Cahergal

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahergal, from 99 m² to 159,142 m² (15.91 ha, 39.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Cahergal 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.

• 20 Apr 2026Conditional

  of a dwelling house as constructed, which was initially granted planning permission under planning reference number 01/2112

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660603

• 8 Apr 2026N/a

  to renovate and extend the existing derelict dwelling house with all ancillary site works, the development will involve the demolition of previously built extensions at both sides and at the rear of the derelict dwelling house. Planning permission also sought to install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660528

• 1 Aug 2023Conditional

  of change in location of driveway entrance incl. all ancillary site development works from that previously granted under planning ref no. 21/619

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23308

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 235 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21619

• 5 Jun 2018Conditional

  for 1. construction of a sports wall incl. all ancillary site development works. 2. the construction of synthetically surfaced sports pitch, erection of sports fencing with netting incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space 560m2

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18757

• 13 Apr 2017N/a

  for construction extension to existing pre-school incl. all ancillary site development works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 52.50 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17493

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

• GA044-014 Bridge
  Description

  This bridge is described as follows by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage: 'Seven-arch limestone bridge, built c.1740, widened to north by c.1.2m, and two central arches replaced c.1940 with flat-headed concrete spans. Round arches to original, with roughly squared voussoirs. Narrow concrete V-plan cutwaters to north side. Parapet walls of coursed rubble limestone with large stones laid flat for copings' (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah accessed 3 April 2017). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2017

• GA044-024 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In rolling farmland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (c. 35m by c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA044-025 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking bogland to S and SW. Well-preserved subcircular cashel(E-W 81m, N-S 74m) defined by a stone wall that is overlain by a field wall from W through N to NE. Traces of internal wall-facing are visible at NE, E and SE. Within NE quadrant of the interior is a rectangular raised platform (see GA044-025001-). Immediately to W of it is a second lower platform (E-W 5 m, N-S 4m) of similar character but poorly defined. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 15 September 2015

• GA044-025001 Structure
  Description

  Within the NE quadrant of a cashel (GA044-025001-). This raised rectangular structure or platform (E-W 24.6m, N-S 17.3m, H 1m) is defined by a grass-covered stone wall. Immediately to W of it is a second lower platform (E-W 5 m, N-S 4m) of similar character but poorly defined. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 15 September 2015

Architectural heritage

• Cahergal Bridge, bridge, 1730–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Seven-arch limestone bridge, built c.1740, widened to north by c.1.2m, and two central arches replaced c.1940 with flat-headed concrete spans. Round arches to original, with roughly squared voussoirs. Narrow concrete V-plan cutwaters to north side. Parapet walls of coursed rubble limestone with large stones laid flat for copings.

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 Cahergal, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cahergal.

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

Name

Cahergal · An Chathair Gheal

Area

1,060,667 m² (106.07 ha, 262.1 acres)

Civil parish

Killererin, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killererin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

770 people lived in 271 households in the Killererin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barbersfort, Clogherboy, Cloonlusk, Coolrevagh, Garra, Gortbeg, Pollbaun

Placenames

Cahergal 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.