Caherakeeny

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherakeeny, from 78 m² to 475,611 m² (47.56 ha, 117.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Caherakeeny 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 Feb 2023Conditional

  for (1) the partial demolition of a rear flat roof extension to a dwelling. (2) The construction of a new extension to the dwelling (3) the construction of a new septic tank effluent treatment system and percolation area including all associated site development. Gross floor space of proposed works 91.30sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360150

• 24 Jan 2018Conditional

  to retain a domestic garage/fuel store. Gross floor space of work to be retained 47.43 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1850

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turlough O'Gall 000331

Recorded monuments

• GA042-049 Enclosure
  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.

• GA042-050 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying grassland liable to flooding, NW of a turlough. Circular enclosure (D 56.5m), very poorly preserved, enclosed by a bank and external fosse from WSW through N to NE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A smaller enclosure (D 14.3m), possibly contemporary, adjoins the monument at NW and is also defined by a bank and external fosse. A gap and causeway at NE mark the original entrance. A field boundary cuts it at NE and SW. Another enclosure (GA042-052----) lies c. 120m to NW. 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

• GA042-051001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating grassland immediately E of a field system (GA042-051002-). Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 26m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. 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

• GA042-051002 Field system
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope overlooking seasonal floodland. Aerial reconnaissance in September 1984 (ASGAP 148:53-5) revealed a series of field boundaries extending over an area c. 600m NE-SW by c. 400m NW-SE. These are predominantly defined by low grassed-over stony banks. Though a number of subrectangular fields are visible at SW, the bulk of the remains form no coherent pattern. A number of rectangular house foundations were noted close to NW limits: possibly indicating an associated settlement cluster. 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

• GA042-051003 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Aerial reconnaissance in November 1987 (ASGAP 385:11) brought to light an irregular enclosure cut by a field wall. What survives is a poorly preserved enclosure (E-W 62m) defined by a collapsed grassed-over stone wall curving from W through N to E. A field wall cuts the monument at E and W and no visible surface trace survives to S of it. 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

• GA042-052 Enclosure
  Description

  Some 120m NW of an enclosure (GA042-050----). Poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 35m) defined by a low bank of earth and stone. Within the interior are remains of at least two houses. A series of grassed-over stony banks radiate from the monument. 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

• GA042-052001 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA042-052002 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA042-054 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved irregular enclosure (N-S 28m, E-W 22m int.) defined by an inner earthen bank, intervening berm and outer collapsed stone wall. The inner bank survives at E and S; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The berm and outer wall survive except at E. 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

Architectural heritage

• Mossfort House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1870, southern projecting bay having full-height canted bow to front, two-bay side elevations, and flat-roofed porch to re-entrant corner. Hipped slate roof having ornate finials to ends of ridge, and cement-rendered chimneystacks, and wide eaves with brackets. Walls are cement rendered with string course over ground floor and sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, except for ground floor of projection which have two-over-two horizontal panes, and tooled limestone sills. South elevation has round-headed stairs window, top and bottom parts now filled in, framed within square-headed recess. Yard to rear having outbuildings with rubble limestone walls.

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 Caherakeeny, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caherakeeny.

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

Name

Caherakeeny · Cathair an Chaonaigh

Area

1,135,346 m² (113.53 ha, 280.55 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghpatrick, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Beaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

394 people lived in 136 households in the Beaghmore electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintleva, Beagh More, Carheenard, Castlehacket, Gortnasculloge

Placenames

Caherakeeny 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.