Kilquain

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilquain, from 28 m² to 96,595 m² (9.66 ha, 23.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Kilquain 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  for alterations to dwelling house. Original planning permission 21/1891

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561889

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226.30 sqm(H), 58.20 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461505

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwellinghouse (area 269sq.m), domestic garage (area 60sq.m), new sewage treatment system & associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361198

• 1 Jun 2023Refused

  to construct a detached dwelling, a garage & associated wastewater treatment system & percolation area. The permission is to include all related ground works, site services & associated landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360595

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct domestic store. Gross floor space of proposed works 15 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260116

• 12 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, sewage treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage, and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 391 sqm including garage

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211891

• 31 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a five bay single slatted cattle shed with enclosed feed passage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 228 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 307 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19827

• 28 Sept 2017Conditional

  for upgrading of existing septic tank and percolation area to new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171429

• 10 Mar 2017Conditional

  for a new garden shed and associated site works. Retention permission is sought for existing dwelling house plus wastewater treatment system and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 28sqm, retention 276sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17325

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 Kilquain.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 233, no. 38) as an ‘Earthen fort’ (diam. c. 48.7m) of which only a trace survived. While the rath has been leveled, the outline of its bank is visible all round and some possible stone revetting is evident at E. A field wall cuts across the monument a N and SE. A souterrrain (GA104-152001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2018

• GA104-152001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of a rath (GA104-152----). McCaffrey (1952, 223, no. 380) recorded that this souterrain was blocked up. On an inspection in March 1971 the mouth of it was visible in the N sector of the interior. It was partly blocked and was inaccessible (SMR file). When re-inspected in October 2001 no visible surface trace could be seen. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2018

• GA104-153 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA104-154 Burial mound
  Description

  On the crest of a low ridge in pastureland. Known locally as ‘Leaba Nora’ (McCaffrey 1952, 10, 233), this much-denuded and poorly preserved mound (12.2m E-W; 9.4m N-S; H 1.4m at W; 0.3m at E) is overlain at S by a NE-SW running field wall. It may have extended into the field to the S but that field has been reclaimed and no visible surface trace is evident. The E half of the mound is very denuded and low; one possible outer revetting stone projects from the sod cover at NE. The W half is better preserved because the side stones of the W side of a N-S running passage through the centre of the mound revet it. The passage is defined by three very large boulders and one small one, all roughly dressed. It ends at a backstone at S. The modern field wall runs over this stone. There is no trace of the corresponding E side of the passage. A house site (GA104-153----) lies c. 35m to the NE. (McCaffrey 1956, 190; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 190) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 November 2019

• GA104-155 Standing stone
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. This standing stone consists of a limestone slab (H 1.3m; base Wth 0.53m; Wth at top 0.32m) that is rectangular in plan and aligned N-S. It is currently used as a support for an electric fence. (McCaffrey 1952, 233, no. 72) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 December 2019

• GA104-156 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 233, no. 38a) as a circular ‘Earthen fort’ (diam. c. 39m) defined by a bank, which apart from a section at W, had been almost completely levelled. It is now defined by a scarp (H 0.7-0.8m) and is subcircular in plan (33m N-S; 31m E-W). Its outline is clearly visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photography. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 April 2019

• GA104-157 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a drumlin in flat pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). McCaffrey (1952, 232, no. 33) recorded that it was 'Not present' during his survey of the area. Due to extensive quarrying, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• GA104-158 Country house
  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

• Kilquain House, house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1780. Pitched slate roof with rendered end chimneystacks, recent rooflights to rear (south-west) pitch. Rendered walls, render removed to exposed limestone front elevation. Square-headed window openings with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with tooled limestone sills. Round-arched door opening with dressed limestone voussoirs, cut-stone lintel and threshold, and replacement glazed timber door and fanlight. Round arched gateway to north-west, forming entrance to yard to rear, with dressed voussoirs and bellcote. Two-storey ruinous outbuilding to yard, with gables, rubble stone walls, and carriage arch. Rubble stone boundary wall to site. Set within own grounds.

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 Kilquain, about 1 in 10 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 Kilquain.

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

Name

Kilquain · Cill Chuáin

Area

892,120 m² (89.21 ha, 220.45 acres)

Civil parish

Killora, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Craughwell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,092 people lived in 690 households in the Craughwell electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylin West, Ballymanagh, Ballynamannin, Bauttagh, Carnanthomas, Lisnagloos, Roo

Placenames

Kilquain 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.