Currarevagh

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currarevagh, from 6,330 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres) to 87,904 m² (8.79 ha, 21.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 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 Currarevagh 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.

• 19 Nov 2021Conditional

  for variations to cabin design, structure and layout, from that previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 19/1700 with all associated works and ancillary services. A Natura Impact Statement for the proposed development will be submitted with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 94.08 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212166

• 31 Oct 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of 1 no. 2 bed and 2 no. studio timber clad cabins on raised columns. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 150 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191700

• 24 Jun 2019N/a

  for development consisting of 1 no. 2 bed and 2 no. studio timber clad cabins on raised columns. An environmental impact assessment is included. Gross floor space of proposed works: 150 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19954

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA040-006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In woodland on the S side of a drumlin close to a stream and c. 50m to the N of a burial ground (GA040-007----). This holy well is roughly subcircular in plan (dim. 1m; D 0.4m) and is defined by an arc of small boulders with traces of walling at W and N (max. H 0.4m) where it is set into the slope. It appears to have a stone base and it opens to the S. It is still in use and votive offerings include small statues (information from M. Gibbons). (Gosling 1993, 177) Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by M. Gibbons Date of upload: 15 March 2021

• GA040-007 Graveyard
  Description

  On a rise in a cleared area of otherwise forested land. Indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as an unenclosed L-shaped area (c. 25m by c. 20m) but on 2nd ed. (1899) as a larger oval area. Now enclosed by a stone wall, with the original burial area at NE. A holy well (GA040-006----) lies c. 45m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA040-008 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA040-009 Designed landscape feature
  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

• Currarevagh House, country house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built c.1860, having projecting end bay to front elevation, flat-roofed ashlar liemstone porch in re-entrant angle, ashlar limestone canted-bay window to south-east gable, slightly recessed three-bay return to south-west, and lower L-plan two-storey recent addition to south-west gable of return. Hipped slate roof with overhanging boarded eaves having render eaves band, rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Porch has moulded stone cornice and parapet, latter comprising low pilasters having decorative cast-iron grillwork between them. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with limestone plinth doubling as sill course, limestone platband below floors, and limestone sill course to first floor. Porch and canted-bay window have moulded string course below parapet, rectangular panels above openings, and plinth. Paired window openings to first floor of south-east gable end and tripartite to ground floor of projecting front end bay. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows throughout, two-over-two pane to first floor and rear bays of return, one-over-one pane elsewhere. Square-headed entrance doorway with timber panelled door, timber overlight and limestep step and is flanked by one-over-one pane timber sliding sash sidelights and similar windows to side walls. House set in landscaped 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 Currarevagh, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Currarevagh · An Currach Riabhach

Area

858,767 m² (85.88 ha, 212.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Letterfore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

283 people lived in 108 households in the Letterfore electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygally, Barnagorteeny, Gorterwulla, Shanballymore

Placenames

Currarevagh 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.