Roevehagh
Roevehagh is a townland in the civil parish of Killeely, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Ruabheitheach.
Parcel 2069136
- Area
- 2,531 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 137 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
- Roevehagh
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_759 (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.
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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
- 274.7 ha
- 679 acres
- Land parcels
- 370
- registered freehold, median 2,908 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
370 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roevehagh, from 8 m² to 138,351 m² (13.84 ha, 34.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 60 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Roevehagh 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
15 May 2026Conditional
for a revised house and domestic garage design from that previously granted under pl. ref. 23/61531
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660769
28 Jan 2025Conditional
for extensions/elevation alterations to dwelling house granted permission under planning reference number 02/4717
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560078
17 Jan 2025Conditional
for change of house design from that previously granted under pl ref 23/61529. Gross floor space of proposed works: 257.00 sqm(house), 50.00 sqm(garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560045
5 Dec 2024Conditional
for alterations to the dwelling house that was granted under planning permission 02/4829. Permission is also sought to retain the new domestic garage constructed on the site. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 33 sqm(garage) & 313 sqm(house)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24352
19 Sept 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.80 sqm (house) & 57.00 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24271
12 Sept 2024N/a
for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.80 sqm (house) & 57.00 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24268
27 Jun 2024Refused
for a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 247 sqm & (Garage) 57 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24176
3 May 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, new septic tank / treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 268 sqm (house) & 40 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460497
19 Dec 2023Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house (225m²), domestic garage (50m²), on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361529
19 Dec 2023Conditional
for a dwelling house (225m²), domestic garage (50m²), on-site sewage treatment plant, percolation area and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361531
30 Nov 2022N/a
For a dwelling house, garage, new septic tank / treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 268 sqm (dwelling house) and 40 sqm (domestic garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261187
14 Jul 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 296.10 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260720
11 Feb 2022Conditional
for alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house including a new rear extension along with all the associated site work.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260094
3 Feb 2022Conditional
for dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184 sqm (dwelling house) & 60 sqm (garage).
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260059
3 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 215.8 sqm (dwelling house) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260064
9 Dec 2021Conditional
for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 264 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212314
7 Sept 2021Conditional
for a new domestic dwelling house, garage, sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212.8 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211628
5 Aug 2021Conditional
for extension and elevation alterations to dwelling house previously approved under planning reference no. 05-3715. gross floor space of work to be retained: 50.4 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211436
24 Jun 2021Conditional
for dwelling house, garage , wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services at Roevehagh. Gross floor space of proposed work; House 239sqm Garage 60sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211120
23 Sept 2020N/a
for a new domestic dwelling house, garage, sewerage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212.8 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201368
12 Dec 2019Conditional
consisting of (1) permission to construct two storey extension to side of existing dwelling house. (2) Minor alterations to front elevation (3) New sewage treatment system and (4) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 96.1 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191918
2 Aug 2019Conditional
of extensions and a storage shed to an existing two storey dwelling including 1) a two storey extension to the rear (65 M2), 2) a single storey extension to the side incorporating a previous garage (40 M2), 3) ancillary storage shed (19 M2) and all associated external works and services to previously approved dwelling (Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 015111). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 124 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191218
3 May 2019Conditional
for change of House Plans and Garage plans (previously approved Ref No. 18/1654). Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 240.20 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19664
1 Feb 2019Conditional
to demolish 2 no. existing sheds and build new domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of proposed works 47.10sqm. Gross floor space of demolition 47.10sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19146
4 Dec 2018Conditional
to erect a new dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 232 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181734
The 25 most recent of 29 applications.
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 Roevehagh.
Recorded monuments
- GA095-141 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
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.
- GA103-170 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.
- GA103-170001 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
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.
- GA103-170002 Building
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.
- GA103-171 Church
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
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, having entrance porch to front (north) elevation. Pitched thatched roof having raised scolloped ridge, and painted rendered chimneystack. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having painted stone sills and replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having timber battened half-door. Painted smooth rendered boundary walls to garden to front.
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 Roevehagh, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_759 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Roevehagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Roevehagh · An Ruabheitheach
- Area
- 2,747,233 m² (274.72 ha, 678.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killeely, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Killeely, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,929 people lived in 572 households in the Killeely electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygarriff, Caherapheepa, Castlegar, Dunkellin, Fahymactibbot, Kilcornan, Lavally, Rinn, Toberbrackan
- Placenames
- Roevehagh 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.