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

Townland in the civil parish of Lackagh, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Ráth Bhoidhbh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,814,994 m² (181.5 ha, 448.49 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Lackagh, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/lackagh.md
- Barony: Clare
- Electoral division: Deerpark, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,440 people lived in 449 households in the Deerpark electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18643
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63670
- Centre: latitude 53.367324, longitude -8.812663 (WGS 84)

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

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathfee, from 41 m² to 570,169 m² (57.02 ha, 140.89 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1929315: 570,169 m² (57.02 ha, 140.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929315.md
- Parcel 1969172: 275,124 m² (27.51 ha, 67.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969172.md
- Parcel 1969168: 185,309 m² (18.53 ha, 45.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969168.md
- Parcel 1929407: 101,050 m² (10.11 ha, 24.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929407.md
- Parcel 4665683: 100,158 m² (10.02 ha, 24.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665683.md
- Parcel 1929405: 92,239 m² (9.22 ha, 22.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929405.md
- Parcel 1969181: 82,192 m² (8.22 ha, 20.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969181.md
- Parcel 1969182: 70,494 m² (7.05 ha, 17.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969182.md
- Parcel 1929409: 51,708 m² (5.17 ha, 12.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929409.md
- Parcel 1969180: 45,123 m² (4.51 ha, 11.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969180.md
- Parcel 6187029: 41,228 m² (4.12 ha, 10.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6187029.md
- Parcel 1969171: 27,276 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969171.md
- Parcel 1969167: 21,496 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969167.md
- Parcel 1929408: 18,440 m² (1.84 ha, 4.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929408.md
- Parcel 1929316: 12,232 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929316.md
- Parcel 1929410: 11,194 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929410.md
- Parcel 1929406: 10,530 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929406.md
- Parcel 1929412: 9,427 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929412.md
- Parcel 1969184: 8,795 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969184.md
- Parcel 1929413: 4,263 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929413.md
- Parcel 1969173: 4,115 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969173.md
- Parcel 6104919: 3,957 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6104919.md
- Parcel 4675220: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4675220.md
- Parcel 4848298: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4848298.md
- Parcel 4850501: 3,062 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4850501.md
- Parcel 6187047: 2,984 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6187047.md
- Parcel 4842305: 2,849 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4842305.md
- Parcel 1969179: 2,592 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969179.md
- Parcel 1929310: 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929310.md
- Parcel 4682154: 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4682154.md
- Parcel 1969178: 2,466 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969178.md
- Parcel 1969174: 2,404 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969174.md
- Parcel 4697458: 2,276 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4697458.md
- Parcel 1969169: 2,222 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969169.md
- Parcel 1969177: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969177.md
- Parcel 4697454: 2,130 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4697454.md
- Parcel 3903799: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3903799.md
- Parcel 2113256: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113256.md
- Parcel 1969270: 2,102 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969270.md
- Parcel 2480531: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2480531.md
- Parcel 1929411: 2,082 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929411.md
- Parcel 1969185: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969185.md
- Parcel 1969170: 2,041 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969170.md
- Parcel 1969166: 1,951 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969166.md
- Parcel 1969272: 1,914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969272.md
- Parcel 1929311: 1,907 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929311.md
- Parcel 1969183: 1,874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969183.md
- Parcel 1929312: 1,765 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929312.md
- Parcel 1929313: 1,663 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929313.md
- Parcel 1929314: 1,623 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929314.md
- Parcel 1969271: 1,579 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969271.md
- Parcel 1969176: 756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969176.md
- Parcel 2480529: 454 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2480529.md
- Parcel 6185404: 454 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185404.md
- Parcel 1969269: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1969269.md
- Parcel 4882998: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4882998.md
- Parcel 1929309: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1929309.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Rathfee 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 24 Nov 2023, Galway County Council 2361410: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of bungalow dwelling house and domestic shed with effluent treatment system and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 111.82 sqm (house) & 48.18 sqm (garage). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361410/0
- 29 Aug 2023, Galway County Council 23355: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23355/0

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## 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 Rathfee.

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

- GA071-075: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-075----. In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (E-W c. 40m, N-S c. 38m) defined by a low drystone wall from SE through S to NW. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. Field walls cut the monument at NW and SE. 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
- GA071-076001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-076001-. In an overgrown area of outcropping rock; it lies within an L-shaped graveyard. What survives are the collapsed and overgrown remains of a poorly preserved rectangular church (E-W; L c. 16m, Wth c. 9m). Only the lower courses of the walls still stand (H 1.5m max.) and no architectural features are visible. Immediately to SSW are the grassed-over foundation lines of a rectangular building (N-S 10m, E-W 5m), with a small annexe (L 2m, Wth 1.3m) running E off NE corner. The interior of the latter is lower than the surrounding ground surface: possibly a latrine. A gap in W wall may mark the site of a doorway. Two simple stone-lined graves lie within the interior. A cross (GA071-076004-) is associated and a hall-house (GA071-049----) stands 755m to SSE. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 288) 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
- GA071-076002: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-076002-. 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.
- GA071-076003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-076003-. 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.
- GA071-076004: Cross - Market cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA071-076004-. In an overgrown graveyard adjacent to a church (GA071-076001-). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as 'Wooden Cross'. Of it, the OS letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 288) record the tradition that 'there was a market held [here], the cross of which still remains'. 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

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 Rathfee.

## 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 Rathfee, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathfee.
- 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/rathfee.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/rathfee.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/rathfee.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rathfee 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)

- Caherateemore North: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherateemore-north.md
- Carheenlea: https://everytownland.com/galway/carheenlea.md
- Cloonnavaddoge: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonnavaddoge.md
- Glenmore: https://everytownland.com/galway/glenmore.md
- Island: https://everytownland.com/galway/island-62510.md
- Kilskeagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilskeagh.md
- Mira: https://everytownland.com/galway/mira.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.

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