Raheen
Raheen is a townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Ráithín.
Parcel 5430910
- Area
- 8,435 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- M1 Commercial/Mixed Use (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective
N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective
M2 Town Centre (Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective - Townland
- Raheen
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 69 recorded monuments.
- GA084-001 Historic town
Description
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- GA084-001001 Town defences
Description
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- GA084-001006 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
This castle, a conserved National Monument, is situated in the NE end of the Anglo-Norman town of Athenry (GA084-001----). It was built by Meiler de Bermingham between 1235 and 1240 and it occupies a slight rise that controlled a ford over the River Clareen (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 22-3). Rectangular in plan (int. dims. 13.1m NE-SW; 7.25m NW-SE; wall T c. 1.7m) and of random-rubble construction with dressed quoin stones, it is three storeys high with a gabled attic; it has a pronounced base-batter (H 2.1m; base Wth 1.2m). It occupies the W half of the surrounding D-shaped bawn (GA084-001085-), some of the walls of which act as part of the town defences (GA084-001001-). The late Professor Rynne suggested a three-phase construction sequence (Papazian 1991, 2). The original castle was two storeys high and consisted of the ground floor and a first-floor hall. It was accessed by a decorated pointed arch doorway (Wth 1.3m; H 2.6m) at 1st-floor level. The doorway was reached by a flight of external steps/stairs or a forebuilding as indicated by the two beam slots in the external wall-face to its left and the projecting slabs above it. The hall was lit by four tall windows, each centrally located in a deeply splayed embrasure, one in each wall. Decorated capitals on top of the columns of the doorway and the embrasures in the SE and SW walls indicate that this chamber was intended to be displayed to the public (Sweetman 1999, 70).The original floor was wooden. A garderobe chamber in the N corner, which projects from the external wall-face, is lit by two narrow slit windows. Its external cesspit was excavated in 1989 (Papazian 1991, 6-7). Access to the ground floor was gained from this level by means of an internal wooden stairs or a ladder in the W corner. The lower floor was lit by four small windows, again each one set in a centrally located deeply splayed embrasure in each wall; the one in the SW wall is now blocked off. Originally this floor was probably used for storage. Drainage holes visible in the gable walls at 1st-floor level indicate the level of the original roof. The walls and roof were subsequently raised c. 1250. During this phase a gallery was added to the SW end of the building. Clear evidence for this includes the remains of a masonry arch in the SW wall near the doorway and three beam holes opposite it in the NW wall (Sweetman ibid.). The raised walls are windowless apart from a slit window in the SE wall that lit the gallery. An intramural stairway to its E leads to the wall-walk. The merlons of the crenellated parapet are pierced with long cruciform arrow loops and beam holes visible below it indicate that the castle was further defended by a hoard. Further alterations occurred in the 15th century when the high gable ends were added, the ground floor was vaulted and the ground-floor doorway was inserted. During this period the parapets were incorporated into the gable walls. The vault inserted into the ground floor was supported on the NW and SE side-walls, and three pillars along the centre of the floor. Traces of the wickerwork-centring are still visible on its underside. Following restoration works carried out by the Office of Public Works in the 1990s, wooden floors were added to the second floor, which is now an audio-visual theatre, and the attic. A wooden stairway which accessed the 1st-floor doorway was replaced by a steel one in 2018. (Leask 1941, 36-9; Bradley and Dunne 1992, 23-4) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 April 2019 The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 406. The following images have been appended: GA084-001006-_01.jpg GA084-001006-_02.jpg GA084-001006-_03.jpg GA084-001006-_04_SE_wall_from_SE.jpg GA084-001006-_05_Left_carved_capital_of_1st-floor_doorway.jpg GA084-001006-_09_Right_carved_capital_of_SW_window_1st_floor.jpg GA084-001006-_22_Batter_detail_of_wall_make_up.jpg GA084-001006-_23_Garderobe_1st_floor.jpg GA084-001006-_26_NE_gable_from_NE.jpg
- GA084-001014 Religious house - Dominican friars
Description
This Dominican priory, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is located on the E bank of the Clarin River, in the NE of quarter of the medieval town of Athenry (GA084-014----). It is c. 190m to the S of the medieval castle (GA084-001006-) and c. 160m to the SE of the parish church (GA084-001005-). It occupies the SW end of an associated graveyard (GA084-001025-). The priory was founded in 1241 by Meiler de Birmingham and received significant patronage from local Anglo-Norman and Gaelic lords. The survival of a manuscript known as the ‘Register of the Dominican Order of Athenry’, which is now housed in the British Museum but was published by Coleman (1912, 201-21), has made it possible to identify various patrons and to help trace its structural development. The church became a celebrated burial place for its founder and his descendants, as well as several bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. Thirty friars are recorded as being here in1445. The priory was granted to the Earl of Clanricard in 1568 by Elizabeth 1 and subsequently to the town of Athenry in 1574. During the latter year both it and the town were sacked by Clanricarde’s sons. In 1595 friars reoccupied the buildings but the town and priory suffered severely in the wars at the end of that century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 221-2). In the 18th century it was gutted to provide materials for the military barracks that that formerly stood to its south (www.monastic.ie last accessed 22 October 2018). The barracks has since been demolished and a terrace of houses now occupies this area. The very well-preserved church is the only surviving feature of the priory; no visible surface traces of the domestic buildings or cloister survive. The church consists of the nave and chancel (int. L 45.45m; Wth 7.6m), the northern aisle and transept, and the sacristy on the south side. The site of the crossing tower between the nave and chancel is marked by the two southern piers of the arches that would have supported it. All the walls survive to their original height. The first detailed study of the church was carried out by Macalister (1913, 197-222) who suggested that there were three main building phases. The nave and chancel (int. L 45.45m; int. Wth 7.6m) were built during the initial phase of construction that started in 1241. The northern aisle and transept were added c. 1324, when reconstruction work at that time included ‘enlarging the choir twenty feet’ by knocking the original east gable and extending the north and south walls of the chancel eastwards (ibid., 201, Fig. 1). The tower was subsequently added c. 1425. Later writers including Leask (1960, 126-8) and Conlan (2002, 218-19) agreed with this phasing. A more recent survey by McKeon (2009, 24-56) argues that the aisle and transept may have been added during the late 13th or early 14th century. McKeon further suggests that the chancel was never extended to the east but that the choir was enlarged by moving the rood screen further to the W. During this phase the W gable was rebuilt. When the tower was added in the last major building phase in the 15th century, a number of windows were replaced, some doorways were blocked and the aisle arcade was reduced. No visible trace of the original W doorway that would have accessed the church survives. Both it and half of the later 14th-century four-light tracery window above it were blocked up and plastered over in the 19th century when the external gable wall was incorporated into a handball alley. The six pointed lancet windows and three wall monuments (GA084-001070-, GA084-001071- and GA084-001072-) in the S wall of the nave date to the mid-13th century and are original features. The most easterly lancet was truncated and partially blocked when the tower was built. The double piscina between the most easterly wall monument (GA084-001073-) and the tower suggests that there was formerly an altar in this area and that it was also removed when the tower was built (McKeon 2009, 39). Two blocked doorways in the S wall of the nave, one towards its W end the other in recess between the piers of the tower, would have formerly accessed the W range and cloister of the priory. The other features in the nave are later in date and include a 16th-century round-headed statue niche above a moulded and decorated consul (Bradley and Dunne 1990, 32) and a 17th-century half-hexagonal protruding feature or viewing loft. The seven lancets in the north wall of the chancel are identical to those in the nave. The westernmost example was blocked up when the transept was added. The triple-arched cusped sedilia (Wth 2.4m) is an original feature and its similar design to the wall monument (GA084-001071-) in the S wall of the nave suggested to Macalister (1913, 209) that it was another tomb niche but unlike the tomb niches its base does not extend to ground level but sits 0.5m above it (McKeon 2009, 31-3). The central columns that supported the arches and most of the moulded stones of the arches themselves have been removed. The remains of a carved head visible on the terminal of the arch hood on the W side suggest it might be that of a bishop (ibid.). Three steps subdivide the chancel, marking off the choir from the area where the high altar stood under the four-light switchline tracery east window. This window, which was inserted in the 15th or 16th century, replaced an earlier larger five-light example. The outline and fragments of the tracery of the latter window, which indicate a 13th or 14th-century date, are visible in the gable wall. At the top of the gable the lower portion of a single-light window is visible. Twin-light trefoil-headed windows at the east end of the N and S walls lit the altar area. A 15th-century canopied altar tomb (GA084-001044-) is visible in the north wall. A pointed doorway in the south wall of the choir accessed the sacristy. The latter room is lit by a triple-light ogee-headed window with a hood-moulding in the E wall. Numerous architectural fragments are now kept in it. The northern aisle was separated from the nave by an arcade of five arches, three of which survive. The original arches and those of the lateral aisle off the transept were taller and rested on circular columns. They were subsequently partially blocked up and during this phase of construction the columns were encased in the later fabric. A blocked-up pointed arch doorway is visible at the W end of the N wall of the aisle. A two-light tracery window is visible in the W wall and two similar windows survive in the north wall. Two further wall monuments (GA084-001074- and GA084-001075-) are located between the latter windows. The tracery in the eastern example is indicative of a 15th century date. Most of the tracery in the western example is gone but the surviving sections indicate it was identical to the eastern one. The main feature of the north transept is the large reconstructed four-light tracery window in the N wall. Below it a composite wall monument (GA084-00173-) spans the entire width of the wall. Macalister (1913, 203) believed this was not an architectural ornament but rather three separate ‘sepulchral monuments’. The fact that the W end of it overlies a graveslab (GA084-00176-), and the E wall of the transept was reconfigured to accommodate its E end, suggest that it was formerly located elsewhere in the nave or chancel. Two twin-light switchline tracery windows are visible in the E wall; the northern one is a modern replacement (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 33). A sketch by Bigari (Grose 1791) indicates that the blocked doorway visible below this window was open in the late 18th century. The doorway to the lateral aisle on the W side of the transept is composed of two orders and is pointed. This doorway is now the only means of accessing the church since the original west doorway was blocked up. This aisle is lit by a twin-light cusped window in the W wall. The arcade on the E side that separates it from the transept would
- GA084-001015 Church
Description
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- GA084-001016 Well
Description
In flat pastureland c. 60m to the E of the Clarin River and within the medieval walled town of Athenry (GA084-001----). Named 'Spa Well (Chalybeate)' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this well is known locally as the 'Pan Well' because its base consists of a subcircular stone basin (0.53m N-S; 0.51 E-W; D 0.13). It is enclosed by a circular drystone wall (diam. 0.68m H 0.4m), one to three courses high, and the outlet is to the SW. Another well (GA084-001017-) lies c. 168m to the SSW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2019
- GA084-001017 Well
Description
In flat pastureland c. 40m to the E of the Clarin River and within the medieval walled town of Athenry (GA084-001----). Named 'Moor Well' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this roughly subcircular well (0.77m N-S; 0.72m E-W; D 0.7m) is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5m), three to four courses high. A small gap at W access it. On inspection the well was dry. A spa well (GA084-001016-) lies c. 168m to the NNE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2019
- GA084-001019 Mill - corn
Description
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- GA084-001020 Cross - Market cross
Description
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- GA084-001021 Dovecote
Description
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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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_831 (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.
