Knocknahaw

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahaw, from 412 m² to 68,173 m² (6.82 ha, 16.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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 Knocknahaw 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.

• 17 Apr 2026Conditional

  of existing dwelling house with revised site boundaries (house previously approved under Pl Ref: 95/618 and 08/3456); removal of Lifetime Enurement Clause attached to Planning File Ref: 95/618 c. all ancillary site works and site services

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660588

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  of existing dwelling on revised site boundaries, new effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560875

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 240.49 sqm + 40 sqm = 280.49 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212446

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 Knocknahaw.

Recorded monuments

• GA022-114 Midden
  Description

  On the W side of a trackway running along the shoreline of Ballynakill Harbour; just below the field level. This midden (visible extent 0.8m) is almost completely obscured by scraw and grass. It consists of a narrow band of oyster shells (D 0.1m) that visible c. 0.3m below the sod cover. There is a drop of c. 1m between it and the trackway. This monument was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by M. Gibbons, Archaeologist, Clifden. The following image has been uploaded: GA022-114----_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 February 2016

• GA022-116 Megalithic tomb - 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knocknahaw, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknahaw · Cnoc na hÁithe

Area

309,710 m² (30.97 ha, 76.53 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

516 people lived in 204 households in the Ballynakill electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clooncree, Cloonederowen, Garraunbaun

Placenames

Knocknahaw 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.