Caherroyn
Caherroyn is a townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Cathair Ruaín.
Parcel 2003751
- Area
- 1,638 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 221 m².
- Zoning
- N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective
R2 Residential Existing (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective
C5 Tourism (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective - Townland
- Caherroyn
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 69 recorded monuments.
- GA084-001 Historic town
Description
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- GA084-001001 Town defences
Description
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- GA084-001006 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
This castle, a conserved National Monument, is situated in the NE end of the Anglo-Norman town of Athenry (GA084-001----). It was built by Meiler de Bermingham between 1235 and 1240 and it occupies a slight rise that controlled a ford over the River Clareen (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 22-3). Rectangular in plan (int. dims. 13.1m NE-SW; 7.25m NW-SE; wall T c. 1.7m) and of random-rubble construction with dressed quoin stones, it is three storeys high with a gabled attic; it has a pronounced base-batter (H 2.1m; base Wth 1.2m). It occupies the W half of the surrounding D-shaped bawn (GA084-001085-), some of the walls of which act as part of the town defences (GA084-001001-). The late Professor Rynne suggested a three-phase construction sequence (Papazian 1991, 2). The original castle was two storeys high and consisted of the ground floor and a first-floor hall. It was accessed by a decorated pointed arch doorway (Wth 1.3m; H 2.6m) at 1st-floor level. The doorway was reached by a flight of external steps/stairs or a forebuilding as indicated by the two beam slots in the external wall-face to its left and the projecting slabs above it. The hall was lit by four tall windows, each centrally located in a deeply splayed embrasure, one in each wall. Decorated capitals on top of the columns of the doorway and the embrasures in the SE and SW walls indicate that this chamber was intended to be displayed to the public (Sweetman 1999, 70).The original floor was wooden. A garderobe chamber in the N corner, which projects from the external wall-face, is lit by two narrow slit windows. Its external cesspit was excavated in 1989 (Papazian 1991, 6-7). Access to the ground floor was gained from this level by means of an internal wooden stairs or a ladder in the W corner. The lower floor was lit by four small windows, again each one set in a centrally located deeply splayed embrasure in each wall; the one in the SW wall is now blocked off. Originally this floor was probably used for storage. Drainage holes visible in the gable walls at 1st-floor level indicate the level of the original roof. The walls and roof were subsequently raised c. 1250. During this phase a gallery was added to the SW end of the building. Clear evidence for this includes the remains of a masonry arch in the SW wall near the doorway and three beam holes opposite it in the NW wall (Sweetman ibid.). The raised walls are windowless apart from a slit window in the SE wall that lit the gallery. An intramural stairway to its E leads to the wall-walk. The merlons of the crenellated parapet are pierced with long cruciform arrow loops and beam holes visible below it indicate that the castle was further defended by a hoard. Further alterations occurred in the 15th century when the high gable ends were added, the ground floor was vaulted and the ground-floor doorway was inserted. During this period the parapets were incorporated into the gable walls. The vault inserted into the ground floor was supported on the NW and SE side-walls, and three pillars along the centre of the floor. Traces of the wickerwork-centring are still visible on its underside. Following restoration works carried out by the Office of Public Works in the 1990s, wooden floors were added to the second floor, which is now an audio-visual theatre, and the attic. A wooden stairway which accessed the 1st-floor doorway was replaced by a steel one in 2018. (Leask 1941, 36-9; Bradley and Dunne 1992, 23-4) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 April 2019 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 406. The following images have been appended: GA084-001006-_01.jpg GA084-001006-_02.jpg GA084-001006-_03.jpg GA084-001006-_04_SE_wall_from_SE.jpg GA084-001006-_05_Left_carved_capital_of_1st-floor_doorway.jpg GA084-001006-_09_Right_carved_capital_of_SW_window_1st_floor.jpg GA084-001006-_22_Batter_detail_of_wall_make_up.jpg GA084-001006-_23_Garderobe_1st_floor.jpg GA084-001006-_26_NE_gable_from_NE.jpg
- GA084-001014 Religious house - Dominican friars
Description
This Dominican priory, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is located on the E bank of the Clarin River, in the NE of quarter of the medieval town of Athenry (GA084-014----). It is c. 190m to the S of the medieval castle (GA084-001006-) and c. 160m to the SE of the parish church (GA084-001005-). It occupies the SW end of an associated graveyard (GA084-001025-). The priory was founded in 1241 by Meiler de Birmingham and received significant patronage from local Anglo-Norman and Gaelic lords. The survival of a manuscript known as the ‘Register of the Dominican Order of Athenry’, which is now housed in the British Museum but was published by Coleman (1912, 201-21), has made it possible to identify various patrons and to help trace its structural development. The church became a celebrated burial place for its founder and his descendants, as well as several bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. Thirty friars are recorded as being here in1445. The priory was granted to the Earl of Clanricard in 1568 by Elizabeth 1 and subsequently to the town of Athenry in 1574. During the latter year both it and the town were sacked by Clanricarde’s sons. In 