Killuney

123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killuney, from 38 m² to 73,147 m² (7.31 ha, 18.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Killuney 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.

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct extension to existing dwelling house and associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661039

• 18 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct a shed for agricultural purposes only and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561343

• 16 Dec 2022N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank with treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 180 sqm (dwelling house) and 42.4 sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261266

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  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: 160 sqm (house) & 30 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212418

• 7 Oct 2021Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 249.8 sqm (house), 40 sqm., (garage).

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 211849

• 25 Jul 2019Conditional

  of dwelling house, domestic garage and associated siteworks and services on revised boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 249.80 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191156

• 24 Aug 2018Conditional

  to construct domestic garage and fuel store and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 38.50sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181206

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA017-113 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed land, 200m WNW of another fulacht fiadh (GA017-114----). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) but no visible surface trace 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

• GA017-114 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a low-lying marshy area close to a stream. This is a well-preserved subcircular grassed- over mound of earth and stone (N-S 15m, E-W 13.9m, H 0.9m) with a depression (D 3.8m) on NE side. According to local information, it was 'excavated' by Dr T. B. Costello, of Tuam, in 1931-2. Another fulacht fiadh (GA017-113----) lies 200m to WNW. 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

• GA017-115 Burial
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A table-tomb (L 2.3m, Wth 1.9m, H 0.5m) of mass-concrete construction with an illegible inscription and a cross on top is locally believed to be the burial place of a mother and son who died 'of the black death'. 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

• GA017-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Close to the summit of a hill in grassland overlooking the Sinking River to S. Well-preserved circular rath (D 51.5m) defined by a bank and external fosse. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives from SE through S to W. Neary (1914, 111, no. 81) also mentions an 'outer bank, which was about 5ft. [1.52m] on N., [but which] disappears to S', all trace of which is also gone. A probable souterrain (GA017-116001-) 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

• GA017-116001 Souterrain
  Description

  Associated with ringfort (GA017-116----). According to Neary (1914, 111, no. 81), 'a souterrain ran S.E. to the Sinking River under the old avenue'. Locally it is believed that there is a 'tunnel' within the ringfort but no visible surface trace 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

• GA017-117 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On NW slopes of a low hill in pastureland. According to local tradition, this is the site of a 'fort' which contained a 'tunnel' (possible souterrain). No visible surface trace 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

• GA017-117001 Souterrain
  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.

• GA017-118 Penitential station
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a low hill in pastureland. Known locally as 'St Patrick's Footprints', it consists of a heavily eroded earthfast limestone slab (L 1.3m, Wth 0.8m, H 0.3m). A foot-like groove and two other irregular depressions are visible in its surface but all of them appear to be natural. 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

• GA017-119 Earthwork
  Description

  On top of a prominent hillock in rolling grassland. Poorly preserved circular earthwork (D 15m) cut by a road at E and W: no visible surface trace survives to S of the road. To N of it, traces of a fosse and outer bank are visible curving from NW through N to NE, around the base of the hillock. A separate bank runs off the outer bank at NE, following a slightly curved but roughly E-W axis. A CBG (GA017-119001-) 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

• GA017-119001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a hillock, within an earthwork (GA017-119----). According to local information, several small 'coffins' were discovered during the cutting of a road through the hillock. The coffins were made of wickerwork and bones were evident. No visible surface trace 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Killuney.

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

Name

Killuney · Cill Liamhna

Area

2,565,600 m² (256.56 ha, 633.97 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Carrownagur, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrownagur electoral division: 405 people in 143 households; 91% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Addergoole More, Ballinlass, Ballywataire, Baunoges North, Baunoges South, Breanra, Cluid, Gorteen, Lissybroder

Placenames

Killuney 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.