Kincullia
Townland in the civil parish of Loughrea, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway; in Irish Cionn Coille
- Area
- 179.5 ha
- 443 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 3,575 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kincullia, from 29 m² to 164,321 m² (16.43 ha, 40.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Kincullia 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
18 Mar 2026Conditional
of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and planning permission for the construction of a detached garage and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660408
6 Feb 2026Conditional
of the existing dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area concrete base and all associated site services on revised site boundaries. Permission for (a) changes to the dwelling house which previously granted planning permission under ref. no. 97/3313, (b) the constructed front porch, (c) the constructed concrete foundation base. Planning permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage on the existing concrete base
Retention · Galway County Council, 2660180
12 Mar 2020Conditional
to construct a new workshop, entrance and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works: 495.00 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20325
10 May 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 210.5 sqm, Garage - 54 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19702
8 Feb 2017Conditional
of changes of house design to that previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 14/1139, changes include a). construction of a sunroom to side of dwelling b). changes to windows type and size on front and side elevations c) relocation of chimney positions d) retain dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 257.36sqm house, 46sqm garage
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17140
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 Kincullia.
Recorded monuments
- GA105-131 Well
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.
- GA105-132 Children's burial ground
Description
In low-lying undulating pastureland. This roughly wedge-shaped children's burial ground (L c. 25.5m; Wth c. 9.2m) is defined by a low grassed-over bank. Within it, and concentrated in the NNE sector, numerous grass-covered set and fallen stones indicate graves. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 87) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 September 2019
- GA105-133 Earthwork
Description
On a rise in pastureland. Well-preserved but enigmatic subcircular earthwork (c. 60m NE-SW overall; c. 52m NW-SE; H c. 5m max.) comprising a three-tiered flat-topped earthen mound. A modern field wall cuts across it from NNW to SSE and another boundary encircles it from SE to SSW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 July 2019
- GA105-134 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a slight rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. c. 40m) defined by a low bank from ENE through E to S. A NE-SW running field boundary clips the monument at W and another NW-SE running field boundary runs immediately to its SW. A souterrain (GA105-134001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2018
- GA105-134001 Souterrain
Description
Within the N half of the interior of rath (GA105-134----). Named 'Cave' and indicated only on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. According the local information, the entrance to the souterrain was filled with stones. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kincullia.
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 10 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1013 (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 Kincullia with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Kincullia · Cionn Coille
- Area
- 1,794,743 m² (179.47 ha, 443.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughrea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughrea
- Electoral division
- Loughrea Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Loughrea Rural electoral division: 898 people in 307 households; 92% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellayarha South, Bushfield, Caheronaun, Curraghroe, Fairfield, Graigue, Greeneenagh, Lisduff
- Placenames
- Kincullia 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.