1595 friars reoccupied the buildings but the town and priory suffered severely in the wars at the end of that century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 221-2). In the 18th century it was gutted to provide materials for the military barracks that that formerly stood to its south (www.monastic.ie last accessed 22 October 2018). The barracks has since been demolished and a terrace of houses now occupies this area. The very well-preserved church is the only surviving feature of the priory; no visible surface traces of the domestic buildings or cloister survive. The church consists of the nave and chancel (int. L 45.45m; Wth 7.6m), the northern aisle and transept, and the sacristy on the south side. The site of the crossing tower between the nave and chancel is marked by the two southern piers of the arches that would have supported it. All the walls survive to their original height. The first detailed study of the church was carried out by Macalister (1913, 197-222) who suggested that there were three main building phases. The nave and chancel (int. L 45.45m; int. Wth 7.6m) were built during the initial phase of construction that started in 1241. The northern aisle and transept were added c. 1324, when reconstruction work at that time included ‘enlarging the choir twenty feet’ by knocking the original east gable and extending the north and south walls of the chancel eastwards (ibid., 201, Fig. 1). The tower was subsequently added c. 1425. Later writers including Leask (1960, 126-8) and Conlan (2002, 218-19) agreed with this phasing. A more recent survey by McKeon (2009, 24-56) argues that the aisle and transept may have been added during the late 13th or early 14th century. McKeon further suggests that the chancel was never extended to the east but that the choir was enlarged by moving the rood screen further to the W. During this phase the W gable was rebuilt. When the tower was added in the last major building phase in the 15th century, a number of windows were replaced, some doorways were blocked and the aisle arcade was reduced. No visible trace of the original W doorway that would have accessed the church survives. Both it and half of the later 14th-century four-light tracery window above it were blocked up and plastered over in the 19th century when the external gable wall was incorporated into a handball alley. The six pointed lancet windows and three wall monuments (GA084-001070-, GA084-001071- and GA084-001072-) in the S wall of the nave date to the mid-13th century and are original features. The most easterly lancet was truncated and partially blocked when the tower was built. The double piscina between the most easterly wall monument (GA084-001073-) and the tower suggests that there was formerly an altar in this area and that it was also removed when the tower was built (McKeon 2009, 39). Two blocked doorways in the S wall of the nave, one towards its W end the other in recess between the piers of the tower, would have formerly accessed the W range and cloister of the priory. The other features in the nave are later in date and include a 16th-century round-headed statue niche above a moulded and decorated consul (Bradley and Dunne 1990, 32) and a 17th-century half-hexagonal protruding feature or viewing loft. The seven lancets in the north wall of the chancel are identical to those in the nave. The westernmost example was blocked up when the transept was added. The triple-arched cusped sedilia (Wth 2.4m) is an original feature and its similar design to the wall monument (GA084-001071-) in the S wall of the nave suggested to Macalister (1913, 209) that it was another tomb niche but unlike the tomb niches its base does not extend to ground level but sits 0.5m above it (McKeon 2009, 31-3). The central columns that supported the arches and most of the moulded stones of the arches themselves have been removed. The remains of a carved head visible on the terminal of the arch hood on the W side suggest it might be that of a bishop (ibid.). Three steps subdivide the chancel, marking off the choir from the area where the high altar stood under the four-light switchline tracery east window. This window, which was inserted in the 15th or 16th century, replaced an earlier larger five-light example. The outline and fragments of the tracery of the latter window, which indicate a 13th or 14th-century date, are visible in the gable wall. At the top of the gable the lower portion of a single-light window is visible. Twin-light trefoil-headed windows at the east end of the N and S walls lit the altar area. A 15th-century canopied altar tomb (GA084-001044-) is visible in the north wall. A pointed doorway in the south wall of the choir accessed the sacristy. The latter room is lit by a triple-light ogee-headed window with a hood-moulding in the E wall. Numerous architectural fragments are now kept in it. The northern aisle was separated from the nave by an arcade of five arches, three of which survive. The original arches and those of the lateral aisle off the transept were taller and rested on circular columns. They were subsequently partially blocked up and during this phase of construction the columns were encased in the later fabric. A blocked-up pointed arch doorway is visible at the W end of the N wall of the aisle. A two-light tracery window is visible in the W wall and two similar windows survive in the north wall. Two further wall monuments (GA084-001074- and GA084-001075-) are located between the latter windows. The tracery in the eastern example is indicative of a 15th century date. Most of the tracery in the western example is gone but the surviving sections indicate it was identical to the eastern one. The main feature of the north transept is the large reconstructed four-light tracery window in the N wall. Below it a composite wall monument (GA084-00173-) spans the entire width of the wall. Macalister (1913, 203) believed this was not an architectural ornament but rather three separate ‘sepulchral monuments’. The fact that the W end of it overlies a graveslab (GA084-00176-), and the E wall of the transept was reconfigured to accommodate its E end, suggest that it was formerly located elsewhere in the nave or chancel. Two twin-light switchline tracery windows are visible in the E wall; the northern one is a modern replacement (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 33). A sketch by Bigari (Grose 1791) indicates that the blocked doorway visible below this window was open in the late 18th century. The doorway to the lateral aisle on the W side of the transept is composed of two orders and is pointed. This doorway is now the only means of accessing the church since the original west doorway was blocked up. This aisle is lit by a twin-light cusped window in the W wall. The arcade on the E side that separates it from the transept would
