Bunanraun

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunanraun, from 78,424 m² (7.84 ha, 19.38 acres) to 272,411 m² (27.24 ha, 67.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Bunanraun 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Bunanraun in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Bunanraun.

Recorded monuments

• GA042-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular ringfort (D 33m) defined by a denuded bank of earth and stone. Gaps at NW and NNE may be modern. A low rectangular mound of earth and stone (L 9m, Wth 2m) is visible within the interior. A ringfort (GA042-038----) lies c. 300m to SE. 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

• GA042-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in gently undulating grassland. A circular ringfort (D 28m), in fair condition, defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is best preserved from W to NE and is overlain by field walls from NE to E and from SE to W. The fosse has been filled in from ENE through E to SE, and the outer bank survives only at S. There is a causeway across the fosse at SE. The td. boundary cuts the monument at NE and SW. Within the interior is a CBG (GA042-048001-) and a roughly square stone-lined hollow (L/Wth 1m sq.). 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

• GA042-038001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA042-038001-), in a slight hollow. A partially overgrown unenclosed raised rectangular area (N-S 15m, E-W 7m) within which are a number of randomly placed set stones indicating graves. A long rectangular stone (L 2.1m, Wth 0.4m, T 0.3m) lies close by in N sector of the ringfort. 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

• GA042-038002 Standing stone
  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.

• GA042-039 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  In level grassland. The 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map shows a group of three rectangular buildings, two with their roofs intact. What is visible are three rectangular grass-covered house platforms, albeit in a different configuration to those shown on OS 6-inch map. These comprise: (a) aligned E-W (L 9.3m, Wth 4.9m); (b) immediately to E and similarly aligned (L 7.2m, Wth 4.6m); and (c) a short distance to NW of (a) aligned N-S (L 7m, Wth 4.3m) but poorly defined. The curving field boundary marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1920) immediately to NE appears 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

• GA042-039001 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA042-039002 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA042-040 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.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan Roman Catholic church, dated 1871, though more likely to have been built c.1840 and perhaps remodelled 1871. Renovated 1958 and canted porch added to west. Pitched slate roof with metal cross finials to gables. Painted and roughcast rendered walls, with smooth rendered plinth. Inscribed limestone plaques to west gable. Pointed arch windows with stained glass. Interior has tall wide pointed arch recess to sanctuary flanked by lower and narrower recesses containing statues, marble altar and arched brace A-framed timber truss roof.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, bell tower/stand, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding bellcote to rear of Saint Patrick's Church, dated 1878, comprising rendered plinth pierced by pointed arch pedestrian way and supporting carved ashlar limestone bellcote proper having round arched bell opening having moulded archivolt and imposts and with gabled top having projecting A-frame truss detail and topped with carved stone cross finial. Ornate details to each side of base of bellcote proper. Bronze bell to top opening. Inscribed limestone plaque to top of plinth.

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 Bunanraun, 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 Bunanraun.

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

Name

Bunanraun · Muine Ánráin

Area

355,008 m² (35.5 ha, 87.72 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkilvery, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Headford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,864 people lived in 695 households in the Headford electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahernaheeny, Deerpark, Liss, Lodge

Placenames

Bunanraun 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.