Cullairbaun

297 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cullairbaun, from 6 m² to 121,843 m² (12.18 ha, 30.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 257 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cullairbaun.

Recorded monuments

• GA084-068 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a gravel quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2014

• GA084-069 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be an overgrown sand pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 July 2014

Architectural heritage

• Cullairbaun House, house, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, having gable-fronted projecting bay to front elevation having two-storey box-bay to its front, flat-roofed entrance porch, box-bay window to west elevation, single-bay two-storey block with flat roof to rear elevation, and recent single- and two-storey extensions to rear elevation. Pitched slate roofs having decorative terracotta ridge crestings with finials, rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having painted stone sills with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening to east side of porch having replacement uPVC door.

• The Old Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, built c.1880, facing south-east and having canted projecting bay to end of façade, projecting shallow porch to middle bay, and four-bay south-west elevation with canted bay window to front end. Flat-roofed addition to re-entrant corner of rear. Now in use as private house. Hipped tiled roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and red brick chimneystacks, two being centrally located to front block. Hipped tiled roof to canted bay window and flat balustraded roof to canted bay, latter having brick cornice. Coursed rubble limestone walls with cut-stone quoins plinth, canted bay and bay window having red brick walls. Square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Porch has decorative cast-iron balcony, timber panelled door with glazed sidelights and overlights and square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to south-west side of porch, and with liemstone step to front. Yard to rear of house bounded by coursed rubble limestone walls and having square-headed pedestrian entrance, and vehicular gateway comprising dressed limestone piers with caps and double-leaf timber gate. Nine-bay single-storey outbuidling to north-west side of yard having two three-bay parts to north-east end. Pitched slate roof, red brick chimneystack, red brick walls, square-headed widnows and doorways with fixed timber windows, limestone sills and timber battened doors, and segmental carriage arch with double-leaf timber battened door. Gateway to road comprises coursed rock-faced limestone piers with caps and ball finials supporting double-leaf wrought-iron gate and flanked by low similar walls with vertical coping stones and terminated by low piers with caps and ball finials.

• Hotel, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey limestone former railway hotel, built c.1870, having half-basement to east, side, elevation. Now in use as offices. Four-bay front, south, elevation has projecting gable-fronted west bay with open-bed pediment and timber lean-to verandah with elliptical arcading. Five-bay east elevation has slightly advanced gable-fronted end bays with open-bed pediments. Three-bay west elevation, and recent two-storey extension recessed to rear. Pitched slate roof with ashlar chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, decorative paired stone brackets to eaves course, and block modillions to gables. Chased snecked limestone walls with chamfered quoins, string course between basement and ground floor in east elevation. Lean-to sprocketed slate roof to verandah, eaves supported by decorative paired timber brackets atop square-profile chamfered posts having carved brackets and cut limestone plinths, and having moulded limestone steps, and flagstones. Pseudo-four-centred window openings having raised carved and tooled limestone surrounds with dropped keystones, and stone sills, some of latter having brackets, and with timber sliding sash windows, tripartite to ground floor of gable-fronted bays with one-over-one pane windows and elevation, and two-over-two pane elsewhere. Pseudo-four-centred doorways to end bays of front elevation proper, having half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled doors. Flight of limestone steps to front of site. Double-leaf wrought-iron pedestrian gate flanked by snecked limestone piers, snecked limestone plinth walls with tooled limestone coping, having wrought-iron railings to boundary.

• Athenry Railway Station, railway station, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey former railway station, built 1851, having two-bay side elevations. Entrance façade has flat-roofed blank end bays, and second bay from each end is slightly advanced and pedimented. Platform elevation has recessed middle bays with colonnaded canopy to front, flanked by projecting pedimented gabled-fronted bays and in turn by flat-roofed end bays. Now in use as computer training centre. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having bracketed cornices, cast-iron rainwater goods, cut limestone coping stones to gables and pediments with modillions. Some terracotta to pediment to front elevation. Yellow brick walls having tooled limestone quoins and plinth to five middle bays. Square-headed window openings to platform elevation with replacement timber windows and one six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Segmental-headed openings to front elevation with raised cut limestone arches and keystones, and replacement timber windows. Round-headed door opening to front elevation having cut limestone surround and replacement timber door. Square-headed door openings to platform elevation having decorative limestone surrounds and glazed timber panelled double-leaf door. Canopy to platform elevation supported by ornamental cast-iron brackets and cast-iron columns.

• Athenry Railway Station, foot bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-span cast-iron foot bridge over railway track, erected 1851, with staircases to west elevation. Depressed-arch span supported on round-plan cast-iron columns, four to each platform, with fluted and banded bases and decorative capitals. Latticed parapets to walking surface and staircases, base of latter terminated by decorative fluted and banded cast-iron colonettes.

• Athenry Railway Station, building misc, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay single-storey waiting room, built 1851, with full-width canopy to platform (north) elevation, supported on cast-iron columns. Shallow pitched roof, covering not visible, supported by decorative cast-iron brackets supported cast-iron roof beams, and having carved timber bargeboards. Red brick walls with blind red brick window recesses having moulded brick surrounds. Segmental-headed openings with half-glazed timber panelled doors, and replacement timber window. Timber newspaper kiosk to one bay, erected c.1920.

• Athenry Railway Station, outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached ten-bay single-storey goods shed, c.1850, with three-bay end elevations. Now derelict and roofless. Coursed rubble limestone walls having tooled capping to long sides. Segmental-headed window openings to long sides having tooled limestone surrounds and sills, and metal multi-paned windows. Round carriage arch entrances to gable ends having tooled stone surrounds, one having metal door. Square-headed door openings to east gable, having metal doors. Remains of windows to middle of gable ends at loft level.

• Athenry Railway Station, signal box, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey signal box, built c.1900, having three-bay long and single-bay short sides. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared coursed limestone block walls to ground floor with smooth render and glazed timber sides to first floor. Square-headed window openings to ground floor of north elevation having stone sills and timber nine-pane fixed windows. Square-headed replacement timber windows to first floor of trackside and end elevations. Square-headed timber battened door to ground floor of west gable.

• Athenry Railway Station, worker's house, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey cruciform-plan railway crossing keeper's house, built 1851, having canted-bay to rear and canted-bays to front re-entrant corners, that to south having entrance. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and having snecked limestone cruciform-plan chimneystack to centre of roof with terracotta pots, cut limestone eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods with some decorative detailing. Snecked limestone walls set on tooled limestone plinth. Round-headed window openings, paired to end elevations and having raised tooled limestone surrounds with knees, keystones, imposts, sills with brackets, and replacement timber windows. Round-headed door opening with raised decorative tooled limestone surround with scroll keystone, knees and timber battened door. Round-headed window openings to other canted walls having similarly detailed surrounds and replacement timber windows. House has later signal cabin abutting rear wall.

• Athenry Railway Station, station master's house, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan station master’s house, built 1851, having projecting gabled bay to front (north) elevation, flat-roofed entrance porch to re-entrant corner, and single-storey extension to west elevation. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Concrete parapet to porch. Rock-faced snecked limestone walls. Square-headed window openings having red brick block-and-start surrounds with replacement timber windows, and stone sills. Similarly detailed door opening with glazed timber panelled door and overlight.

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 Cullairbaun, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_830 (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.

• Cullairbaun, Athenry10 sales

Name

Cullairbaun · An Coiléar Bán

Area

547,422 m² (54.74 ha, 135.27 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Athenry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,765 people lived in 2,069 households in the Athenry electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Athenry, Ballydavid South, Caherroyn, Moanbaun, Park, Raheen

Placenames

Cullairbaun 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.