Fearagha

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fearagha, from 34 m² to 338,023 m² (33.8 ha, 83.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Fearagha 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.

• 8 Jul 2026Refused

  sought to construct (1) slatted house with lie back & cattle crush, manure pit and ancillary concrete, (2) hay storage shed, (3) silage slab and apron along with associated siteworks

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661145

• 27 Jan 2026Refused

  to construct (1) slatted house with lie back & cattle crush, manure pit and ancillary concrete, (2) hay storage shed & (3) silage slab and apron along with associated siteworks

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660098

• 5 Dec 2025Conditional

  and completion of dwelling house with amendments to design granted under pl. ref. 21/856, (2) relocation of proposed garage granted under pl. ref. 21/856, (3) temporary mobile home with temporary connection to existing wastewater treatment plant along with all ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561803

• 10 Oct 2025N/a

  and completion of dwelling house with amendments to design granted under pl. ref. 21/856, (2) relocation of proposed garage granted under pl. ref. 21/856, (3) temporary mobile home with temporary connection to existing wastewater treatment plant along with all ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561476

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage / fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21856

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 189 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21620

• 22 Feb 2021N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21213

• 2 Oct 2020Conditional

  for (1) Demolish existing Storage Building (2) Construction of a 4 Bay Slatted Shed with underground slurry storage tank along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 286.08 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 57.79 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201433

• 1 Sept 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new two storey dwelling house and garage with proprietary treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 279 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201229

• 22 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct a four bay single slatted cattle shed with creep area and also a new farm entrance from the public road. Gross floor space of proposed works: 276 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181500

• 17 May 2018N/a

  to retain existing store/fuel shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained 39.3 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18639

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turlough Monaghan 001322

Recorded monuments

• GA042-123 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• GA042-123001 Souterrain
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. A subcircular cashel (N-S c. 60m, E-W c. 50m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall from NNE through E to SSW, and by a scarp at W: a field wall overlies the enclosing element elsewhere. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at N. Within the flat but stone-strewn interior are traces of a possible souterrain to N of centre. The visible remains comprise three flat lintel-like slabs running N-S, the interstices of which are packed with small stones. There is also a shallow stone-lined hollow (E-W 3m, N-S 1.5m) just outside the cashel wall at SSW. Another ringfort (GA042-123----) lies 150m to S. 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

• GA042-124 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Some 150m S of a ringfort (GA042-123----). Overgrown and poorly preserved circular cashel / (D 23.5m) defined by a drystone wall visible only at N; / elsewhere it is overlain by a field wall. 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

• GA042-125 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 58m, E-W 56m) defined by a denuded bank overlain throughout by a field wall. Dense overgrowth obscures the perimeter of the monument. 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

• GA042-126 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level grassland. Poorly preserved and densely overgrown circular cashel (D 21m) defined by a drystone wall overlain throughout by a field wall. A field wall cuts the monument at NW and SW. A low mound is centrally placed within the interior and a CBG (GA042-126----) is associated. 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

• GA042-126001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA042-126----). According to local tradition, the interior of the cashel was used as a CBG; 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

• GA042-127 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 100m W of an enclosure (GA042-128----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). N 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

• GA042-128 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). A large mound of field-clearance rubble now occupies the site and no visible surface trace survives. An earthwork (GA042-127----) lay c. 100m to W. 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

• GA042-131 Earthwork
  Description

  In level grassland immediately NE of a T-junction on a byroad. A rectangular flat-topped earth and stone mound (N-S 11m, E-W 5m, H 1.1m), in fair condition, surrounded by a wide fosse (Wth 3.5m) along N, E and S sides. Possible traces of stone revetment are visible on the outer face of the fosse at E. The summit of the mound has been partially dug away and it is now crowned with a number of trees and bushes. Possibly a wayside monument of some kind. 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

• GA042-234 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  In undulating grassland in an area of outcropping rock and scrubland. This possible house site(12.5m NNE-SSW; 5m WNW-ESE 5m), rectangular in plan, is defined by a grassed-over bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.6m) and an external fosse. The interior is overgrown with bushes and a tree. A pit has been dug immediately to the NE of the site and a stony mound lies immediately to its SSW. This may be the remains of the house marked at this location on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 February 2017

• GA056-064 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 45m by c. 35m). By time of 3rd ed. (1920), its NE end appears to have been truncated by a field boundary. Though known locally as the site of a 'fairy fort', 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Fearagha, 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

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

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 Fearagha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Fearagha · Fiaracha

Area

3,082,296 m² (308.23 ha, 761.65 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoona, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

925 people lived in 302 households in the Killower electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Biggera Beg, Bohercuill, Carheens, Cluidrevagh, Manuslynn, Parkanallacan, Pollnahallia

Placenames

Fearagha 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.