# Mulpit, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway; in Irish Mul Péat. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 735,263 m² (73.53 ha, 181.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,214 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Monivea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/monivea.md - Barony: Athenry - Electoral division: Greethill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19891 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63411 - Centre: latitude 53.281794, longitude -8.76631 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mulpit, from 192 m² to 289,597 m² (28.96 ha, 71.56 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5105705: 289,597 m² (28.96 ha, 71.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105705.md - Parcel 2034961: 208,196 m² (20.82 ha, 51.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034961.md - Parcel 2034962: 161,179 m² (16.12 ha, 39.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034962.md - Parcel 2083176: 28,004 m² (2.8 ha, 6.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083176.md - Parcel 2083182: 25,493 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083182.md - Parcel 4706495: 4,168 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4706495.md - Parcel 2083183: 2,514 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083183.md - Parcel 2034959: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034959.md - Parcel 2034960: 2,134 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034960.md - Parcel 2034963: 2,115 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034963.md - Parcel 2083177: 2,086 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083177.md - Parcel 2083178: 2,063 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083178.md - Parcel 2083179: 2,059 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083179.md - Parcel 2083181: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083181.md - Parcel 2083180: 1,422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2083180.md - Parcel 5105683: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105683.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 20 Aug 2019, Galway County Council 191292: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191292/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Mulpit. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA084-100: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-100----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-132----. 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. 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) - Bridge, 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 30408408, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30408408. 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, registry number 30409603, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30409603. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_831.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/mulpit.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/mulpit.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/mulpit.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mulpit 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) - Castleturvin: https://everytownland.com/galway/castleturvin.md - Cloran: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloran.md - Farranablake West: https://everytownland.com/galway/farranablake-west.md - Furzypark: https://everytownland.com/galway/furzypark-62066.md - Millpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/millpark-63286.md - Newford: https://everytownland.com/galway/newford.md - Turloughalanger: https://everytownland.com/galway/turloughalanger.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/mulpit - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/mulpit