Tigreenaun
Townland in the civil parish of Killererin, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Tigh an Ghrianáin
- Area
- 168 ha
- 415 acres
- Land parcels
- 187
- registered freehold, median 3,577 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
187 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tigreenaun, from 95 m² to 116,273 m² (11.63 ha, 28.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tigreenaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
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
12 Mar 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a single storey extension (18 sqm) to existing dwelling house and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 18 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21350
7 Dec 2020Conditional
to construct a two bay double slatted cattle shed with creep area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 238 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 201852
26 Mar 2019Conditional
for an extension at first floor level over sunroom. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 14.43 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19424
5 Feb 2018Conditional
to construct a six bay slatted cattle shed with creep area on their lands. Gross floor space of proposed works 403 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 18106
20 Feb 2017Conditional
for the construction of a new detached dwelling house and domestic garage, together with effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236.91sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17209
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tigreenaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tigreenaun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tigreenaun.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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 Tigreenaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tigreenaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Tigreenaun · Tigh an Ghrianáin
- Area
- 1,679,866 m² (167.99 ha, 415.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killererin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Hillsbrook, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Hillsbrook electoral division: 693 people in 236 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloondahamper (Blake), Cooldorragha, Cottage, Derrybaun, Hillsbrook Demesne, Omaun More, Stowelodge
- Placenames
- Tigreenaun 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.