Knockroe

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe, from 178 m² to 180,510 m² (18.05 ha, 44.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Knockroe 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.

• 12 Jul 2026Conditional

  for the construction of a single-storey dwelling, domestic garage, new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661179

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  of (1) minor amendments to house plans, (2) relocation of vehicular entrance & (3) all associated works. Original planning permission granted under pl ref. 211336

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561881

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 215.00 sqm(H, 40.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560718

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, proposed new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 147 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460846

• 23 Nov 2023Conditional

  for change of house type and garage type from those already granted under planning ref. no. 22/60698. Gross floor space of proposed works: 170 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361404

• 26 Jul 2023Conditional

  for the development that will consist of a dwellinghouse with proprietary wastewater treatment system, polishing filter & ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23304

• 21 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct new boat/storage shed including associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360680

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  is sought for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 213.40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260698

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 210.70sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260700

• 23 Jun 2022Conditional

  for modifications to existing dwelling as constructed, on a site with revised boundaries, from previously granted under Planning ref No. 19/1809 .Gross floor space of work to be retained 244.00sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260639

• 6 May 2022N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works.Gross floor space of proposed works 213.40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260445

• 6 May 2022N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area, along with all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 210.70sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260449

• 3 Mar 2022Refused

  to construct a new farm shed for the storage of hay & farm machinery and planning retention and completion of farm access road and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 279.77sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22294

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 220.89 sqm (house) + 53.94 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22201

• 16 Nov 2021Refused

  for development consisting of: the construction of a new private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 236 sqm, Garage: 38 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212130

• 13 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 193.25 sqm, Garage: 53.94 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211893

• 22 Jul 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 281.04 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211336

• 17 Jun 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211086

• 21 Nov 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 244 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191809

• 13 Aug 2019Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side and rear of dwelling house and changes to the roof profile. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 41 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191265

• 9 Feb 2018Conditional

  for alterations to a dwellinghouse and construction of a domestic garage on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained 193.5 (house), 61.1 (garage).

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18133

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 Knockroe.

Recorded monuments

• GA085-069 Mound
  Description

  In low-lying marshy land to E of the old Loughrea branch railway line. It consists of a subrectangular flat-topped earthen mound (H 1.8m max.) in fair condition. The flat summit (NW-SE 14.2m, NE-SW 12.5m) is partially mantled by trees which also grow around its flanks: the NE and SE sides have been degraded by livestock. 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

• GA085-070 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 60m) cut by a field wall at N and S. All that survives is a section of a curving bank (L c. 7m) to W of the 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockroe, about 1 in 20 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 Knockroe.

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.

• Knockroe, Attymon13 sales

Name

Knockroe · An Cnoc Rua

Area

2,028,444 m² (202.84 ha, 501.24 acres)

Civil parish

Killimordaly, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killimor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 141 households in the Killimor electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloon, Cloonsheecahill, Gortakeeran, Killimor, Laragh, Lenamore, Lisduff, Raford

Placenames

Knockroe 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.