Parkacurry

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parkacurry, from 903 m² to 186,455 m² (18.65 ha, 46.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Parkacurry 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  A 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 239 hectares consisting of the following: 1,031,319 sq. m. of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 32 no. MV stations on associated hardstanding; new internal access tracks; underground cabling and ducting including along public roads L7138, L7141, L3110, L7140, L31085, L3108, L7132, L7131, and L7129; new access points onto public roads L7138, L3110, L7141, L7129, L71383, and upgrades to existing access points are proposed on public roads L7141, L3110, L7140, L7132, L7129, and L71383; limited alterations to existing stone walls including the creation or widening of access openings and reinstatement works; security fencing; CCTV; drainage infrastructure; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; Horizontal Directional Drilling beneath the disused railway line; temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be operational for 40 years. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661362

• 23 Aug 2017Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage (gross floor space 40sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171269

• 29 Jun 2017N/a

  to widen existing access gate to lands for forestry use and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17959

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  to widen existing access gate to lands for forestry use and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17960

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Natural Heritage Area: Killaclogher Bog NHA 001280

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Parkacurry.

Architectural heritage

• Ryehill, gate lodge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey T-plan gate lodge, built c.1830, having cut limestone Venetian-style distyle portico entrance. Recent two-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with wide overhanging eaves supported on carved stone brackets, and stone chimneystack. Rendered walls. Portico has Doric columns flanked by pilasters flanked in turn by ashlar quoins, with stone steps. Square-headed replacement timber windows with shouldered stone architraves. Square-headed doorway with moulded limestone surround flanked by round-headed niches, and having replacement uPVC door. Set back from road with convex approach comprising limestone plinth wall with decorative cast iron railings supported behind by ornate cast-iron brackets.

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 Parkacurry.

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

Name

Parkacurry · Páirc an Churraigh

Area

1,310,119 m² (131.01 ha, 323.74 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Ryehill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ryehill electoral division: 878 people in 270 households; 89% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbert Demesne, Ballynaboorkagh, Carrowmore, Clooncurreen, Killaclogher, Ryehill Demesne

Placenames

Parkacurry 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.