Sturrakeen

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sturrakeen, from 8 m² to 62,650 m² (6.27 ha, 15.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Sturrakeen 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.

• 21 Apr 2020Refused

  to 1) retain and complete partially constructed dwelling house including the lowering of existing roof structure to reduce the ridge height, 2) build new extension to rear of dwelling house and 3) construct new effluent treatment system and polishing filter. Gross floor space of proposed works; 13.35sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained; 106.40sqm

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 20496

• 6 Feb 2020N/a

  to (1) retain and complete partially constructed dwelling house including the lowering of existing roof structure to reduce the ridge height (2) build new extension to rear of dwelling house and (3) construct new effluent treatment system and polishing filter. Gross floor space of proposed works: 13.35 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 106.40 sqm

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 20132

• 13 Jul 2017Conditional

  & completion of a partially constructed dwelling house including amending and lowering of existing roof structure to reduce the ridge height and (2) retain and complete effluent treatment systems and percolation area as approved under planning reg. Ref. No's 06/2831 & (EOD) 11/1713. Gross floor space of work to be retained 167sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171037

• 12 Apr 2017N/a

  (1) retain and complete a partially constructed dwelling house and (2) retain and complete effluent treatment system and percolation area as approved under planning reg. Ref. No's 06/2831 & (EOD) 11/1713. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 183.40 sqm.)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17474

• 15 Feb 2017N/a

  to (1) retain and complete a partially constructed dwelling house and (2) retain and complete effluent treatment system and percolation area as approved under planning reg. Ref. No's 06/2831 & (EOD) 11/1713. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 183.40 sqm.)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17176

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: Omey Island Machair SAC 001309
• Special Protection Area: Inishbofin, Omey Island and Turbot Island SPA 004231
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Omey Island Machair 001309

Recorded monuments

• GA021-035 Church
  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.

• GA021-047 Midden
  Description

  In sand dunes on the N shoreline of Omey Island, c. 90m to the E of another midden (GA021-046----). This midden (L c. 55m) is exposed intermittently in the dunes and is obscured in places by the recent collapse of overhanging sod and sand. It is mainly composed of limpet shells but some razor and periwinkle shells are also visible. Some flecks of charcoal are also evident through the shell deposit. This area of dunes has been heavily eroded as evidenced by the field posts now dangling in front of them. Further middens (GA021-045---- and GA021-039002-) are evident c. 170m and c. 195m to the WNW and NW respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 May 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Sturrakeen, 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 high, moderately low, 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 Sturrakeen.

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

Name

Sturrakeen · An Storraicín

Area

375,550 m² (37.56 ha, 92.8 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Sillerna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

466 people lived in 191 households in the Sillerna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cartoorbeg, Cloon, Gooreen, Gooreenatinny

Placenames

Sturrakeen 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.