Derreen

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 722 m² to 194,643 m² (19.46 ha, 48.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Derreen 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.

• 7 Feb 2022Conditional

  of 46 sqm extension to existing bungalow, conversion of existing adjoining garage with an area of 29sqm into 2 no bedrooms and additional stand-alone garage, garden shed with a combined area of 70 sqm. Extension & garage are 4.7m in height to roof ridge line. Extension and garage use is further to the enjoyment of the home. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 145 sqm (garage=70 sqm, extension=46sqm, garage conversion to bedroom=29sqm)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22128

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct a new 2 storey dwelling domestic garage, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 279sqm, dwelling, 54smq garage

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20394

• 3 Oct 2019Refused

  for the relocation of an existing entrance to lands, to a revised location on local road L4304-35 and for all other ancillary site works associated with the development

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191534

• 21 Mar 2019Refused

  for the provision of an outdoor activity area for recreational use and for all ancillary structures and landscaping. Permission is also sought for the provision of a reception cabin, storage shed, chemical toilets, car park area, access road, site entrance and for all other ancillary site works associated with the development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 12.7 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 19406

• 16 Jan 2018Conditional

  for development that consists of the provision of a new dwellinghouse, a waste water treatment system, domestic garage and all the associated site works (gross floor space 261.7sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1826

• 16 Jan 2018Conditional

  for development that consists of the provision of a new dwellinghouse, a waste water treatment system, domestic garage and all the associated site works (gross floor space shed 47.55sqm; dwellinghouse 230.3sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1827

• 9 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling, domestic garage, and proprietary treatment system. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 280 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17323

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 Derreen.

Recorded monuments

• GA099-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating pastureland. This very poorly preserved and heavily overgrown oval rath (25m N-S; 14m E-W) is defined by a bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.7m) from ESE through S to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Trees and shrubs are piled against the monument from SE through W to NW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 March 2019

• GA099-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the S shoulder of a ridge in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (21.5m E-W; 15.6m N-S) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from WSW to WNW. A gap (Wth 2.5m) at NNE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

• GA099-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Circular rath (diam. 38m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse; best preserved from S through W to N. A causewayed entrance gap at NNE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

• GA099-088 Kiln
  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.

• GA099-089 Mill - corn
  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 Derreen.

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 Derreen, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Derreen · An Doirín

Area

1,530,060 m² (153.01 ha, 378.09 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltormer, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Kiltormer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

538 people lived in 190 households in the Kiltormer electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardranny Beg, Ardranny More, Bogpark, Cooleeny East, Kiltormer West, Loughaunbrean, Loughturk East, Loughturk West, Newtowneyre, Taylorstown

Placenames

Derreen 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.