Derryvunlam

128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryvunlam, from 105 m² to 336,754 m² (33.68 ha, 83.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Derryvunlam 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.

• 26 Jul 2024Refused

  and completion of partially constructed domestic garage and fuel store and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 166.27 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460942

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  for minor modification to previously granted planning refer 08915, retention of a garage and the retention of an attic conversion with velux windows and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 90 sqm & 45 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361552

• 31 Jul 2023Conditional

  (a) changes to existing dwellinghouse which was granted planning permission under planning reference number 01/5005, (b) construction of a plant room/services building, (c) retention & completion of partially constructed domestic garage & fuel store, (d) retain the dwellinghouse, plant room/services building, domestic garage & fuel, treatment unit, percolation area & all associated site services on revised site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360881

• 14 Dec 2022Refused

  (a) changes to existing dwelling house which was granted planning permission under planning reference number 01/5005 (b) the construction of a plant room/services building, (c) the retention and completion of partially constructed domestic garage and office/gym (d) retain the dwelling house, plant room/services building, domestic garage and office/gym, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services on revised site boundaries.Gross floor space of work to be retained 107.25sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2261242

• 29 Jun 2021Conditional

  to; 1. Construct shed to accommodate milking parlour, dairy, plant/store, office and associated animal handling facilities. 2. Construct collection yard with slatted tank and slatted channel. 3. Erect meal bin to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Shed= 367.79sqm, Collection=369.60sqm, Aprons=177.60sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211155

• 25 Jan 2021N/a

  to 1. Demolish existing milking parlour, dairy, plant room and meal bin. 2. Construct shed to accommodate milking parlour, dairy, plant / store and office and associated handling facilities. 3. Construct collection yard with slatted tank and slatted channel. Erect meal bin to include concrete aprons and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Shed = 367.79 sqm, Collection = 369.60 sqm, Aprons = 177.60 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 107.35 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2156

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 241.9sqm, Garage 63.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171710

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: Cloonmoylan Bog SAC 000248
• Special Area of Conservation: Rosturra Wood SAC 001313
• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonmoylan Bog 000248

Recorded monuments

• GA125-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the W edge of a ridge in wet pastureland. Marked on the 1928 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m); partially levelled by the time of the 3rd edition (1920). No visible surface trace survives. Possibly a rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 4 March 2019

• GA126-024 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA126-027 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A roughly rectangular feature indicated by a broken line on the 1947-8 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a tree-covered hollow that was overgrown with bramble: possibly a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 August 2014

• GA126-028 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a low rise in marshy farmland. According to local information, this area was used as a burial place for unbaptised children. No grave-markers are visible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Derryvunlam with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Derryvunlam · Doire Bhunlam

Area

4,781,487 m² (478.15 ha, 1,181.53 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Loughrea Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Abbeyville, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Abbeyville electoral division: 274 people in 102 households; 86% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygowan, Bauntia, Cappagh, Clonco, Cloonmoylan, Drumminnamuckla South, Easterfield, Lackan, Moannakeeba East, Moannakeeba West, Rosmore, Rosturra

Placenames

Derryvunlam 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.