Carragh

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carragh, from 192 m² to 191,817 m² (19.18 ha, 47.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 Carragh 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.

• 24 Feb 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660291

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area and for all ancillary services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 234 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181528

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 Carragh.

Recorded monuments

• GA123-024 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.

• GA123-025 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. Modern field walls overlie the enclosing element at E and S, and massive boulders, resulting from field clearance, obscure it at S. The interior is heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 23 January 2017

• GA123-027 Altar
  Description

  In grassland close to the N bank of the Beagh River, in an area known locally as ‘Bushy Hollow’. This altar consists of a wedge-shaped drystone-built structure (L 12.7m; Wth 3.4m) facing NNW. Two trees are now growing out of it. A stone cross (GA123-027002-) is set upright in the centre of the altar and a bullaun stone (GA123-027001-) lies to the NNW; a number of coins are placed in its hollow. Mass was offered here in the early penal days (Glynn 1908, 193). The monument appears to be still regarded as a place of worship. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 January 2020

• GA123-027001 Bullaun stone
  Description

  This small bullaun stone (L 0.32m; Wth 0.24m) is lying on an altar (GA123-027----). Its almost circular basin (L 0.12m; Wth 0.11m) is filled with coins. Masses took place here in penal times (Glynn 1908, 193). The monument appears to be still regarded as a place of worship. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 January 2020

• GA123-027002 Cross
  Description

  This small crude cross (H 0.34m; arm span 0.47m; base Wth 0.13m; T 0.09m) is set upright at the centre of a stone altar (GA123-027----) and faces NNW. No decoration is evident. Masses were offered here in penal times (Glynn 1908, 193). The monument appears to be still regarded as a place of worship. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 January 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carragh, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_805 (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.

No address of the register names Carragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carragh · Carrach

Area

1,152,825 m² (115.28 ha, 284.87 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeacanty, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Gort, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,186 people lived in 1,175 households in the Gort electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beagh, Cloghnakeava, Cloondine, Gortstuckanagh, Kilbeacanty, Lavally, Rakerin, Russaun

Placenames

Carragh 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.