Claremount

109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Claremount, from 38 m² to 591,097 m² (59.11 ha, 146.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Nov 2024N/a

  chun seid talmhaíochta a chionneáil chomh maith le gach obair suímh a baineann leis. Tá NIS mar chuid den iarratas seo. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 245 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461482

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  for two detached dwelling houses with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 348 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2460051

• 12 Jan 2024N/a

  chun seid talmhaíochta a chionneáil chomh maith le gach obair suimh a baineann leis. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 245 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460024

• 16 Nov 2023Conditional

  to construct a Dwelling House, Sewage Treatment System and Garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 233 sqm (House) and 60 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23459

• 19 Jul 2023Refused

  for two detached dwellinghouses with all associated works & ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360808

• 20 Oct 2022Conditional

  of two velux roof windows to the rear elevation of existing dwelling house on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 244.16

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261056

• 20 Jul 2022N/a

  chun seid talmhaíochta a choinneáil chomh maith le gach obair suímh a baineann. SpáS urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 245 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22890

• 19 May 2022Conditional

  of existing domestic garage and boiler house as well as all associated site works. Gross works of retained area: 23.50 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260506

• 4 Mar 2022N/a

  to complete a single storey storage shed (including all associated services). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 95sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22289

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  for garage/shed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage 69 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21769

• 24 Feb 2021Conditional

  of: A) Front Porch. 2) A single storey rear extension. 3) Two left gable windows and a chimney. 4) Rear detached shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 10.50 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21221

• 5 Oct 2020Refused

  for five detached dwelling houses, access road & landscaping with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House type A x 2 = 348.0 sqm, House type B x 3 = 483 sqm

  Permission, 5 homes · Galway County Council, 201442

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  to carry out alterations to existing dwelling house and conversion of part of the house into a Granny Flat, for independent living accommodation

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191976

• 15 Nov 2019N/a

  for five detached dwelling houses, access road and landscaping with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House Type A x 2 = 348.0 sqm, House Type B x 3 = 483 sqm

  Permission, 5 homes · Galway County Council, 191781

• 8 Feb 2019Conditional

  for a garage/storage shed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 34.2 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19171

• 8 Feb 2019Refused

  for five detached dwelling houses, access road and landscaping with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House Type A x 2 = 348 sqm; House Type B x 3 = 483 sqm

  Permission, 5 homes · Galway County Council, 19172

• 8 Nov 2018Conditional

  of a two storey (with basement level) garage with attached fuel store including all associated services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 164 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181586

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA054-017 Mine - copper
  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.

• GA054-018 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. Marked as a sand pit on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured circular feature on the 1898-9 resurvey. No visible surface trace survives. Cartographic evidence suggests it was a pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 July 2014

• GA054-020 Mill - corn
  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.

• GA054-021 Quarry
  Description

  Marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map as a sand or gravel pit and on the 1898-9 resurvey as a hachured feature. Not visited. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 July 2014

Architectural heritage

• Clareville House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey T-plan house, built c.1800, having slightly lower gabled stairs return flanked by later and slightly lower two-bay gabled additions to each end of rear. Pitched natural and artificial slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, render cavetto-moulded eaves on rendered string course. Projecting rendered stone eaves to rear returns. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered front elevation with plinth, roughcast rendered to rear elevations. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills, having bipartite four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to front and to stairs return, one-over-one and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to north-east addition, replacement timber casement windows elsewhere. Elliptical-headed door opening to front elevation having timber panelled door flanked by clustered colonnettes and margined three-pane sidelights, and with timber sunburst fanlight. Limestone flag doorstep. Four-bay two-storey former coachhouse to rear, having pitched corrugated-iron roof with dressed stone chimneystack, exposed coursed limestone rubble walls, square-headed window openings, having stone voussoirs to ground floor, stone sills and timber battened and lattice and slatted fixtures. Segmental-arch vehicular entrances to end bays with dressed stone voussoirs and timber battened double-leaf doors, and square-headed pedestrian doorway with stone lintel and timber battened door. Square-headed timber battended pitching door to upper gable. Concrete yard with some recent outbuildings, rubble limestone boundary walls and painted cast-iron railings. Driveway leading to house enclosed to south-east by painted cast-iron railings, double-leaf gates attached to rendered pillars with stepped limestone caps.

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 Claremount, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_316 (ZIP).

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.

• Claremount, Oughterard13 sales

Name

Claremount · An Clár Mór

Area

2,261,416 m² (226.14 ha, 558.81 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Oughterard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,819 people lived in 1,042 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Canrawer East, Canrawer West, Clare, Derrylaura, Glengowla East, Lettercraff, Newvillage, Rusheeny, Tonweeroe

Placenames

Claremount 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.