- GA084-001015 Church
Description
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- GA084-001016 Well
Description
In flat pastureland c. 60m to the E of the Clarin River and within the medieval walled town of Athenry (GA084-001----). Named 'Spa Well (Chalybeate)' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this well is known locally as the 'Pan Well' because its base consists of a subcircular stone basin (0.53m N-S; 0.51 E-W; D 0.13). It is enclosed by a circular drystone wall (diam. 0.68m H 0.4m), one to three courses high, and the outlet is to the SW. Another well (GA084-001017-) lies c. 168m to the SSW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2019
- GA084-001017 Well
Description
In flat pastureland c. 40m to the E of the Clarin River and within the medieval walled town of Athenry (GA084-001----). Named 'Moor Well' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this roughly subcircular well (0.77m N-S; 0.72m E-W; D 0.7m) is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5m), three to four courses high. A small gap at W access it. On inspection the well was dry. A spa well (GA084-001016-) lies c. 168m to the NNE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2019
- GA084-001019 Mill - corn
Description
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- GA084-001020 Cross - Market cross
Description
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- GA084-001021 Dovecote
Description
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Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_867 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 108.7 ha
- 269 acres
- Land parcels
- 796
- registered freehold, median 261 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 57
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
796 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherroyn, from 2 m² to 184,522 m² (18.45 ha, 45.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 694 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industrial (General industry)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.6Disused Railway (Other transport/general uses)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Sept 2026N/a
for the construction of 12 no. residential units. The development will consist of the construction of: • A three storey apartment block, comprising of 6 no. 1 bed ground floor simplex units, 5 no. 2 bed upper floor duplex units and 1 no. 3 bed upper floor duplex unit, together with an integrated ground floor bin store/bike store. The proposed development will also include for; • Provision of a public open space area, private open space areas, visitor bicycle parking, footpath connections, public lighting, landscaping and revised boundary treatments. • Provision of carparking including EV parking and ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points, and accessible parking. • Provision of a raised ramp crossing to traverse the Slí An Chlairín estate road located to the west of the site. • Connection to existing mains water infrastructure, connection to foul sewer network and provision of surface water drainage works to serve the development, together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application
Permission · Galway County Council, 2661493
24 Jul 2026Conditional
to build a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661268
21 May 2026Refused
of one bed apartment, garden shed and raised rear boundary wall
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660802
18 May 2026Conditional
for amendments to finished floor level of Block 3 granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23 and associated site and development works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660782
23 Apr 2026Conditional
to construct dwellinghouse, garage & connection to associated services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2689
7 Apr 2026Conditional
of •existing dwellings (eircodes H65TH24 and H65HR92) on revised boundaries, •partial demolition of existing single storey shed,•construction of 2no. semi-detached single storey dwellings,•provision of car parking, accessed from internal access road granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23,• service connections and all other ancillary site and development works
Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2660523
13 Feb 2026Conditional
for provision of an extension to the existing warehouse building (Permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047 and extended under Pl. Ref. 10/841) comprising a total extension area of 3,395 sq. m; Construction of 1 no. new warehouse building for storage, logistics and manufacturing associated with the existing land use, including 5 no. staff toilets and 11 no. loading bays (gross floor area 2,118 sq. m); Continued use of the existing site access junction via L3107 permitted under Pl. Ref. 02/1375; Provision of 1 no. new site access junction via L3107; Alterations to car parking layout providing 56 no. additional car parking spaces for staff and visitors, including 5 no. universal access spaces (103 no. total car parking spaces provided); Provision of 20 no. bicycle parking spaces located within a secure, stacked bicycle shelter; Provision of designated onsite flood attenuation measures including an attenuation pond, stoned attenuation areas, permeable hard surface areas and additional drainage infrastructure; Provision of a concrete circulation yard to facilitate HGV movements within the site; All ancillary works required, including site lighting layout, landscaping, pedestrian infrastructure, boundary treatments and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes a revision of the site boundary from 1.296 hectares (permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047) to 3.31 hectares (site area increase of 2.014 hectares). The Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660229
