Drumharsna South

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumharsna South, from 37 m² to 471,079 m² (47.11 ha, 116.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drumharsna South 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.

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  for a proposed solar farm development consisting of: linear arrays of solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated cabling and ducting; 12 no. proposed single storey MV stations; 1 no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installation (including 32 no. containers with cells and 8no. Power Conversion System (PCS) MV Stations) with associated security fencing and gates; Site perimeter fencing; 4 no. new permanent site entrances, 1 no. new temporary site entrance, 1 no. upgrade to an existing site entrance; Security gates at all permanent and temporary access points; Site access tracks including passing and turning bays; 3 no. temporary construction compound/carpark/material storage areas with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing; 6 no. steel storage containers; 6 no. turning bays; On-site pole mounted CCTV cameras; 3 no. temporary construction stage Moby Dick type wheel wash systems; 3 no. concrete wash out locations (one within each temporary construction compound); and, all associated and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring 86.3ha. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 70 MW. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413). The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Appropriate Assessment Screening Report (AASR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for this development and submitted with this planning application. A separate application to obtain permission for a 110kV grid connection and 110kV substation to facilitate the export of power from the solar farm, will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. The planning application including the AASR and NIS

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561380

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with creep area, manure pit and all associated ancillary concrete

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461582

• 24 Sept 2023Refused

  for 10-years for the development of a solar farm on a site of 125 hectares consisting of the following: 570,952sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 18 hardstanding locations, with each containing 3no. electrical skids (each hardstanding location will be surrounded by a palisade fence & gates); underground power & communications cables & ducts, including cabling along the L-8560, L-4506, L-4505 & R347 public roads; 4 joint bays; new internal access tracks; a new access from the R347 public road; upgrade to existing access points along the L-4505 and R347 public roads; access gates; landscaping & biodiversity enhancement measures; security gates; boundary fencing & all associated ancillary development, site works & services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2361143

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  for domestic garage. Gross floor space of work to be retained 36.50sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260563

• 26 Apr 2021Conditional

  of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted under Plan Ref No. 09/1061) together with associated ground equipment within a fenced compound

  Retention · Galway County Council, 21672

• 8 Dec 2020Conditional

  for a detached single storey dwelling house, treatment plant & polishing filter and all associated site services. The planning application is accompanied by a screening report for appropriate assessment. Gross floor space of proposed works: 118 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201864

• 24 Jul 2020Conditional

  for change of design for proposed extension and alterations to existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works granted under Pl. Reg. 19/ 212. Gross floor space of proposed area: 116.70 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201012

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  for proposed extension and alterations to existing dwelling house including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 67 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19212

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 the townland of Drumharsna South.

Recorded monuments

• GA113-110001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In flat open farmland. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Shane Ballagh' (Nolan 1901, 113). This National Monument consists of a rectangular tower house (9.55m E-W; 8.25m N-S) constructed of well-cut limestone blocks and mortar with dressed quoinstones. Internally the W part consists of three floors, each comprising one large room, and the E part has five floors, each comprising a small subsidiary chamber. Apart from the chamber that is accessed off the NE end of the main room on the 1st floor, all the others are accessed directly from the stairwell. Originally there was a gabled attic. The pointed arch doorway, placed slightly off-centre in the E wall, gives access to a lobby with a murder-hole above. From the lobby further doorways access the guardroom to the N, a passageway leading to the spiral stairs in the SE angle and the main ground-floor room to the W. Originally there were small single-light windows set in deeply splayed embrasures in the N, S and W walls of this room but, subsequently, a later fireplace was inserted into the window in the N wall and the window in the S wall was broken out to create a doorway. This floor has a vaulted roof and a vault also exists between the 2nd floor and the attic. In the main room on the 1st floor a splayed ogee-headed window was blocked up to accommodate the flue from the fireplace on the ground floor. The corresponding room above this on the 2nd floor was carried on a wooden floor (now gone). A rectangular embrasure is visible above an ogee-headed window in the W wall - a small opening on its S side may lead to a secret intramural passageway. There is a blocked-up fireplace with joggled voussoirs in the N wall and alcoves in the SW and NW corners; the latter alcove was blocked up when another later fireplace was installed. All the fireplaces in the building are insertions of various periods (Leask 1951, 157). There is a large rectangular recess in E the wall of this room and the opening off the stairs at slightly higher level than this floor level leads to a garderobe in the NE corner. The exit chute is visible externally on the N wall. Few traces of the parapets remain and all that survives of the attic is its W gable and chimney together with another free-standing chimney in the N wall. Both gables stood flush with the side-walls: this and differences in masonry of W gable indicate that the attic was a later addition. The wall-walk was accessed from the stairwell at SE. The latter was housed in a gabled dormer, only its S gable survives. The E gable is almost completely gone; it had a centrally placed machicolation of which only the two supporting corbels and a lintel survive. All the surviving windows are flat, circular and ogee-headed single lights. The 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map shows a building adjoining the castle on its N side, but only the shadow line of its gable now survives. This map also suggests that the tower house stood in NW corner of a small square bawn (GA113-110007-). A series of stables and outbuildings lay to NW but these have since been cleared away. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Paul Gosling Date of upload: 1 September 2016 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 365.

