Keamsellagh West

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keamsellagh West, from 411 m² to 270,712 m² (27.07 ha, 66.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Keamsellagh West 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.

• 24 Sept 2023Refused

  for 10-years for the development of a solar farm on a site of 125 hectares consisting of the following: 570,952sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 18 hardstanding locations, with each containing 3no. electrical skids (each hardstanding location will be surrounded by a palisade fence & gates); underground power & communications cables & ducts, including cabling along the L-8560, L-4506, L-4505 & R347 public roads; 4 joint bays; new internal access tracks; a new access from the R347 public road; upgrade to existing access points along the L-4505 and R347 public roads; access gates; landscaping & biodiversity enhancement measures; security gates; boundary fencing & all associated ancillary development, site works & services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2361143

• 6 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage & single dwelling treatment system with percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360606

• 5 Jan 2023Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 220.00sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360007

• 30 Mar 2022Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, septic tanks, treatment system, percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 211.2 sqm (house) & 50 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22421

• 17 Nov 2021Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, septic tank. treatment system, percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 207.5 sqm, Garage: 79 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212147

• 28 May 2021Conditional

  of dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on revised site layout to that previously granted under planning Ref: 05/1354.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21923

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Fingall Complex SAC 000606
• Special Area of Conservation: Kiltiernan Turlough SAC 001285
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kiltiernan Turlough 001285
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fingall Complex 000606

Recorded monuments

• GA103-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In reclaimed farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly subcircular enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 36m NE-SE). On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is indicated by a line of hachures from SE to NW that suggest it was subrectangular in plan. McCaffrey (1952, 195, no. 70) described it as being ‘very obscure’ and noted a ‘structure 42’ x 24’ [12.5m x 7.3m]’ which suggested that it may have been a house site rather that a 'fort'. He also noted that a modern field wall crossed part of it and that a famine road, which was built immediately to its N, probably explained the ‘destruction’ of the site. Locally the monument was regarded as ‘an old ruin of house’. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• GA103-125001 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying reclaimed farmland. Shown on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a trapezoidal-shaped enclosure and classified by McCaffrey (1952, 195, no. 68b) as a rectangular 'Stone fort (?)' with overall dimensions of '174' [53m] x 132' [40m]' and walls '5' [1.5m] wide and 3' [0.9m] to 4' [1.2m] high'. There were two house sites in the interior. On inspection in February 1983 traces of a subrectangular enclosure (38m N-S; 35m E-W), known locally as ‘Seanbhaile’, were visible. Evidence of the original enclosing wall only survived at the E end of the S side, where large boulders set on edge and still in situ formed its inner face. Most of the W and N sides were obliterated due to land clearance and both sides were defined by loose runs of stone. A field boundary formed the enclosing element at N. Within the interior three rectangular house sites (L c. 8m; Wth c. 4m), defined by low drystone walls, were evident; these may be of 19th-century date. A settlement cluster (GA103-125003-) lies c. 24m to the W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 March 2019

• GA103-125002 Enclosure
  Description

  In an area of reclaimed pastureland. Recorded by McCaffrey (1952, 195, no. 68b) who classified it as a rectangular 'Stone fort (?)' with overall dimensions of '108' [32.9m] x 120' [36.6m]. It was located between another enclosure (GA103-125001-) to the E and a settlement cluster (GA103-125003-) to the W. The area has been reclaimed and no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 March 2019

• GA103-125003 Settlement cluster
  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.

• GA103-126 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 28.2m) defined by a grassed-over wall overlain by a field boundary from E through S to SW. Field-clearance rubble has been piled up in the NW quadrant of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 195-6, no. 71) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Keamsellagh West, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_722 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Keamsellagh West · Céim Saileach Thiar

Area

895,795 m² (89.58 ha, 221.36 acres)

Civil parish

Killeenavarra, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killeenavarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

903 people lived in 282 households in the Killeenavarra electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyculloo, Cahernalinsky, Cloghboley, Keamsellagh East

Placenames

Keamsellagh West 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.