Eglish

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eglish, from 1,053 m² to 161,604 m² (16.16 ha, 39.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Eglish 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.

• 11 Nov 2025Conditional

  of revised fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works on revised site

  Retention · Galway County Council, 25310

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  is sought for (a) To retain the existing school buildings and shelters as constructed (b) To retain an existing metal storage shed (c) To retain site boundaries. Permission is sought for: (a) The demolition of an existing prefabricated building and 2 no. external canopies (b) The construction of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing school (c) The construction of a new pedestrian door to the rear of the existing school building (d) The construction of a new single storey link corridor between the existing school buildings (e) For the erection of 2no. temporary prefabricated buildings (f) For the construction of an isolation shelter (g) For the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system, the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and provision of a new site boundary (h) Along with signage, flagpoles, connections to all site services and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is 216 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211271

• 25 Nov 2020N/a

  for (a) the existing school buildings and shelters as constructed (b) To retain an existing metal storage shed (c) To retain site boundaries. Permission is sought for (a) The demolition of an existing prefabricated building and 2 no. external canopies (b) The construction of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing school (c) The construction of a new pedestrian door to the rear of the existing school building (d) The construction of a new single storey link corridor between the existing school buildings (e) for the erection of 2 no. temporary prefabricated buildings (f) For the construction of an isolation shelter (g) Along with signage, flagpoles, connections to all site services and all other associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 216 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 284 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 63 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 201776

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Annaghbeg Bog NHA 002344

Recorded monuments

• GA061-080001 Religious house - Carmelite friars
  Description

  At S end of a long low hill in pastureland, it stands on N side of a rectangular graveyard (GA061-080002-). This medieval monastery, the earliest documentary record of which occurs in 1436-7, appears to have been founded as a Carmelite house, possibly becoming Franciscan later (Connellan 1943b, 15-21; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 280, 289). What is visible are the partially ivy-clad remains of a church in fair condition, along with the poorly preserved remains of a cloister garth and a domestic wing. Of the rectangular church (E-W; L 26m, Wth 6.5m), most of its walls still stand, albeit partially rebuilt and punctuated by a number of modern gaps. The original doorway, now robbed out and blocked up, was in W gable: it contains a water font in S jamb of its embrasure. The W jamb of another doorway is also visible in the masonry towards W end of N wall: it probably gave access to the cloister area. The partially blocked embrasure of a small robbed-out window is visible at E end of S wall. Connellan (ibid. 20) mentions a 'sedilia ... to the right [W] of this window' of which no definite trace survives. A large ragged ope marks the site of E window 'where, forty years ago, stood a fine spacious window of four lights ... in the pointed style and of cut stone' (ibid.). A rectangular cloister area (E-W; L 20m, Wth 13.7m) abuts the church to N with a small annexe or cell (L 7m, Wth 5m) at its NW corner. Little survives of the claustral area. It was flanked along E side by a two-storey domestic range, the N and E walls of which still stand. Fragments of another building are also evident extending to S from SE corner of the annexe; possibly part of a W range. The only surviving architectural features are two single-light ogee-headed windows in E range. A number of modern burial vaults and graves now occupy the church. Some 20m to SE stands another building (GA061-080003-), known locally as 'Teampall Maol' (ibid., 21). It consists of a partially ivy-clad rectangular building (WNW-ESE; L 16.5m, Wth 5.5m), in fair condition, with a pointed arch doorway in W wall and robbed windows in E and S walls. A number of old grassed-over field walls surround the friary, particularly to SE, S and W. These included the foundations of a large rectangular enclosure (E-W 50m, N-S 15m) (GA061-080004-) to WSW but this has recently been levelled during land reclamation. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 117-18) 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

• GA061-080002 Graveyard
  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.

• GA061-080003 Building
  Description

  At S end of a long low hill in pastureland, it stands on N side of a rectangular graveyard (GA061-080002-). This medieval monastery, the earliest documentary record of which occurs in 1436-7, appears to have been founded as a Carmelite house, possibly becoming Franciscan later (Connellan 1943b, 15-21; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 280, 289). What is visible are the partially ivy-clad remains of a church in fair condition, along with the poorly preserved remains of a cloister garth and a domestic wing. Of the rectangular church (E-W; L 26m, Wth 6.5m), most of its walls still stand, albeit partially rebuilt and punctuated by a number of modern gaps. The original doorway, now robbed out and blocked up, was in W gable: it contains a water font in S jamb of its embrasure. The W jamb of another doorway is also visible in the masonry towards W end of N wall: it probably gave access to the cloister area. The partially blocked embrasure of a small robbed-out window is visible at E end of S wall. Connellan (ibid. 20) mentions a 'sedilia ... to the right [W] of this window' of which no definite trace survives. A large ragged ope marks the site of E window 'where, forty years ago, stood a fine spacious window of four lights ... in the pointed style and of cut stone' (ibid.). A rectangular cloister area (E-W; L 20m, Wth 13.7m) abuts the church to N with a small annexe or cell (L 7m, Wth 5m) at its NW corner. Little survives of the claustral area. It was flanked along E side by a two-storey domestic range, the N and E walls of which still stand. Fragments of another building are also evident extending to S from SE corner of the annexe; possibly part of a W range. The only surviving architectural features are two single-light ogee-headed windows in E range. A number of modern burial vaults and graves now occupy the church. Some 20m to SE stands another building (GA061-080003-), known locally as 'Teampall Maol' (ibid., 21). It consists of a partially ivy-clad rectangular building (WNW-ESE; L 16.5m, Wth 5.5m), in fair condition, with a pointed arch doorway in W wall and robbed windows in E and S walls. A number of old grassed-over field walls surround the friary, particularly to SE, S and W. These included the foundations of a large rectangular enclosure (E-W 50m, N-S 15m) (GA061-080004-) to WSW but this has recently been levelled during land reclamation. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 117-18) 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

• GA061-080004 Enclosure
  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.

• GA061-081 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 37m) defined by a low bank from SE through S to SW, and by a scarp elsewhere. The bank is breached by a number of modern gaps. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Eglish, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Eglish · An Eaglais

Area

2,296,077 m² (229.61 ha, 567.37 acres)

Civil parish

Ahascragh, and its townlands

Barony

Killian

Electoral division

Ahascragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

619 people lived in 220 households in the Ahascragh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Addergoole North, Addergoole West, Castlegar East, Castlegar West, Cool, Dalysgrove, Ervallagh Eighter, Kilcrin, Knockaunroe

Placenames

Eglish 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.