Kilcoona

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcoona, from 157 m² to 103,719 m² (10.37 ha, 25.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Kilcoona 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.

• 28 Jul 2026Conditional

  of; (a) existing dwelling house and wastewater treatment system, (b) alterations and extension of existing dwelling house, (c) demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of new domestic garage, (d) all on revised site boundaries, (e) and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2661299

• 21 Jan 2026Conditional

  for a single storey extension to an existing bungalow & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660060

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  of existing dwelling house and wastewater treatment system, (b) alterations and extension of existing dwelling house, (c) demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of new domestic garage, (d) all on revised site boundaries & (e) all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2561929

• 14 Oct 2025N/a

  of existing dwelling house and wastewater treatment system; alterations and extension of existing dwelling house; demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of new domestic garage; all on revised site boundaries; and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2561499

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the conversion of an existing detached garage to a one-bedroom granny flat. Planning ref no. 033066 refers. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38.53 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560110

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 Kilcoona.

Recorded monuments

• GA056-084 Enclosure
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 60m) cut by a field wall at NW and SE. 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

• GA056-085001 Church
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. This is the site of an early cell, dedicated to St Cuanna, which later belonged to the Fratres Cruciferi of Castledermot (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 389). What survives is a poorly preserved medieval parish church (NE-SW; L 19.5m, Wth 7.3 ext.). Only N end of NW side-wall, along with part of SW gable and adjoining section of SE side-wall stand to anything like full height. A later wall has been built on the line of NE gable and the remains of the side-walls. The original doorway, neatly blocked, is at S end of SE side-wall. The only other surviving architectural features are a singly-light flat-headed window at N end of NW wall and a wall-cupboard in SE wall. There are numerous cut-stone fragments in the surrounding graveyard, including a possible triangular window head and some pieces of late medieval window/door arches. A round tower (GA056-085003-) stands 5m to SE. (Hardiman 1846, 370) 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 The following images are attached: GA056-085001-_01.jpg - General view from NW GA056-085002-_01.jpg - General view form SE

• GA056-085002 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.

• GA056-085003 Round tower
  Description

  Immediately SE of a church (GA056-085001-). What survives is the stump of a circular tower (D c. 3.25m, H 2.5m) composed of large well-dressed and coursed limestone blocks. Seven courses of masonry still stand on N side, above a basal plinth, but S side is reduced to the foundations revealing a rubble core. According to Barrow (1979, 98-9), this is probably the tower referred to in the Annals as being erected at 'Annadown' in 1238 (see GA056-069001-). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 389; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304-5) 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 The following image is attached: GA056-085003-.jpg

• GA056-086 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in otherwise low-lying grassland. Marked on 1st and 3rd (1920) eds. of OS 6-inch maps as an irregularly shaped cairn (NW-SE c. 20m, NE-SW c. 10m). Due to extensive field clearance in the area, all that survives is a slight circular rise (D c. 23m) defined by a degraded scarp. A similar monument (GA056-087----) lies c. 240m to SE. 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

• GA056-087 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Some 240m SE of a similar monument (GA056-086----). A low oval mound (NE-SW 25.2m, NW-SE 13.3m) composed of small stones but much overgrown. It is delimited by a modern field wall at NW and elsewhere by trees and bushes. In SE sector, traces of a possible revetment (L 2m, H 0.3m) are visible. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilcoona, 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 water.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Kilcoona, Headford8 sales

Name

Kilcoona · Cill Chuanna

Area

692,481 m² (69.25 ha, 171.12 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoona, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Ballinduff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

725 people lived in 241 households in the Ballinduff electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycasey, Ballydonnellan, Bredagh, Knockereen, Mausrevagh

Placenames

Kilcoona 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.