Cuilnacappy
Cuilnacappy is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbegnet, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Coill na Ceapaí.
Parcel 2054290
- Area
- 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cuilnacappy
Planning applications on this parcel
28 Jul 2023Conditional
for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe & Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years & a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling & electrical infrastructure including approx. 18no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting & underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2no. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 & one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1no. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; & all associated site development & landscaping works, all on a site of approx. 107.4ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the project & will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360875
5 May 2023N/a
for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe, and Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years and a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling and electrical infrastructure including approx. 18 no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting and underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2 No. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 and one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1 No. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; and all associated site development and landscaping works. All on a site of approx. 107.4ha
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360464
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 67.8 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 71,420 m² (7.14 ha, 17.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilnacappy, from 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres) to 318,812 m² (31.88 ha, 78.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cuilnacappy 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Sept 2026N/a
to upgrade the Creggs 2582 meter long walkway. The upgrade to consist of an overlay broken stone on existing road surface and the sealing of the completed surface with a bitumen bound material. A car parking area to hold 5 car spaces plus picnic table will be provided. Existing defective stone culverts along the route of the walkway will be replaced with drainage pipes. Existing roadside drains will also be improved
Permission · Galway County Council, 26238
28 Jul 2023Conditional
for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe & Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years & a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling & electrical infrastructure including approx. 18no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting & underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2no. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 & one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1no. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; & all associated site development & landscaping works, all on a site of approx. 107.4ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in relation to the project & will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360875
5 May 2023N/a
for a 10 year planning permission for the development of a solar PV farm at a site in the townlands of Cuilnacappy, Park, Moneenroe, and Gortnalavey, near Creggs village, Co. Galway. The solar farm will have an operational lifespan of 40 years and a maximum export capacity of 75MW of electricity. The development will comprise the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows, ancillary cabling and electrical infrastructure including approx. 18 no. inverter station locations (with option for two stations at each location), ducting and underground cabling; provision of new internal access tracks; storage containers; perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; vehicular access via 2 No. access points, one comprising an upgrade of an existing agricultural access directly to the L2316 and one via an upgraded existing private road which adjoins the L2316 adjacent to its junction with the R362; proposed new passing bay on this private road; 1 No. further alternative vehicular access point at a new vehicular entrance to the L2316; and all associated site development and landscaping works. All on a site of approx. 107.4ha
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360464
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cuilnacappy.
Recorded monuments
- GA020-005 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
On N-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 45m by c. 30m). 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cuilnacappy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Cuilnacappy, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cuilnacappy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cuilnacappy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Cuilnacappy · Coill na Ceapaí
- Area
- 677,870 m² (67.79 ha, 167.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbegnet, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballymoe
- Electoral division
- Creggs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 351 people lived in 139 households in the Creggs electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coalpits, Gorteenfadda, Mallyree, Millford, Moneenroe, Park, Rabbitpark
- Placenames
- Cuilnacappy 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.