Killuppaun (Clonbrock)

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killuppaun (Clonbrock), from 560 m² to 179,762 m² (17.98 ha, 44.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Killuppaun (Clonbrock) 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.

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  to demolish existing garage and associated works and to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 176.12 (H), 53.94 Sqm (G). Gross floor area of demolition: 190.81 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2582

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 227.31 sqm, Garage = 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191636

• 30 Jul 2019Refused

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 252.42 sqm, Garage = 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191183

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 Killuppaun (Clonbrock).

Recorded monuments

• GA074-061 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland, c. 100m W of the Ahascragh River. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1946) as a subcircular enclosure (E-W c. 50m, N-S c. 40m); no visible surface trace survives. A large quarry occupies the site. 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

• GA074-062 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.

• GA074-063 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1948) as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure (NE-SW c. 50m, NW-SE c. 40m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA074-064 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S c. 50m, E-W c. 45m) defined by a scarp which survives from SE through S to SSW, and from W to N. The monument is cut at E and W by a road and by a field bank at N, There is a prabable souterrain (GA074-064001-) in the interior. 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

• GA074-064001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of ringfort (GA074-064----) and incorporated into a field boundary which runs N-S across the monument. The opening to this souterrain is now blocked by a large limestone boulder supported on SE side by two regular limestone blocks: possible roof lintels. According to local information, the 'cave' was closed up c. 20 years ago to prevent further loss of sheep and cattle. 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

• GA074-065 Quarry
  Description

  This is a hachured feature marked on the 1948 revision of the OS 6-inch map. It was not visited but cartographic evidence suggests that it is a possible quarry pit or hollow. 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: 17 July 2014

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killuppaun (Clonbrock).

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 Killuppaun (Clonbrock), 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1241 (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.

No address of the register names Killuppaun (Clonbrock) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Killuppaun (Clonbrock) · Cill Lapáin (Clonbrock)

Area

1,048,933 m² (104.89 ha, 259.2 acres)

Civil parish

Ahascragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Ahascragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

619 people lived in 220 households in the Ahascragh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahascragh East, Ahascragh West, Castlegar West, Ervallagh Oughter, Killuppaun (Mahon), Lowville, Sonnagh

Placenames

Killuppaun (Clonbrock) 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.