Moyleen

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyleen, from 985 m² to 203,835 m² (20.38 ha, 50.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Moyleen 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.

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  and complete the outbuilding for agricultural use, to retain and complete imported stone hardstand and driveway, and to retain existing concrete slab and to reinstate a cottage in the same location as an earlier cottage. Permission is also sought to provide a new foulwater treatment plant for the cottage. The works are located close to a Recorded Monument, reference number GA106-012. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 146.00 sqm(H), 110 sqm(Agri)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560648

• 12 May 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 205.58 sqm(H)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560578

• 19 Dec 2024Refused

  and to complete the outbuilding for agricultural use, to retain and complete imported stone hardstand and driveway, to retain existing concrete slab and to reinstate a cottage in the same location as an earlier cottage, with a new connection to the existing foul water treatment plant. The works are located close to a recorded monument, reference number GA106-012

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461767

• 21 Dec 2017N/a

  to construct a new 2 storey dwelling, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all associated works (Gross floor space 201sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171852

• 6 Jul 2017Conditional

  of existing dwelling, sheds, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and associated works on a reduced site from previously granted permission reference 03/3033.Gross floor space of work to be retained 174sqm plus 102sqm. (SPLIT DECISION - REFUSE PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED RETENTION OF EXISTING SHED)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 171012

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  for (a) Conversion of existing garage for habitable use and proposed link extension. (b) Retention permission for change of window design and their location on front entrance porch. (Gross floor space of proposed works: Link extension 17 sqm; Garage conversion 42.7 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17755

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 Moyleen.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-171 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. This poorly preserved roughly circular rath (diam. c. 35m) is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is clearly visible. The fosse survives from NE to SSW and the outer bank is evident from NE to SSE. It is overlain by a field boundary from E to SSE. Another field boundary cuts through the monument at WSW and ENE. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) at NE. A souterrain (GA105-171001-) is associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA105-171001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of the a rath (GA105-171----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition and 1929 revision of the OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA105-172 Well
  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.

• GA106-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hill in flat pastureland. This poorly preserved circular rath (diam. c. 35m) is defined by slight traces of the enclosing bank. The townland boundary wall cuts across it from roughly E to W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 March 2019

• GA106-133 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 July 2015

• GA106-134 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 July 2015

• GA106-135 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying pastureland. Poorly preserved roughly circular rath (diam. c. 36m) defined by a low bank which is breached by numerous gaps. No trace of a fosse is evident. A souterrain (GA106-135001-) lies in the W sector of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA106-135001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the W sector of a rath (GA106-135----). This drystone-built souterrain (L >4.6m; max. Wth 1.2m; max. H 1.8m) is aligned E-W. Access is gained at its E end. A depression extending from this point to the E initially and then turning S suggests that it may have been L-shaped in plan. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA106-136 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a hillock. On inspection in April 1983 this poorly preserved oval rath (c. 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) was defined by an earthen bank (base Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.5m). The current OSi aerial imagery (Google maps) indicated that it was subsequently leveled. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1048 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Moyleen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Moyleen · Maoilín

Area

1,459,776 m² (145.98 ha, 360.72 acres)

Civil parish

Loughrea, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Loughrea Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughrea Rural electoral division: 898 people in 307 households; 92% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybroder, Ballybroder, Carn, Carrowmore, Fairfield, Kilmeen, Lecarrow, Lisduff

Placenames

Moyleen 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.