alteration of the operational hours attached to the existing concrete batching plant and asphalt plant by amending condition number 2 of planning permission PL7/5/88667 (concrete batching plant) and condition number 2 of planning permission PL7/5/88665 (asphalt plant). The applicant seeks to amend the operating hours of both plants, associated marshalling areas and haul road to allow plants to operate between the hours of 06.00 and 20.00 Monday to Friday excluding public holidays and between 07.00 and 16.00 on Saturdays. Loading and unloading of vehicles shall be confined to the hours of 07.00 and 19.00 Monday to Friday and 08.00 to 16.00 on Saturdays. Operation of the plant outside of these hours shall be subject to prior agreement with Galway Co. Co.
Permission · Galway County Council, 201922
30 May 2018Conditional
to construct domestic garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 40 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18718
16 May 2018Conditional
of dwelling house on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained 107 sqm.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18633
17 Nov 2017Conditional
for the construction of a 2 storey dwelling (250sqm) & garage, the creation of a new entrance and driveway, waste treatment and percolation area and ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 250sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171659
21 Sept 2017Conditional
for upgrading an existing quarry entrance comprising of new entrance gate, stone wall, signage & road markings and all associated ancillary site development works.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171403
14 Jun 2017Conditional
of existing dwellinghouse, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works all on revised site boundaries, (previous planning permission reference number 03/6145) Gross floor area 226m2
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17862
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 Kilgill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilgill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilgill.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_617 (ZIP).
- 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 Kilgill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Kilgill · Cill Ghill
- Area
- 1,272,737 m² (127.27 ha, 314.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annaghdown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Annaghdown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Annaghdown electoral division: 1,451 people in 486 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardgaineen, Carrownrooaun, Cartron, Cloonagh, Kilcahill, Racoona, Slievefin
- Placenames
- Kilgill 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.