Creggaree

Creggaree is a townland in the civil parish of Cong, barony of Ross, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Creig an Rí.

Parcel 5035215

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CreggareeCong North Nymphsfield

50 m

17 parcels are drawn. Click one to see it.© Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

Area: 4,639 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres)
Buildings: 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 127 m².
Zoning: No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
Townland: Creggaree

Planning applications on this parcel

13 Feb 2017Unconditional
for restaurant and craft shop, with modifications to boundaries of existing dwelling, new access and car parking, removal of existing waste water treatment system and connection to public sewer, all in the vicinity of protected structures Cong Canal/Con Canal (Creggaree) (gross floor space 192.5sqm). Previous planning reference no: 11/645
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 17166

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 9 recorded monuments.

MA120-053 Historic town
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.
MA120-053001 Religious house - Augustinian canons
Description
On river bank, N of Lough Corrib. Site of early monastery founded in 624. St. Feichin is said to have been Abbot for a time. Church burnt in 1114 and 1137. Turlough O'Connor refounded abbey but destroyed it again in 1203; rebuilding began soon afterwards. Augustinian friars may have been in occupation in the mid 17th century. Later held by Binghams, O'Donnells and finally Brownes (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 166). Many different phases of construction are evident. Greater part of early 13th century church has disappeared; interior used as graveyard. Part of N and S walls and E gable are original chancel (Wth 7.5m N-S) walls; rest is modern reconstruction. Entered through Romanesque doorway in N wall, a later insertion, possibly moved from S wall of church; three light window in E gable; round-arched sedilia in E end of S wall. Doorway in S wall leads to sacristy and small vaulted room in ground-floor of two storey building; modern stairs in sacristy leads to dormitory in upper storey, much of which is destroyed. Door in small room leads to chapter room; E wall levelled; W wall contains string-coursing, above which are several dormitory windows, two of which are transomed and mullioned (17th century date); the others are small flat headed windows. On lower part of W wall are three large doorways and two windows dating to 13th century, most northerly doorway leads to small vaulted room; central doorway leads to chapter room; southerly part of dormitory range is a closed vault of uncertain use. To W is cloister space (30m N-W; 28m E-W), enclosed by several ranges of open cloister arcading; only NE part is original (c. 1200), rest restored in 19th century. Further W is Monks Fishing House (MA120-053007-), built on river bed. This is a national monument (no. 432) in state ownership. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 637. Attached images: MA120-053001-_01.JPG E end of abbey church MA120-053001-_02.JPG Nave, interior filled with burials MA120-053001-_03.JPG Chancel, looking E MA120-053001-_04.JPG 12th century doorway in N wall of chancel MA120-053001-_05.JPG Chapter room in the E range MA120-053001-_06.JPG W doorway of chapter room MA120-053001-_07.JPG Detail of W doorway of chapter room MA120-053001-_08.JPG Chapter room window MA120-053001-_09.JPG Doorway to passage/slype, S side of chapter room MA120-053001-_010.JPG Detail of doorway to slype MA120-053001-_011.JPG E range -exterior MA120-053001-_012.JPG Reconstructed portion of cloister arcade Date of upload: 12 December 2014
MA120-053003 Castle - unclassified
Description
Castle of Edmond of Cong in 1570 (Neary, 1938, 45). Local tradition points to an area, known locally as Tonacashlan beside abbey (MA120-053001-), as being site of castle. No visible surface trace. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 688. Date of upload: 12 December 2014
MA120-053004 Bullaun stone
Description
Submerged, on river bed, 100m NE of Cong Abbey (MA120-053001-). Five regular bowl-shaped hollows (av. diam. 0.3m; D 0.12m) on upper flat surface of large flagstone (L 2.4m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.4m). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 597. Date of upload: 12 December 2014
MA120-053005 Inscribed stone
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.
MA120-053006 Cross
Description
On a traffic island in Cong village. Cross-base (L 0.91m; H 0.41m; Wth 0.77m) rests on modern concentric limestone steps (H 0.54m). A 19th century cross shaft is set into an early medieval cross-base. Base is inscribed in relief and reads in medieval Gaelic OR DO NIAHOL AG (us) DO GILLIBARD O'DUBHTAIGH RAIBIH ABAIDDE AGT CUNGA 'A prayer for Niahol (Nicol) and for Gillebard (Gilbert) O'Dubthaigh (O'Duffy) who were Abbots of Cong'. (Wilde 1872, 175). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 631. Date of upload: 12 December 2014
MA120-053007 Building
Description
This unusual little building, traditionally known as the ‘Monk’s Fishing House, stands on a stone-built platform directly over the Cong river, c. 90m W of Cong Augustinian abbey (MA120-053001-). It is a rectangular, single-storey gable-ended structure (int. c. 3.45m E–W; c. 2.95m N–S) built of mortared stone, now roofless, with a pointed doorway in the E gable wall. There is a small semicircular fireplace in the W gable wall, with a rectangular chimney above. Flanking the N side of the fireplace is a large rectangular window, and there is also a small pointed window in the N wall; both windows overlook the river. In the stone floor a narrow rectangular hole opens onto the river, perhaps to facilitate fishing activities. The exact date of the building is uncertain, but Leask (1941, 117) suggested that it may have served as a watchhouse for the abbey’s fishing weirs. It is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 432). Attached images: MA120-053007-_01.JPG viewed from N MA120-053007-_02.JPG viewed from N MA120-053007-_03.JPG Doorway in E gable MA120-053007-_04.JPG Interior: fireplace and window in W gable Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye and Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 February 2022
MA120-053010 Graveyard
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.
MA120-053014 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.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon: At the centre of this parcel, 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: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
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.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.

