Lissyconor

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissyconor, from 426 m² to 368,996 m² (36.9 ha, 91.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lissyconor 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 May 2023Conditional

  to retain the existing dwelling house, garage/fuel store all on revised boundaries from previously granted permissions Ref. No. 52344, 5569A and 07460 all on revised side boundaries. Full planning permission also to install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works at the above location

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360484

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA005-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). Neary (1914, 120, no. 8) classified it as a 'circular, earthen ravelled fort', known locally as 'Brennan's Fort'. No visible surface trace survives. A ringfort (GA005-085----) lies c. 100m to NW. 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

• GA005-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 38m, N-S 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives from SSE through S to SW. Elsewhere a scarp, overlain by a field wall from W to N, forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank survive only at SW. A megalithic structure (GA005-095----) lies c. 50m to E. 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

• GA005-092 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland overlooking bogland to S. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 37m). Only a subcircular area (N-S c. 46m) defined by a vegetation band survives. 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

• GA005-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge summit in undulating grassland overlooking bogland to NE and S. Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S 25.5m, E-W 22.4m) defined by a stone-faced bank and external fosse; the latter is visible from S through W to NW. 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

• GA005-094 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland overlooking bogland to E and W. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 40m), around W side of which the td. boundary loops. Apart from a vegetation band along E and S limits, no visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA005-095 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Some 50m E of a ringfort (GA005-091----). Locally believed to be a grave, it consists of a large rectangular boulder (L 3.3m, Wth 2.6m), its long axis running NE-SW. This is supported at S end by a smaller boulder set at right angles to it, and there is a possible sidestone (L 2.5m) on W side. A field wall overlies the monument at N. 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

• GA005-096 House - 17th century
  Description

  On S-facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Poorly preserved shell of a rectangular two-storey building (E-W; L 22.7m, Wth 8.6m), possibly of late 17th/18th-C date. The upper storey is contained within the pitch of the roof. Only fragmentary sections of S wall still stand, in which at least three opes are visible; the N wall is completely gone. The main architectural features are the steeply pitched gables, each crowned by a tall rectangular chimney stack. There are two flues on ground floor, in both gables, possibly for fireplaces and ovens. Above these, on 1st floor, are separate flues, probably for fireplaces, each flanked by rectangular windows. 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

• GA006-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 40.6m, N-S 36.9m) defined by a degraded scarp, overlain by a field wall from ESE through S to WSW. A gap at N may be original. 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 Lissyconor.

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 Lissyconor, 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 Lissyconor.

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

Name

Lissyconor · Lios Uí Chonchúir

Area

1,369,866 m² (136.99 ha, 338.5 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

399 people lived in 141 households in the Toberadosh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castle, Curragh West, Knockaunbrack, Woodfield

Placenames

Lissyconor 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.