Rinkippeen

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinkippeen, from 6 m² to 88,410 m² (8.84 ha, 21.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P1Agriculture
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Feb 2026Conditional

  for amendments to a solar energy development permitted under Galway County Council Planning Register Reference 20/1387 as follows: i) Omission of c. 1.92ha of solar panels; ii) Insertion of c. 1.30ha of solar panels, within the footprint of the permitted solar energy development; iii) Revised configuration of solar panels and alteration to spacing between the solar array rows to allow for 2.5m spacing; iv) Alteration to the design and location of the electrical inverter/transformer units and reduction in the number of electrical inverter/transformer units from 20 no. to 14 no.; v) 1 no. additional site entrance from the L6141 local road; vi) Revised locations of 1 no. site entrance from the L6141 local road and 1 no. site entrance from the L6143 local road; vii) Increase in the operational lifetime of the development from 30-years to 40-years from the date of commissioning; and, viii) All associated site development, drainage, access and reinstatement works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660183

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  of the following amendments to the development permitted under PI Ref 22-60333. The revisions will consist of revised elevations and associated modifications to internal floor plans including storage at first floor, construction of an entrance porch, revised construction details to the eastern and western boundaries for security reasons, revisions to the carpark layout to accommodate the entrance porch

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561159

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional

  for (1) the construction of an ESB substation & plant room building, (2) provision of 5no. battery energy storage system units, (3) & all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360954

• 12 Apr 2022Conditional

  sought to (1) Demolish existing commercial workshop and retail unit (2) Construct new commercial building consisting of tool hire workshop, retail area, storage area, offices and machinery maintenance area (3) New Waste water treatment system and percolation area along with associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 1753 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260333

• 1 Jun 2021Conditional

  to erect a bungalow and complete all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 102.4 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21949

• 25 Sept 2020Conditional

  For a 10 year planning permission for the construction of a solar PV farm and ancillary infrastructure at Cloontoa, Rinkippeen, Cloonascragh, Barnacurragh and Ballykeaghra, Tuam, Co Galway. The development will consist of approximately 62.6 hectares solar farm comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 20 no. single storey MV substations, 3 no. single storey customer substations, boundary security fencing, 1 no. communications pole, CCTV, associated electricity cabling and ducting, provision of access tracks, access gates and all associated ancillary development and landscaping works, and will have an operational lifespan of 30 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 673.2 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201387

• 26 Aug 2020N/a

  For a 10 year planning permission for the construction of a solar PV farm and ancillary infrastructure at Cloontoa, Rinkippeen, Cloonascragh, Barnacurragh and Ballykeaghra, Tuam, Co Galway. The development will consist of approximately 62.6 hectares solar farm comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 20 no. single storey MV substations, 3 no. single storey customer substations, boundary security fencing, 1 no. communications pole, CCTV, associated electricity cabling and ducting, provision of access tracks, access gates and all associated ancillary development and landscaping works, and will have an operational lifespan of 30 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 673.2 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201191

• 29 May 2018Conditional

  to 1) construct an extension to the front of the existing dwelling house which will consist of a new front porch and a sunroom, 2) retention permission for the existing extensions to the dwelling house, 3) retention permission also for the domestic garage/storage shed and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained (house) 78 sqm. (shed) 55 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18704

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 Rinkippeen.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rinkippeen.

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_749 (ZIP).

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

Name

Rinkippeen · Roinn Chipín

Area

425,400 m² (42.54 ha, 105.12 acres)

Civil parish

Tuam, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Tuam Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tuam Rural electoral division: 6,556 people in 2,346 households; 65% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnacurragh, Carrowpeter, Cloontooa, Tirboy, Toberjarlath

Placenames

Rinkippeen 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.