Area: 27.5 ha; 68 acres
Land parcels: 36; registered freehold, median 2,019 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
Zoning: M4; Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
Planning: 9; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

CreggareeDrumsheel Upper Clogher Cong North Cregaree Cloonnamarve Ashford or Cappacorcoge

250 m

147 parcels are drawn. Click one to see it.© Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggaree, from 68 m² to 67,530 m² (6.75 ha, 16.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

Planning applications

Sites that touch the townland, newest first

4 Jun 2024Conditional
of: (a) a 23 sq meter single-storey extension to the rear of the house along with sundry minor changes to the house; (b) a 1 bedroom apartment of 65.8 sq metres located over the garage and an increased ridge height of 7.4 metres above ground level of the garage building plus sundry minor changes to the garage building; (c) an external staircase & landing to access the apartment; and (d) planning permission for a new single storey extension of 18.29 sq metres to the northern side of the existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 18.29 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 23.00 sqm & 65.80 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24148
22 Dec 2023Conditional
of existing shed with fuel store and home office and permission of the demolition of the existing garage, construction of a granny flat & to carry out alterations to the existing dwelling house including raising the ridge level, converting the attic, installing skylights & constructing a new front porch. Gross floor space of proposed works: 74 sqm (house) , 101 sqm (garage) and 80 sqm (extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 52 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361575
20 Sept 2023N/a
for demolition of the existing garage, construction of a granny flat & carry out alterations to the existing dwellinghouse including raising the ridge level, converting the attic, installing skylights & constructing a new front porch
Permission · Galway County Council, 2361121
25 Jul 2023N/a
for the demolition of the existing garage, construction of a granny flat & carry out alterations to the existing dwellinghouse including raising the ridge level, converting the attic, installing skylights & constructing a new front porch
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360839
21 May 2021Conditional
EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING MATERIALS TESTING FACILITY AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS WITHIN THE EXISTING QUARRY
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21528
1 Mar 2019Conditional
and completion of a dwelling and garage and alterations to sewer line on revised site boundaries from that granted under Planning Reference No. 17/1514. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House - 285 sqm, Garage - 40 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19293
24 Sept 2018Conditional
EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING WORKSHOP/GARAGE AND THE ERECTION OF A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY FACILITIES WITHIN THE EXISTING QUARRY
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18724
20 Oct 2017Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house and garage which will be connected to the existing public sewer. Gross floor space of proposed works 325sqm (House 285sqm and Garage 40sqm).
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171514
13 Feb 2017Unconditional
for restaurant and craft shop, with modifications to boundaries of existing dwelling, new access and car parking, removal of existing waste water treatment system and connection to public sewer, all in the vicinity of protected structures Cong Canal/Con Canal (Creggaree) (gross floor space 192.5sqm). Previous planning reference no: 11/645
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 17166

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

Nature and heritage

Designated sites and recorded monuments

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

GA027-029 Forge
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.
MA120-053002 Ford
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

The Forge, forge/smithy, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted single-storey former smithy, built c.1850, currently disused but maintained. Pitched slate roof with concrete copings to gables, and having rendered chimneystack to north gable. Roughly coursed rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed quoins and having tooled limestone decorative quatrefoil panel to front gable over entrance. Square-headed window openings to north gable and west side having dressed block-and-start surrounds, sills and lintels with replacement battened timber shutters. Square-headed intrusive door opening to east elevation having replacement timber door. Horseshoe arch vehicular entrance to south gable having tooled limestone surround, voussoirs and keystone and having replacement double-leaf battened timber door. Located on roadside.
Bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge over Canáil Chonga [Cong Canal], built c.1860, having segemental arch with dressed voussoirs, walls and piers. Snecked dressed limestone parapet with rusticated limestone coping stones. Dressed limestone blockwork to soffit.
The Ivy, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, having single-bay single-storey addition to east, side-entry porch to front, lean-to addition to west, and recent extension to rear elevation. Hipped slate roof to house with pitched slate roofs to porch and side additions and having gablets to first floor front windows with carved timber bargeboards. Limestone chimneystack to house with rendered coping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed quoins. Square-headed window openings throughout having stone and replacement render sills and dressed stone lintels having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front, mainly one-over-one pane to rear, and replacement uPVC window to rear addition. Square-headed door openings, having replacement timber-glazed door to front and replacement battened timber doors elsewhere. Rubble limestone enclosing wall to west having square-plan gate piers with rusticated capping and replacement double-leaf timber gate.
Canal (section of), 1845–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Length of disused canal cutting, built c.1848. Largely cut into bedrock without any trace of lining along its length. Bridged at northern end by single-arch road bridge. Remains of dressed limestone lock, never completed, to south and having single set of gate recesses, snecked stone walls with occasional corbels and some limestone coping stones, and curved ends. Further feature located to south of basin is what was possibly intended to be used as aqueduct, comprising snecked limestone walls, ashlar voussoirs and dressed string course, located over small river.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Creggaree, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
Terrain model: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Creggaree.
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Creggaree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

The townland

Name: Creggaree · Creig an Rí
Area: 275,119 m² (27.51 ha, 67.98 acres)
Civil parish: Cong, and its townlands
Barony: Ross
Electoral division: Cloonbur, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 1,267 people lived in 389 households in the Cloonbur electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Ashford or Cappacorcoge, Clogher, Cloonnamarve, Cong North (Co. Mayo), Cregaree (Co. Mayo), Drumsheel Upper (Co. Mayo), Nymphsfield (Co. Mayo), Strandhill (Co. Mayo)
Gaeltacht: In an Irish-speaking area
Placenames: Creggaree 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.