Corlackan

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corlackan, from 49 m² to 120,820 m² (12.08 ha, 29.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Corlackan 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.

• 22 Aug 2026N/a

  of (1) extension to front of existing dwelling house, (2) garage and (3) turf shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2661438

• 26 Jan 2026Conditional

  for (i) the proposed construction of new side extension, (ii) installation of tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment area, plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660090

• 5 Aug 2025N/a

  for (i) demolition of existing conservatory, rear extension and barn, (ii) proposed construction of new side extension, plus all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561077

• 9 May 2017Conditional

  for the conctruction of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage (Gross floor space of proposed works: 238.5sqm Dwelling; 40sqm Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17648

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Corlackan.

Recorded monuments

• GA019-008 Enclosure
  Description

  On the slopes of a low hill in pastureland. Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (D c. 40m) defined by a degraded scarp and external fosse from S to SW. A field boundary overlies the enclosing element from W to NE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. 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

• GA019-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Close to the summit of a low hill in grassland. Subcircular rath (N-S c. 40m, E-W 35m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from NNW through N to ENE, a scarp forms the enclosing element from ENE through S to SW; elsewhere a field boundary overlies the enclosing element. A number of other field boundaries cut the monument. An enclosure (GA019-008----) lies c. 160m to N and two ringforts (GA019-010---- and GA019-013----) lie c. 170m and c. 5m to SSW and E respectively. 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

• GA019-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 170m SSW of a ringfort (GA019-009----). Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW c. 45m) defined by an overgrown bank from NE through E to SSW. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. Field boundaries cut the monument at NE, SSW and W. 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

• GA019-011 Monumental structure
  Description

  Adjacent to county road, overlooking bogland to N and gently undulating grassland to S. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map by a dot but evidently removed by the time of 3rd ed. (1931) when the words 'Site of' are appended. No visible surface trace survives. Two similar monuments (GA019-017----, GA019-012----) lay 170m SE and 150m to SW, respectively, and there was also a names bush (GA019-016----) 40m to NW. 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

• GA019-012 Monumental structure
  Description

  On N- facing slope of a low hill in undulating grassland, 130m SW of the county road. Indicated by a small dot on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map but evidently removed by time of 3rd ed. (1931) when the words 'Site of' are appended. No visible surface trace survives. A similar monument (GA019-011----) lay 150m to NE. 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

• GA019-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 270m E of a ringfort (GA019-009----). Well-preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Several gaps in the bank appear modern. 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

• GA019-014 Quarry
  Description

  At the base of a hill in an area of bogland. A hachured area marked on the 1931 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand and gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 July 2014

• GA019-015 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured area marked on the 1931 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused and reclaimed sand or gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Corlackan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Corlackan · An Chorrleaca

Area

1,521,629 m² (152.16 ha, 376 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbegnet, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

434 people lived in 168 households in the Ballynakill electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghalateeve, Cartron (Co. Roscommon), Curraghrevagh, Garraunmore, Gortmorris, Kilbegnet (Co. Roscommon), Rosmoylan (Co. Roscommon), Sonnagh

Placenames

Corlackan 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.