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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
- 61.3 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 171
- registered freehold, median 279 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 37
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
171 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 9 m² to 56,362 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 78 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 137 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business & Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industrial (General industry)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Public Utility (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Athenry Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 0 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
24 Jun 2026Conditional
for a Large-Scale Residential Development. The application is being made under the provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large Scale Residential Development) Act 2021. The proposed development will consist of the following: construction of 136 no. residential units comprising of: 21 no. 2-bed residential units, 104 no. 3-bed residential units, 11 no. 4-bed residential units; the provision of pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure fronting the development on the Raheen Road (L-3103); the installation of a raised zebra crossing on the Raheen Road (L-3103); provision of 2 no. pedestrian and cyclist entrances from the Raheen Road (L-3103) and 1 no. vehicular entrance from the Raheen Road (L-3103); the provision of hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments including a new stone wall along the southern boundary; the setback of the existing stonewall along the southeastern boundary; provision of shared communal and private open space, car and bicycle parking, bin storage, public lighting, photovoltaic panels at roof level and 2 no. ESB substations; all associated surface water, watermain and foul water drainage services and connections (including nature-based drainage solutions and a pumping station) and all associated site works and ancillary services necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal is consistent with the objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661048
17 Jun 2026Unconditional
to construct a dweling house and domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 301.6 SQM
Extension of duration, 1 home · Galway County Council, 26142
29 Apr 2026Conditional
for the construction of a new single storey portal frame building, clad with an insulated panel to house a new stone cutting saw and water treatment plant with ancillary services
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660654
16 Apr 2026Conditional
of extension to commercial building for goods storage and minor alterations to parking on site approved under pr 2360368
Retention · Galway County Council, 2660576
20 Feb 2026Conditional
to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, connection to public sewer and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660274
19 Feb 2026Conditional
for change of use from domestic garage to study/Bedroom
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660258
10 Apr 2025Conditional
of (1) existing dwelling house and domestic garage on revised site boundaries and (2) construct new site entrance onto public roadway and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of work to be retained: (H) 162 sqm & (G) 25 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560402
10 Apr 2025Conditional
sought to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, connection to public sewer and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 130.70 sqm(h), 40.00 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560405
11 Mar 2025Conditional
for a proposed Large-Scale Residential Development of 133 no. residential units located off the L3105 Road, in the townland of Cullairbaun, Athenry, County Galway. The proposed development will consist of the: i. Development of 133 no. residential units comprising: a. 12 no. 1 bed units b. 10 no. 2 bed units c. 109 no. 3 bed units d. 2 no. 4 bed units ii. Renovation of the existing building on site, Cullairbaun House (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage registration no. 30332001), for use as a pre-school crèche (254m2) with ancillary open space, refuse storage area and bike storage area. iii. Demolition of existing sheds and the development of a new building (308m2), comprising brick and painted render finish to the building and a standing seam metal roof, to be used as an after-school crèche, with ancillary open space. iv. 1 no. vehicular access point from the L3105 Road. v. 1 no. designated pedestrian and cyclist access point from the L3105 Road. vi. Provision of 185 no. total car parking spaces and 2 no. motorcycle parking spaces on site. vii. Provision of 374 no. total secure bicycle parking spaces on site, including 274 long term and 100 short term spaces. viii. Provision of communal open space including hard and soft landscaping such as planting and paving, and public lighting. ix. Central play areas with a mix of natural play features and climbing / agility equipment. x. Provision of drainage systems including SUDS rain garden areas. xi. 2 no. ESB substation kiosks located to the north and south of the site. xii. Potential for future connections to adjoining sites including An Cheathrú Bhán to the north-east of the site, and Raheen pitches / Gaelscoil Riada to the west of the site. xiii. All other associated and ancillary development and site works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560251
28 Nov 2024Conditional
of revisions and alterations to elevations and floor plans, reduction of gross floor area, retention of garage as constructed and revisions to the site layout as previously approved under planning application reference number 97/2454. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 259.00 sqm(house), 57.70 sqm(garage)
Retention · Galway County Council, 2461618
12 Sept 2024Unconditional
to construct 17 No. two storey dwelling houses, consisting of 1 detached three bedroom dwellings, 6 three bedroom semi detached dwellings, 6 three bedroom terraced dwellings, 4 two bedroom semi detached dwellings including all associated estate works and services to service the development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1826.85 sqm (THE PERMISSION HEREBY GRANTED IS FOR 13 NO. DWELLINGS ONLY 1456.85 SQM)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24266
29 Aug 2023Conditional
of outdoor seating area & canopy on the south (front) elevation of the Raheen Woods Hotel. The seating area under the canopy is 29.1m2. The boundary of the seating area is a planter bed with dimensions of 9.2 m in length, 4.27 in width & 0.675 high. The canopy is 2.350 high at the planter bed, & rises to 4.038 at the front elevation of the hotel. The canopy is erected with steal beams (3 no 152 UC 23) & is fixed to the existing building with 4no. 16mm chemical anchors at each beam
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361014
17 May 2023Conditional
of alterations to the dwelling house elevations, along with a side extension to include all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360519
17 Apr 2023Conditional
to sub-divide an existing site into two lots hereinafter referred to as ‘Site A’, which has an area of 3,276 sqm and ‘Site B’, has an area of 3,243 sqm. Planning permission also for the construction of a new storage warehouse on ‘Site B’ to include new vehicle access, parking, lighting, and all ancillary services to include all associated site works. Retention permission also for the existing entrance on ‘Site A’ as constructed on site previously granted under 99/901 & 22224 (Eircode N65 NW84) to include all ancillary services, and all associated site works with site layout as constructed
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360393
12 Apr 2023Conditional
of extensions to existing buildings for light manufacturing and storage uses and revised carparking layout (previous PL Ref No. 12/82)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360368
26 Jan 2023Refused
for a change of house and garage design to that previously granted under pl. ref. no. 21/924. Gross floor area: 250m² (house) + 237m² (garage)
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360049
23 Dec 2022Conditional
for industrial development, the development will consist of: • the provision of a 2no. storey industrial warehousing unit & ancillary office space (8826.3sqm.); • the provision of a service yard plant & refuse area, distribution & circulation yard with 5no. level access loading bays; • the provision of solar PV panels; • the provision of 163no. car parking spaces & 163no. bicycle parking spaces; • the provision of internal roadways, pedestrian footpaths & associated landscaping; • the provision of a new vehicular & pedestrian access from Ballydavid South road; • the provision of signage & all other associated site development works intended to facilitate the proposed development
Permission · Galway County Council, 2261321
14 Dec 2022Conditional
to demolish existing rear single storey building and to construct new single storey rear and side extension and associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 46sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221233
16 Mar 2022Conditional
for the installation of an LPG safety installation in a caged enclosure 1.8m x 1.2m x 1.2 (LxWxH) servicing the existing LPG storage installation with all ancillary services and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2.16 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22368
8 Mar 2022Refused
for the construction of a new storage warehouse to include all ancillary services and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works:1100 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 22308
21 Feb 2022Conditional
for changes to existing front elevation to include all associated ancillary works, retention permission is also sought for as-built office space on first floor mezzanine space with minor alterations to ground floor in aforementioned warehouse previously granted under 99/901and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 453.5 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 22224
9 Feb 2022Unconditional
for the construction of a 128 unit residential development consisting of a) 4 no. 3 storey blocks containing 8 no. 2 bed houses, 16 no. 3 bed duplex units, 8 no. 2 bed duplex units, 16 no. 2 bed apartments, 8 no. 1 bed apartments b) 3 no. 2 1/2 storey blocks containing 6 no. 2 bed apartments, 6 no. 2 bed duplex units, c) 27 no. 3 bed 2 storey terraced houses d) 16 no. 3 bed semi detached 2 storey houses e) 12 no. 3 bed semi detached 2 1/2 storey houses f) 4 no. 4 bed detached 2 storey houses, g) 1 no. creche in a 1 1/2 storey building h) connection to the treatment plant approved under Pl. Ref. No. 03/3775 and for all associated external and site development works, previous planning reference no. 06/1213 floor area 13506 sqm) Previous Planning Reference No's 06/1213 & 12/140.