• GA113-110002 Enclosure
  Description

  Immediately to the N of a rath (GA113-110003-). This very poorly preserved almost square enclosure (37m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) is defined by an inner stony bank (Wth 0.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.6m), an intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m) and an outer stony bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.2m). Reclaimed spoil and earth have been dumped on the SW and NW corners and S half of the E side has been removed as a result of quarrying. There is a ruined rectangular house site (GA113-110008-) in the NW quadrant of the interior, and two possible house sites (GA113-110009- and GA1113-110010-) overlie the line of the fosse at E. The enclosure may be associated with Drumharsna Castle (GA113-110001-) which stands 180m to the SE. (McCaffrey 1959, 271-2, no. 31; ASGAP 243:18) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1971). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 November 2018

• GA113-110003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat open farmland. When initially visited in October 1982 this poorly preserved roughly circular rath (diam. 28.4m) was defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.5m); no visible surface trace was visible from WSW to NW due to field clearance. A field wall cut through the monument at NW and SW and another cut it at W. A gap in the bank at E, from which a raised causeway lead in to the interior, was modern. On re-inspection in July 1992 the bank had been removed from WSW to NW. An enclosure (GA113-110002-) lies immediately to the N and there is a tower house (GA113-110001-) 150m to the SE. (McCaffrey 1952, 272, no. 31a; ASGAP 243:18) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1971). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-110004 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.

• GA113-110005 Structure
  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.

• GA113-110006 Structure
  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.

• GA113-110007 Bawn
  Description

  The 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map suggests that the tower house (GA113-110007-) stood in the NW corner of a small square bawn (c. 25m NNW-SSE; c. 21m WNW-ESE). Walls are depicted extending southwards from the SW corner of the tower and eastwards from the NE corner. However, no visible surface traces are visible. A NNE-SSW roadway now runs immediately to the S of the tower house. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 1 September 2016

• GA113-110008 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of the interior of an enclosure (GA113-110002-). This poorly preserved rectangular house site (c. 7m E-W; c. 4m N-S) is defined by low grassed-over stony banks. The S side-wall is partially destroyed and only a short length (L 1m) survives at its W end. Two other possible house sites (GA113-110009- and GA113-110010-) are visible on the line of the fosse of the enclosure at NE and ESE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 November 2018

• GA113-110009 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  This possible house site (7m E-W; 7m N-S), square in plan, is located on the line of the fosse of the enclosure (GA113-110002-) at the E end of the N side. It is constructed of large slabs/boulders set on edge and stones, now grass covered. The outer wall of the enclosure has been reused and forms the E wall of the house. Another similar house site (GA113-110010-) lies to the S and there is another house (GA113-110008-) in the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 November 2018

• GA113-110010 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  This possible house site (8m N-S; 7m E-W), almost square in plan, is located on the line of the fosse of an enclosure (GA113-110002-), at the N end of the surviving section of the E side. It is defined by a grassed-over stony bank and is similar to another house site (GA113-110009-) to its N. Another house site (GA113-110008-) is visible in the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 November 2018

• GA113-112 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the W-facing slope of a ridge in mixed farmland. When initially visited by the Survey in October 1982 this poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 38m) was defined by a drystone wall, which was overlain by a field wall at NW. A gap (Wth 2m) at E appeared to be original. A stone-filled hollow in the W half of the interior may have marked the collapsed remains of a possible souterrain (GA113-112001-) noted by McCaffrey (1952, 271, no. 30). The monument was revisited in August 1985 but due to field clearance, no visible surface trace of it or the souterrain survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-112001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of a cashel (GA113-112----). A stone-filled hollow noted in the W half of the cashel, when initially visited by the Survey in October 1982, may have marked the site of a possible souterrain recorded by McCaffrey (1952, 271, no. 30). On a revisit in August 1985 it was found that the cashel had been levelled and no visible surface trace of it or hollow survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-113 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In mixed farmland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 272, no. 35) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 27.4m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-114 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In tillage. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 273, no. 37) as an oval ‘Stone fort (?)’ (c. 27.4m by c. 25m) defined by a much-destroyed drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-115 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 273, no. 38) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 44.5m) defined by a drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-116 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 272, no. 36) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 33.8m) defined by a drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-117 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in pastureland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 34m) defined by a bank of earth and stone from S through W to N. A field wall cuts the monument at N and S and no visible surface trace of it survives to E of it. However, its outline is indicated by a band of darker vegetation. (McCaffrey 1952, 273, no. 39) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-118 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In grassland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 273, no. 40) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 65m) defined by a wall (Wth 1.82m; H 0.83m) 'composed of two faces of blocks set on edge. The cashel has been levelled but its outline is clearly visible on the OSi digitaglobe aerial photograph. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-119 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 34m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall which is overlain by a later field wall from E to S. A large D-shaped enclosure or annexe (N-S 49m), of similar construction to the cashel wall, is visible around E half of the monument. (McCaffrey 1952, 27a, no. 41) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 December 2017

• GA113-120 House - indeterminate date
  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 Drumharsna South.

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 Drumharsna South, 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 Drumharsna South.

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

Name

Drumharsna South · Droim Tharsna Theas

Area

2,783,549 m² (278.35 ha, 687.83 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Cahermore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

620 people lived in 198 households in the Cahermore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass West, Caherawoneen South, Cahercarney, Carrowgarriff South, Cullenagh More, Drumharsna North, Owenbristy, Shessy North

Placenames

Drumharsna South 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.