# Doon, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Omey, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish An Dún.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,247,615 m² (224.76 ha, 555.4 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 27,944 m² (2.79 ha, 6.91 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Omey, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/omey.md
- Barony: Ballynahinch
- Electoral division: Clifden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,059 people lived in 796 households in the Clifden electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18123
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61843
- Centre: latitude 53.522534, longitude -10.081661 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doon, from 106 m² to 1,751,230 m² (175.12 ha, 432.74 acres); 7 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2045124: 1,751,230 m² (175.12 ha, 432.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045124.md
- Parcel 2094066: 96,931 m² (9.69 ha, 23.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094066.md
- Parcel 2094065: 67,176 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094065.md
- Parcel 2094068: 63,136 m² (6.31 ha, 15.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094068.md
- Parcel 2094064: 54,734 m² (5.47 ha, 13.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094064.md
- Parcel 2045129: 39,596 m² (3.96 ha, 9.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045129.md
- Parcel 2045126: 36,542 m² (3.65 ha, 9.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045126.md
- Parcel 2045123: 29,733 m² (2.97 ha, 7.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045123.md
- Parcel 2094070: 27,944 m² (2.79 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094070.md
- Parcel 2045127: 26,994 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045127.md
- Parcel 2094071: 18,031 m² (1.8 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094071.md
- Parcel 2094063: 17,934 m² (1.79 ha, 4.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094063.md
- Parcel 2094069: 13,815 m² (1.38 ha, 3.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094069.md
- Parcel 2045128: 5,723 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045128.md
- Parcel 2094067: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2094067.md
- Parcel 5388956: 1,240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5388956.md
- Parcel 2045125: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2045125.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Doon in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 7 Dec 2023, Galway County Council 2361463: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to: (1) demolish existing ruinous building on site, (2) construct a new side and rear extension to the existing dwelling house, (3) retain existing shed on site, (4) decommission existing septic tank system and (5) install a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed, as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 77.52 sqm (extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 21.51 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 54.90 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361463/0
- 19 Oct 2023, Galway County Council 2361259: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to: (1) demolish existing ruinous building onsite (2) construct a new side & rear elevation to the existing dwellinghouse (3) installation of a wastewater treatment system & associated polishing filter bed, as well as all ancillary site works & site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361259/0
- 15 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360510: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. For development consisting 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360510/0
- 7 Apr 2021, Galway County Council 21533: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new domestic garage as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 45.24 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21533/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA022-032: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-032----. Strategically placed on a long, high, rock outcrop on N side of Streamstown Bay, conceivably the site of the 'dún' in the td. name. Kill Church (GA022-043----) lies directly opposite on S side of the inlet. It was in existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Edmund OFlairte' (Nolan 1901, 116). Apart from the foundations and some fragments of a possible bawn wall (GA022-032----) along W and N edges of the outcrop, no visible surface trace of the castle survives. Part of this wall has been utilised by a later rectangular building (L 16.50m, Wth c. 5.1m) running E-W, the tall gable and foundations of which occupy NW corner of the outcrop. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 74, 79; Hardiman 1846, 113, 283; Killanin 1954, 96) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 The following image has been uploaded: GA022-032----_01.jpg View of castle site from NNE
- GA022-032001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-032001-. 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.
- GA022-083: Kiln, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-083----. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Doon, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Doon.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/doon-61843.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/doon-61843.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/doon-61843.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Doon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Boolard: https://everytownland.com/galway/boolard.md
- Cushatrough: https://everytownland.com/galway/cushatrough.md
- Maw: https://everytownland.com/galway/maw.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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