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

Townland in the civil parish of Abbeygormacan, barony of Leitrim, Co. Galway; in Irish Fionnúir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,285,626 m² (128.56 ha, 317.69 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 42,078 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Abbeygormacan, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/abbeygormacan.md
- Barony: Leitrim
- Electoral division: Kilmeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 672 people lived in 233 households in the Kilmeen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20020
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62026
- Centre: latitude 53.222925, longitude -8.417128 (WGS 84)

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

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Finnure, from 815 m² to 245,780 m² (24.58 ha, 60.73 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2093660: 245,780 m² (24.58 ha, 60.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093660.md
- Parcel 2114416: 170,704 m² (17.07 ha, 42.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114416.md
- Parcel 2044753: 146,885 m² (14.69 ha, 36.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044753.md
- Parcel 2044752: 101,869 m² (10.19 ha, 25.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044752.md
- Parcel 2093662: 100,551 m² (10.06 ha, 24.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093662.md
- Parcel 2093658: 85,150 m² (8.52 ha, 21.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093658.md
- Parcel 2044757: 82,410 m² (8.24 ha, 20.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044757.md
- Parcel 2093666: 82,287 m² (8.23 ha, 20.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093666.md
- Parcel 2044755: 76,367 m² (7.64 ha, 18.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044755.md
- Parcel 2093659: 48,069 m² (4.81 ha, 11.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093659.md
- Parcel 2093665: 42,126 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093665.md
- Parcel 2044756: 42,029 m² (4.2 ha, 10.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044756.md
- Parcel 2093667: 37,329 m² (3.73 ha, 9.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093667.md
- Parcel 5068923: 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5068923.md
- Parcel 2093661: 3,467 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093661.md
- Parcel 6129589: 3,161 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6129589.md
- Parcel 4632621: 2,877 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632621.md
- Parcel 4631518: 2,818 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631518.md
- Parcel 2093663: 2,733 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093663.md
- Parcel 2093664: 2,697 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2093664.md
- Parcel 2044754: 2,015 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2044754.md
- Parcel 5233405: 815 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5233405.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Finnure 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 1 Sept 2023, Galway County Council 2361036: Conditional. Retention. for the (extension) connection of two existing shop units, retain 2no. storage sheds & to retain 5no. silos. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361036/0
- 24 Feb 2021, Galway County Council 21222: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 228 sqm, Garage 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21222/0
- 22 Jun 2020, Galway County Council 20777: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 228 sqm, Garage 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20777/0
- 23 Dec 2019, Galway County Council 192018: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for part demolition of the rear / south dwelling structure, plus alterations to existing dwelling floor plan and alterations to existing dwelling North, South, East & West elevations plus construction of new two storey and single storey dwelling extension to the south, demolition of two separate out buildings to the rear / South of the existing dwelling, construction of proposed new domestic garage / storage, treatment plant and percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 192.62 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 81.81 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 93.07 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/192018/0
- 2 Mar 2017, Galway County Council 17277: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 241.50 sqm., + 49.29 sqm.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17277/0

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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 Finnure.

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

- GA098-102: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-102----. In undulating grassland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a roughly D-shaped enclosure (c. 37m NW-SE) with a straight N side (L 32m); on the 1933 edition it is cut at NNW and SSW by a N-S running field boundary. On inspection in April 1984 no visible surface trace survived. However, its outline is clearly visible on the OSi digitalglobe aerial photograph. The siting and cartographic evidence suggest that this was a rath. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 March 2019
- GA098-103: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-103----. In low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 45m) defined by a bank, which is breached by numerous gaps and is overgrown with conifer trees. Two small sheds abut the outer face of the enclosing element at NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017
- GA098-103001: Kiln - lime, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-103001-. 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.
- GA098-104: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-104----. In pastureland, in the SE corner of a large field. This graveyard, roughly trapezoidal shaped in plan (40m E-W; 39m N-S), is enclosed by a modern concrete wall. Access is via a gateway at E. A pathway lined with evergreen trees leads to an almost centrally located church (GA098-104001-). Inscribed headstones date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Numerous uninscribed grave-markers are also scattered about it and in some cases architectural fragments from the church have been reused to mark graves. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 February 2020
- GA098-104001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-104001-. The following description is from https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30409808/finnure-church-finnure-co-galway last accessed 18 February 2020. Freestanding single-cell Roman Catholic church, built c.1600. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone eaves course and with sculped cross finial to entrance gable. Rubble limestone walls, with inscribed plaque to west gable. Pointed arch window opening to east gable, having chamfered limestone surround and replacement fixed window. Pointed arch door opening with cut limestone surround and with corbels supporting the two arch stones, with timber battened door and limestone threshold. Corbelled ceiling and limestone-flagged floor to interior. Recent altar to east end. Inscribed memorial plaques and timber sculpture to interior. Set within graveyard. Double-leaf pedestrian gates to graveyard entrance, with rendered boundary walls. Double-leaf steel and cast-iron gates to site entrance to roadside, having rendered square-profile piers and quadrant walls. The simple construction of this once-ruinous church is enhanced by an appropriate recent renovation. Enhanced and contextualised by its graveyard setting, the memorial plaque to the interior indicates that this has long been a burial place for the O'Madden family of Hy-Many or Uí Maine. The carefully tooled but partly uncut doorway is indicative of its early date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 February 2020
- GA098-105: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA098-105----. 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)

- Finnure Catholic Chapel, church/chapel, 1550–1650, Regional interest, registry number 30409808, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30409808. Freestanding single-cell Roman Catholic church, built c.1600. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone eaves course and with sculped cross finial to entrance gable. Rubble limestone walls, with inscribed plaque to west gable. Pointed arch window opening to east gable, having chamfered limestone surround and replacement fixed window. Pointed arch door opening with cut limestone surround and with corbels supporting the two arch stones, with timber battened door and limestone threshold. Corbelled ceiling and limestone-flagged floor to interior. Recent altar to west end. Inscribed memorial plaques and timber sculpture to interior. Set within graveyard. Double-leaf pedestrian gates to graveyard entrance, with rendered boundary walls. Double-leaf steel and cast-iron gates to site entrance to roadside, having rendered square-profile piers and quadrant walls.

## 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 Finnure, about 1 in 10 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 low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Finnure.
- 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/finnure.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/finnure.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/finnure.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Finnure 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)

- Ballyhogan: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyhogan.md
- Castlenancy: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlenancy.md
- Cooracurkia: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooracurkia.md
- Lisheenahevnia: https://everytownland.com/galway/lisheenahevnia.md
- Mullagh Beg: https://everytownland.com/galway/mullagh-beg.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/finnure
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/finnure