Creagh

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creagh, from 25 m² to 195,885 m² (19.59 ha, 48.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing) (Existing residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space / Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business and Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a rear & side single storey extension to the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561284

• 14 Jun 2021Conditional

  to relocate the entrance to dwelling house and close up the existing entrance coupled with ancillary site works. Gross floor space of existing building is 44.27m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211044

• 11 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a new on-site wastewater treatment system for a previously permitted dwelling house planning reference 17/1342 in lieu of a previously permitted Irish Water foul sewer connection.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21152

• 16 Nov 2020Refused

  to construct a new wastewater treatment system for previously permitted dwelling house planning reference 17/1342 in lieu of mains sewer connection.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201719

• 6 Nov 2020Conditional

  for (a) Demolition of existing Dwelling House and Garden shed part constructed on boundary wall. (b) Permission sought for new Dwellinghouse, Domestic Garage and Associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 174 sqm (house), 41 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201665

• 4 Dec 2018Conditional

  consisting of the construction of a new double height extension, with a net floor area of 269 square metres, to the east of the existing factory along with provision of new car parking, alterations to existing compound and all associated ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 269sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181733

• 16 Nov 2017Conditional

  for change of use from nursing home to community dwellinghouse, to demolish a portion of same, construct pitched roof to replace existing flat roof at the rear and construct new extension together with ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 59.44sqm. demolition 44.67sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171643

• 8 Sept 2017Conditional

  for the construction of 1 no. single storey 4no. bedroom house, associated boundaries, new vehicular access, landscaping and all associated site development works (Gross floor space of proposed works 260sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171342

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments

• GA074A004 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland, c. 10m S of a stream, near N limits of Ballinasloe town. In existence in the 16th C when it was occupied by 'Sean na Maighe O'Kelly' (Egan 1960, 37). What survives is a large slightly raised subcircular area (N-S c. 102m, E-W c. 88m) cut at N and S by a road. Of the castle itself, and the series of mounds and hollows noted by Rynne (pers. comm.), no visible surface trace survives. He described the monument as being 'eccentrically placed … the whole complex is much like a bailey with the remains of a motte/castle'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA074A005 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland near NE limits of Ballinasloe town. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). The enclosing element is defined by a degraded scarp from S through W to N. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A number of field walls cut the monument. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA088-006 Church
  Description

  In a rectangular graveyard on E outskirts of Ballinasloe town. The standing remains are those of an ivy-mantled rectangular church (E-W; L c. 17.7m, Wth 6.8m) in fair condition. Apart from W gable, all the walls stand to full height. There is a rectangular doorway towards W end of S wall, to E of which are three plain rectangular windows. A large round-headed window graces E gable and there is also a window in N wall. As Egan (1960, 27) surmises, this is a Protestant church of 18th-C date, though it probably stands on the site of the medieval parish church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA088-006001 Graveyard
  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.

• GA088-008 Graveyard
  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.

• GA088-008001 Church
  Description

  At N end of a large rectilinear graveyard, 250m N of a church (GA086-006----). According to Egan (1960, 118-19, also 116), this is the site of an early 18th-C 'Mass house' which was in use until 1824 when it was replaced by another church (GA088-008002-). Though no visible surface trace of it now survives, Egan (ibid.) describes it as rectangular in plan (E-W; L c. 20m, Wth c. 5.5m), 'the walls ... scarcely higher than those of a cabin'. The doorway was at W end of S wall. It was lit by a small window in S wall near the altar and by a series of 'unglazed loops in the side walls'. A 'larger pointed window' was later inserted in E gable over the altar. A holy water font originally located here is now in the later church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA088-008002 Church
  Description

  Immediately NW of a chapel (GA088-008001-). This church was built in 1824 to replace the earlier chapel and was itself abandoned in 1914 (Egan 1960, 172-3, 119). The visible remains consist of the lower courses of the walls (H c. 1m) of a rectangular building (E-W; L 17m, Wth 12.5m), now much overgrown. It appears to have been deliberately levelled since Egan (ibid., 172-3) wrote, as he was able to provide a full description of the church. The surviving architectural features comprise a doorway in W wall, immediately to S of which is the inscribed holy water font from the earlier chapel. A number of window opes, some blocked, are also visible in N and S walls and in E gable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA088-008003 Burial ground
  Description

  Immediately to the E of the graveyard (GA088-008----). This trapezoidal-shaped graveyard widens towards its WSW end and is bounded on three sides by much-collapsed stone walls. A field fence delimits the NNW side. Access is gained through a gateway at NW. The interior is divided into four sections by two sunken pathways that dissect one another in the centre. Graves are in lines running ENW-WSW and consist of rectangular sunken depressions (L 2m; Wth 0.8m; D 0.4m) marked by small, uninscribed, iron, ringed crosses (H 0.4m). The burial ground probably dates from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 March 2014

• GA088-009 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat farmland near NE limits of Ballinasloe town. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a C-shaped enclosure and named 'Fort (Remains of)' (c. 95m NW-SE) on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 5 December 2016

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Hospital, hospital/infirmary, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached former admissions hospital, built c.1935, of limestone, comprising seven-bay three-storey central block with three-bay pedimented breakfront, having half-octagonal two-storey turrets to front corners, flanked in turn by thirteen-bay two-storey recessed wings having slightly projecting one-bay two-storey terminating pavilions with three-bay side elevations. Now in use as offices. Rear elevation has pedimented breakfront to middle bays fronted by multiple-bay single-storey block at right angles, and seven-bay two-storey block to rear of east wing. Roofs not visible behind rusticated parapets having rendered copings. Cast-iron rainwater goods throughout. Snecked rock-faced rusticated walls, with render plinth course and having platband above first floor level. Square-headed window openings with rounded block-and-start concrete jambs and concrete, those to rear and side elevations of wings having rounded concrete mullions, having cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed strip windows to front elevations of wings, having rendered surrounds, at first floor having moulded cornice and separated by square-plan piers and at ground floor by plain cornice and separated by square-plan pilasters with simple capitals, all having replacement uPVC windows. Triple windows to front elevations of pavilions, and tall windows to first floor of turrets. Front doorway to middle block is square-headed and set into slightly advanced moulded limestone surround with carved dentillated cornice and double-leaf timber panelled door with overlight. Front doorways to wings are double-leaf replacement uPVC with sidelights and overlights. Doorways to rear of wings set into projecting surrounds with moulded cornices. Front elevation facing south on mature 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 Creagh, 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 made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1378 (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 Creagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Creagh · An Chríoch

Area

1,003,466 m² (100.35 ha, 247.96 acres)

Civil parish

Creagh, and its townlands

Barony

Moycarn

Electoral division

Ballinasloe Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

7,361 people lived in 2,616 households in the Ballinasloe Urban electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Atticorra, Back, Ballygortagh (Co. Roscommon), Cleaghgarve, Glentaun, Kilgarve, Parkmore, Parkmore (Co. Roscommon), Rooaun, Townparks

Placenames

Creagh 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.