Knockadikeen

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockadikeen, from 65 m² to 160,124 m² (16.01 ha, 39.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Knockadikeen 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.

• 27 Jul 2026N/a

  for the demolition of an existing substandard dwelling and construction of a replacement dwelling with effluent treatment system and all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661292

• 20 Apr 2026Conditional

  to provide a new effluent treatment system and decommissioning of existing septic tank

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660602

• 26 Mar 2026Refused

  for the construction of a bungalow dwelling, effluent treatment system and together with site access and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660455

• 18 Feb 2026Refused

  for the construction of a sports building to accommodate 2 No. paddle courts together with a reception area, ancillary services and all associated site services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660252

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional

  for: lateral extension of the existing permitted quarry area (Plan File Ref. No. 46752) over an area of c.10.2 ha. area to a final floor level of c. 100 mOD; All related ancillary development and associated site works including processing (crushing and screening) and stockpiling of materials; provision of landscaped screening berm and all other related activities; Rehabilitation of the application area to natural habitat after uses following completion of extraction; The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 24.7 hectares and is for a total period of 25 years. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560906

• 1 Jul 2025N/a

  for the construction of an all-weather playing pitch, car parking, drop off area, fencing and all associated site services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560867

• 31 Oct 2024Conditional

  of an existing agricultural shed and retention of existing fencing to agricultural yard

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461467

• 17 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a mini golf putting area and all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461222

• 22 Jun 2022Conditional

  for partial demolition of existing dwelling, construction of single storey extension to south-west & north-west elevations, extension at first floor level to the rear (north-east elevation) , changes to existing dwelling elevations and ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 77.77 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 360.2 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 4.2 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22796

• 10 Mar 2021Conditional

  to (1) construct an extension to the rear of existing house, (2) provide a new effluent treatment plant with associated percolation area, (3) minor internal alterations to existing house. Works to include all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 76.8 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21332

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  of (a) the original dwelling house with additional single-storey extensions to the front and rear elevations & the existing shed structure on new site boundaries, (b) to Retain the new upgraded effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site services on new site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Dwelling 114 sqm + Shed 12 sqm = 126.00 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202038

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 Knockadikeen.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-138 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.

• GA105-139 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the top of a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 29m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. A hollow in the SE quadrant of the interior may be the collapsed remains of a souterrain (GA105-139001-). In the SW quadrant a series of low grassed-over wall foundations may be internal divisions. Abutting the cashel wall at WSW is an annexe which is roughly rectangular in plan (L 16m; Wth 14m) and defined by grassed-over stone walls. There is a gap (Wth 2.5m) at WSW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2018

• GA105-139001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of a cashel (GA105-139----). A hollow visible in the SE quadrant may mark the collapsed remains of a possible souterrain. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Knockadikeen.

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

Name

Knockadikeen · Cnoc Aidicín

Area

1,160,317 m² (116.03 ha, 286.72 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

Carn, Carrowmore, Gorteenapheebera, Knockshangarry, Moanmore, Moanmore East, Moanmore West, Tonaroasty

Placenames

Knockadikeen 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.