Lerhin

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lerhin, from 63 m² to 136,932 m² (13.69 ha, 33.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lerhin 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.

• 30 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660480

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  to construct extensions to dwellinghouse & associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361223

• 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

• 21 Apr 2023N/a

  to construct a four bay loose cattle shed

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23158

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  to construct a four bay loose cattle shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 245 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2384

• 18 Oct 2021Conditional

  of side extension on western elevation and front porch on southern elevation of existing dwelling house and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 15.42 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211921

• 15 Sept 2020Conditional

  for (1) Change of use from leisure centre and gymnasium to agricultural garage for farm machinery repair and maintenance (2) New treatment system and percolation area and associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201314

• 21 Sept 2018Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works, 235.20sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181335

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 Lerhin.

Recorded monuments

• GA018-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 31m) defined by a bank. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at NW. Numerous breaches in the bank appear modern. 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

• GA018-036 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pastureland immediately E of a small house cluster. According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 103), this castle belonged to 'a branch of the Mac Davids Burke of Glinks and [was] built by Nuala na meadoige Ny Fionachtaigh'. All that survives is a rubble-strewn mound (L 9m, Wth 8m, H 1.5m). This is apparently the result of recent collapse as aerial reconnaissance in July 1969 (CUCAP AYQ 72) indicates that NE wall and an adjoining section of NW wall of a rectilinear building then survived to a height of at least two storeys. Two frayed opes were visible in NE wall. Apart from some traces of the foundations of SW wall, nothing is now visible. The castle appears to have stood in E corner of a roughly square bawn (L/Wth c. 40m), sections of NE wall of which stand up to 2.4m in height. Adjoining this on SE side, and at a lower level, is a second bawn-like area (c. 60m by c. 50m), roughly rectangular in plan and partially defined by an earthen bank. An earthwork (GA018-036004-) lies within the latter. Further earthwork lie to SW, including a number of small fields and the outline of a possible rectangular building. (Melvin c. 1971, 12) 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

• GA018-036001 Bawn
  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.

• GA018-036002 Bawn
  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.

• GA018-036003 Earthwork
  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.

• GA018-036004 Building
  Description

  On level ground 30m S of, and below, a castle site (GA018-036----). Poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure (N-S 15.8m, E-W 14.8m) defined by a low bank of earth and an external fosse except at N where it appears to have been levelled. The interior is flat save for a slight hollow in NE sector. There are faint traces of a slight raised triangular area adjoining it on E side. Possibly the foundations of a building. (CUCAP AYQ 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

• GA018-037 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved enclosure defined by two banks and an intervening fosse which survive for only a 6m stretch at NW. The remainder of the monument has been extensively quarried away and an irregular scarp is all that survives of S half. Lerhin Castle (GA018-036----) lies 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

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Lerhin, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Lerhin.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Lerhin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Lerhin · Leithrinn

Area

1,134,799 m² (113.48 ha, 280.41 acres)

Civil parish

Clonbern, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Raheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

525 people lived in 195 households in the Raheen electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cogaula, Gortgarrow, Kippaunagh, Shantallow, Timadooaun, Timard

Placenames

Lerhin 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.