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22141
9 Dec 2021N/a
for the construction of a 128 unit residential development consisting of a) 4 no. 3 storey blocks containing 8 no. 2 bed houses, 16 no. 3 bed duplex units, 8 no. 2 bed duplex units, 16 no. 2 bed apartments, 8 no. 1 bed apartments b) 3 no. 2 1/2 storey blocks containing 6 no. 2 bed apartments, 6 no. 2 bed duplex units, c) 27 no. 3 bed 2 storey terraced houses d) 16 no. 3 bed semi detached 2 storey houses e) 12 no. 3 bed semi detached 2 1/2 storey houses f) 4 no. 4 bed detached 2 storey houses, g) 1 no. creche in a 1 1/2 storey building h) connection to the treatment plant approved under Pl. Ref. No. 03/3775 and for all associated external and site development works, previous planning reference no. 06/1213 floor area 13506 sqm) Previous Planning Reference No's 06/1213 & 12/140.
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 212329
29 Oct 2021Conditional
for the upgrade of the sewerage network in the town of Athenry and the townlands of Caherroyn, Gorteenacra, Knockaunglass, Athenry, Baunmore, Gortnahown, Prospect, Newford, Ballygarraun South, Raheen and Cullairbaun in Co. Galway. The Athenry Town Walls and Gateway (Record of Proteccted Structure No. 132) is located within the subject site. The development will consist of; Decommissioning of an existing combined sewer overflow at North Gate street within the centre of Athenry Town; upgrade/replacement of the sewers from the Cuirt Ard/Caheroyan Road junction to the Caheroyan Pumping Station; decommissioning and removal of above ground structures of the Caheroyan Pumping station; construction of a new sewer from the decommissioned Caheroyan Pumping including crossing of the River Clarin and lands to the south east; construction of a new sewer which starts at North Gate, crosses the River Clarin at Bridge Street, flows via a new sewer to a pumping station adjacent to Pairc na hAbhainn housing estate, crossing a tributaryof the River Clarin to the pumping station site; construction of a new main wastewater pumping station adjacent to Pairc na hAbhainn housing estate including underground chambers, emergency storage tank, wet kiosk, above ground control kiosk, generator, lifting gantry (max 4m in height) and vent stack; Rising main from the pumping station, crossing the R348, to Athenry wastewater treatment plant; Construction of new boundary fencing of 2.4m in height around the pumping station and stormwater overflow outfall to stream to the north of the pumping station site; Decommissioning and removal of existing on-site package wastewater treatment plant at the pumping station site; construction of a new sewer which begins at a small estate in Raheen, passes through the Presentation College school site, crosses 2 no. railway lines and connects into a newly built sewer within the Clarin College school site and then flows to the Athenry Wastewater Treatment Plant; and connecting the existing rising main from the Presentation College to the new sewer; Installation of a new access gate between Caheroyan Drive and Caheroyan House to facilitate access to the sewer for maintenance and for agricultural purposes; and all associated site development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this planning application.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212026
14 Jun 2021Conditional
for 8 no. car parking spaces, 8 no. Tesla illuminated charger points, 8 no. Tesla parking sign posts, 2 no. supercharger cabinets, 1 no. ESB substation/switch room and for all associated site development work. Gross floor space of proposed works: 30 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211046
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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 Raheen.
Recorded monuments
- GA084-118 Road - road/trackway
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.
