# Knockereen, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcoona, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Cnoc Céirín.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 641,315 m² (64.13 ha, 158.47 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 43,802 m² (4.38 ha, 10.82 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcoona, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilcoona.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Ballinduff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 725 people lived in 241 households in the Ballinduff electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21369
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62847
- Centre: latitude 53.435365, longitude -9.024473 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockereen, from 193 m² to 134,142 m² (13.41 ha, 33.15 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2075025: 134,142 m² (13.41 ha, 33.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075025.md
- Parcel 2027362: 88,626 m² (8.86 ha, 21.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2027362.md
- Parcel 2027363: 81,870 m² (8.19 ha, 20.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2027363.md
- Parcel 2075022: 76,418 m² (7.64 ha, 18.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075022.md
- Parcel 2027361: 69,312 m² (6.93 ha, 17.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2027361.md
- Parcel 2075021: 64,382 m² (6.44 ha, 15.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075021.md
- Parcel 2037351: 54,373 m² (5.44 ha, 13.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037351.md
- Parcel 2075023: 43,802 m² (4.38 ha, 10.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075023.md
- Parcel 2113870: 35,391 m² (3.54 ha, 8.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113870.md
- Parcel 2075024: 34,519 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075024.md
- Parcel 2075026: 7,552 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075026.md
- Parcel 2075028: 2,835 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075028.md
- Parcel 2027364: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2027364.md
- Parcel 2075027: 745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2075027.md
- Parcel 3806679: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3806679.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockereen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Knockereen in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockereen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA056-101: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-101----. In scrub and rock outcrop. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) overlain throughout by a field wall. Apart from an arc of rubble at E, inside of which is a souterrain (GA056-101001-), no visible surface trace survives. The monument was probably a cashel. 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
- GA056-101001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-101001-. Within E half of a probable ringfort (GA056-101----). A subrectangular and slightly curving passage (L 4m), drystone built, running WSW-ENE. Present access through breach at W end, where some drystone-walling suggests that the souterrain originally extended further in this direction. 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
- GA056-102: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-102----. On a S-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 24.5m) defined from NNE through S to WSW by a drystone wall, now reduced to a spread of rubble. Elsewhere a degraded scarp forms the enclosing element. A field wall cuts the monument at NNE and SSW. An enclosure (GA056-105----) lies c. 120mtoESE. 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
- GA056-103: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-103----. 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.
- GA056-103001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-103001-. On a slight SE-facing slope. Poorly preserved roughly circular ringfort (D 39m) defined by an inner bank with traces of an intervening fosse and outer bank from N to E. Within the interior are two circular stone-lined depressions (D c. 1.4m); possibly collapsed animal pens. A pathway cuts the monument at NE andSW. An enclosure (GA056-105----) lies c. 150m to 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
- GA056-104: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-104----. In level grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m) but on 3rd ed. (1920) it is shown as a smaller (?)gravel-filled enclosure (D c. 20m) in cleared farmland. According to local information, the area was reclaimed about 50 years ago and 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
- GA056-105: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA056-105----. 120m SSE of a ringfort (GA056-102----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (N-S c. 35m, E-W c. 25m) cut by a field wall at N and S; a laneway is shown here on 3rd ed. (1920). That section of the monument to E of the laneway is no longer visible and is used as a vegetable garden, while a pronounced scarp indicates the outline of the enclosure to W. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knockereen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockereen.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockereen.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockereen.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockereen.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockereen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballydonnellan: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballydonnellan.md
- Bredagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/bredagh-60656.md
- Bunatober: https://everytownland.com/galway/bunatober.md
- Kilcoona: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilcoona.md
- Kilroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilroe.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/knockereen
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/knockereen