Knockatee East
Townland in the civil parish of Dunmore, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish Cnoc an Tí Thoir
- Area
- 81.3 ha
- 201 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 2,294 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatee East, from 6 m² to 75,370 m² (7.54 ha, 18.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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 Knockatee East 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
16 Mar 2026Conditional
for change of house and garage plans from those previously approved under planning reference 22/91 along with associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660400
28 Jan 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works:209 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2291
19 Feb 2019Conditional
for dwelling house, domestic garage and fuel store and associated services on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 243.20 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19227
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- GA017-127 Enclosure
Description
On the summit of a hill in rolling pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). All that survives is NE quadrant defined by a scarp from N to E. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A CBG (GA017-127001-) occupies the interior. Immediately to S, a similar curving platform is defined by a scarp; it may be associated. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 72) 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
- GA017-127001 Children's burial ground
Description
Within an enclosure (GA017-127----), most of which appears to have been recently levelled. All that survives of the CBG are displaced grave-markers which lie scattered on field-clearance rubble. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 72). 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
- GA017-128 Enclosure
Description
On the summit of a hillock in pastureland overlooking bogland to SW. Poorly preserved almost circular enclosure (E-W 32.5m, N-S 31.5m) defined by a scarp. A field boundary overlies the monument from N to NE. A small circular earthen mound (D 2.8m) occupies the interior. It is believed to be the grave of 'King Turlouch' (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 267). Dunmore Castle (GA017-069----) lies c. 250m to E. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 65; Knox 1918, 90) 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
- GA017-128001 Mound
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockatee East.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockatee East.
- 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 Knockatee East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Knockatee East · Cnoc an Tí Thoir
- Area
- 813,474 m² (81.35 ha, 201.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Dunmore North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmore North electoral division: 604 people in 221 households; 94% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymoney North, Cappagh, Castlefarm, Clooneen, Gortnalea, Grange, Knockatee West, Prospect
- Placenames
- Knockatee East 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.