9 Sept 2025Conditional
for amendments to the development permitted under ABP Ref. 316109-23 / Pl. Reg Ref 2261303. The proposed amendments consist of; retention and extension of single storey dwelling designated for demolition under ABP Ref. 316109-23 / Pl. Reg Ref 2261303, alterations to access road, parking and communal open space and all associated development works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561280
28 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct dwellinghouse, garage and connection to asscoiated services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25223
4 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct a dwelling house with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 154.80 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560899
17 Apr 2025Conditional
to construct a 2 bedroom detached dwelling house on a vacant site including all associated works and services, The proposed works includes the re-configuration of the private open space of an apartment which was approved under pl ref. no 03/4232. Gross floor space of proposed works: 75 sqm(H)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2577
3 Apr 2025Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and garage, with connection to associated services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2563
20 Mar 2025Conditional
for a detached single storey house, two bedroom dwelling house, with connection to existing water supply and drainage services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 74.6 sqm(house)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2545
30 Aug 2024Conditional
to increase the occupancy of existing pre-school facility from the permitted occupancy of 28 children to 44 children in accordance with Tusla Guidelines, permission to increase floor area, permission for installing 3 additional toilets and a kitchen, and permission to retain existing additional floor space. Gross floor area of proposed works: 33.10 sqm. Gross floor area to be retained: 44.90 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 2461132
3 May 2024Conditional
of: (1) rear extension, (2) minor alterations to existing house, (3) all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38.85 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460502
1 May 2024Conditional
to construct two detached dwelling houses, and to connect to the existing utility services on a corner site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 324.80 sqm
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2460486
22 Apr 2024Conditional
of the demolition of existing 99sq.m. single storey 1960's habitable dwelling and construction of new 227sq.m. two storey, three bedroom, dwelling, including relocated site entrance, new boundary wall, external store and carport and associated landscape works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 227 sqm & (Carport) 23.4 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 99 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460434
29 Nov 2023Conditional
for an infill residential development to the existing estate. The development will consist of the following: 1. decommissioning and removal of existing temporary on-site treatment plant and new connections to be made to existing public services; 2. construction of 38 no. residential dwellings consisting of: a. 8 no. 4 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; b. 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; c. 4 no. 2 bedroom 2 story semidetached dwellings; 3. repositioning of existing substation; 4. revised road alignment to existing estate entrance; 5. new vehicular and pedestrian accesses onto the existing internal estate road; 6. provision of public and private open spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, play spaces and public lighting; 7. provision of residential carparking including ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 8. footpath connections, signage locations and all associated development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4290 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361431
31 Aug 2023Refused
to construct five terraced dwellinghouses & to connect to the existing utility services on a corner site
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361034
21 Jul 2023Refused
for 1) the construction of a 91 unit residential development (10no. 1 bed, 24no. 2 bed, 45no. 3 bed & 12no. 4 bed) & 2no. commercial units (café/work hub (73 m2) & crèche (172 m2)) accessed via the existing Parklands estate, 2) a redesigned amenity area & new homezone in the existing Parklands estate as part of the new road access works, 3) temporary construction traffic access via the existing laneway to New Line between the Caislean Oir & Bridge Court estates & 4) all associated site & external works including infrastructural connections via the Caislean Oir estate & the existing on site mains
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360822
16 May 2023Conditional
