Moyard

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyard, from 115 m² to 1,495,489 m² (149.55 ha, 369.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Moyard 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.

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  to (1) construct new dwelling house (2) installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed, as well as ancillary site works and site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561179

• 14 May 2024Refused

  to: (1) construct new dwelling house, (2) installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed, as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 173.20 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460547

• 25 May 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a single story extension at St Thomas's Church, 6.6 sqm in area at the South West corner of the church where the tower abuts the nave to cater for a compostable toilet and sanitary facilities. This extension will have a mono-pitch roof of natural slates and rendered walls. This is a protected structure. Gross floor space of proposed works: 6.6 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 130 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21886

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 175.40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202036

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• GA022-055001 Church
  Description

  The following description is from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (www.buildingsofireland.ie/Surveys/Buildings/ last accessed 28 November 2017. Freestanding Board of First Fruits-style Church of Ireland Church, dated 1851, having three-bay south-west elevation, two-bay north-east elevation with gable-fronted porch having vestry addition to south-east side, and two-stage bell tower to north-west gable. Pitched slate roof to nave and replacement artificial slate to porch, with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone and replacement concrete copings to gables and flat roof to tower concealed behind rendered limestone crenellated parapet. Flat concrete roof to vestry. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinths. Tower has tooled limestone string course, date plaque below string course to north-west face, tooled stone plat band below tooled stone cornice and parapet wall with stone coping and rounded stone finials to corners. Pointed window openings, windows to middle of long walls being higher than others, all with tooled limestone sills and small-pane windows. Window to lower stage of tower has tooled limestone block-and-start surround. This window, round-headed window to vestry, and those to middle of long walls are bipartite with Y-tracery, that to south-east gable is tripartite with rose window above middle light. Windows to nave have intersecting timber tracery to top panes. Pointed-arch timber louvered windows to all faces of tower at second stage. Pointed-arch entrances to north-east elevation of porch and tower having tooled limestone voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds with chamfered reveals, limestone steps to approach, and battened timber doors with timber overdoors. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of vestry. Graveyard to north, west and south of church. Rubble stone boundary walls with round rendered rubble stone piers having wrought-iron gates. This church, situated in a wooded area, retains most of its historic fabric. The windows have a simple design that is effective and attractive to the observer with attention being drawn especially to the south-east window with its timber tracery and rose window. The church was built with the support of two local landlords, Thomas Butler of Crocknaraw and Thomas Prior of Ross and the first rector was Rev. Thomas De Vere Coneys, a Professor of Irish in Trinity College, Dublin. An associated schoolhouse was also built to the west. Uploaded: 28 November 2017

• GA022-055002 Graveyard
  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.

• GA022-056 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On W side of a track c. 40m NW of a grave site (GA022-057----). This well presently consists of a natural spring set in a recess in the roadside field bank. No offerings are visible and the well is now used for watering cattle in the summer. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA022-057 Burial
  Description

  Near the crest of a small hill in rough pastureland. Indicated on OS 6-inch maps at a right-angled corner of a field boundary. No visible surface trace survives. A holy well (GA022-056---- ) lies c. 40m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA022-059 Field boundary
  Description

  In cutaway bog in an undulating area of rock and scrubland to N of the Owenabrickany River. A short length of pre-bog wall (L c. 6m), running N-S, which disappears into a turf bank at N end. Built of large limestone blocks. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• The Old School House, school, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey Gothic Revival-style former parochial school, built c.1850, having five-bay first floor and six-bay ground floor. Now in use as private residence. Pitched replacement slate roof with slightly projecting rendered chimneystacks to rear and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls and rendered rubble plinth. Lancet window openings to front and gable elevations, having concrete sills and lattice windows to front and side elevations. Some recently inserted square-headed window openings to front and rear elevations. Pointed-arch door openings to ends of front elevation with battened timber doors and overlights. Outbuilding to south-west. Wooded driveway with rubble stone boundary walls.

• Saint Thomas's Church (Ballynakill), church/chapel, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits-style Church of Ireland Church, dated 1851, having three-bay south-west elevation, two-bay north-east elevation with gable-fronted porch having vestry addition to south-east side, and two-stage bell tower to north-west gable. Pitched slate roof to nave and replacement artificial slate to porch, with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone and replacement concrete copings to gables and flat roof to tower concealed behind rendered limestone crenellated parapet. Flat concrete roof to vestry. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinths. Tower has tooled limestone string course, date plaque below string course to north-west face, tooled stone plat band below tooled stone cornice and parapet wall with stone coping and rounded stone finials to corners. Pointed window openings, windows to middle of long walls being higher than others, all with tooled limestone sills and small-pane windows. Window to lower stage of tower has tooled limestone block-and-start surround. This window, round-headed window to vestry, and those to middle of long walls are bipartite with Y-tracery, that to south-east gable is tripartite with rose window above middle light. Windows to nave have intersecting timber tracery to top panes. Pointed-arch timber louvered windows to all faces of tower at second stage. Pointed-arch entrances to north-east elevation of porch and tower having tooled limestone voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds with chamfered reveals, limestone steps to approach, and battened timber doors with timber overdoors. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of vestry. Graveyard to north, west and south of church. Rubble stone boundary walls with round rendered rubble stone piers having wrought-iron gates.

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey former rectory, built c.1850, having cruciform plan with one-bay projections and three-bay main stem, latter presenting three gables to west, and recessed four-bay single-storey lean-to addition of 1940 to re-entrant corner of front elevation incorporating gable-fronted entrance. Further single-storey lean-to additions to south and west. Pitched slate roof to main block overhanging to gables, artifical slate elsewhere, with rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls and plinth. Square-headed window openings thoughout having tooled stone and concrete sills, internal timber panelled shutters, and timber sliding sash windows, mainly six-over-six pane except for one-over-one pane to front lean-to addition and two-over-two pane to aouth addition. Three-over-six pane and some replacement timber casements elsewhere. Round-headed door opening to main entrance having battened timber door and spoked timber fanlight. Square-headed door openings elsewhere with timber panelled, timber glazed with internal timber panelled shutters and battened timber doors. Attached farmyard to south comprising barn with camber-arched carriage entrance, flanked by lean-to roofed outbuildings, enclosed by rendered and rubble stone walls with square-headed archway to north side and camber-arch entrance to east. Terraced lawn to rear. Rubble stone boundary walls with wrought-iron gates to rear.

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 Moyard, 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 high, moderately high, 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 Moyard.

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

Name

Moyard · Maigh Ard

Area

4,752,794 m² (475.28 ha, 1,174.44 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

516 people lived in 204 households in the Ballynakill electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Atticlogh, Cloonederowen, Crocknaraw, Glenbrickeen, Loughauna, Roscrea, Townaloughra, Ungwee

Placenames

Moyard 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.