Urraghry

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Urraghry, from 163 m² to 567,454 m² (56.75 ha, 140.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 Urraghry 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.

• 15 Feb 2026Conditional

  to sow native trees along river bank, mechanical raking and loosening of existing gravel substrate to improve spawning/riparian habitat for salmonids

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660234

• 14 Dec 2018Conditional

  for revised dwellinghouse plans previously granted under planning Ref No. 17/1120. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181804

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct new development to include loose animal shed, concrete aprons, hardcore areas and all associated site ancillary works. Gross floor space 213.37 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18279

• 27 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct dwellinghouse and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 227sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171120

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 Urraghry.

Recorded monuments

• GA087-220 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as an oval enclosure (N-S c. 50m, E-W c. 40m). The monument has been levelled and no visible surface trace survives. An enclosure (GA087-221----) lies 100m to SSE. 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

• GA087-221 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular enclosure (N-S 18m, E-W 17m) defined by an overgrown collapsed drystone wall. Two curving banks of earth and stone, extending from the wall at S and W, may form some kind of small annexe. A CBG (GA087-220----) lies within the interior and another enclosure (GA087-221001-) lay 100m to NNW. 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

• GA087-221001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within an enclosure (GA087-221----). A poorly preserved unenclosed CBG, now much overgrown. A number of small set stones are concentrated in the centre of the enclosure. These are arranged in rows aligned NNW-SSE, indicating graves oriented roughly E-W. 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

• GA087-222 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On Urraghry Hill in undulating grassland. Circular rath (D c. 30m), in fair condition, defined by two very overgrown banks and an intervening fosse. 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

• GA087-223 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On E flank of Urraghy Hill in undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. Another earthwork (GA087-224----) lies c. 50m to SSE. 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

• GA087-224 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise c. 50m SSE of another earthwork (GA087-233----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). All that is visible is a low degraded bank curving from N to E; no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. 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

• GA087-225 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N end of a ridge in undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). 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

• GA087-226 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hummock in undulating grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m). 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

• GA087-227 Earthwork
  Description

  On a ridge running E-W, 150m S of the Ballinure River. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure immediately SE of a tree-planted garden or orchard, while on 3rd ed. (1946) it is shown as a roughly oval enclosure (c. 50m by c. 40m). What survives is a low grass-covered oval stony mound (E-W 17m, N-S 9m, H 1.5 max.), centrally placed within a roughly circular area (D 19m) defined by a low scarp. A causeway (L 21m, Wth 7m) leads off from it to E along the ridge. Traces of a curving bank/scarp are also visible at the base of the ridge from NW through N to E, and from SE through S to SSW. Possibly a landscape feature or a landscaped barrow. 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

• GA087-228 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA087-229 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 34m, E-W 28m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives at N and S; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives from S through W to N, but the outer bank is visible only at NNE. 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

• GA087-230 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 50m). 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Urraghry, 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

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

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

Name

Urraghry · Urchraí

Area

2,564,719 m² (256.47 ha, 633.76 acres)

Civil parish

Clontuskert, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Kellysgrove, the unit of the census

Census 2022

386 people lived in 129 households in the Kellysgrove electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnacragh, Coololla, Curragh, Foats or Levallynearl, Glenloughaun, Kilcommadan, Liscappul, Shanvoley, Templepark, Tristaun

Placenames

Urraghry 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.