Fiddaun

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fiddaun, from 116 m² to 242,307 m² (24.23 ha, 59.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Fiddaun 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.

• 21 Dec 2025Conditional

  to construct cubicles shed with slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561925

• 30 Dec 2020Conditional

  and complete alterations and extensions to previously approved planning ref no 19/1024 for a new Milking Parlour, Dairy, Plant Room, Roofed cubicle house and roofed slatted tanks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 939.55 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 566.25 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202061

• 19 Nov 2020N/a

  for the construction of a new Dairy, Plant Room and farm office and a new canopy and change of roof design to the building previously granted permission under ref. no. 19/1024. Gross floor space of proposed works: 939.55 msq. Gross floor space of work to be retained 566.25sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201751

• 22 Aug 2019Conditional

  for (A) Construction of a building to the rear of the school to accommodate a multipurpose room / activity room and auxillary rooms (B) Installation of a temporary building (portacabin) until new building is constructed (C) All associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 113.4 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191308

• 3 Jul 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a new milking parlour, dairy, roofed cubicle house and roofed slatted tanks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 806.40 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191024

• 6 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 197.66 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19315

• 9 Aug 2018Conditional

  for construction of dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 269.28sqm, Garage 50.72sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181126

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 Fiddaun.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-138 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• GA104-139 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a ridge. This circular ring-barrow (diam. c. 35m) comprises a flat-topped central mound (diam. c. 13m; H 0.75-1m) which is encircled by a fosse and external bank. From SE to SSW the bank has been levelled and the fosse has been partially in-filled. The construction of a slurry pit has disturbed the bank from SW to W. (McCaffrey 1952, 26, no. 143; 1955, 223) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 August 2019

• GA104-142 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rolling pastureland. Poorly preserved overgrown circular rath (diam. 23.3m) defined by a bank and external fosse. A field wall cuts across the monument at NNW and SSE. (McCaffrey 1952, 230, no. 144) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Fiddaun, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Fiddaun · An Feadán

Area

1,322,918 m² (132.29 ha, 326.9 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killogilleen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

981 people lived in 308 households in the Killogilleen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass East, Furzypark, Isertkelly North, Lismoylan, Moneen East, Monksfield

Placenames

Fiddaun 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.