Killachunna

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killachunna, from 1,423 m² to 433,446 m² (43.34 ha, 107.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Killachunna 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.

• 2 Jun 2026N/a

  of a mobile home on site in front of exisitng dwelling during refurbishing works to dwelling which are required in order to make dwelling habitable

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26128

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling, construction of a domestic garage/store, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25361

• 26 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse, garage, septic tank and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 200.8 sqm, Garage - 59.6 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191487

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Cloonoolish Bog NHA 000249

Recorded monuments

• GA107-093 Quarry
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be an irregular hollow, probably a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 August 2014

• GA107-094 Quarry
  Description

  This record relates to disused gravel pits. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 July 2015

• GA107-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hummock in grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 32m NW-SE). On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is indicated by a line of hachures curving from S to NW. The curing field boundary shown on the 1945 revision of the 6-inch map probably mirrored its outline. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• GA107-096 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hummock in marshy grassland. When inspected in June 1984 this poorly preserved almost square enclosure (22m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) was defined by a stony earthen bank along the S, W and N sides and by a scarp along the E side. Numerous trees that had been growing on it had been felled. The current OSi digitalglobe aerial photography (March 2016) indicates that the monument has since been levelled. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 April 2019

• GA107-097 Quarry
  Description

  Indicated and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan. On inspection in 1984 it was no longer in use and the area immediately to the E was overgrown with trees. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 March 2014

• GA107-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hillock in grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (c. 26m E-W; c. 23m N-S). It occupied the S end of a roughly rectangular small field and the E and W field walls clipped it from NE to SE and NW to SW respectively. No visible surface trace survives. Quarrying had occurred on the E face of the hillock, to the NE of the site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• GA107-099 Church
  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.

• GA107-100 Quarry
  Description

  On a hummock in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1947 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a kidney-shaped hollow: a disused sand or gravel quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 August 2014

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Christ the King, church/chapel, 1875–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted T-plan Roman Catholic church, built c.1879, having two-bay nave elevation, single-bay transepts, lean-to porches to each side of nave, confessional projection to east transept, and lower later chancel of c.1930 to north with sacristy to north end, and with boiler house to north gable of sacristy. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone copings, and cut limestone bellcote with cross finial to south gable. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Render removed from south gable, exposing dressed stone walls. Lancet windows to frontmost bay of nave and to gable-front, having chamfered limestone surrounds. Pointed windows elsewhere with rendered reveals and painted sills. Square-headed window openings to porches, with painted sills. All windows having leaded stained glass. Pointed arch door opening to gable-front, with chamfered tooled limestone surround, and replacement timber panelled double-leaf door with stained-glass overlight, approached by cut limestone steps with recent handrails. Interior having carved marble altar furniture and altar rails, half-glazed timber panelled screen porch with stained glass and with carved gallery rails over, timber confessional to east transept, and stained-glass windows. Set in lawned grounds with grave markers to site. Site entrance to south comprising cut limestone square-plan piers with curved pointed caps, recent double-leaf gate, cut limestone plinth walls with recent railings and matching terminating piers.

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 Killachunna, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Killachunna · Coill an Chonnaidh

Area

2,132,879 m² (213.29 ha, 527.05 acres)

Civil parish

Kilquain, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Kilquain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

303 people lived in 107 households in the Kilquain electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardgraigue, Cloonnamaskry, Cloonoolish, Lissaniska North, Stowlin, Timsallagh or Spring Grove

Placenames

Killachunna 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.