Rathcosgry

103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcosgry, from 52 m² to 144,955 m² (14.5 ha, 35.82 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 Rathcosgry 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.

• 17 Nov 2024Conditional

  for renovation and extension of existing dwelling house to include (a) an extension to the front and rear of the dwelling, (b) raising of the roof to incorporate first floor accommodation, (c) new dormer windows (d) changes to the elevations of the existing dwelling (e) construction of a new treatment unit and percolation area (f) and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 101.22 sqm (extension)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461552

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, a domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 195 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260585

• 27 Feb 2020Conditional

  for changes to extension as constructed, previous planning reference 16-1165, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 59.7 sqm (shed and games room)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20249

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  permission for elevations alterations and rear extension to an existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained 22.1sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171206

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a domestic garage and all ancillary site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 51 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1747

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 Rathcosgry.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-247 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On the crest of an esker ridge in pastureland. Well-preserved circular house site (diam. 8.5m) defined by a grassed-over bank which is revetted internally with large boulders. At ESE an entrance passageway (L 5.3m; Wth 2.7m) is defined by two lines of set boulders. Surrounding the monument from N through E to S is a wide irregular fosse, possibly the result of quarrying. (McCaffrey 1952, 247, no. 112) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 June 2019

• GA104-248 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 30.5m) defined by a wall that is obscured by field-clearance rubble. An E-W running field wall abuts it at N. The interior is uneven and a possible house site (GA104-248002-) lies in the E sector. McCaffrey (1952, 246, no. 111) recorded a souterrain (GA104-248001-) but no visible surface trace of it survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• GA104-248001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a cashel (GA104-248----). McCaffrey (1952, 246, no. 111) recorded that there was a souterrain in the interior. No visible surface trace survives of it survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• GA104-248002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the E half of a cashel (GA104-248----). A possible rectangular house site (11m N-S) is defined by a low bank of earth and stones (Wth 0.98m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.79m) that abuts the cashel wall. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• GA104-249 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map a subcircular enclosure (c. 37m E-W; c. 30m N-S). McCaffrey 1(952, 247, no. 113) recorded that it was 'Not present' during his survey. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 31 July 2019

• GA104-250 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in level pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 19.4m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. A field wall cuts through the monument at NNE and SSW. (McCaffrey 1952, 247, no. 124) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• GA104-251 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 247, no. 123) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 48.8m) that was densely overgrown and more than half of which was destroyed. It was defined by a double-faced drystone wall. Some stone was taken from it and used for road metal in the construction of a road to its N. The cashel has since been levelled and no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 March 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathcosgry, 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 Rathcosgry.

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

Name

Rathcosgry · Ráth Choscraigh

Area

1,497,289 m² (149.73 ha, 369.99 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killogilleen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

981 people lived in 308 households in the Killogilleen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass East, Ballylin West, Cloghroak, Mannin, Manninard, Monksfield

Placenames

Rathcosgry 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.