Kilgarve North
Kilgarve North is a townland in the civil parish of Abbeyknockmoy, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Choill Gharbh Thuaidh.
Parcel 2061029
- Area
- 5,021 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 582 m².
- 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
- Kilgarve North
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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
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 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.
- 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.
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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
- 149.6 ha
- 370 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 3,217 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgarve North, from 36 m² to 190,260 m² (19.03 ha, 47.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Kilgarve North 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
23 Sept 2026N/a
for a new two-storey dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661596
19 Aug 2025Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561148
25 Jan 2024Conditional
of: (1) the conversion of first floor to Bedroom with En-suite and walk-in-wardrobe, Office and games room; (2) the installation of 2 dormer windows and 4 rooflights to east roof; (3) the installation of 2 rooflights to north roof; (4) installation of stairs; (5) changes to west elevation; (6) increased set back of dwelling from road edge; and (7) Revised site boundaries to that previously permitted under planning reference number 03/3504 and all associated site works site works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460076
29 Aug 2023Conditional
to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355
24 Feb 2022Conditional
for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area, loose bedded area and all associated ancillary concrete on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works: 549.60sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 22246
15 Feb 2022Conditional
for the demolition of existing derelict buildings and for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 254msq(dwelling) & 60msq(garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260108
12 Nov 2021Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling: 263 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212103
25 May 2021Conditional
for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 265 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21891
22 Feb 2021Conditional
for a three bay agricultural shed for the storage of hay and straw to include a concrete apron to the front and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 163 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 21216
6 Nov 2018Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (house) 217 sqm, (garage) 40 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181576
5 May 2017Conditional
for change from that previously granted under PD/16/761 to include for the refurbishment and an extension to existing dwelling house together with all necessary ancillary siteworks. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 65.65 sqm.)
Permission · Galway County Council, 17637
8 Mar 2017N/a
for change from that previously granted under PD/16/761 to include for the refurbishment and an extension to existing dwelling house together with all necessary ancillary siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17312
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 Kilgarve North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilgarve North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilgarve North.
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 Kilgarve North, 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 Kilgarve North.
- 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 Kilgarve North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Kilgarve North · An Choill Gharbh Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,495,560 m² (149.56 ha, 369.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tiaquin
- Electoral division
- Abbey East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 655 people lived in 215 households in the Abbey East electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbert Demesne, Farmhill, Graiguebaun, Kilgarve South, Liss, Newtown, Oakwood North, Oakwood South
- Placenames
- Kilgarve North 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.