Corker

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corker, from 152 m² to 523,690 m² (52.37 ha, 129.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Corker 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Corker in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Ballinduff Turlough SAC 002295

Recorded monuments

• GA114-057001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (c. 35m E-W; c. 33m N-S), this possible rath is now defined by scarp (max. H 1.5m) and is rectangular in plan (27m x 22m) as a result of the squaring off of the NW and NE sectors by a tractor trackway. A field wall clipping ahe SW quadrant may overlie the line of the original bank. Another tractor trackway runs through the interior of the monument to the E of this field boundary. A possible house site (GA114-057006-) lies to the NW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 February 2019

• GA114-057003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 50m to the S of a possible rath (GA114-057001-). Known locally as the birthplace of St Colman, this spring well is enclosed by a well-preserved ornate octagonal concrete well house which was built in 1912. The entrance is at N. A cross which was erected in 1901 lies immediately to its W. It marks the spot where St Colman was born and where subsequently his mother St Rioneach was buried. A pattern is held here on October 20th each year. A ruined building (GA114-057005-) lies c. 90m to the WNW. (Fahey 1893, 50-51, 112; Long 1978, 12-13) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 January 2020

• GA114-057004 Cross
  Description

  This cross is associated with a holy well (GA114-057003-) dedicated to St Coleman. It stands to its W of the well and it is believed to mark the spot where the saint was born (Long 1978, 12-13). On inspection in November 1982 the cross had been smashed but an inscription on its base indicated that it was erected in 1901. On re-inspection in July 1993 a Celtic cross had been erected on the original base stone. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 30 January 2020

• GA114-057005 Church
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in pastureland, c. 90m to the WNW of a holy well (GA114-057003-). Described by Fahey (1893, 51) as 'a ruined oratory of considerable antiquity'. However, all that survived then, and now, is one flat-topped coursed wall (H 3m; Wth 0.9m) constructed of well-cut and mortared blocks, which is aligned E-W. A couple of projecting stones at either end indicate the returns suggesting that it is the N wall of a building (L 11.5m int.). Traces of a plinth are visible at the base of the N (external) face of the wall. The only architectural feature is a possible putlog hole in its S (internal) face. Possibly the remains of a church or ecclesiastical building. According to local information it was a 'monastery'. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 31 January 2020

• GA114-057006 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Immediately to the NW of an enclosure (GA114-057001-). This D-shaped enclosure (L 5m; Wth 3.5m) is defined by a low grassed-over stony bank. Possibly a house site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 February 2019

• GA114-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a hill. Circular rath (diam. 33.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is evident except from W to N where no visible surface trace survives. The fosse is clearly visible but only slight traces of the outer bank survive. A field wall cuts through the monument at NE and SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

• GA114-183 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.

• GA122-063 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.

• GA123-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. c. 32m) defined by a bank best preserved at N. A gap (Wth 2.3m) at NE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Corker, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Corker · An Charcair

Area

1,860,394 m² (186.04 ha, 459.71 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltartan, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Kiltartan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

859 people lived in 290 households in the Kiltartan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinduff, Ballyloughaun, Baunragh, Coole Demesne, Coolfin, Kiltartan, Lissatunny, Raheen Demesne, Raheen Kilkelly

Placenames

Corker 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.