- GA084-119 Designed landscape feature
Description
Described by Knox (1917-18, 119, no. 20) as 'a small rath, much altered for ornamental purposes, 48ft. by 36ft.' On inspection it proved to be a circular grove of trees on a rise c. Im above the surrounding land. Within the grove there was a circular pathway delimited by a wall and at its centre a seating area. It is a landscape feature of 19th/20th-century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 April 2015
- GA084-120 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
In gently rolling pastureland. Referred to by Knox (1918, 104, no. 19) as ‘the Cashel of Raheen’; traces of its 'stout curved ramparts' survived at N but it was to 'a great extent a reconstruction'. It consists of a roughly triangular area defined from NW to NNE by an arc of substantial but collapsed drystone walls. Its other sides are straight and are defined respectively by a roadway and a natural scarp. Cody (1989, 300-2, no. 124) noted that the interior was marshy and doubted its antiquity, suggesting that it may have been a landscape feature at the entrance to the avenue leading to Raheen House (pers. comm. 1987). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 August 2019
- GA084-151001 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab, recorded by Bigger (1900, 72, 85) as standing between 'Templedermot' (LF021-048002-) and 'Templemore' (LF021-048004-) on Inchcleraun Island, Co. Longford (see LF021-048005- for original location), is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway). It is a round-topped, subrectangular pillar of grey limestone (H 0.74m; max. dims. 0.34m x 0.14m) with an incised cross carved on both faces. On one face is a well-defined, incised, single-lined Latin cross contained within a single-lined incised cross with stepped angles at the junctions of the arms and rectangular shaped terminals. The remains of an incised single-line border can be seen enclosing the shaft of the cross. Just below the head of the cross this border appears to turn into a possible spiral pattern resembling the head of the crosier. On either side of the cross head there is an incised circle carved in an area between the arms of the cross. On the other face of the slab there is a single-line Latin cross with rounded angles at the junctions of the arms with the faintest suggestion that this may have been an incised ringed-headed cross with thistle or bell-shaped quadrants. (Macalister 1949, Vol. 2, 29; English 1971, 148; Ciuchini 2010, Stone A, 90-91, 101, fig. 3-4) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2012
- GA084-151002 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab was recorded by Bigger (1900, 80-81) as being located close to 'The Woman's Church' (LF021-048007-) on Inchcleraun island, Co. Longford (see LF021-048009- for original location). It is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway). Bigger (ibid.) described it as 'a stone bearing incised on its surface a Celtic interlaced cross with remains of an Irish inscription. It is a rough, irregular slab of sandstone grit about 6 inches [0.15m] thick and about 26 inches [0.66m] by 21 inches [0.53m] in size'. This irregularly shaped slab (H 0.69m; 0.55m x 0.15m) is decorated with a triple-lined incised double, Latin cross with central incised circle containing a geometric pattern and expanded D-shaped terminals which also contain geometric patterns. Running parallel along both sides of the cross are the remains of a two line Irish inscription. Crawford (1913, 326) recorded one of these, which was in half uncial script and is now very worn and no longer decipherable, as reading 'OR [OIT] DO LAITHB[ER]TACH'. This translates as 'A Prayer For Laithb[er]tach'. The second inscription reads 'B, ?, A, C, H', the second letter being too worn to decipher. (English 1971, 148; Ciuchini 2010, Stone B, 91, 102, fig. 5) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2012
- GA084-151003 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab was formerly located on Inchcleraun Island, Co. Longford (see LF021-048010- for original location). It is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway). Of grey fossiliferous limestone, the round-topped roughly subrectangular slab (H 0.49m; 0.3m x 0.09m) bears a simple Latin cross with expanded triangular-shaped terminals. On the lower left hand quadrant of the slab, there is a small incised double or s-shaped spiral motif. (English 1971, 148; Ciuchini 2010, Stone C, 91-2, 102, fig. 6) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 10 March 2023
- GA084-151004 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab was recorded by Bigger (1900, 84-5) as 'on the low wall in front of the caretaker's cottage' on Inchcleraun Island, Co. Longford (see LF021-048011- for original location). It is now in the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway). The subrectangular slab (H 0.42m; 0.3m x 0.19m), of fossiliferous limestone, bears a very worn, two-line, incised Latin cross with a circular expansion at the centre. (English 1971, 148; Ciuchini 2010, Stone D, 92, 102, fig. 7) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2012
- GA084-151005 Cross - Tau Cross (present location)
Description
This record is for the present location of portion of a cross shaft depicted leaning against a Tau cross (CL016-052002-/CL017-116003-) on a S-facing slope, c. 15m to the S of the Leamaneh to Kilnaboy road in Co. Clare. The stone fragment ‘may have formed the bottom of the shaft of the [tau] cross’ (Harbison 2009, 32). The fragment (L 0.48m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.1m) is stored in the OPW depot in Athenry. The upper, decorated portion of the tau cross is currently on display in the old protestant church of Corofin (CL017-116001-), which serves as an interpretative centre. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 May 2022
- GA084-151006 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Macalister (1916-17, 151, no. 21, and plate XVI) recorded this cross-slab on the N wall of the chancel of St Caimin's Church (CL029-009011-), on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare. He described it as being of 'Eight-century type' and it measured '1 foot 7 inches by 1 foot 1 inch by 3 inches [0.48m by 0.33m by 0.07m]. Within a circle of two lines, a cross formed of four arcs of circles, with interlacing at the intersection, was visible. The ends of the arcs terminated with a spiral treatment and within the cantons were triskeles of one line. When de Paor recorded the slab in the 1970s (SMR file), it was on the S wall of the nave of the church. It is currently in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway. See CL029-009032- for original location. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 February 2023
- GA084-151007 Graveslab (present location)
Description
This graveslab was originally located in the Saint’s Graveyard (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare - see CL029-009033- for original location). It is visible still in situ in a photograph from de Paor’s excavation report (1997) and was indicated as such on his plan (SMR file). It was exhibited in Mountshannon in August 1982 and was then placed for safe keeping in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway where it has SMR number (GA084-151007-). The slab (H 1.6m; Wth 0.59m; T 0.06m) has a ringed Latin cross in false relief. All four terminals have semicircular expansions, that of the shaft dividing into two petals. There is four-pointed recess at the centre of the cross. There are the outlines of two shod feet on the right hand side, the right foot above the arm of the cross and the left foot below it, both pointing to the top. Macalister (1916-17, 153, no. 31, plate XX) suggests that this may indicate that the person commemorated was a pilgrim. The inscription which is incised in two lines above the head of the cross and inverted reads ‘COSCRACH LAIGNECH’ (Coscrach the Leinsterman). The form of this cross is unique at Inis Cealtra and is dated by Macalister (ibid.) to the 10th century. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 58-61) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 March 2023
- GA084-151008 Sundial (present location)
Description
