Knockbrack

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbrack, from 603 m² to 76,248 m² (7.62 ha, 18.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockbrack 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.

• 19 Jan 2026Conditional

  for the removal of five existing prefabricated buildings to the east of the school site and construction of a replacement two-storey extension with a link to the existing school buildings. The link will include a new main entrance to the school, circulation and ancillary offices. The two-storey extension will provide replacement accommodation for the previous prefabs, including 4 no. Specialist Classrooms (Art/Craft Room, Tech Room, Home Economics, and Science Laboratory) with associated support rooms, sanitary accommodation and circulation areas. Site works will include; the realignment of the existing entrance gates and front boundary wall to facilitate a revised, widened entrance gate and new bus set-down area parallel to the main road, provision of rear courtyard and amenity space to the east, construction of new retaining walls, a new internal access road and footpaths, provision of onsite bicycle and accessible parking and static water storage tank, along with all required site development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660047

• 14 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of 1) a two classroom special educational needs base to the existing school, 2) upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system including soil polishing filter, 3) upgrade and changes to the road traffic layout and traffic management system to include the provision of a car drop off areas, set down area and a bus drop off area and 4) all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 572.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460874

• 2 Dec 2020N/a

  to construct an astro turf pitch, multipurpose pitch, basket ball court, ballwall, redevelopment of existing pitch and all associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201823

• 5 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct a carpark to service existing and proposed community amenities, carpark lighting, proposed walkway lighting and all associated works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20280

• 15 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct astro turf pitch, with flood lighting (4 no. 12 m. columns), ballwall, perimeter walkway, bocce playing gound, picnic amenity area and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181450

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  to construct a new three bay-slatted shed with underground storage facilities, cattle crush and cattle holding facilities and all ancillary works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 75 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17461

• 8 Feb 2017N/a

  to construct a three bay-slatted shed with underground storage facilities, cattle crush and cattle holding facilities and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 75sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17135

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 Knockbrack.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-178001 Church
  Description

  Within an enclosure (GA086-178002-). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1948) as the 'Site of' a 'Church'. All that is visible is a shallow rectangular depression (L 19m, Wth 8m), aligned N-S. Within it is a small circular mound (D c. 4m, H 0.3m), the centre of which is hollow. 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

• GA086-178002 Enclosure
  Description

  In marshy ground on N bank of a small stream; the monument is overlooked by a partially quarried esker ridge to S. A well-preserved rectangular enclosure (E-W 31m, N-S 28m) defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. Possible entrance at S. From S to SW, the bank is overlain by a modern field boundary, and here the fosse has been disturbed by the widening of a stream. There is a church (GA086-178001-) in the interior. 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

• GA086-179 Church
  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.

• GA086-180 Maltings
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockbrack, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockbrack.

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

Name

Knockbrack · An Cnoc Breac

Area

140,669 m² (14.07 ha, 34.76 acres)

Civil parish

Killaan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killaan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

572 people lived in 200 households in the Killaan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlebin South, Knockmore, Lecarrowntruhaun

Placenames

Knockbrack 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.