Garraun North

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garraun North, from 20 m² to 245,267 m² (24.53 ha, 60.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Apr 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new agricultural shed as well as all associated site works and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660585

• 7 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a single-story extension and all associated services onto the rear of an existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 73.70 sqm Gross floor space of any demolition: 5.30 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460243

• 21 Jun 2021Conditional

  for 1. Carry out alterations to existing front façade of house, 2. Replace existing roof with new roof structure, 3. Construct a new entrance porch to the front (area 3.4sqm) 4. Demolish existing two storey garage to rear south boundary line (area 94.95sqm) 5. Construct a new single storey extension with garage incorporated (area 141sqm), 6. Replace existing septic tank system and percolation area with new effluent treatment system and percolation area , along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 373.20sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 94.95sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211094

• 11 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage, Gross floor space of proposed works; 248.6sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20583

• 31 Mar 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a single dwelling house domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works, Dwelling 149sqm, Garage 60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20417

• 30 May 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and a garage with treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 206.1 sqm, Garage - 24 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19818

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  to change previously granted house design (PL. Ref. No. 17/1652). Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 206.1 sqm. (garage) 24 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18677

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with treatment unit, polishing filter and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 195.92sqm, Garage 53.94sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171652

• 7 Jun 2017Unconditional

  to construct slatted shed (gross floor space 135sqm), previous planning reference no. 12/397

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 17806

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 Garraun North.

Recorded monuments

• GA083-036001 Moated site
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a hill in pastureland. This rectangular moated site (38m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is best preserved from WNW to N (H 1.7m). The fosse is visible all round and is wide and flat-bottomed (Wth 2.28m; D 1.3-1.7m). The outer bank (Wth 5m; ext. H 0.2m) is quite faint and survives only from S through W to WNW. There is a possible causeway (Wth c. 3m) across the fosse at SE and a gap in the inner bank (Wth 8m) at E. Apart from a short section of walling (L 2m; H 0.4m) in the ESE corner of the interior no visible surface trace of the associated castle (GA083-036002-) survives. In the NW part traces of a rectangular structure (L 18m; Wth 3.3m) defined by a stony bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.4m) may be the remains of an internal division or a later wall. Lynch Athy (1913-14, 165-6) noted that 'beyond the ditch but running up to its bank’, there was ‘another square enclosure’ (see GA083-036003-). There is a large pond to the SSW of the monument. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 November 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1973).

• GA083-036002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Associated with a moated site (GA083-036001-). This castle is named 'Site of Castle Parknanassa' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map, which suggests that it had already been demolished by that time. However, the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 332) record 'an arched gateway' here noting that 'the name for it is in the Irish Cloch Aill'. In the OS Name Books of 1839 (No. 5, Oranmore Parish, p. 32) there is a drawing of an apparently mortared stone structure pierced by a round-headed arch with frayed masonry at either end. Its position within the moated site is unclear and no visible surface trace of it survives. This structure had been removed by the time of Lynch Athy's description (1914, 165-6). She recorded that it 'seems as though the walls of the Castle were built along the inside edge of the ditch [but] very few traces of the walls remain - just a few stones'. All that is now discernible is part of the foundations of a stone wall (L c. 2m, H 0.4m), constructed of large blocks, in the SE corner of the interior. This is probably part of the 'walls' referred to by Lynch Athy (ibid.) and they may have been the remains of a bawn wall. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 November 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1973).

• GA083-036003 Enclosure
  Description

  Associated with a moated site (GA083-036001-). Lynch Athy (1913-14, 165-6) recorded ‘another square enclosure’ which was located ‘beyond the ditch [of the moated site] but running up to its bank’. It was plainly visible ‘though only marked in the field by a low bank’. No visible surface trace of it was evident on inspection in September 1983. However, a levelled enclosure (c. 33m ENE-WSW; c. 25m NNW-SSE) is visible on aerial photographs (Google maps 2018, last accessed 27 November 2018) extending off the NW side of the moated site. It is most likely that this is the enclosure to which Lynch Athy (ibid.) was referring. A possible cashel (GA083-072----) also recorded to the W of it by Lynch Athy (ibid.) remains unlocated. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 November 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garraun North.

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 Garraun North, 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 made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_570 (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 Garraun North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Garraun North · An Garrán Thuaidh

Area

2,026,814 m² (202.68 ha, 500.84 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,609 people lived in 566 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardaun, Carnmore West, Carrowkeel, Deerpark, Garraun South, Glennascaul, Glenrevagh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Garraun North 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.