Polldonoghoe

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Polldonoghoe, from 1,003 m² to 55,610 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Polldonoghoe 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  of and complete revised alterations and extensions to a dwellinghouse to that previously permitted under planning references 21/2116 and 23/60456

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561894

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  for a proposed solar farm development consisting of: linear arrays of solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated cabling and ducting; 12 no. proposed single storey MV stations; 1 no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installation (including 32 no. containers with cells and 8no. Power Conversion System (PCS) MV Stations) with associated security fencing and gates; Site perimeter fencing; 4 no. new permanent site entrances, 1 no. new temporary site entrance, 1 no. upgrade to an existing site entrance; Security gates at all permanent and temporary access points; Site access tracks including passing and turning bays; 3 no. temporary construction compound/carpark/material storage areas with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing; 6 no. steel storage containers; 6 no. turning bays; On-site pole mounted CCTV cameras; 3 no. temporary construction stage Moby Dick type wheel wash systems; 3 no. concrete wash out locations (one within each temporary construction compound); and, all associated and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring 86.3ha. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 70 MW. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413). The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Appropriate Assessment Screening Report (AASR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for this development and submitted with this planning application. A separate application to obtain permission for a 110kV grid connection and 110kV substation to facilitate the export of power from the solar farm, will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. The planning application including the AASR and NIS

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561380

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  sought to construct a shed and associated works. Gross floor area of works: 48.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560503

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  for change of house design to that granted under planning reference 21/2116

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360456

• 16 Nov 2021Conditional

  for a development consisting of the demolition of an existing rear utility, the construction of a new single storey extensions to front, side & rear elevations. internal alterations to existing, a new WWTS and Percolation Area, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 195.25 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212116

• 16 May 2018Conditional

  of a domestic garage. Gross floor space of work to be retained 20.42 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18627

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 Polldonoghoe.

Recorded monuments

• GA113-176 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a hill in rough pastureland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (38m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall which obscured by dense overgrowth from S to SE. A possible souterrain (GA113-176001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• GA113-176001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of a cashel (GA113-176----). Large stones covering an area 2.5m by 1.5m may indicate the collapsed remains of a possible souterrain. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• GA113-177 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope in pastureland. Very poorly preserved subcircular cashel (24.5m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by a collapsed grassed-over drystone wall. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• GA113-178 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In cleared pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). No visible surface trace survives. A rath (GA113-179----) lies c. 55m to the NW and there is a cashel (GA113-177----) c. 160m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 July 2019

• GA113-179 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SW-facing slope of a hillock in tillage. This poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 24m) is defined by a bank (H 1.1m; Wth 2.5m) which is encircled by a field wall; at N the bank is incorporated into the field wall. On inspection the interior was totally overgrown and inaccessible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 June 2019

• GA113-180 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 23m). No visible surface trace survives. A rath lies c. 250m to the SE and there is a cashel c. 140m to the N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 July 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Polldonoghoe, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_724 (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 Polldonoghoe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Polldonoghoe · Poll Uí Dhonncha

Area

307,913 m² (30.79 ha, 76.09 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Cahermore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

620 people lived in 198 households in the Cahermore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahercarney, Cahermore, Crannagh, Lydacan, Shessy South

Placenames

Polldonoghoe 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.