Killeeneen Beg

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeeneen Beg, from 240 m² to 95,072 m² (9.51 ha, 23.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Killeeneen Beg 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.

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the renovation of existing dwelling, with single storey extension to the front, side and rear, plus alterations to elevations and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 49.60 sqm(extension), 176.20 sqm(H)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560369

• 31 Oct 2023Conditional

  for dwellinghouse, garage, onsite wastewater treatment, percolation & all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361301

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment plant and percolation area along with all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works; h - 219sqm, g- 48.6sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20560

• 8 Aug 2019Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 210 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191241

• 18 Jul 2019Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage and septic tank/percolation area on revised site boundary (previously approved Ref No. 24222). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 169.6 sqm (House - 137.4 sqm, Garage - 32.2 sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191098

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: Rahasane Turlough SAC 000322
• Special Protection Area: Rahasane Turlough SPA 004089
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rahasane Turlough 000322

Recorded monuments

• GA096-112 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 159, no. 71) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 18.3m) defined by a drystone wall, which was obscured by field-clearance rubble. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 January 2018

• GA096-113 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.

• GA096-114 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. This cashel was described by Redington (1916a, 53) as being levelled to the foundations with 'walls 6 ft. [1.8m] thick'. Another wall constructed of 'very large stones' was visible a few metres to the E. There was a 'gateway' on the E side of the inner wall but no corresponding gap was evident in the possible outer wall. There was a souterrain (GA096-114001-) in the S sector of the interior. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 159, no. 88) as a ‘very ruinous’ circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 26.8m) defined by a drystone wall. On inspection the monument was densely overgrown and the enclosing element was completely obscured. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 January 2018

• GA096-114001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the S half of the interior of a cashel (GA096-114----). Described by Redington (1916a, 53) as the 'mouth of a souterrain passage' that was constructed of large stones. Also noted by McCaffrey (1952, 159, no. 88). On inspection the monument was completely overgrown and obscured and no visible trace of the souterrain was noted. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 January 2018

• GA096-115 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. Noted by Redington (1916a, 53) and described as 'the foundations' of 'small caher' which lay 'across a bohereen' immediately to the W of another cashel (GA096-114----). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 159, no. 71b) as an oval 'Stone fort' with an 'overall diameter of 92' [28m] x 56' [17m]. The enclosing wall was '6' [1.8m] wide and 1' [0.3m] high' and was 'composed of two faces of blocks set on edge' on the N side. Only one face of blocks was evident elsewhere and the site was 'extremely ruinous'. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 January 2018

• GA096-116 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 159, no. 88a) as ‘Stone fort (?)’ and described as ‘a segment of [an] earthen and stone wall’ (L c. 9m), ‘sited on a small hill called “Knockaunalaghta”’ Possibly the remains of a cashel. No visible surface trace survives but its faint outline is visible on the OSi Ortho_ITM aerial photograph. (Redington 1916, 53) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 July 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Killeeneen Beg, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_798 (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 Killeeneen Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Killeeneen Beg · Cill Fhínín Bheag

Area

876,462 m² (87.65 ha, 216.58 acres)

Civil parish

Killeeneen, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killeely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,929 people lived in 572 households in the Killeely electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caheradine, Carrigeen West, Killeeneen More, Rahasane

Placenames

Killeeneen Beg 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.