Raheen Demesne

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen Demesne, from 25 m² to 373,720 m² (37.37 ha, 92.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Raheen Demesne 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.

• 2 Jun 2026N/a

  for the construction of two storage warehouses accessed via an existing entrance within the site of an existing commercial development, development to include a) provision of additional site entrance to accommodate HGV vehicles, b) associated road access including HGV access to proposed warehousing units, c) provision of 31 parking spaces and bike storage, d) provision of hard and soft landscaping including site lighting and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Gross floor space of proposed works 3025m2

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660875

• 23 May 2026Conditional

  of 2 nr. domestic sheds

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660817

• 5 Aug 2025Refused

  for the construction of two storage warehouses accessed via an existing entrance within the site of an existing commercial development, development to include a) associated road access including HGV access, b) provision of 32 parking spaces and bike storage c) provision of hard and soft landscaping including site lighting and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561073

• 9 Aug 2024Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit & all associated services. Previous Pl. Ref. 21/61568, 23/60563. This application includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 214.39 sqm & (Garage) 42.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461020

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has also been included with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 231 sqm & (Garage) 50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460543

• 22 Dec 2023Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit & all associated services. The development included a NIS. Gross floor space of proposed works: 214.39 sqm (house) & 42.5 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361568

• 25 May 2023Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment unit & all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360563

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage and waste water treatment system and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 165.69 sqm + 35 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212200

• 17 Nov 2021Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 224 sqm, Garage: 44 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212143

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  for the installation of 301 no. (530w) Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on the existing roof of their existing factory and all associated facilities in the interest of energy conservation, on their lands. Gross works to be retained: 776(PV)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211420

• 12 Jan 2021N/a

  to (1) construct a new vehicular entrance, (2) retain and complete the access road, and (3) carry out all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2114

• 23 Oct 2020N/a

  for changes to the product storage/ warehousing building previously granted permission under planning reference 19/842. The changes are as follows (1) relocate the building closer to the boundary (2) increase the building height by 1.2m, width by 2.2m, and length by 0.3m (3) increase the building floor area from 1470sqm to 1590sqm and (4) changes to the elevations Gross floor space of proposed works : 1590 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201575

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  to construct an external gantry crane including all associated works and services at a revised location within the site than where it was previously granted planning permission under Planning Ref No. 17/194 at existing manufacturing premises

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191974

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  to construct a product storage / warehousing building at the rear of existing manufacturing premises including all associated works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1470 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19842

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  for construction of a new ramped access into existing warehouse/workshop yard

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19463

• 5 Oct 2017N/a

  for the change of use of an existing joinery workshop to a manufacturing engineering premise's. Permission for retention is also sought to retain an extension at the rear of the building and alterations to the elevations of the building. Gross floor space of work to be retained 99.6sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171449

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  to construct an external gantry crane including all associated works and services at existing manufacturing premises.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17194

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Coole-Garryland Complex SAC 000252
• Special Protection Area: Coole-Garryland SPA 004107
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Coole-Garryland Complex 000252

Recorded monuments

• GA113-183 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  On a slight rise in pastureland. Circular enclosure (diam. 18.5m), in fair condition, defined by a substantial bank of earth and stone. It has been levelled from E to SSE. The interior rises slightly towards the centre. Possibly a barrow. A quarry pit lies immediately to the S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 June 2019

• GA113-213 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA122-124 House - 18th/19th century
  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 Raheen Demesne.

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 Raheen Demesne, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_765 (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 Raheen Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Raheen Demesne · An Ráithín

Area

1,263,137 m² (126.31 ha, 312.13 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Cahermore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

620 people lived in 198 households in the Cahermore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coole Demesne, Corker, Crannagh, Lydacan, Raheen Kilkelly

Placenames

Raheen Demesne 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.