Caherhugh

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherhugh, from 95 m² to 288,330 m² (28.83 ha, 71.25 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 Caherhugh 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.

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and for the construction of a larger garage and car port to incorporate the existing garage foundation that was constructed under pl. ref. 14/1296 and for all ancillary works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561257

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the conversion of existing attached garage to an ensuite bedroom to be used as part of the existing house, with alterations to existing elevations and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460299

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  of an existing dwelling, associated out buildings and all ancillary works on a site with revised site boundaries. Planning reference 8202 relates to the original property.Gross floor space of work to be retained 154.80SQM.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360068

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  of the existing domestic garage/fuel store at its current location and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained 58 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22700

• 5 Jul 2021Refused

  for erection dwelling house, garage and installation of waste water treatment system with percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211204

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 Caherhugh.

Recorded monuments

• GA043-016 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On E-facing slope of a hill, close to the td. boundary, in undulating farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a small oval enclosure and on 3rd ed. (1930) as a small circular mound (D c. 20m). No visible surface trace survives. A CBG (GA043-016001-) is associated. 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

• GA043-016001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within an enclosure (GA043-016----). A simple CBG, in fair condition, consisting of a subcircular area (E-W c. 12m, NW-SE c. 8.7m) enclosed by a very low bank of earth and stone, and within which a number of small irregular stones, indicating graves, are set haphazardly. 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

• GA043-017 Country house
  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.

• GA043-138 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level grassland within the former Caherhugh Demesne. Poorly preserved overgrown subcircular cashel (NE-SW c. 40m, NW-SE c. 35m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall best preserved at ESE and W. A low grassed-over stony bank (L c. 10m), running NE-SW, is visible within the interior. Gaps at N and E appear modern. 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

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

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 Caherhugh, 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 Caherhugh.

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

Name

Caherhugh · Cathair Aodha

Area

966,750 m² (96.68 ha, 238.89 acres)

Civil parish

Belclare, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Claretuam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,132 people lived in 394 households in the Claretuam electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghbaun, Claretuam, Glennafosha, Knockacarrigeen, Levally

Placenames

Caherhugh 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.