This sundial (L 1.46m; Wth at top 0.4m; Wth at base 0.36m; T 0.1m) is currently located in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway. When recorded by Macalister (1916-17, 167, no. 92, and plate XXIV), it was on the S wall of the nave of St Caimin’s Church (CL029-009011-) on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare. It consisted of 'a slab with a hole for the gnomon, pierced through the stone, and a semicircle with five rays below it.’ See CL029-009034---- for original location. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 February 2023
- GA084-151009 Graveslab (present location)
Description
When recorded by Macalister (1916-17, 158, no. 63, and plate XIX), this graveslab (see CL029-009036- for original location) was on the S wall of St. Caimin's church (CL029-009011-), on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare. It was exhibited in Mountshannon in August 1982 and was then placed for safe keeping in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway. The slab (H 0.96m; Wth 0.38m; T 0.06m) is irregular in shape and well-preserved. The face is dressed and deeply incised with an outline Latin cross hollowed at the angles and resting on a trapezoidal base. An inscription in two lines is incised above the cross and inverted and it reads ‘ORDOMAEL PATRAIC’ (with the OR overlined). It was dated by Macalister (ibid.) to the 12th century. (Okasha and Forsyth 2001, 83-5) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Olive Alcock Date upload: 10 March 2023
- GA084-151010 Architectural fragment
Description
This gable finial, originally from Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare, is now in the the care of the OPW (Athenry depot, Co. Galway). Drawings by Macalister (1916-17, pl. 10) and de Paor (SMR file, List 1, no. 30) indicate that it had an elaborate cross at its centre. Its exact original location is unknown but see CL029-009036- regarding it. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 March 2023
- GA084-151011 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-026032-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 201, no. 1, Fig. 7.1), this cross-slab (H 0.97m; Wth 0.31m; T 0.02-0.03m) of garnet mica-schist formed the footstone of Grave 1, which contained skeletal remains dating from the early 11th to the late 12th century. It was probably reused. It tapers slightly to a rounded base and expands with convex armpits in the upper part to form a minimal cross with a squared head. Both faces are decorated. The east face bears irregular notches which define the head of an outline Latin cross. Irregular bosses are evident in the upper armpits. A central roundel encloses an equal-armed linear cross, the three upper limbs of which terminate in forks. On the west face a similar linear cross is set on a boss. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 147, no. 12) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 November 2015
- GA084-151012 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-026035-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 203, no. 4, Fig. 7.1), this is a tapered cross-slab (H 0.76m; Wth 0.39m; T 0.08m) with a small base tenon (H 0.11m; Wth 0.13m; T 0.04m) and it is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a Latin cross in low relief with large forks in the upper and side limbs. The shaft rises from a horizontal bar with crosslet terminals. A Greek cross with forked terminals is incised on the W face. Four bosses with hollowed centres are visible between the arms of the cross and damaged bosses are evident at the upper angles of the slab. A T-shaped outline below the cross may be an attempt at a triquetra. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 147-8, no. 13) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151013 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-026036-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 203, no. 5, Fig. 7.1), this is one of three decorated cross-slabs (see also GA021-026037- and GA021-026038-) associated with Grave 3. It may be associated with the pre-church phase of the grave. It is a short-armed cruciform slab (H 0.94m; Wth 0.39m) of garnet mica-schist, which was incorporated into the external face of the E wall of the church (GA021-026014-) and it forms the headstone of the grave. Both faces are decorated. The cross-head on the E face bears three incised circles forming a double roundel. The concealed W face is decorated with a cross with expanded arms and sunken armpits. A central double roundel encloses a linear Greek cross superimposed on an outline Greek cross with flaring arms. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 150-51, no. 17) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151014 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-026038-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 203-4, no. 7, Fig. 7.2), this decorated cross-slab is one of three (see also GA021-026036- and GA021-026037-) associated with Grave 3. A limestone slab (H 0.89m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.09m), it is one of only two found on the island, the other being the cover stone (GA021-026037-) of the grave. It formed the footstone and was just decorated on its W face. Most of the stone was concealed and it was broken in two pieces. The cross-head is carved in low relief and the lower armpits are notched. A border runs around the head and centrally located is a double roundel which encloses a cross. The shaft bears a framed incised figure that is probably a secondary feature. The figure stands in an orans position and each hand holds a rectangular object, possibly a book. The E face of the slab was very roughly dressed and no decoration is evident. This cross-slab has been repaired and a replica has been placed on site. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151015 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located in the graveyard (GA021-026026-) on High Island (see GA021-026042-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 206, no. 11, Fig. 7.2), this tapering garnet mica-schist cross-slab (H 0.62m; Wth 0.39m; T 0.06m) formed the footstone of Grave 5, which contained the earliest skeletal remains on site, dating from the late 9th to the late 10th century. The slab was found in situ but is probably reused. Only its E face is decorated. It bears an expansional cross in relief with a raised central roundel and roughly D-shaped terminals. Incised grooves in the upper and lower terminals and horizontal bars in the side terminals are suggestive of an anthropomorphic figure. The roundel is notched at the angles to form an equal-armed cross with expanded arms and a linear cross is superimposed on this. A replica cross-slab has been placed on site. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 152-3, no. 20) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151016 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Formerly located in the N half of the graveyard (GA021-026026-) on High Island (see GA021-026043-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 206, no. 12, Fig. 7.3), this tapering garnet mica-schist cross-slab (H 0.66m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.09m), which was probably reused, was found in situ forming the footstone of pseudo Grave 6. Only its E face was decorated. It bears an incised linear cross within a centrally placed ovoid shape that is defined by two incised grooves. At the junctions with the outer ring the cross-arms fork as oblique terminals. An incised roundel is visible in each quadrant. Linear Greek crosses are visible in the upper two. The lower right edge of the slab appears to have been chamfered to enable its insertion into a socket. A replica of it has been placed on High Island. (See also GA084-151017- for a similar cross-slab.) (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 154, no. 22) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151017 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Formerly located in the N half of the graveyard (GA021-026026-) on High Island (see GA021-026044-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 206, no. 13, Fig. 7.3), this tapering garnet mica-schist cross-slab (H 0.59m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.07m), which was probably reused, was found in situ forming the footstone of pseudo Grave 7. Only its E face was decorated. It bears an incised cross within a double ring. At the junctions with the outer ring the cross-arms fork as oblique terminals. A replica of the cross-slab has been placed on High Island. (See also GA084-151016- for a similar cross-slab.) (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 154, no. 23) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 November 2015
