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

Townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish Páirc an Leachta.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 503,649 m² (50.36 ha, 124.45 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,552 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Tuam, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/tuam.md
- Barony: Dunmore
- Electoral division: Levally, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 437 people lived in 148 households in the Levally electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21886
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63343
- Centre: latitude 53.513612, longitude -8.784433 (WGS 84)

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

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monumentpark, from 1,196 m² to 229,037 m² (22.9 ha, 56.6 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2088053: 229,037 m² (22.9 ha, 56.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2088053.md
- Parcel 2039498: 74,813 m² (7.48 ha, 18.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2039498.md
- Parcel 5335151: 60,158 m² (6.02 ha, 14.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5335151.md
- Parcel 2039500: 46,171 m² (4.62 ha, 11.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2039500.md
- Parcel 2088056: 44,966 m² (4.5 ha, 11.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2088056.md
- Parcel 2088057: 39,115 m² (3.91 ha, 9.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2088057.md
- Parcel 5741220: 5,552 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5741220.md
- Parcel 2088054: 3,838 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2088054.md
- Parcel 4459020: 3,112 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4459020.md
- Parcel 2088055: 2,306 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2088055.md
- Parcel 4733074: 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4733074.md
- Parcel 5741215: 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5741215.md
- Parcel 2039499: 1,196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2039499.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Monumentpark 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 28 Jun 2018, Galway County Council 18896: Conditional. Permission. for the development of this site, the existing Cloon to Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which is approximately 65 Kilometres long. Approximately 37km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway county Council with approximately 27km located in County Roscommon and approximately 120 metres located in Co. Longford, The furbishment of the existing circuit within County Galway will be undertaken between structure EM1 at Cloon Substation, south of Tuam, and structure AM220, south-east of Creggs village near the administrative border between counties Galway and Roscommon. The development will consist of the refurbishment of the Cloon- Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which will primarily include: replacement of a large proportion of existing structures, the breaking out and reconstruction of the concrete foundation and shear blocks at the majority of end/angle mast structures, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures; and the fitting of bird flight diverters and stay guards. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, and will be replaced, and will be of a generally similar height and appearance. Associated site development works to gain access to the existing structures include clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of stone walls and gate posts and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing. The proposed development includes all other associated and ancillary site development works required for the refurbishment of the existing circuit, including the installation of temporary silt traps, silt fences, bog mats and clear span bridges. No additional structures and no alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of the existing structure. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) forms part of this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/18896/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monumentpark.

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

- GA030-099: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA030-099----. On a rise in low-lying grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 28m, N-S 26m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank, with traces of inner stone-facing, is visible from NW through N to ESE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer bank survive from SW through W to NW. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at SE. A gap at E appears original. A ringfort (GA030-100----) lies c. 150m to W. 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
- GA030-100: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA030-100----. Some 150m W of a ringfort (GA030-099----). Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NW-SE 32m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Possible entrance gap at NE. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing elements from N to NE and from S to W. 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
- GA030-101: Leacht cuimhne, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA030-101----. On a prominent rise, is otherwise level grassland. An almost square dilapidated mortared limestone pier (L 2.3m, Wth 2.13m, H 2.27m) on a plinth. The N, E and S faces contain inscribed plaques. Only E example (now displaced) is legible and is dedicated to a member of the Birmingham family and dated 1685. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Monumentpark, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_792, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_792.zip (ZIP).
- 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/monumentpark.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/monumentpark.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/monumentpark.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Monumentpark 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)

- Ahgloragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/ahgloragh.md
- Cartronroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/cartronroe.md
- Coolpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/coolpark.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.

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