Skecoor

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skecoor, from 1,024 m² to 103,692 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Skecoor 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.

• 8 Jan 2026Conditional

  for several minor amendments to the previously consented development under Planning Reference 2461749 (by Galway County Council). The amendments comprise the following; Combined central inverters and MV transformers are replaced by separate string inverters and central MV transformers which results in a reduction in the extent of associated hardstanding areas; alteration to Condition 3(a) to extend the operational lifetime of the solar farm from 35 years to 40 years; addition of tables in the former central inverter locations. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660009

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for several minor amendments to the previously consented development under Planning Reference 2361049. The amendments comprise the following; re alignment of the main entrance and access gate; re alignment and widening of internal access tracks; alteration of the boundary fence; removal of the consented 38kV substation in Field 22; combined central inverters and MV transformers are replaced by separate string inverters and central MV transformers; reduction in the size of related hardstanding areas; updated table layout including a reduction in PV table numbers from 3209 to 3120; reduction of the of new overhead line separation areas arising from the removal of a section of the 110 kV overhead line; inclusion of an additional badger sett buffer and amendment of condition 3a to extend the operational lifetime of the solar farm from 35 years to 40 years. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application. A separate application to obtain permission for a 110kV grid connection and 110kV substation to facilitate the export of power from the solar farm, will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561903

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 56.2 hectares across four sections of land to include, solar PV panels ground mounted on metal support structures, electrical transformer and inverter substation modules, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks (existing, upgrading and new), site accesses, watercourse crossing infrastructure, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, interconnection cabling, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461749

• 5 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the development that will consist of a planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct & complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of circa 81.9 hectares, to include, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, electrical transformer & inverter station modules, a substation, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks, watercourse crossing infrastructure, security fencing, electrical cabling & ducting, interconnection cabling, CCTV & other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping & habitat enhancement as required & associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2361049

• 26 May 2022Conditional

  (a) construction of a new dwelling, (b) construction of a domestic garage / store (c) wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) new site entrance and (e)all associated site works . Gross floor space of proposed works house & garage 359.71 sqm .

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22678

• 19 Apr 2022Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/ store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 206.59 sqm (house) & 53.94 sqm (garage/fuel shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22515

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 Skecoor.

Recorded monuments

• GA099-172 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat reclaimed farmland, formerly demesne land. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure planted with fir trees and named 'Lisnatrap Fort'; on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is depicted as a walled mixed tree plantation. The wall appears to overlie an enclosing bank from NW to NE and from SE to SW. On inspection in November 1967 the bank was barely perceptible and several old trees were growing along its perimeter (SMR file). On re-inspection in April 1983 no visible surface trace survived, however, its outline is visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph (Google 2018). Possibly a rath that was subsequently reused as a landscape feature. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 June 2019

• GA099-173 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a gentle rise in flat reclaimed farmland. This children's burial ground consists of an unenclosed D-shaped area (22m N-S; 13.2m E-W) within which a number of set stones mark graves aligned E-W. A mound of field-clearance rubble surrounds the monument from W to N and a silage pit has encroached upon it at NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 September 2019

• GA099-174001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 34m). When initially visited by the Survey in April 1983 all that survived of this rath was a platform curving from E through S to SW. On re-inspection in March 1987 no visible surface trace survived; it had been levelled as a result of field-reclamation works. However, its outline is visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph (Google 2018). A field system (GA099-174002-) may be associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 June 2019

• GA099-174002 Field system
  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.

• GA107-174 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.

• GA107-175 Quarry
  Description

  On a hillock in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a quarry indicated by a series of grass-covered mounds and hollows. 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: 12 August 2014

• GA107-176001 Chapel
  Description

  On a hummock in gently undulating grassland. Shown on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an L-shaped building that was aligned N-S, with the shorter leg extending westwards off the S end, and named 'R.C. Chapel & Altar'. All that survives is a shallow rectangular hollow (13m E-W, 8m N-S), along the W side of which a short stretch of wall (L >3m, H 0.5m), constructed of small irregularly cut stones, could possibly be the last vestiges of the chapel. According to the landowner this was a penal chapel. No visible surface trace of the altar (GA107-176001-) survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2020

• GA107-176002 Altar
  Description

  On a hummock in gently undulating grassland. Named 'R.C. Chapel & Altar' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. According to the landowner the chapel was a penal chapel. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2020

• GA107-177 Quarry
  Description

  On a hillock in pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused quarry indicated by a grass-covered depression with limestone blocks lying about its outer limits. 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: 12 August 2014

• GA107-178 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hummock in undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 24.5m) defined by a bank from SW through W to NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Traces of a possible external fosse survive at W where a field bank curves around the monument. Another rath (GA107-179----) lies 20m to S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 April 2018

• GA107-179 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland, some 20m to the S of another rath (GA107-178----). Marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1945) as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) and known locally as a ‘fort’. All that survives is a roughly subcircular area (43m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by a degraded scarp. Traces of a fosse survive from S through W to N. Field banks cut across the monument from W to E and from NNE to SSE. The monument was levelled c. 1950. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 April 2018

• GA107-180 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (47m E-W; 43.5m N-S) defined by a scarp. Traces of an external fosse, indicated by a band of vegetation, are visible from W through N to E. A field boundary cuts through the monument from E to W. To the S of it, the enclosing element is much more poorly defined. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 April 2018

• GA107-181001 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland overlooking marshy land to the E. Depicted on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly trapezoidal-shaped enclosure named 'fort' in Gothic script. The following is appended in Roman script: 'site of R.C. Chapel'. On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) the 'Site of' symbol for the 'R.C Chapel' is shown within the interior of the enclosure. On inspection only a rectangular enclosure (18.5m N-S; E-W 15.5m), in fair condition, was visible. It is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the outer bank survived along the N side. There was no visible surface trace of the chapel (GA107-181002-) within the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 3 April 2020

• GA107-181002 Chapel
  Description

  In undulating grassland overlooking marshy land to the E. On the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map, the following is appended to a hachured, roughly trapezoidal-shaped, enclosure named 'fort' in Gothic script: 'site of R.C. Chapel'; the latter is written in Roman script. On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) the 'Site of' symbol for the 'R.C Chapel' is shown within the interior of the enclosure. No visible surface trace of it survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 April 2020

• GA107-182 Quarry
  Description

  On a hillock in grassland. A hachured feature marked on the 1945 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused quarry indicated by a series of grass-covered mounds and hollows. 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: 12 August 2014

• GA107-183 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.

Architectural heritage

• Skycur House, house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1835, having recent three-bay single-storey extension to south. Hipped sprocketed slate roof with centrally located pair of rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed tripartite window openings with cut limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed entrance with spoked fanlight, square-headed doorway and margined sidelights, openings flanked by carved timber colonettes, and with timber panelled door. Multiple-bay single- and two-storey outbuildings to south of house, having pitched slate roofs, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings. Cast-iron piers to vehicular entrance to garden. Cut limestone square-plan piers to road entrance to east, having wrought-iron double-leaf gate, and rendered quadrant walls. Rubble stone boundary walls, with wrought-iron double-leaf gate to farm entrance to south-east.

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 Skecoor, about 1 in 10 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 the townland of Skecoor.

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 Skecoor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Skecoor · Sceach Chuar

Area

1,749,467 m² (174.95 ha, 432.3 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltormer, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Kiltormer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

538 people lived in 190 households in the Kiltormer electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydonagh, Cloonineen, Feagh, Garrison, Lisheenaguile, Raheen, Timsallagh or Spring Grove

Placenames

Skecoor 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.