Curhoor

163 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curhoor, from 70 m² to 159,736 m² (15.97 ha, 39.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 58 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 Curhoor 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.

• 14 Oct 2022Conditional

  for renovation and extension of existing derelict dwelling, demolition of side extension and ruinous outbuildings, new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works.Gross floor space of proposed works 254.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261036

• 4 Oct 2022Conditional

  demolition of ruinous dwelling, construction of a new dwelling house, revision to existing entrance, sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works.Gross floor space of proposed works 220.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260990

• 29 Apr 2022Refused

  renovation and extension of existing derelict dwelling, demolition of side extension and ruinous outbuildings, new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works.Gross floor space of proposed works 284.00 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260417

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct horse stables with storage for feedstuff. Gross floor space of proposed works: 181 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201803

• 28 Oct 2020N/a

  to construct horse stables with storage for feedstuff. Gross floor space of proposed works: 181 msq.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201586

• 25 Jul 2019Conditional

  for demolition of substandard dwelling house and construction of new dwelling house, restoration of existing sheds, a new sewage treatment system and all associated site development works . Gross floor space of proposed works: 217.47 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 57.21 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191148

• 27 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct a serviced detached bungalow (291.6 sqm) and detached domestic storage shed (96.0 sqm). Gross floor space of proposed works: 315.6 sqm (House - 291.6 sqm, garage - 96.0 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19262

• 22 Jun 2017Conditional

  to (a) provide a proposed glazed extension at front porch of dwelling and (b) removal of the enurement clause as listed in condition no. 9 of 02/2229 granted permission dated 24/09/2002

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17928

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168

Recorded monuments

• GA115-019 Enclosure
  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

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

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 Curhoor, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Curhoor · Cuarthuar

Area

2,835,685 m² (283.57 ha, 700.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killeenadeema, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Mountain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

299 people lived in 106 households in the Mountain electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boleybeg, Bookeen, Coppanagh, Killeenadeema East, Killeenadeema West

Placenames

Curhoor 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.