# Mountsilk, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Moylough, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Leacht. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 429,747 m² (42.97 ha, 106.19 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,552 m² (1.16 ha, 2.85 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Moylough, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moylough.md - Barony: Tiaquin - Electoral division: Cooloo, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 580 people lived in 201 households in the Cooloo electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20430 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63367 - Centre: latitude 53.497652, longitude -8.606251 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountsilk, from 21 m² to 126,581 m² (12.66 ha, 31.28 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2042439: 126,581 m² (12.66 ha, 31.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042439.md - Parcel 2042334: 87,468 m² (8.75 ha, 21.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042334.md - Parcel 2091212: 38,679 m² (3.87 ha, 9.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091212.md - Parcel 2042335: 36,089 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042335.md - Parcel 2042337: 28,705 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042337.md - Parcel 2091209: 27,065 m² (2.71 ha, 6.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091209.md - Parcel 2091210: 21,271 m² (2.13 ha, 5.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091210.md - Parcel 2042438: 20,455 m² (2.05 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042438.md - Parcel 2042336: 12,995 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042336.md - Parcel 2091213: 10,109 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091213.md - Parcel 2042437: 6,061 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042437.md - Parcel 4362602: 5,540 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4362602.md - Parcel 2042441: 2,499 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042441.md - Parcel 4664482: 2,190 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664482.md - Parcel 2091211: 2,094 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091211.md - Parcel 2091214: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2091214.md - Parcel 4664483: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4664483.md - Parcel 2042440: 21 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2042440.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountsilk 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 15 Dec 2025, Galway County Council 2561856: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561856/0 - 27 May 2022, Galway County Council 2260555: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house with associated modifications to existing dwelling house, replacing existing septic tank with new waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed extension: 116 sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260555/0 - 26 May 2022, Galway County Council 2260538: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for construction of an extension to existing dwelling house with associated modifications to existing dwelling house, replacing existing septic tank with new waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed extension: 116 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260538/0 - 2 Dec 2021, Galway County Council 212270: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct an extension to existing dwelling house with associated modifications to existing dwelling house, replacing existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 116 sqm (extension). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212270/0 - 25 Nov 2021, Galway County Council 212198: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 262 sqm = 222 sqm + 40 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212198/0 - 5 Nov 2021, Galway County Council 212066: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 272 sqm = 232 sqm + 40 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212066/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Summerville Lough, site code 001319 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA045-028001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA045-028001-. At W foot of an esker ridge running roughly N-S, in undulating farmland. Known locally as the 'Old church of Laught' (Claffey 1983, 156-7), it comprises a poorly preserved long rectangular building (N-S; L 22.3m, Wth 6m), probably a pre-emancipation RC chapel. The doorway, of which only the lower jambs survive, is roughly centrally placed in E wall, and is approached by a series of steps descending from the ridge summit. There are robbed window opes in N and S gables, and a small stone-built altar at S gable is set on a raised area defined by four steps. Immediately to N of this, traces of an internal subdivision are discernible underfoot; the floor itself appears to consist of grassed-over flagstones. The E and W walls appear to have been crudely repaired and traces of plaster are visible internally at S end. Directly inside the doorway is a broken holy water stoup which has been repaired and mounted on a stone plinth. The church is centrally placed within a small subrectangular enclosure (N-S 37m, E-W 20m) defined on S, W and N sides by a low bank which fades into the slope at E. There are traces of an external fosse along W side. A spring well lies close by to SW. Claffey (ibid., 94) claims that this is the 'probable location of a branch of the Franciscan community at kiltullagh' (see GA018-027001-). 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 - GA045-028002: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA045-028002-. 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. - GA045-028003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA045-028003-. 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. - GA045-028004: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA045-028004-. 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. - GA045-056: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA045-056----. In a sheltered low-lying area of grassland on the E side of a N-S running esker; a seasonal pond lies to the S. This rectangular building (10m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE; H 0.2m) is defined by grassed-over foundation lines. An entrance gap (Wth c. 1.2m) is evident on the S side. It appears to lie in a low-banked field or enclosure. The field was known locally as Laught Sportsfield (1902-1962) (information from T. Miller). The building is visible on the current OSi digitalglobe aerial photography. Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by T. Miller Date of upload: 15 March 2021 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 Mountsilk. ## 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 Mountsilk, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountsilk. - 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/mountsilk.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountsilk.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountsilk.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountsilk 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) - Creggauns: https://everytownland.com/galway/creggauns-61583.md - Moat: https://everytownland.com/galway/moat-63305.md - Moylough Beg: https://everytownland.com/galway/moylough-beg.md - Summerville: https://everytownland.com/galway/summerville.md - Templemoyle: https://everytownland.com/galway/templemoyle-63991.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountsilk - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/mountsilk