Castlegar

170 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlegar, from 15 m² to 154,997 m² (15.5 ha, 38.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 62 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 Castlegar 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.

• 21 Aug 2026N/a

  to granted outline planning permission under PL.REF.25/60801 for dwelling house including private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661429

• 10 Mar 2026Refused

  under PL.REF.25/60801 for dwelling house, shed/garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660361

• 20 Jun 2025Conditional

  sought for a Dwelling House, Shed/Garage, and Private Wastewater Treatment System with all associated works and ancillary services and retention permission for existing works

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 2560801

• 28 Jan 2025Conditional

  for extensions/elevation alterations to dwelling house granted permission under planning reference number 02/4717

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560078

• 19 Nov 2024Refused

  of existing site works and outline permission for dwelling house, shed/garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461564

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, effluent treatment plant & all associated site works & services, on revised site boundaries from that previously granted planning reference number 02/1912

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360566

• 10 Feb 2023N/a

  of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment plant & all associated site works & services. Previous planning permission reference number 02/1912 also refers. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 364.43 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2344

• 31 Mar 2022Refused

  for the following: (1) Retention of existing double agricultural gates and hardcore area. (2) Permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 0.19 HA

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22428

• 28 Jan 2022Refused

  for a domestic dwelling, garage & wastewater treatment system together with all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 253 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2292

• 14 Jan 2022Conditional

  for amendments to extension to existing dwelling previously permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/1061 & 02/2682 and associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260008

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  to construct a two story dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 309.1 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212506

• 16 Jun 2021Conditional

  for revisions to front elevation of existing sunroom, extension to rear, internal alterations and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 37.4sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211061

• 15 Apr 2021Refused

  for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 242 sqm, Garage: 60.0 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21596

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  for a network of walking trails. The trail network includes existing trails, the creation of new trails and the upgrade of existing trails. The proposed development also includes for the upgrade of an existing pedestrian bridge, signage, seating as well as all associated site development works and services. Within the application site there are 4 no. protected structures, Roman Catholic Church (RPS Ref 30335006), Clarenbridge Bridge (RPS Ref 30335009), Wroth-iron Gate at Kilcornan Estate (RPS Ref 30335013),and Kilcornan House (RPS Ref 30409528) A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201876

• 12 Dec 2019Conditional

  consisting of (1) permission to construct two storey extension to side of existing dwelling house. (2) Minor alterations to front elevation (3) New sewage treatment system and (4) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 96.1 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191918

• 27 Nov 2018Conditional

  of works completed to date including a partially completed dwelling and wastewater treatment system permitted under Pl. Ref. 08/2564, amended under Pl. Ref. 12/844 and extended under Pl. Ref. 13/1086. Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, connection to existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 758 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 330 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181687

• 4 May 2017Conditional

  for dwelling house, domestic shed, waste water treatment and all associated services. (Gross floor space of works to be retained: House 86 sqm; Shed 37 sqm.)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17626

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 Castlegar.

Recorded monuments

• GA103-102 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope overlooking the Dunkellin River. A curving line of hachures on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map indicates the NW sector of a large D-shaped enclosure. According to Redington (1912a, 69), it was known locally as ‘Caher na Erle (the Earl’s Caher)’. She described it as ‘the foundations of a huge caher, forming a rough enclosure rather more than a semicircle in shape, cut away on the southern side by the cliff of the river bank’. She also noted ‘a mound’ in the NW sector which was said to be the site of ‘Clanrickarde’s Chair’ (see GA103-102001-). No visible surface trace of the enclosure survives but its line is preserved in a number of field banks curving from SW through N to ENE (c. 110m NE-SW). A house and shed have been built in the E sector of the interior. A castle (GA103-120002-) stands 150m to the SE, on the opposite bank of the river. (Westropp 1919, 179; McCaffrey 1952, 192, no. 95) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 August 2019

• GA103-102001 Inauguration site
  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.

• GA103-103 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In pastureland overlooking a turlough to the SW and on the SW side of a byroad through a small house cluster. Named 'Castle Gar (in ruins)' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map but evidently demolished by the time of the 1933 edition, when the words 'Site of' are appended. No visible surface trace survives. Dunkellin Castle (GA103-120002-) lies c. 475m to the SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 September 2021

• GA103-104 Souterrain
  Description

  This drystone-built souterrain was discovered when an old house was being knocked down by a bulldozer. It consisted of a rectangular chamber (L 2.2m; Wth 1m) running NNW-SSE (SMR file). It was subsequently sealed and apart from one roof lintel, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 September 2019

• GA103-105 Chapel
  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.

• GA103-216 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castlegar, 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_720 (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 Castlegar with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Castlegar · An Caisleán Gearr

Area

1,176,371 m² (117.64 ha, 290.69 acres)

Civil parish

Killeely, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killeely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,929 people lived in 572 households in the Killeely electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunkellin, Kilcornan, Killeely Beg, Roevehagh

Placenames

Castlegar 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.