- GA084-151018 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-022----). Described by Fisher (2014, 212, no. 22, Fig. 7.5) as a short-armed cruciform cross-slab (H 0.72m; Wth 0.53m; T 0.07m) of garnet mica-schist. It is decorated on both faces and one side. The N face bears a Latin cross in high relief. The cross is framed by a band which encloses a double-banded cross. A triquetra is visible in the top terminal and there is a boss or raised area in the upper left quadrant. A worn linear cross within a double roundel and is visible on the S face. Its terminals end in crosslets. The flat surface of the surviving left arm also bears a linear cross with crosslet terminals. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151019 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally located on High Island (see GA021-026049-). Described by Fisher (2014, 212, no. 23, Fig. 7.5) as a rectilinear slab of garnet mica-schist (H 0.67m; Wth 0.53m; T 0.09m), which was broken across obliquely at the left foot. One face was decorated. It is filled with a grooved linear cross with forked terminals, similar to that on the N face of the cross-slab (GA021-026007-) near the holy well (GA021-026007-) the island. It was not possible to determine if the lower terminal had been carved due to damage by flaking. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151020 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally from High Island (see GA021-026054-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 213, no. 29, Fig. 7.5), this much-broken disc-headed cross-slab (H 0.55m; Wth 0.29m) of garnet mica-schist was found in rubble to the S of the church enclosure (GA021-026021-). Most of the upper left quadrant is missing. One face is decorated. It bears an outline or low relief Latin cross. Four deep hollows are evident at the intersection of the cross arms. The shaft is undecorated. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 156, no. 28) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151021 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally from High Island (see GA021-026055-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 213, no. 30, Fig. 7.5), this broken cross-slab (H 0.36m; Wth 0.44m; T 0.06m) was found during the excavations of the floor of ‘Cell B’, the clochan (GA021-026013-) to the E of the church (GA021-026014-). It is of garnet mica-schist and only one face is decorated. It bears a linear cross but because the shaft is truncated it is uncertain whether it is a Latin or Greek cross. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151022 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally from High Island (see GA021-026056-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 214, no. 32, Fig. 7.6), this is one of two cross-slabs (see also GA084-151023-) that were found from the paved floor of ‘Cell A’, the clochan (GA021-026012-) to the N of the church (GA021-026014-). The cross-slab (H 0.56m; Wth 0.31m; T 0.1m) of garnet mica-schist is roughly triangular in shape. One face is decorated above the butt with an expansional Latin cross framed by a band with an ovoid centre and D-shaped terminals. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151023 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally from High Island (see GA021-026057-). Recorded by Fisher (2014, 214, no. 33, Fig. 7.6), this is one of two cross-slabs (see also GA084-151022-) that were found from the paved floor of ‘Cell A’, the clochan (GA021-026012-) to the N of the church (GA021-026014-). The cross-slab (H 0.54m; Wth 0.24m; T 0.04m) of garnet mica-schist is cruciform in shape and is broken obliquely at the foot and damaged at the right side. The cross-head of one face is decorated with a weathered linear Greek cross. (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 156, no. 30) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151024 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Originally found on High Island (see GA021-026061-). Described by Fisher (2014, 217, no. 38, Fig. 7.6) as a broken cruciform cross-slab (H 0.32m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.06m) of mica-schist. Only the cross-head survives. One face is decorated and it bears a band-cross in low relief with a central roundel and forked terminals. There is a Greek cross within the roundel. Four bosses are visible, one in each quadrant. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151026 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Recorded by Fisher (2014, 220, no. 47, Fig. 7.8), this cross-slab (H 0.4m; Wth 0.24m; T 0.05m) of garnet mica-schist was found in the rubble in the vicinity of the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island (see GA021-026067-). It is broken at both ends and is undecorated. A curved notch along one edge suggests that the slab may have been cruciform in shape. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151027 Cross (present location)
Description
Formerly located on the altar in the church (GA021-026014-) on High Island (see GA021-026075-), this is a broken undecorated roughly quadrangular cross-base (L 0.49m; Wth 0.38m; T 0.07m) of garnet mica-schist. The socket is incomplete as a result of the break in the slab (Fisher 2014, 214, no. 58, Fig. 7.10). It is possible that this may be the base of a cross (see GA021-026079-), which is now missing, based on a drawing by Wakeman in 1839 (Wakeman 1839a). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 November 2015
- GA084-151028 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Recorded by Fisher (2014, 226, no. 66, Fig. 7.11), this possible cross-slab was found in rubble within the church enclosure (GA021-026021-) on High Island (see GA021-026081-). The incomplete slab (L 0.35m; Wth 0.37m; T 0.4m) is sheared on two sides. One semicircular notch is visible along one preserved edge and a flat circular boss in low relief is evident in the upper right side. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 November 2015
- GA084-151029 Graveslab (present location)
Description
According to Harbison (1971, 31), this effigial graveslab was originally found within the walls of Dysert O’Dea church (CL025-091001-) in county Clare. It was hung on the external S wall of the church on the E side of the decorative doorway. Hunt (1974, vol. 1, 120) describes it as ‘a fragment of a wedge-shaped slab bearing the lower part of a (presumably male) figure carved in very flat relief. The edge of the slab is bordered by a rope-moulding placed between two rolled mouldings. The figure is apparently portrayed in a surcoat, the lower part of which can be seen flaring outwards from the waist to a point above the knees. The outline of the legs appears below it, and these seem to be covered by the folds of a garment, but the details are very obscure because of the heavy exfoliation of the original surface. The bare feet splay outwards and downwards. The only remaining detail is that of the right foot which, oddly enough, is carved as a left foot.’ The slab (H 1m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.6m), the upper left part of which is now missing, is housed in the OPW depot in Athenry. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 October 2017
- GA084-151030 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab (H 1.1m; max. Wth 0.69m; T 0.07m) was found ‘among the ruins of the church [WM015-001----] on the island of Inisbofin, in Lough Ree’ (Petrie and Stokes 1872, Vol. 1, 57, Fig. 122). A drawing by Stokes (ibid.), from a rubbing of the slab taken in 1869 by Rev. James Graves, shows a two-line ringed cross with a central circle and plain straight ended terminals, apart from the base which was looped. An inscription, in two lines, across the top of the slab reads [O]ROIT DO [C]ORMACAN (Pray for Cormacán). Due to a fracture, the letters O on the first line and C on the second line were missing. When visited by Macalister (1912, 29-30), the slab had been broken into three pieces. It has since been repaired and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001007- for its original location. (Crawford 1913, 329, 1. (a); Macalister 1949, vol. 2, 79, no. 873, Pl. VII; Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913, Appendix E, Slab E) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO. Petrie, G. and Stokes, M. (ed.) 1872-8 Christian inscriptions in the Irish language. 2 vols. Dublin. Royal Historical and Archaeological Association.
