Cleaghmore

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cleaghmore, from 10 m² to 48,721 m² (4.87 ha, 12.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing) (Existing residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space / Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Commercial / Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ballinasloe Local Area 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.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  for proposed residential development consisting of 9 no. 2 bed dwelling units within 2 no. terrace blocks A & B. Block A (4 units) includes 2 no. end terrace & 2 no. mid terrace units. Block B (5 units) includes 2 no. end terrace & 3no. mid terrace units. The proposed development includes all associated site development works, internal estate road, footpaths, pedestrian and cycle link, car parking, public and private open space, bin collection area, boundary treatments, public lighting, and all ancillary infrastructure connections to public water supply, storm & foul drainage infrastructure off Sarsfield Road, vehicular & pedestrian access including pedestrian crossing proposed from Sarsfield Road and permission for the demolition of existing workshop unit

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661547

• 15 Jun 2026Conditional

  for the demolition of the existing single-storey flat roof garage to the side of the existing dwelling and construction of a new single-storey flat roof side extension with front-facing and side-facing windows, together with the installation of external insulation and associated finishes to all elevations of the existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660981

• 21 Nov 2025Refused

  for a main vehicular entrance of 4.3 meters with pillars measuring 1.9meters height and Pedestrian gate of 1 meter with pillars measuring 1.25meters. Steel gates will be galvanised and painted black

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561707

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  to demolish extension to dwelling house, construct a new extension, and alterations/renovations to existing dwelling, alterations to site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561065

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  for material alternations to the existing service station shop building consisting of reconfiguration of the internal floor layout to provide retail area, off licence area, deli area, with change of use from retail area to retail area with ancillary off-licence use. Alterations to the building shopfront elevations, windows and door with installation of associated signage. Gross floor area of works: 227.88 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461585

• 21 Sept 2022Conditional

  to construct a rear extension of (13sqm) to an existing semi detached three-bay two-storey dwelling house.The dwelling is identified on the Galway County Council Development Plan Record of Protected structures published May 2021 - RPS NO 3116

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260951

• 11 Nov 2021Conditional

  to the changes to the dwelling house, granted under planning permission 11-9019 and (b) complete the construction of the said house and (c) retain and complete a revised site layout to that permitted under 11-9019 referred to above. Gross floor space of proposed works:100 sqm (1st floor area). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 110 sqm (ground floor)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212101

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  for the following development: (a) Demolition of single storey annex on side (East) elevation (b) Construction of a two storey extension to side (East) elevation of existing two storey semi-detached dwelling (c) and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 46 sqm (Extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 18.20 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201521

• 8 Jan 2019Unconditional

  Permission to construct new single storey dwelling, domestic shed, store and boundary wall, with alterations to rear entrance to existing dwelling at Mount Pleasant Avenue, Cleaghmore Td. Ballinasloe. Previous Planning Ref. 13/9019

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 1912

• 29 May 2018Conditional

  of rear and side extension to existing dwellinghouse and for domestic shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained (house) 52.31 sqm. (shed) 74.51 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18703

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinasloe Esker 001779

Recorded monuments

• GA087-048 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.

Architectural heritage

• Lisroyan, hotel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey former railway hotel with dormer floor, built c.1860, having projecting end bays flanking three-bay centre part, latter having lean-to loggia to front with one projecting dormer window above, and canted bay window to north elevation. Pitched slate roofs, half-hipped to projeccting dormer window and hipped to bay window, with cut-stone copings and carved finials to projecting end bays, and red and yellow brick and cut limestone decorative eaves courses to loggia, to recessed walls above, to end walls and to bay window, carved limestone chimneystacks with red and yellow brick dressings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed tooled limestone walls with cut-stone plinth course, yellow brick trefoil recesses to south elevation, and carved coat of arms above projecting dormer window. Canted arch window openings with moulded yellow brick block-and-start surrounds, sloped cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Yellow brick loggia of Tudor arches. Tudor arch doorway having replacement glazed timber panelled door with sidelights and overlight. Cut-stone steps with cut-stone retaining walls to loggia. Sloping garden to front of building, with cut-stone plinth wall and wrought-iron railing to front boundary. Located close to Ballinasloe Railway station.

• Fort Ross House, school, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey former school and teacher's house, dated 1846, but actually built 1863, having slightly lower and slightly recessed two-bay two-storey return to rear, and recessed central entrance bay. Now in use as house. Hipped slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with cut limestone sills. Carved timber doorcase comprising square-headed opening having carved timber panelled door flanked by sidelights having panelled stall risers, openings flanked by pilasters with scroll consoles supporting moulded cornice, with spoked fanlight. Two-bay single storey outbuilding to rear with later extensions added. Lawns to front, with wrought-iron double-leaf gate to rendered piers set into rubble stone boundary walls.

• Cleaghmore Villa, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1860, having projecting west end bay with shallow breakfront detail having flat-roofed canted bay window to front. Stairs return to rear with catslide roof. Later canted bay window to west elevation, and two-bay single-storey lean-to extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks and eaves course, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with cut-stone plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, tripartite to projecting bay. Moulded timber window surrounds and cornice to front canted bay window. Moulded render surround and cornice to east end ground floor window. Replacement uPVC windows to rear. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight, set into cut-stone doorcase comprising pilasters with brackets supporting cornice, approached by flight of cut-stone steps with rendered parapet walls with cut-stone copings. Yard to rear with cut-stone piers and rubble stone boundary walls. Detached two-storey three-bay outbuilding with pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings to rear of yard.

