Doohulla

116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doohulla, from 1 m² to 1,832,153 m² (183.22 ha, 452.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 Doohulla 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.

• 7 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct (a) a new slatted agricultural shed (6.02m high) (b) surface water storage tank (c) concrete yard & all associated site

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360919

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360507

• 1 Nov 2021Refused

  to construct (1) a new slatted agricultural shed (2) surface water storage tank (3) concrete yard as well as all associated site works (Gross floor space of proposed works: 344sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 212032

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: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA 004181
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Doohulla.

Architectural heritage

• Quay/wharf, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Coursed rubble limestone L-plan quay, built c. 1820, having rounded terminus to south-east end and battered causeway to north-west. Iron rings and recent steel ladders to north-east and steel railings. Conical bollard to south-east of pier.

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 Doohulla, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Doohulla · Dumhaigh Shalach

Area

3,600,022 m² (360 ha, 889.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ballindoon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Bunowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

406 people lived in 165 households in the Bunowen electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconneely, Boolagare, Emlaghmore, Foorglass

Placenames

Doohulla 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.