Carheens

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carheens, from 115 m² to 316,506 m² (31.65 ha, 78.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carheens 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 2025Conditional

  for continued use of the existing quarry (granted under Planning Ref. File No.: 06/2275 and ABP Ref.: PL07.222783), including drilling, blasting, crushing, processing, and stockpiling of mate-rials within a total site area of 15.09 hectares to the permitted depth of 33m OD. Continued use of existing permitted structures and facilities, including: weighbridge and wheelwash with side and overhead spray bar, office and staff facilities building and carpark provision (Ref. 17512). Asphalt plant (Ref. 15104), concrete batching plant (Ref. 20419), maintenance shed (Ref. 141295), aggregate shed, ESB substation (Ref. 191964), crushing and screening plant, and stock bays (Ref. 062275 & 21442). Associated site infrastructure. Construction of a new quarry storage yard (c. 1.09 Ha.) to the east of the existing quarry. Relocation of the existing permitted sheds (Plan Ref File No. 21442) to an area beside the proposed storage yard area. Importation of soil and stone (both waste and non-waste) for site restoration purposes and selected construction and demolition waste for recycling to preserve natural aggregate re-sources, subject to the necessary authorisations. The proposed development will facilitate the continued operation and restoration of the site, with the operational life of the quarry ceasing upon resource exhaustion, followed by resto-ration to agricultural and natural uses using imported material. The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 16.3 hectares and is for a total period of 35 years (comprising an operational period of 33 years followed by 2 years for restoration). The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560750

• 18 Dec 2018Conditional

  for construction of extension to side of house incl. all ancillary site development works on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works: 32.30 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181826

• 12 Feb 2018Conditional

  of existing dwelling house, domestic garage/storage shed, entrance/exit gates, existing stoned out area, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works all on revised site boundaries, (previous Planning Permission Ref. No. 03/2623). Gross floor space of work to be retained 285 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18139

• 24 Jan 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, dwelling entrance, access driveway, landscaping, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all other associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works House 284 sqm and Garage 31 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1852

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockmaa Hill 001288

Recorded monuments

• GA042-076 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Some 9m E of a large enclosure (GA042-076001-). A subrectangular area (N-S 13.8m, E-W 13.1m) defined by a low wall within which a number of set stones indicate graves. Some houses (GA042-076003-) lies close by to SW. 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

• GA042-076001 Enclosure
  Description

  In level scrubland near the base of Knockmaa. A poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 70m, N-S 36m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 2.2-3m) from SW through N to SE: no trace survives elsewhere. The interior is subdivided by an number of internal walls, and particularly by a curving wall to E of centre. A rectilinear annexe (NE-SW 19m, N-S 5m) abuts the monument at SE and low walls radiate from it at WNW and N. A number of houses (GA042-076004-) are associated and a CBG (GA042-076----) lies 9m to E. Possibly of post-medieval date. 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

• GA042-076002 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.

• GA042-076003 Well
  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.

• GA042-076004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Associated with a large enclosure (GA042-076001-). A total of five houses were identified in and around the enclosure as follows: (a) close to the centre, a rectangular area (N-S; L 7.5m, Wth 3.5m) defined by a collapsed wall; (b) immediately to SE, a rectangular depression (N-S; L 5.9m, Wth 1.8m) defined by the foundations of a wall; (c) on the line of the enclosure wall at S, a rectangular area (NE-SW; L c. 8.6m, Wth 4.3m) defined by grassed-over rubble; (d) to NE of the enclosure, a partially sunken house, subcircular in plan (N-S; L 7.3, Wth 6.4m), defined by a bank revetted internally with a gap (Wth 1m) at E; (e) to SE of it, a poorly preserved rectangular house (N-S; L 5m, Wth 1.8m) defined by a low grassed-over stone wall. 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

• GA042-076005 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.

• GA042-076006 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.

• GA042-076007 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.

• GA042-077 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

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with dormer attic, built c.1800, having flat-roofed porch to front and flat-roofed addition to rear. Pitched thatched roof with ingle low rendered chimneystack, rendered copings to gables. Whitewashed rendered battered walls with parallel raised quoins, similar decoration under eaves, and render plinth. Porch has segmental-headed outer opening and glazed timber door to house proper. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and having applied render decoration for architraves. Rendered boundary walls with recent double-leaf metal gates to road.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Carheens with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carheens · Na Caithríní

Area

1,721,499 m² (172.15 ha, 425.39 acres)

Civil parish

Belclare, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killower electoral division: 925 people in 302 households; 93% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghbaun, Ballydotia West, Biggera Beg, Biggera More, Caltragh, Carrownaherick East, Carrownaherick West, Cartron, Fearagha, Garraun North, Garraun South, Loughanspark, Pollnahallia, Tobermina

Placenames

Carheens 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.