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

Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish An Leathmhás.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 509,955 m² (51 ha, 126.01 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 38,521 m² (3.85 ha, 9.52 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moyrus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moyrus.md
- Barony: Ballynahinch
- Electoral division: Knockboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 875 people lived in 319 households in the Knockboy electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18264
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62411
- Centre: latitude 53.325824, longitude -9.899606 (WGS 84)

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

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Halfmace, from 24 m² to 95,577 m² (9.56 ha, 23.62 acres); 7 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2034331: 95,577 m² (9.56 ha, 23.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034331.md
- Parcel 2034329: 54,915 m² (5.49 ha, 13.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034329.md
- Parcel 2082477: 47,015 m² (4.7 ha, 11.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082477.md
- Parcel 2082473: 45,305 m² (4.53 ha, 11.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082473.md
- Parcel 2082474: 43,882 m² (4.39 ha, 10.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082474.md
- Parcel 2082476: 42,770 m² (4.28 ha, 10.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082476.md
- Parcel 2034330: 38,521 m² (3.85 ha, 9.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034330.md
- Parcel 2082475: 37,424 m² (3.74 ha, 9.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082475.md
- Parcel 2034328: 37,190 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034328.md
- Parcel 2034327: 34,524 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034327.md
- Parcel 2082479: 28,195 m² (2.82 ha, 6.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082479.md
- Parcel 2082472: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082472.md
- Parcel 2082478: 24 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082478.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Halfmace 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 10 May 2024, Galway County Council 2460536: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the erection of a meteorological mast at Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station. The development will consist of: i. The erection of a 12m high lattice type tiltable meteorological mast which will be affixed to the ground by cast-in bolts, and will include instruments for meteorological measurement and air sampling, ii. A hardstanding platform area, iii. All associated and ancillary development and site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460536/0
- 17 Oct 2018, Galway County Council 181469: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. chun pairt don teach atá ann cheanna fein a leagainn and síneadh stór amhain a chuir amach as an tí ag cúl agus ag taobh an tí, chomh maith le athrú a dheanamh ar díon an tí atá an theana féin agus athrú are leagan amach an tí chomh maith le uasghradrú a dheanamh ar an gcorás searachais agus cead chun garaiste nua a thogail agus aon oibreacha suíomh a bhaineann leis an tógáil. Spás urláir na n-oibreacha beartaithe: teach - 224.9sqm, garáiste - 54sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181469/0
- 3 May 2018, Galway County Council 18560: Refused. Permission. chun síneadh stór amhain a chuir amach as an tí ag cúl agus ag taobh an tí, chomh maith le athrú a dheanamh ar díon an tí atá an theana féin agus athrú are leagan amach an tí chomh maith le uasghradú a dheanamh ar an gcorás searachais agus aon oibreacha suíomh a bhaineann leis an tógáil. Gross floor space of proposed works (tí) 241.1 sqm. (garáiste) 54 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 62.15 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18560/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC, site code 002111, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002111
- Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA, site code 004159, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004159

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Halfmace.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Halfmace, 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 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 Halfmace.
- 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/halfmace.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfmace.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfmace.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Halfmace 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)

- Dooyeher: https://everytownland.com/galway/dooyeher.md
- Mace: https://everytownland.com/galway/mace-63233.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/halfmace
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/halfmace