Mulpit

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mulpit, from 192 m² to 289,597 m² (28.96 ha, 71.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Mulpit 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.

• 20 Aug 2019Conditional

  for works at Rockmore House, Farranablake West, Athenry, a Protected Structure, RPS No. 245. The development will consist of the alterations, extension, and external and internal refurbishment of the existing house, outbuilding, external store, and site including: a) retention and completion and alterations to the two storey extension to rear, the lobby under front entrance landing, and additional windows to west and north elevations, b) demolition of single-storey extension to north-west at rear of the main house and bay window to north wall, c) retention and localised repair of existing replacement roof finishes, windows and render, d) alterations to internal and external walls and openings, and replacement of fascia, soffit and rainwater goods to main house, e) provision of new internal linings, stairs, joinery, floor, wall and ceiling finishes and thermal insulation, including electrical and plumbing works, f) alterations to existing front entrance external landing and basement including reinstatement of salvaged sections of original staircase, g) construction of new contemporary single-storey extension and terrace to west side of house, h) conversion of the existing outbuilding into guest accommodation, including replacement of existing floors and roof structures, replacement of existing windows and doors and rainwater goods, provision of new rooflights, flue and 2 No. new window openings, internal alterations and fit out including thermal insulation and waterproofing, i) retention and completion of external store including alterations to elevations and roof, j) construction of a new wastewater treatment system including polishing filter and all associated landscaping, site development and external works. Gross.. floor space of proposed works: 72 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House - 67 sqm, Shed - 23 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 55 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191292

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 Mulpit.

Recorded monuments

• GA084-100 Enclosure
  Description

  In pastureland. Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 37m). No visible surface survives; modern houses now occupy the site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 July 2019

• GA084-132 Country house
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch road bridge over river, built c.1780. Rubble stone walls and slightly pointed round arches having cut-stone voussoirs. Rubble stone copings to parapet walls. Cement gunnelling to soffits of arches.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1880, with foliate spout, fluted cap and finial, banded shaft with foundry stamp, ram's head bucket grip, and cow's tail handle. Set on concrete platform with rendered boundary walls and rendered steps.

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 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_831 (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 Mulpit with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Mulpit · Mul Péat

Area

735,263 m² (73.53 ha, 181.69 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Greethill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Greethill electoral division: 1,086 people in 326 households; 89% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleturvin, Cloran, Farranablake West, Furzypark, Millpark, Newford, Turloughalanger

Placenames

Mulpit 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.