Mausrevagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcoona, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish An Más Riabhach
- Area
- 152.6 ha
- 377 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 2,913 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mausrevagh, from 36 m² to 173,862 m² (17.39 ha, 42.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mausrevagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Aug 2026N/a
to construct horse stables & farmyard manure pit
Permission · Galway County Council, 26198
10 Apr 2025Conditional
of existing dwelling house on a site with revised boundaries from that previously granted under planning ref. 07/120, and permission for supply and fit upgraded waste water treatment system with percolation area to include all ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2574
20 Dec 2024N/a
of an extension to an existing granny flat from that previously granted under planning ref no 07/120, to include all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 168 sqm(extension)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 24371
6 Jun 2023Conditional
to construct a serviced dwelling with effluent treatment system & a garage/shed
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360611
10 May 2023Conditional
for alterations to an existing dwelling house, to consist of: (1) demolition of a 2 storey stone shed, rear single storey extension and front porch, (2) construction of a two storey side extension (plaster or timber clad finish), rear single storey extension, front porch, replacement sewerage treatment system and minor elevational changes to include external insulation to the existing dwelling and replacement roof tiles, (3) change of use of existing outbuilding/shed into playroom/gym and minor elevational changes and all associated work
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360479
18 Nov 2022Conditional
for development consisting of a free standing solar thermal collector installation along with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Galway County Council, 221179
7 Dec 2021Conditional
to make alterations to existing vehicular entrance including all ancillary site works. Previous PL. Ref. No. (211108) refers.
Permission · Galway County Council, 212306
22 Jun 2021Conditional
to (1) retain alterations to first floor plans of previously permitted creche facility. (2) Retain alterations and a change of use to the ground floor plan of existing storage shed to an afterschool childcare facility. (3) For revised site boundaries to existing Child care facility at the above address. Previous PL. Ref. No.'s (03/4145 & 10610) refers.
Retention · Galway County Council, 211108
19 Nov 2020Conditional
to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant system. Permission is also sought to relocate relevant front boundaries walls so that the required sight lines can be obtained. Gross floor space of proposed works: 168 msq (house) & 63 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201754
24 Sept 2020N/a
to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant system. Permission is also sought to relocate relevant front boundaries walls so that the required sight lines can be obtained. Gross floor space of proposed works: 168 sqm - House, 63 sqm - Garage
Permission · Galway County Council, 201386
11 Feb 2020Conditional
for existing community centre 'as constructed' including revised floor plans and elevations from that granted under previous planning ref. No's - (992904 and 995065). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 25 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 20162
14 Jun 2019Conditional
of a farm entrance and service road necessitated by the closure of existing facilities in conjunction with the upgrading of the N84 national secondary road
Retention · Galway County Council, 19908
25 Jul 2018Conditional
of alterations to site boundaries and a garage/shed previously granted under Planning Reference No. 05/3268. Gross floor space of work to be retained 55sqm - Garage.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181050
4 Aug 2017Conditional
to 1. Demolish Existing Dwelling house, 2. Construct a New Dwelling House, 3. Retain new site Entrance, 4. Retain Relocation of Effluent Treatment System and Percolation Area submitted under planning application Ref: 17/904 and 5. All associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 247sqm, Gross floor space of any demolition 97.95sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171189
6 Jul 2017Conditional
to construct serviced extension and carry out alterations to dwelling house and provide new sewage treatment system (Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension 129sqm)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171005
20 Jun 2017Conditional
for the relocation of an effluent treatment system and percolation area.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17904
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turloughcor 001788
Recorded monuments
- GA056-116 Enclosure
Description
On the summit of a low hill. Very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 47m, N-S 43m) defined by traces of a low bank from NNE to ESE, and from SW to NW. No visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives from ESE to SW, and a field wall forms the enclosing element from WNW to N. There is a rectangular structure defined by a low earthen bank in NE quadrant of interior. Possibly an associated house. A ringfort (GA056-117----) lies c. 180m to SW. 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
- GA056-117 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Some 180m SW of an enclosure (GA056-116----). Poorly preserved almost circular cashel (D c. 44.5m) defined by a drystone wall, overlain by a field wall from SW through W to NW. The interior is densely overgrown. 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
- GA056-118 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives; a large circular hollow (D 23m) marks the site. 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
- GA056-119 Children's burial ground
Description
On the summit of a low hill. Marked only on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. An overgrown oval platform (NW-SE 17m, NE-SW 8.2m) defined along SW by a short stretch of drystone walling. Within the interior, a small number of randomly placed set stones indicate graves. According to local information, a number of bones were found during land reclamation in the adjoining field to SW. 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 Mausrevagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mausrevagh.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Mausrevagh, Headford7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Mausrevagh · An Más Riabhach
- Area
- 1,526,279 m² (152.63 ha, 377.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcoona, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Ballinduff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinduff electoral division: 725 people in 241 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycasey, Ballydonnellan, Caltragh, Kilcoona, Kilgarriff, Luimnagh West, Turloughcor
- Placenames
- Mausrevagh 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.