of the construction of a new educational campus that will comprise of two school buildings. Gaelscoil Riada a part one & two-storey, 16 classroom primary school with single class base SEN & ancillary spaces with total floor area of circa 2890sqm. Colaiste an Eachraidh a part one, two & three-storey post primary school with 17 general classrooms, 12 specialist classrooms, sports hall, single class base SEN & ancillary spaces with a total floor area of circa 6985sqm. Proposed site works to include the construction of standalone ESB substation & bin store, 2no. plant enclosures, all new hard play areas, shared central grass play area, general purpose external amenity spaces, access road with lay-by set down, 84no. carparking spaces, 48no. covered bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, including new vehicular access points & new pedestrian access, together with new boundary treatments & landscaping works
Permission · Galway County Council, 23196
22 Dec 2022Refused
for the development which will consist of: • The demolition of 2 no. single storey dwellings and associated structures along with removal of existing partly demolished house and rubble, • The construction of a mixed use office, enterprise and residential development within 4 no. building blocks, • Building No. 1 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 4 no. 1 bed apartments on the ground floor, and 6 no. 2 bedroom apartments on the first and second floor, • Building No. 2 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate 2 no. home office/start up units and 6 no. 1 bedroomed apartments on the ground floor, and 8 no. 2 bedroom apartment units on the first and second floor, • Building No. 3 will consist of a single storey building to accommodate incubator/start up offices. • Building No. 4 will consist of a 3 storey duplex building to accommodate a ground floor Enterprise Centre and 8 no. 2 bed apartments on the first and second floor, • Provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from the Caheroyan Road, • Provision of an ESB Sub Station, • Provision of carparking including a number of dedicated electrical charge spaces and ducting to all spaces for future charging points; • Provision of public & private open spaces, bicycle parking, bin storage, site landscaping, play spaces and public lighting; • Provision of landscaping and riverside amenity area and associated drainage swales, • Connection to existing services, revised boundary treatments, footpath connections, signage locations and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.Gross floor space of proposed works 3,857.13sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 2261303
6 Dec 2022Conditional
for extension/renovations to existing dwelling house as constructed and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 24.00sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261206
7 Oct 2022Conditional
for the development consisting of: the demolition of the existing, vacated, two storey, former Clarin College school buildings, including all permanent and ancillary structures, existing footings and hardstanding within the site; as well as the removal of all disused on site drainage system and utility services, including any existing underground attenuation tanks. Gross floor space of any demolition: 4,450 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 221098
29 Aug 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house with attached garage and treatment plant with percolation area. Gross floor area: 272.7 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260866
The 25 most recent of 57 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Caherroyn.
Recorded monuments
- GA084-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives; probably levelled during the construction of the Galway-Dublin railway line which crosses it from roughly NE to SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 July 2019
- GA084-035 Country house
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
- Banba House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1880, having gable-fronted projecting bay to west end of front elevation with canted-bay windows, and gabled entrance porch. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and rendered crenellations to canted bay. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls having continuous sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor, square-headed openings to ground floor, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed timber panelled door. Wrought-iron gates and rendered piers to front boundary set into rubble limestone walls.
- Bridge, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch humpbacked railway bridge, built 1896, carrying road at skew over Athenry to Tuam railway line. Rusticated limestone parapet walls with tooled capstones, rusticated voussoirs to segmental arch and rusticated walling to elevations and abutments.
- Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Galway to Dublin railway line. Cut limestone abutments with rusticated quoins supporting metal superstructure having wrought-iron latticework parapets.
- Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Galway-Dublin railway line. Rock-faced rusticated walls and piers, voussoirs and string course, with buttresses flanking elliptical arch, latter having ashlar soffit. Cut-stone string courses and copings to parapet walls.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Caherroyn, 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_867 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caherroyn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Caherroyn · Cathair Ruaín
- Area
- 1,086,619 m² (108.66 ha, 268.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monivea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athenry
- Electoral division
- Athenry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,765 people lived in 2,069 households in the Athenry electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athenry, Ballydavid South, Carrowntober West, Cullairbaun, Gorteenacra, Kilcornan, Kingsland North, Pollacappul
- Placenames
- Caherroyn 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.