Raford

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raford, from 37 m² to 135,097 m² (13.51 ha, 33.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Raford 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.

• 25 Sept 2026N/a

  to change of house design (previous Pl.Ref.No: 2360977)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661608

• 20 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223 sqm (house) & 45 sqm (garage)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461244

• 16 Aug 2024N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223.00 sqm (house) & 45.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461060

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, proposed new sewage treatment system, percolation area, with access through the existing entrance of the adjacent dwelling house to create a shared access and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 142.00 sqm (house) & 45.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460916

• 10 Nov 2023Conditional

  for change of house design (area 203sqm) and all associated site services and site development works on revised site boundary as previously approved under Pl. Ref: 2260612. Gross floor space of proposed works: 203.00

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361341

• 18 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, garage with treatment plant & percolation area (224.3sqm dwellinghouse & 52.25 sqm garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360977

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 216.00 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260631

• 22 Mar 2022Refused

  for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works . Gross floor space of proposed works 216sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260262

• 7 Dec 2021Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 111 sqm & 39.36 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212305

• 14 Jul 2021Refused

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works is: House 111 sqm & 39.36 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211272

• 3 Dec 2019Refused

  of alterations to dwellinghouse (windows and doors). (Previous permission No. on site 09/1528)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191866

• 13 Sept 2019N/a

  of alterations to dwellinghouse (windows and doors). (Previous permission No. on site 09/1528)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191426

• 5 Nov 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 237.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181567

• 13 Sept 2018Conditional

  for changes to approved dwelling house and elevational changes to approved garage from that granted under Planning Ref: 16/599 & 16/1379. Gross floor space of work to be retained, 204.4sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181300

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 Raford.

Recorded monuments

• GA085-079 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.

• GA085-080 Quarry
  Description

  On a rise in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection to be a pit (pers. comm. E. Cody). 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: 22 July 2014

• GA085-081 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.

• GA085-082 Country house
  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

• Raford House, farmyard complex, 1750–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-storey farmyard complex, built c.1760, having three ranges of outbuildings forming closed courtyard to rear of Raford House, with integral carriage arch to north range, Raford House to south-east corner, and screen wall to east side. Now also in use as apartments. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to ground floors, with smooth render to upper floors. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, having mix of timber louvres to first floor, timber fixed multiple-pane windows to ground floor, and timber sliding sash windows, latter six-over-six pane to ground floor and three-over-three and four-over-four pane to first floor. Square-headed door openings with timber battened half-doors and half-glazed timber battened doors, some with paned sidelights and set within partly blocked carriage arches with dressed limestone voussoirs. Segmental-arched integral carriage arch with cut and tooled limestone voussoirs. Cobblestones to perimeter of courtyard. Rubble stone boundary wall to east has rubble stone staircase with wrought-iron handrail, leading to segmental-arched pedestrian entrance, giving access to ground level of front of site. Cast-iron water pump to yard. Rectangular walled garden with rubble stone walls to west of yard. Six-bay two-storey terrace of former workers' houses, built c.1890, to north-west, having pitched slate roofs, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with replacement fittings and recent porch extensions to front elevation. Cut-stone piers and boundary walls to front boundary of workers' houses.

• Raford Bridge, bridge, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch limestone bridge, built c.1740, carrying road over Raford River, with full-height V-cutwaters forming pedestrian refuges to east elevation. Rubble stone parapet walls, dressed stone voussoirs to elliptical arches and dressed stone quoins to cutwaters. Square-headed culverts to north and south with rubble stone lintels. Soffits retain corbels used for formwork during construction.

• Raford House, country house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey over basement L-plan country house, built c.1760, with entrance breakfront, having four-bay south elevation, four-storey elevation to rear with three-bay two-storey flat-roofed extension to re-entrant corner having open arcade to lowest level. Hipped slate roof with carved limestone eaves course and cornice, some cast-iron rainwater goods, and rendered chimneystacks. Irregular coursed cut limestone walls to front elevation and to front bays of south elevation, rusticated cut limestone quoins and plinth course. Render to remaining elevations, and to basement level at front. Square-headed window openings, having carved limestone surrounds to front and side elevations and part of rear, with cut limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows. Windows are nine-over-nine pane to ground floor except for north and south elevations which are one-over-one pane, windows to first floor and basement are six-over-six pane and windows to top floor are three-over-three pane. First floor of rear elevation has Venetian-style window opening with timber fixed window. Other windows to rear are three-over-three, four-over-four, six-over-three and six-over-six pane. Some timber pivoting and casement windows also to rear. Breakfront has oculus window to top storey with cut-stone voussoirs, and timber tracery and Diocletian window to first floor, with cut-stone mullions and sill, latter having scoll brackets, and carved block-and-start surround with triple raised voussoirs. Cut limestone Venetian-style doorcase having having square-headed door opening with plain fanlight above, flanked by engaged Doric columns with entasis and in turn flanked by square-headed sidelights flanked by Doric pilasters. All columns and pilasters stand on stall risers having plinths and moulded sills and have entablature above with triglyphs and paterae. Whole topped by cornices linking with open-bed pediment to fanlight, latter having rope moulding. Half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors and sidelights have timber tracery. Main entrance is approached by a flight of cut-stone steps flanked by ashlar parapet walls and piers with moulded stone copings. Basement enclosed by carved limestone plinth with cast-iron balusters and tooled limestone copings. Glazed timber double-leaf doors to rear with wrought-iron balconette. Road entrance comprises cast-iron double-leaf gates, erected c.1840, flanked by pairs of cut limestone piers flanking cast-iron pedestrian gates, in turn flanked by rendered quadrant walls with terminating cut limestone piers, all piers having panels to front. Rubble stone boundary wall to roadside.

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 Raford, about 1 in 20 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 Raford.

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

Name

Raford · Ráth na Fulrachta

Area

1,743,388 m² (174.34 ha, 430.8 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Raford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

645 people lived in 217 households in the Raford electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloon, Carrownaglogh, Carrowreagh, Clashaganny, Gortakeeran, Killarriv, Knockatogher, Knockroe

Placenames

Raford 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.