# Newforest, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilkerrin, barony of Tiaquin, Co. Galway; in Irish An Fhoraois Nua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,429,761 m² (442.98 ha, 1,094.62 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 54,191 m² (5.42 ha, 13.39 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilkerrin, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/kilkerrin.md - Barony: Tiaquin - Electoral division: Curraghmore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 198 people lived in 66 households in the Curraghmore electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18994 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63433 - Centre: latitude 53.542919, longitude -8.48948 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newforest, from 910 m² to 708,797 m² (70.88 ha, 175.15 acres); 47 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2086417: 708,797 m² (70.88 ha, 175.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086417.md - Parcel 2086418: 585,821 m² (58.58 ha, 144.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086418.md - Parcel 2037990: 371,270 m² (37.13 ha, 91.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037990.md - Parcel 2037981: 262,093 m² (26.21 ha, 64.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037981.md - Parcel 2086428: 132,482 m² (13.25 ha, 32.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086428.md - Parcel 2086429: 109,212 m² (10.92 ha, 26.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086429.md - Parcel 2086438: 89,363 m² (8.94 ha, 22.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086438.md - Parcel 2037988: 79,314 m² (7.93 ha, 19.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037988.md - Parcel 2086435: 75,949 m² (7.59 ha, 18.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086435.md - Parcel 2038001: 72,891 m² (7.29 ha, 18.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2038001.md - Parcel 2037994: 65,848 m² (6.58 ha, 16.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037994.md - Parcel 2086436: 64,103 m² (6.41 ha, 15.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086436.md - Parcel 2086427: 60,365 m² (6.04 ha, 14.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086427.md - Parcel 2037996: 57,659 m² (5.77 ha, 14.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037996.md - Parcel 2037993: 56,851 m² (5.69 ha, 14.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037993.md - Parcel 2086433: 56,178 m² (5.62 ha, 13.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086433.md - Parcel 2037998: 54,191 m² (5.42 ha, 13.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037998.md - Parcel 2086437: 53,226 m² (5.32 ha, 13.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086437.md - Parcel 2037989: 53,226 m² (5.32 ha, 13.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037989.md - Parcel 2086441: 44,292 m² (4.43 ha, 10.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086441.md - Parcel 2037995: 42,696 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037995.md - Parcel 2086426: 40,433 m² (4.04 ha, 9.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086426.md - Parcel 2086440: 40,383 m² (4.04 ha, 9.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086440.md - Parcel 2086430: 38,891 m² (3.89 ha, 9.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086430.md - Parcel 2086432: 35,020 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086432.md - Parcel 2086434: 34,953 m² (3.5 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086434.md - Parcel 2037999: 33,480 m² (3.35 ha, 8.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037999.md - Parcel 2086431: 33,221 m² (3.32 ha, 8.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086431.md - Parcel 2037997: 32,718 m² (3.27 ha, 8.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037997.md - Parcel 2037991: 32,675 m² (3.27 ha, 8.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037991.md - Parcel 2086442: 3,077 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086442.md - Parcel 2086439: 2,926 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2086439.md - Parcel 2037992: 910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2037992.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Newforest 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) No planning application touches the townland of Newforest in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Curraghlehanagh Bog SAC, site code 002350, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002350 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curraghlehanagh Bog, site code 000256 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA032-036: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA032-036----. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newforest. ## 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 Newforest, about 1 in 10 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 low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newforest. - 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/newforest.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/newforest.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/newforest.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Newforest 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) - Curragh More: https://everytownland.com/galway/curragh-more-61658.md - Curraghlehanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/curraghlehanagh.md - Derrynabrin: https://everytownland.com/galway/derrynabrin.md - Kilcoosh: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilcoosh.md - Killasmuggaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/killasmuggaun.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/galway/milltown-63292.md - Newcastle: https://everytownland.com/galway/newcastle-63429.md - Rushestown: https://everytownland.com/galway/rushestown.md - Toomard: https://everytownland.com/galway/toomard.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/newforest - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/newforest