Curraghaun

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghaun, from 30 m² to 195,662 m² (19.57 ha, 48.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 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 Curraghaun 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.

• 12 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660964

• 18 May 2026N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660784

• 17 Apr 2026N/a

  for a single storey extension and two storey extension to the south and of an existing two storey dwelling house, creation of new vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660591

• 26 Nov 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561735

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  to carry out the following 1: demolish the existing rear extension. 2: construct a new extension to the rear of the dwelling house. 3: Retain the existing walls /splays as constructed each side of the existing entrance gate and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 61.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 8.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460544

• 28 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the existing cattle holding facilities (area = 177 m2), full planning permission also to install a underground effluent storage tank & all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361165

• 18 May 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: House=255 sqm, Garage=60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360526

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  of the existing domestic garage/fuel store/storage shed .Gross floor space of work to be retained 66.50sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360029

• 27 Jun 2022Conditional

  to the existing dwelling house and its associated septic tank & percolation area, existing domestic garage & existing storage shed with ancillary site works, all on revised site boundaries from that previously granted under pl. ref. no. 26102. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 187 sqm (h) & 62 sqm (g/s)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22813

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct a slatted cubicle shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 551.9sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18280

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  of the existing dwelling house, raft foundation, which is constructed, and the stoned up area to the front of the site. Full planning permission sought to complete the construction of the dwelling house. full planning permission also sought to create a new exit/entry gate, erect a new domestic garage/fuel store, to install a wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 184sqm, Garage 40sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained raft 120sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171743

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  for existing dwelling house, raft foundation, which is constructed, and the stoned up area to the front of the site. Full planning sought to complete the construction of the dwelling house. Full planning permission also sought to create a new exit/entry gate, erect a new domestic garage/fuel store, to install a wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 181sqm, Garage 40sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained 117sqm (Raft).

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171722

• 8 Sept 2017N/a

  of the existing dwelling house raft foundation, which is constructed, and the stoned up area to the front of the site. Gross floor space of proposed works House 181sqm, Garage 40sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 171341

• 18 May 2017N/a

  to retain the foundation and to construct some engineering works, and a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant. (Gross floor space for retention: 118 sqm; Gross floor space of proposed works: 190 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17705

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

Recorded monuments

• GA016-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland to N of the junction of the Dalgan and Sinking Rivers. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 26m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The enclosing elements have been disturbed from N to NE, and a road cuts the outer bank at S. A gap at SSW appears original. (Neary 1914, 122, no. 78) 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

• GA016-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. The Sinking River flows to S. Known locally as 'Curraghaun Fort' (Neary 1914, 122, no. 77), this poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 44m, E-W 41m) is defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. Possible entrance at SE. A quarry has encroached upon the enclosing elements from W to N. 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

• GA016-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Known locally as 'Cuniffe's Fort' (Neary 1914, 121, no. 79), this very poorly preserved originally oval rath (N-S 26m) is defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank survives at W, and a scarp forms the enclosing element from E through S to WSW. The fosse is visible from SSE through S to W. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives elsewhere. 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 Curraghaun.

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 Curraghaun, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Curraghaun · An Currachán

Area

2,397,188 m² (239.72 ha, 592.36 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Addergoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

587 people lived in 217 households in the Addergoole electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellaconeen, Carrowntomush, Cloonaghgarve, Cloonfane, Conagher, Dalgin, Russelstown

Placenames

Curraghaun 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.