• Cleaghmore House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, having slightly projecting west end bay to front elevation, canted bay windows to ground floor of end bays, two-bay west side elevation and two-bay extension to east end of rear. Pitched slate roofs with bracketed eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with cut-stone plinth. Blind square-headed window recesses to front end of side elevations. Square-headed window openings elsewhere with cut-stone sills, having cut-stone label-moulding to first floor of projecting bay, and hipped roof and cut-stone surround to canted bay window, all with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening set into cut-stone surround, with timber panelled door and overlight having cornice and pediment detail, fronted by cut-stone steps with rendered parapet walls with cut-stone copings. Detached two-storey two-over-three bay outbuilding to yard with hipped slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Cut-stone piers to yard entrance. Lawned garden to front of house.

• The Rectory, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, having full-height gabled projecting bay to west end of front (south) elevation, hipped-roof canted-bay window to projecting bay, gablet to entrance bay, and catslide roof to rear elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and timber sheeted eaves. Rubble limestone walls, rendered except for front elevation, some blind windows with cut limestone sills to side elevations. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills throughout, having carved stone label-moulding to first floor of projecting bay, tripartite cut-stone opening to ground floor of projecting bay with chamfered window surrounds and moulded cornice, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front and side elevations and mixed replacement uPVC and timber sliding sash windows to rear. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door with overlight, approached by cut-stone steps with rendered retaining walls having cut-stone copings. Garden to front of house. Entrance to road having wrought-iron double-leaf gate with rendered piers and rubble flanking walls.

• Post box, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1870, with royal cipher of Queen Victoria. Set in rubble limestone wall and still in use.

• Ashling, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with two-bay side elevation, and single-bay two-storey lower block to rear (west) elevation, in turn having lower two-storey return. Hipped slate roofs and cut limestone chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and cut limestone sills throughout. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door set in carved timber doorcase with Tuscan columns, entablature, and spoked fanlight. Garden to front, bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on limestone plinths with cut-stone copings, and similar pedestrian gate set to square-profile chamfered cut-stone monolithic piers. Vehicular entrance to side with square-profile cut limestone piers and wrought-iron double-leaf gate.

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with two-bay side elevation, and single-bay two-storey return to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with cut limestone chimneystacks, pitched slate roof to return. Wetdashed rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to side elevation, replacement uPVC windows to front elevation, with painted sills throughout. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door set in carved timber doorcase with Tuscan columns and spoked fanlight. Limestone flagstones to path, and garden to front bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth, with similar pedestrian gate set to square-profile chamfered cut limestone monolithic piers. Vehicular entrance to side with square-profile cut limestone piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates.

• Mountpleasant House, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, having slightly advanced centrepieces to end bays, and recessed porch entrance. Hipped slate roof with side eaves having timber corbels, and pair of rendered central chimneystacks. Smooth rendered walls with cut limestone plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, and cut limestone sills. Segmental-headed porch with moulded limestone architrave, with cut-stone steps leading to segmental-headed door opening with lugged cut-stone surround, timber panelled door and overlight. Garden to front bounded by rubble limestone wall with tooled limestone quoins and capping, and having ornate cast-iron pedestrian gate, with cut-stone steps leading up to garden level. Octagonal-profile piers with recent double-leaf metal gates to vehicular entrance to south of site, with rubble stone flanking walls.

• Sunnylawn, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with two-bay side elevation and later two-bay two-storey addition with M-profile pitched slate roof to re-entrant corner to rear elevation. Hipped slate roofs with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with cut limestone plinth. Square-headed window openings with curved corners to front elevation and to ground floor of side elevation, front having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Square-headed openings, one blind, to first floor of side elevation, and to rear elevation, with cut limestone sills, with mixed timber sliding sash windows of six-over-six pane, two-over-two pane and four-over-four pane, and some replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door in carved timber surround comprising panelled pilasters with plinths and fluted brackets, and having overlight. L-plan single-storey outbuilding to north corner of yard to rear, with hipped slate roof, rubble stone walls and replacement timber fittings, yard being served by vehicular entrance having square-profile cut limestone piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates. Garden to front of house bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth, and with similar cast-iron pedestrian gate set to square-profile chamfered cut limestone monolithic piers.

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, having two-bay side elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, and rendered chimneystacks. Smooth rendered walls with cut limestone plinth, blind windows to first floor of side elevation, with cut limestone sills. Square-headed window openings with curved corners to front elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and tripartite one-over-one pane windows to ground floor, all with cut limestone sills. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone sills to rear elevation, with mixed timber sliding sash windows of six-over-six panes, eight-over-eight panes and three-over-three panes. Segmental-headed door opening with timber panelled door in carved timber surround comprising panelled pilasters with fluted brackets, and overlight. Yard behind house served by vehicular entrance having square-profile cut limestone piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates. Garden to front of house bounded by decorative cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth, and with similar cast-iron pedestrian gate set to square-profile chamfered cut limestone monolithic piers.Cast-iron pedestrian gate, with square-profile chamfered cut limestone monolithic piers, matching railings on cut limestone plinth to site boundary. Vehicular entrance to side with square-profile cut limestone piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates.

• , 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch railway bridge, built c.1850, over River Suck. Steel riveted girders carrying track deck and flanking walkways, with vertical steel parapets. Coursed hammer-dressed ashlar piers with semi-circular cutwaters supporting girders. Square-edge string course at cutwater level and mid-height of parapet. Moulded cornice above parapet level with flat coping stones.

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 Cleaghmore, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1349 (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.

• Cleaghmore, Ballinasloe15 sales

Name

Cleaghmore · Cliathach Mhór

Area

370,992 m² (37.1 ha, 91.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcloony, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Ballinasloe Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

7,361 people lived in 2,616 households in the Ballinasloe Urban electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ashford, Cleaghbeg, Deerpark, Derrymullan, Garbally Demesne, Townparks

Placenames

Cleaghmore 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.