Mirehill
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghpatrick, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile an Lábáin
- Area
- 123.9 ha
- 306 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 3,260 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mirehill, from 38 m² to 328,649 m² (32.86 ha, 81.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Mirehill 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
29 Jul 2024Conditional
of: the attic conversion, elevation alterations to garage, minor ground floor alterations and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 93.80 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460963
27 Jun 2024Conditional
of alterations to an existing serviced dwelling with all associated services previously granted under 21/250. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 251 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460787
22 Jun 2021Conditional
for a change of house plan from those previously approved under planning refence 21/250. Gross floor space of proposed works: 170.1sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211102
5 May 2021N/a
to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 200.8 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21740
26 Feb 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works: Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 231.5 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21250
12 Mar 2020Refused
of a) the conversion of the first floor of dwelling house to habitable accommodation, b) Retention of three roof lights to front elevation of the house, c) To retain the use of part of a building as a vehicle, and material store used in conjunction with existing building. This building was granted permission under planning reference 12/201. d) Retention of two rear sheds for storage purposes, e) Retention of hardcore filled hard standing area to the rear of the sheds. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 355.2 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 20318
16 Jan 2020Conditional
to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 253.5 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2032
30 Oct 2019N/a
for the use of a building as a store used in conjunction with existing building. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 65 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 191689
20 Sept 2019Conditional
to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and onsite wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling = 162 sqm, Garage = 34 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191466
11 Apr 2019Conditional
to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 295 sqm (Dwelling), 40 sqm (Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19550
5 Apr 2019Refused
to construct serviced dwelling, garage/shed and effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Shed)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19503
20 Jul 2018N/a
to construct serviced dwelling, garage/shed and effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 208sqm, Garage 60sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181039
6 Jan 2017N/a
for a new agricultural entrance to agricultural storage shed and lands.
Permission · Galway County Council, 173
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mirehill.
Recorded monuments
- GA042-196 Ringfort - rath
Description
In gently undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 36m, NW-SE 31.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Quarrying has encroached upon the inner bank and fosse at SW and N. A field wall overlies the outer bank from S through W to NW, and a second wall obscures it at 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
- GA042-197 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S 37m, E-W 35m) defined by an inner drystone wall, intervening fosse and earthen outer bank. 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
- GA042-198 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 27.7m) defined by a bank, no visible surface trace of which survives from WSW through N to NNE. A gap at E may be modern. 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
- GA042-199 Enclosure
Description
Some 220m NE of a ringfort (GA042-200----). A subcircular area (N-S 39m, E-W 37m) defined by a scarp and external fosse from SSW through W to NNE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A laneway cuts the monument at NE and SSW, and two field walls radiate from it to W. Field-clearance rubble is piled within the interior at E, and a CBG (GA042-199001-) is associated. 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
- GA042-199001 Children's burial ground
Description
Associated with an enclosure (GA042-199----). Although named 'Lisheen' on OS 6-inch maps, suggesting the presence of a CBG, 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
- GA042-200 Ringfort - rath
Description
In grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 36m, N-S 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. An enclosure (GA042-199----) lies c. 220m to NE. 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 Mirehill.
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 Mirehill.
- 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
No address of the register names Mirehill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Mirehill · Baile an Lábáin
- Area
- 1,238,871 m² (123.89 ha, 306.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghpatrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghpatrick electoral division: 584 people in 210 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeytown, Carrowmore, Cloonee, Largan, Lisdonagh
- Placenames
- Mirehill 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.