Castle Ffrench West

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle Ffrench West, from 50 m² to 144,384 m² (14.44 ha, 35.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castle Ffrench West 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.

• 14 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling house with a domestic wastewater treatment system, domestic garage & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660979

• 21 Jan 2026Unconditional

  of pl. ref. 21/840 to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 180.42 sqm, Garage: 53.94 sqm

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2610

• 12 May 2025Unconditional

  of previous Planning Ref no: 20570, to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 232 sqm (House 173 sqm, garage 59 sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 25103

• 12 Jul 2023N/a

  to construct an extension to dwellinghouse & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360783

• 6 May 2022N/a

  for revised plans and elevations granted under 20570 together with all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 228 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22594

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 180.42 sqm, Garage: 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21840

• 7 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 232 sqm (House 173 sqm, garage 59 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20570

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Castle Ffrench West Bog NHA 000280

Recorded monuments

• GA047-028 Ringfort - unclassified
  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.

• GA047-028001 Souterrain
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Circular ringfort (D c. 30m), in fair condition, defined by a very overgrown bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. The bank survives from SW through W to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. There is a local tradition of an 'underground tunnel' (possible souterrain) in S half of the interior which reputedly runs towards the centre. 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

• GA047-029 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat reclaimed grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (E-W c. 30m, N-S c. 25m). 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

• GA061-208 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  In an exposed S-facing bank of cut-away bog. There is a mixed tree plantation immediately to the N. The togher is visible at a depth of 1.9m below the surface of the bog and is 0.5m above the level of the water in the drain to its E. The depth of the water at this side is 1.9m. The togher appears to be a plank walkway aligned NNE-SSW and it consists of a superstructure made up of a central split plank flanked on either side by longitudinal roundwoods. These overlie a substructure consisting of a transverse support and brushwood. The underside of the central plank (max. exposed L 4.05m; max. exposed Wth 0.8m; T 0.01m) appears to be flat. A single roundwood (L 2.65m; av. Wth 0.07-0.1m; T 0.15m) lies 0.02-0.03m to its E. Two in-line roundwoods are visible 0.05-0.08m to its W. The S roundwood (L 1.95m) is in three pieces – and was probably fractured when the bog was being cut away. The N roundwood (exposed L 0.03m; Wth 0.06-0.08m; T 0.1m) is thicker and is rounded towards a point at its N end. The projecting transverse support (exposed L 0.54m; exposed Wth 0.38m; T 0.18m) at the SE end is aligned E-W. In the angle between it and the central plank brushwood composed of twigs (av. diam. 0.01-0.05m) is visible. Silver bark was evident on of the pieces. The brushwood is also visible in the E section along the drain. What appeared to be a peg turned out to be a lath (L 0.3m; Wth 0.07m; T 0.1m). The togher runs into the bank face at NNE and appears to continue on into the bog. It does not appear to have extended beyond the E roundwood. However, it is unclear if it continues to the W of the W roundwoods as this area is covered by uncut peat (D 0.2m). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 11 February 2014

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castle Ffrench West.

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 Castle Ffrench West, 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 low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castle Ffrench West.

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 Castle Ffrench West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Castle Ffrench West · An Clochar Thiar

Area

1,324,638 m² (132.46 ha, 327.33 acres)

Civil parish

Ahascragh, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Castleffrench, the unit of the census

Census 2022

522 people lived in 178 households in the Castleffrench electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvoneen, Castle Ffrench, Castle Ffrench East, Gowla, Keave, Killeen, Loonaghtan (Kelly), Loonaghtan (Mahon)

Placenames

Castle Ffrench West 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.