Knock

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knock, from 294 m² to 124,795 m² (12.48 ha, 30.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Knock 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.

• 10 Sept 2026N/a

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing community hall to replace existing substandard structure and all associated works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661535

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  of (i) existing dwelling on revised boundaries, (ii) extension to existing dwelling house, (iii) domestic garage, (iv) farm office/store, (v) agricultural shed including retaining wall & ancillary site development works and permission for relocation of existing wastewater treatment system percolation area serving existing dwelling house and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 234.00 sqm(H), 58.00 sqm(G), 62.00 (office/store), 190 sqm(agri/shed)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560515

• 25 Mar 2025Conditional

  for a new dwelling house with; a domestic garage, and on site sewage treatment system, a new site access and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236.00 sqm(H), 45.36 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560314

• 24 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, treatment system/septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 270 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461421

• 26 Mar 2024Conditional

  for flood lighting to the main pitch including all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2487

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the development that will consist of the demolition of existing derelict buildings & the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197 sqm (house) & 22 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361093

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  to (1) demolish existing derelict dwelling, (2) construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260179

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  of 1. existing dwelling house and section of storage shed No 1 as per site plan on a site with revised boundaries. 2. To construct extension to side of existing house. 3. To demolish and remove section of storage shed No 1, to demolish and remove storage shed No 2 as per site plan. 4. For new treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 105 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 185.50 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 58 sqm

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 20142

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of an astroturf pitch with perimeter fencing and flood lighting, children's playground and all associated car parking, drainage, boundary treatments and site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191639

• 4 Mar 2019Refused

  for 1. existing garage/storage sheds. 2. To construct new farm machinery, hay and straw storage shed with concrete apron incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: New shed - 258.42 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Garage/Store 1 & 2 - 120 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19299

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  for 1) construction of a sports wall incl. all ancillary site development works. 2) for flood lighting to main pitch incl. all ancillary site development works. 3) retention of Ball Catch Netting to rear of both goals on main pitch.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181474

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 Knock.

Recorded monuments

• GA044-071 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On E-facing slope of Knock Hill. Circular rath (D 32m), in fair condition, defined by a low bank and external fosse, no visible surface trace of which survives from N to E. The fosse is present from SW through W to N. The td. boundary cuts the monument at ESE and SW. There is a CBG (GA044-071001-) within the interior. (Neary 1914, 123, no. 148) 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

• GA044-071001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA044-071----). This CBG known locally as 'lisheen', is confined to N section of the interior of the rath. It consists of a number of set stones, indicating graves oriented E-W. A number of head- and foot-stones are visible. 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 Knock.

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 10 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 Knock.

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

Name

Knock · An Cnoc

Area

806,791 m² (80.68 ha, 199.36 acres)

Civil parish

Killererin, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Hillsbrook, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Hillsbrook electoral division: 693 people in 236 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnaderg North, Barnaderg South, Cooldorragha, Cottage, Fortyacres, Hillsbrook Demesne

Placenames

Knock 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.