Manuslynn

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Manuslynn, from 51 m² to 441,892 m² (44.19 ha, 109.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Manuslynn 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.

• 26 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the construction of: 1. dwelling house and garage, 2. installation of a treatment system and percolation area, 3. to fill the site using inert materials (soil and stone) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561736

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site treatment system with polishing filter, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561524

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 21 Mar 2024Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 248 sqm (house) & 50 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460303

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 243sqm (dwelling house) and 58.9sqm (domestic garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360271

• 8 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360215

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turlough Monaghan 001322

Recorded monuments

• GA042-188 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Poorly preserved circular ringfort (D 30m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is stone-faced at SSW and W. There is an entrance gap at NNE. Land reclamation has disturbed the outer bank. A house (GA042-194----) lies 40m 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

• GA042-189001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In grassland and rock outcrop. Poorly preserved circular cashel (D 36m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall best preserved at SE. An elongated mound of grassed-over stone (N-S 7m, E-W 2.5m, H 0.8m) lies immediately to NE and may be associated. A ringfort (GA042-190----) lies 30m to SE. 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

• GA042-189002 Cairn - unclassified
  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.

• GA042-190 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Some 30m SE of a ringfort (GA042-189001-). Poorly preserved oval cashel (E-W 31m, N-S 26.4m) defined by a drystone wall, no visible surface trace of which survives 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

• GA042-191 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On S slopes of a low ridge. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m). The monument has been bulldozed and surrounding field-clearance rubble is piled on top of it. Boulders visible among the rubble suggest that it may have been a cashel. An earthwork (GA042-193----) lies 90m to NNE. 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

• GA042-193 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On S slopes of a slight ridge. A small poorly preserved and partially overgrown circular area (D 6.8m) defined by a grassed-over stony bank (Wth 3.2m at S). Traces of stone revetment are visible. Field clearance has been dumped in the interior. Possibly a house but the interior appears to be lower than the exterior and no entrance was apparent. An enclosure (GA042-191----) lies 90m to SSW. 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

• GA042-194 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Some 40m NW of a ringfort (GA042-188----). A circular house (D 7.4m), in fair condition, delimited by a collapsed grassed-over drystone wall (H c. 0.4m). Within the interior is a small hollow, possibly a result of recent disturbance. 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

• GA056-114 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in gently undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 45m). What survives is an oval area (N-S 75m, E-W 45m) defined by a steep scarp from SE through W to NE, and elsewhere by field wall. 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

• GA056-115 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In scrubland and rock outcrop. Almost circular cashel (D c. 36m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall from NW through N to SE. A field wall forms the enclosing element elsewhere. Within the interior, a bank of earth and stone (L 14.4m), long axis running N-S , is possibly the remains of an internal division. 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 Manuslynn.

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 Manuslynn, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Manuslynn · Maigh Leasa Fhlainn

Area

2,170,457 m² (217.05 ha, 536.33 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoona, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Kilcoona, the unit of the census

Census 2022

662 people lived in 215 households in the Kilcoona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycasey, Bohercuill, Bredagh, Fearagha, Gortnaporia, Parkanallacan

Placenames

Manuslynn 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.