Moneen
Moneen is a townland in the civil parish of Cummer, barony of Clare, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Móinín.
Parcel 5890802
- Area
- 68,338 m² (6.83 ha, 16.89 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 681 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Moneen
Planning applications on this parcel
6 Aug 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 195.7 sqm, Garage - 42.34 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191227
8 Jan 2019Refused
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 195.7 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1917
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 1 recorded monument.
- GA043-071 Earthwork
Description
It flat pastureland, 250m W of a castle (GA043-070----); it formerly stood close to the shore on an arm of Lough Rusheens (now drained), opposite the castle. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as an oblong mound (c. 35m by c. 25m). The visible remains comprise an oval hillock (NE-SW 36m, NW-SE 18.2m, H 3m), probably largely natural in origin. Traces of a wide flat-bottomed fosse encircle the base from SSE through W to ENE. Outside the latter, from SSE to S, are traces of an external bank. Its flat summit, lozenge-shaped in plan, has a hollow area at the centre. According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 131), it was built in the 17th C as an artillery platform to aid in the destruction of the nearby castle: 'a captain Elleen, who brought cannon … from Galway, … fired on it [the castle] from a battery which he raised for the purpose'. (Nolan 1901a, 36) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands 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
- 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, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_667 (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
- 50.9 ha
- 126 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 7,378 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneen, from 183 m² to 184,775 m² (18.48 ha, 45.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Moneen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Jan 2026Conditional
of existing two storey dwelling. Permission for demolition of existing dwelling rear two storey block incl. concrete rain water harvester tank only. Full planning permission for single & two storey extension to all dwelling elevations incl. minor alterations & renovation to existing dwelling floor plan to reconfigure layout & alterations to existing elevations to suit, new treatment plant incl. percolation area with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660021
4 Oct 2019Conditional
for the following as constructed a). Dwelling house as constructed on the site, originally granted permission in 1978 under Plan. Ref. 27545 and subsequently extended under Plan. Ref. 96/740 in 1996. b). Domestic shed constructed in 1980 (approx.) c). Store for storing materials and light plant as constructed on site, originally granted permission under Plan. Ref. 03/3398 in 2003. Including all associated works on extended boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 487.2 sqm (Single Dwelling House - 224.6 sqm, Garage - 65 sqm, Light Tool Store - 197.6 sqm)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191549
6 Aug 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 195.7 sqm, Garage - 42.34 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191227
8 Jan 2019Refused
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 195.7 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1917
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moneen.
Recorded monuments
- GA057-134 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope in grassland. A circular rath (D 57.3m), in fair condition, defined by a denuded bank with intermittent traces of inner and outer stone revetments. From NE to SE, the bank is almost totally levelled. Within the interior are the foundations of two rectangular houses: (a) in SW quadrant (NE-SW; L 13m, Wth 4m) and (b) in NW quadrant (E-W; L 12m, Wth 7m), and also a probable souterrain (GA057-134001-). Just to E of centre are traces of a low bank (L 7m) running NNW-SSE. The stone-built 'covered way for sheep ... under the wall' noted by Costello (1903, 9) was not located. An earthwork (GA057-102----) lay c. 50m to NE. (CUCAP BDN 81) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 9 August 2016
- GA057-134001 Souterrain
Description
Within NW quadrant of ringfort (GA057-134----). Costello (1903, 9) refers to a 'much injured souterrain in the centre [of the ringfort]'. It has been filled in and is inaccessible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA057-134002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within the SW quadrant of the rath (GA057-134----). Only the foundations of this rectangular house site (13m E-W; 4m N-S; H 0.5m) survive. Another house site (GA057-134003-) is visible in the NW quadrant. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 August 2016
- GA057-134003 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within the NW quadrant of the rath (GA057-134----). Only the foundations of this rectangular house site (12m E-W; 7m N-S; H 0.5m) survive. Another house site (GA057-134002-) is visible in the SW quadrant. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 August 2016
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moneen.
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
- 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, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_614 (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 Moneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Moneen · An Móinín
- Area
- 508,795 m² (50.88 ha, 125.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cummer, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Cummer, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,160 people lived in 353 households in the Cummer electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacreg North, Caherlea, Culleen, Cummer, Rusheens South
- Placenames
- Moneen 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.