Knockdoemore

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockdoemore, from 15 m² to 396,089 m² (39.61 ha, 97.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Knockdoemore 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.

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  for a 10-year period for a solar farm with a total area of circa 93 hectares. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of c. 352,500 sq.m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, associated string inverters mounted to rear of panels, 18 no. single storey electrical transformer stations, 3 no. spare parts containers and 1 no. office unit. The overall project will also consist of underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site and within the R354 public road, temporary construction compounds, security and acoustic fencing, CCTV, access tracks, landscaping, drainage and all ancillary development works and apparatus necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. existing entrance from the N83 and L21332 which will be subject to upgrades. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661567

• 2 May 2026Conditional

  for the construction of new family dwelling house along with domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660672

• 27 Nov 2025Conditional

  to import inert soil material, and raise the levels of agricultural lands, for reclamation purposes

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561748

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  for (1) Permission for a new Coffee/tea takeaway drive thru container, (2) access from existing entrance onto the N83, (3) Associated signage and (4) All associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 26.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560442

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  to revise the house design previously granted under planning reference number 23/60408. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560106

• 16 Dec 2024N/a

  to revise the house design previously granted under pl ref # 23/60408. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461726

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  for: (i) alterations to Reg. Ref. 06/5805 as extended under Reg. Ref. 12/72 comprising revised building location, minor elevation changes and revised internal layouts as constructed; (ii) the completed development on revised site boundaries; and, (iii) the change of use from storage use to commercial use. Planning permission to: (i) remove the restrictions attached to Condition No. 12 of Reg. Ref. 06/5805 as extended under Reg. Ref. 12/72, which related to; 1) purposes ancillary to the applicant's engineering business, 2) use for industrial purposes only, and 3) sublet of the unit; and, (ii) all ancillary works, car parking, landscaping and drainage required to facilitate the development. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1,877.00 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461221

• 30 Jul 2024Conditional

  to revise the house design previously granted under planning reference number 23/60408. Gross floor space of proposed works: 187.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460966

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  for: A) Construction of a community amenity walkway to the perimeter of GAA club grounds to cater for the club and community along with planted sensory garden with associated siteworks. B) Permission for the retention and completion of changes to site layout of training pitches granted under planning reference no. 19/1560. The proposed plan will involve revisions and re-orientation of pitches under construction on revised site boundaries to include all associated works and services. C. Permission for the retention of existing temporary internal access road and hardstand area to access new training pitches from existing club grounds car park to include resurfacing of this existing carparking area. D. Permission to construct 6 no 20m high floodlighting to pitch 1 with associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 58,800.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460512

• 15 Dec 2023Conditional

  of dwelling house, garage incorporating an office, toilet and storage area, and a septic tank and percolation area on an enlarged revised site boundary. Previous pl. ref. no. 71015. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 294.10 (House) & 104.8 (Garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361507

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 207 sqm (dwelling house) and 60 sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360408

• 20 Oct 2022Refused

  to (a) retain revised building location minor elevational changes and revised internal layout as constructed. (b) retain completed development on revised site boundaries. (c) retain change of use from storage use to commercial use. (d) to remove the restrictions in condition 12 of Pl Ref 06/5805 and 12/172 previously granted relating to the following: 1) Purposes ancillary to the applicants Engineers business 2) Use for industrial purposes only 3) Sublet of unit. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1877sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221121

• 18 Jan 2022Conditional

  to construct the following: a)two storey dwelling house and garage, b) install wastewater treatment system and percolation area, c) all ancillary site works associated with the construction of the above. Gross floor space of proposed works: 237.7 sqm (house) & 38.69 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2226

• 27 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, a domestic garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm (house) + 40 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212002

• 20 Jul 2021Conditional

  of revisions to existing community amenity walkway as constructed along with minor revisions to shelters as constructed at the existing CLG Baile Chlair na Gaillimhe grounds as granted under 191461. Retention is also required for revisions to existing agricultural entrance on the R354, adjacent to the existing pedestrian entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained is 141.1 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 211314

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of a five bedroom, two storey house with adjacent detached single store garage together will all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 249 msq & 24 msq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201480

• 26 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a new 2-storey dwelling, treatment system and domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 270 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20644

• 23 Dec 2019Refused

  to construct a new 2-storey dwelling, treatment system and domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 270 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 192023

• 8 Oct 2019Conditional

  for two new grass-based training pitches adjacent to existing pitch, to include all associated site development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191560

• 19 Sept 2019Conditional

  for proposed development which consists of a community amenity walkway, circa 1.3km long, with connectivity to existing amenity walkway and facilities throughout the existing CLG Baile Chlair na Gaillimhe grounds, to exit through proposed pedestrian access/entrance gate adjacent to an existing agricultural entrance on the R354, through Knockdoemore. To include rest bench & shelter at mid point of walkway. Development also consists of works to existing grounds to include: perimeter fencing to pitches, along with ball catching nets behind new goalposts to pitch no.3. A covered viewing shelter/rest area for spectators and walkers to pitches 1, 2 & 3 along with player dugouts adjacent to each. Public outdoor exercise area, adjacent to existing public walkway. Site lighting to remainder of existing walkway and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 260 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191461

• 24 Jan 2018Conditional

  to construct: 1. Cubicle shed with slatted tank. 2. Silage slab and effluent tank. 3. Slurry storage tank to include concrete apron and all associated works. Gross floor space Shed 1578.5m2, silage slab 345.26m2, slurry storage 329.26m2, apron 2128m2

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1851

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  of extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse (gross floor space 59.3sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171871

• 2 Nov 2017Conditional

  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 Dwelling 205sqm, Garage 59.5sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171583

• 15 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage and fuel store with all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17344

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 Knockdoemore.

Recorded monuments

• GA070-082 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1934) as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). Now densely overgrown; all that is visible is an earth and stone bank from N through E 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

• GA070-083 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular ringfort (D 36m) defined by a bank of earth and stone. A gap at SE, though modern, may have given original access. A field wall overlies the monument from S to SW. 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 Knockdoemore.

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 Knockdoemore, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_619 (ZIP).

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

Name

Knockdoemore · Cnoc Tua Mór

Area

1,095,745 m² (109.57 ha, 270.76 acres)

Civil parish

Claregalway, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Claregalway, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,388 people lived in 778 households in the Claregalway electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caraun, Knockdoebeg West, Knockdoemore, Peak, Rooaunmore

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Knockdoemore 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.