- GA084-151031 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab (H 0.51m; max. Wth 0.36m; T 0.07m) bears a single-line ringed cross with a pointed base and straight ended terminals with spirals. An inscription running down the sinister and up the dexter side reads: MAELMARTAIN. It was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab A) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001008- for its original location. (Crawford 1913, 329, 1. (b); Macalister 1949, 79 no. 874) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO. Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34. Macalister, R.A.S. 1949 Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
- GA084-151032 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This cross-slab (H 0.49m; max. Wth 0.56m; T 0.1m) bears a three-line cross with looped D-shaped terminals, apart from that at the head, and a central circle with a curved swastika or tetraskelion. Two types of fret pattern are visible in the terminals, one in the top and dexter terminals and the other in the base and sinister ones. The cross-slab was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab C) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001009- for its original location and see GA084-151033-/WM015-001010- for another similar cross-slab. (Crawford 1913, 329, 1. (c)) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO. Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34.
- GA084-151033 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Described by Crawford (1913, 329, 1. (d)) as a ‘slab 1 ft. 9 in. by 1 ft. 8 in. [c. 0.3m x 0.3m]’. It bears a three-line cross with looped terminals and a circular centre. It was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab D) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001010- for its original location. See also cross-slab (GA084-151032-/WM015-001009-) which is similar to it. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO.
- GA084-151034 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This irregularly shaped and much-weathered cross-slab (H 0.9m; max. Wth 0.67m; base Wth 0.26m; T 0.09m) bears a faint three-line cross with D-shaped terminals and a central circle. Very faint traces of an inscription are visible on the dexter side. Only the letter O is clearly visible on in the upper quarter. It was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913; Appendix E, Slab B) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001011- for its original location. (Crawford 1913, 329, 1. (e)) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO.
- GA084-151035 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
This irregularly shaped slab (H 0.3m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.07m) bears an incised single-line cross with slightly enlarged terminals. It was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab F) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001012- for its original location. (Crawford 1913, 329, 1. (f)) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO.
- GA084-151036 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Only a fragment survives of this cross-slab, which was found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath. An illustration shows that it bears part of a D-shaped looped terminal of a three-line cross (Commissioners for Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab H). Crawford (1913, 329, 1. (g)) recorded that it was ‘1 ft. by 7 in [c. 0.3m by 0.17m]’ in size. It is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001014- for its original location. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO.
- GA084-151037 Cross-slab (present location)
Description
Only two fragments of this cross-slab survive. The larger fragment, which Crawford (1913, 329, 1. (h)) recorded as being ‘1 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. [c. 0.35m by 0.3m]’, bears what appears to be the lower part of the shaft of the cross, which ends in a D-shaped terminal with a fret pattern. The smaller fragment ‘5 in. by 4 in. [0.12m by 0.1m]’ (ibid.) bears most of the D-shaped terminal of the dexter arm; its fret pattern is slightly different to that of the other terminal. Differing fret patterns are also visible on the cross-slab (GA084-151032-/WM015-001009-). The fragments were found during ground-clearance works in the vicinity of the church (WM015-001----) on Inchbofin island on Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath (Commissioners of Public Works 1913, Appendix E, Slab G) and is currently kept in the OPW depot in Athenry. See WM015-001013- for its original location. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 March 2023 Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1913 Eighty-first annual report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland with appendices for the year ending 31st March 1913. London. HMSO.
- GA084-151038 Inscribed slab (present location)
Description
This irregularly shaped slab (H 0.36m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.05m) bears the following incised lettering in lower case on one face: [n?]each. A small circular depression is visible on the other face. The slab was found on Inchbofin island in Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath - see WM015-001016- for original location. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 6 March 2023
- GA084-151039 Architectural fragment
Description
A number of architectural fragments currently located in the OPW depot in Athenry are originally from the ecclesiastical site on Inchbofin, Lough Ree, Co. Westmeath – see WM015-001017-. They include: A voussoir bearing a human face with deeply hollowed eyes, a barely discernible nose and a lightly hollowed mouth. The asymmetrical chin is in high relief. The arcs of two circles form the head. Some diagonal tooling is visible and the sinister face is rough (Carved Stone Inventory). Labelled Inchbofin B3 in depot. A chamfered jambstone bearing a small human face on the chamfer. The figure has slanting oval eyes, a damaged nose and a wide upwards curving mouth (Carved Stone Inventory). Labelled Inchbofin B4 in depot. A possible jambstone with a double moulding. Labelled B12 in the depot. Two possible voussoirs: one bearing a head, the other a decorative moulding. A fragment of a sharpening stone bearing two deep grooves. Fragments of quernstones – some bearing incised lines indicating decoration. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 March 2023
Architectural heritage
- Raheen House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey U-plan house, built c.1880, having asymmetrical front (south) elevation having full-height projecting end bays, that to west fronted by canted bay with windows and projection to east having canted plan. Flat-roofed entrance porch to corner between west projection and façade proper. Three-bay return elevation to east and two-bay to west. Two-storey single-bay extension with pitched slate roof to rear elevation of west return. Hipped slate roofs having slate ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks with painted pots, and moulded render cornice to porch and to ground floor of canted bay. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with cut limestone plinth, and having recessed panel details to ground floor canted-bay window and porch. Square-headed window openings having cut limestone sills. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to east elevation and first floor of west elevation, replacement uPVC windows to front elevation and other openings to west elevation, and replacement timber windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement timber double-leaf door and overlight. Six-bay single-storey coursed limestone and red brick outbuilding to north elevation of west wing, having pitched slate roof. Cast-iron gates supported by square-profile ashlar piers. Lawns to front. Rubble boundary walls with stile.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Raheen, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_830 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Raheen · An Ráithín
- Area
- 613,311 m² (61.33 ha, 151.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monivea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athenry
- Electoral division
- Athenry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,765 people lived in 2,069 households in the Athenry electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athenry, Ballygarraun North, Ballygarraun South, Cullairbaun, Moanbaun, Prospect
- Placenames
- Raheen 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.