Canrawer East

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Canrawer East, from 285 m² to 16,072 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  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
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  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.

• 1 Jul 2026Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic shed & associated services. A Natura Impact Statement & Ecological Impact Assessment are submitted with this application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661116

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house, single storey front porch enclosure, new dormer windows, minor elevation alterations and associated site works. The application is accompanied by a Screening & Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 32.53 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21729

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic shed and associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Assessment and Ecological Impact Assessment. Gross floor space of proposed works: 280.16 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21610

• 25 Nov 2020Conditional

  for conversion of garage to annexe studio building and existing leanto shed/store and permission is being sought to incorporate annexe studio building as part of proposed extension and alteration to existing dwelling house, and for proposed garage with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension 55.2 sqm, Garage 25.0 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 30.8 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 201773

• 1 Nov 2019Conditional

  for extension and alterations to dwelling house, and retention permission is being sought for rear extension and alterations as constructed with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: Ext. to House 6.56 sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained: 26.15 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 191717

• 13 Mar 2019Conditional

  for temporary consent to construct a gymnasium training facility beside the Old Girls National School, which is a protected structure number 669 in the Register of Protected Structures of Galway County Council. Gross floor space of proposed works: 181 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19352

• 3 Jan 2019N/a

  to construct a gymnasium training facility beside the old Girls National School. Gross floor space of proposed works: 181 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 193

• 9 Jun 2017Conditional

  of an existing fire escape to the side elevation of the old girls National School, Canrawer East, Oughterard. (Protected structure ref: 669).

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17836

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
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Oughterard National School 002082

Recorded monuments

• GA054-007 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

• Bridge, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-span rubble limestone road bridge, dated 1820. Segmental arches with tooled voussoirs with raised keystones. Gunnelled soffits with rendered plinths for arch springing. Tooled V-cutwaters to river piers with pyramidal caps, on rendered bases. Roughly coursed hammer-dressed stonework to parapets with crenellated copings.

• House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, with two-storey extension to middle of rear and recent box-bay window to east gable. Hipped slate roof with roughcast rendered chimneystacks, projecting rendered eaves and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Flat roof to extension. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having timber sliding sash windows, eight-over-eight pane to front elevation, and mainly two-over-two pane and some replacement timber casement windows to rear, all having limestone or concrete sills. Elliptical-headed door opening to front, having replacement timber panelled door flanked by six-pane sidelights and timber panelled stall risers, with spoked fanlight, and block-and-start render surround. Recent limestone and concrete steps. Square-headed door openings with timber panelled double-leaf doors to west gable. Avenue to south-west and decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gates on rubble limestone pillars with and rubble limestone boundary walls.

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform Roman Catholic Church, dated 1829, comprising two-bay nave possibly original single-bay, shallow chancel to north end of building. Single-bay transepts, western having three-stage tower to west and later lower sacristy addition to west again with half-hexagonal north half, and eastern transept having two-stage towers to corners. Chapel to south side of west transept, single-bay addition to south side of nave, and recent porch addition to south end of east wall of nave. Flat roofs to south additions, pitched slate roofs elsewhere with moulded limestone eaves course, limestone copings, kneelers and cross finials to gables. Coursed dressed crenellated limestone parapets to towers having pointed finials to corners. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered eaves course and limestone string courses separating stages of towers. Decoratively carved crenellated limestone parapet to chapel. Moulded limestone eaves course to south addition to nave. Date-plaque to north side of west tower. Pointed-arch window openings, having rendered limestone block-and-start surrounds to north elevation and to south side of west transept, and limestone sills. Limestone hood-mouldings throughout, except for towers. Triple-light window to chancel flanked by double-light windows, and triple-light to east elevation, all with limestone tracery, single-light elsewhere. All windows have lead-lined stained-glass windows except for chapel which has plain glass. Tudor-arch doorways to east elevation and to east side of chapel, all with timber battened doors. Main entrance set into coursed cut limestone porch having crenellated parapet, flared plinth with moulded string course supporting pilasters to front corners and to Tudor-arch door opening, all pilasters having capitals. Timber battened double-leaf door with decorative strap hinges. Stoups between pilasters. Trussed queen-post roof to interior of nave and transepts, having decorative detailing. Marble reredos to chancel. Painted rendered arches to chancel and to nave side of transepts. Altar, pulpit and baptismal font with marble tiled floor to altar area within ballustraded marble enclosure. Timber pews to nave and transepts with carved timber balcony to south-west transept. Rendered boundary wall to south. East elevation flanked by rock-faced crenellated archways, Tudor-arch to northern vehicular way and pointed-arch to southern pedestrian way. Burials in areas between porch and corner towers, fronted by cut limestone plinth walls with decorative cast-iron railings. Church probably originally entered through west tower.

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 Canrawer East, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

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.

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

Name

Canrawer East · Ceann Ramhar Thoir

Area

61,538 m² (6.15 ha, 15.21 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 West, Carrowmanagh, Clare, Claremount

Placenames

Canrawer East 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.