Castlefarm

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlefarm, from 79 m² to 62,284 m² (6.23 ha, 15.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  of domestic sheds and construct a dwelling house extension with all associated elevation alterations and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 71.60 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 207.00 sqm(house) & 102.00 sqm(garage)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461796

• 17 Jul 2019N/a

  to demolish the existing derelict dwelling house, remove its associated septic tank, demolish the existing storage shed and construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 218 sqm, Garage - 60sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: House - 87 sqm, Shed - 29 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191083

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 151 sqm, (Garage) 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181573

• 27 Apr 2018Conditional

  to extend existing slatted shed to include a feeding passage and underground effluent storage tank facilities and all associated site works. Gross floor area 195m2

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18531

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

• GA017-068 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent rise in rolling grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 33m, N-S 28.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone from S to SW and from NW to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field wall cuts the monument at N and S. Gaps at WSW and NNW appear modern. 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

• GA017-069 Castle - hall-house
  Description

  In NW corner of a large enclosure (GA017-069001-). This Nat. Mon. consists of a massive multiperiod castle which Harbison (1975, 91) suggests dates from the early 14th C. However, the lower sections may incorporate part of the original castle built by de Bermingham c. 1225. At any rate, it was evidently rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th C when an extra floor was added. The remains comprise the sharply battered shell of a rectangular keep (L 14m, Wth 8.2m), five storeys in height. The original castle was probably of two or three storeys with a hall at 1st-floor level. The original doorway (now robbed) is at S end of E wall at 1st-floor level. Two beam holes which supported the framework for an external stairs are visible below it. A later doorway inserted directly below this, on ground floor, now provides access. A broken spiral stairs in NE angle connects ground and 1st floors. There is no evidence of a stone vault. Traces of the line of gables are visible internally on E and W walls between 2nd/3rd floor. Fireplaces occur in N wall on 1st and 2nd floors, in E gable on 2nd and 3rd floors, and in W gable on 3rd floor. There is a garderobe in NW angle on 1st floor. Slop-stones occur on N, E and S walls at parapet level. The gables rise inside the parapets and while the chimney breast on W gable is on the outer face, that on E gable is on the inner face The surviving windows include an oculis on 3rd floor of N wall, two mullioned windows with hood mouldings in S wall and a number of rectangular slits. (Neary 1914, 124, no. 63; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 18-21) 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 248.

• GA017-069001 Enclosure
  Description

  In a commanding position on N bank of the Sinking River, 1km NW of 3Aof Dunmore town (GA017-002----). This enclosure is probably coeval with the 13th-C castle (GA017-069----) in its interior. However, it may incorporate an earlier fortification, known as Dún Mór, erected by Turloch O' Conor in the early 12th C (Neary 1914, 95-8; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 267). The present remains comprise a poorly preserved rectangular platform (NNW-SSE 64m, WSW-ENE 31m) on the summit of a partly natural hillock. It is defined by a steep scarp (H c. 6m max.) particularly along SE side where the river flows past. Neary (ibid., 124, no. 63) plotted the line of 'ruined walls' around the perimeter which survived at one point along S side to a height of 4.9m. He also noted 'a building about 10 ft. square [3.05m] … extending a few feet through the wall on S. side and some feet beyond it ... and east of this ... a sunk, walled recess 31/2 ft. wide, 5 ft. long and 6 ft. deep [1.05m, 1.5m, 1.8m]': the latter may have been a latrine. Knox (1911b, 305; 1921, 25-6) mentions a 'gate' and a 'ditch' at W. Little or no visible surface trace of any of these features survive today. The interior, which slopes gently from N to S, contains the castle in NW corner along with several earthen mounds. Two limekilns have been built into the edges of the platform at NW and E. To W, at a lower level than the rectangular enclosure, is a poorly preserved but roughly oval platform (E-W 40m) which is now separated from the former by a laneway running N-S. According to Neary (ibid.), this 'courtyard' was defined by a scarp along N and S sides and a 'small portion of [its] wall remains at Commin's garden'. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 12-13) 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

• GA017-069002 Bawn
  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.

• GA017-069003 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA017-069004 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA017-069005 Earthwork
  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.

• GA017-070 Kiln - lime
  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 Castlefarm.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Castlefarm, Dunmore5 sales

Name

Castlefarm · Páirc an Chaisleáin

Area

777,580 m² (77.76 ha, 192.14 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Dunmore North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunmore North electoral division: 604 people in 221 households; 94% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyland North, Cappagh, Carrownaseer South, Clooneen, Derrymore, Dunmore, Knockatee East, Prospect

Placenames

Castlefarm 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.