Ryehill Demesne

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ryehill Demesne, from 48 m² to 422,827 m² (42.28 ha, 104.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Ryehill Demesne 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  A 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 239 hectares consisting of the following: 1,031,319 sq. m. of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 32 no. MV stations on associated hardstanding; new internal access tracks; underground cabling and ducting including along public roads L7138, L7141, L3110, L7140, L31085, L3108, L7132, L7131, and L7129; new access points onto public roads L7138, L3110, L7141, L7129, L71383, and upgrades to existing access points are proposed on public roads L7141, L3110, L7140, L7132, L7129, and L71383; limited alterations to existing stone walls including the creation or widening of access openings and reinstatement works; security fencing; CCTV; drainage infrastructure; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; Horizontal Directional Drilling beneath the disused railway line; temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be operational for 40 years. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661362

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  of private garage/store, turf and timber storage shed and barbeque building

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660570

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  of the as-constructed waste water treatment system and percolation area, alterations to the as constructed entrance and permission for construction of private dwelling house and domestic garage and all other associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561941

• 29 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct an agricultural entrance on to my farm land to allow entry and exit for agricultural activities

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561041

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/store, including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (H)183.14 sqm & (G) 53.94 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25135

• 8 Apr 2025N/a

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house and private garage/store to include all associated site works. (Revised plans and connect to existing treatment system granted under planning ref. 19/1638)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2569

• 17 Dec 2024Refused

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 203.28 sqm & (Garage) 53.94 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24362

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new waste water treatment and percolation system and all ancillary site works & site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 205 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461439

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwellinghouse with wastewater treatment system & private store to include all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23227

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  to demolish existing dwelling house and to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works at the above location. Gross floor space of proposed works: 232.28 sqm (house) & 53.94 sqm (garage/shed). Gross floor space of any demolition: 82.19 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211627

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 221.6 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21725

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 222.44 sqm, Garage/fuel shed: 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21654

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 203.28 sqm, Garage = 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191638

• 23 Jul 2019Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 200.99 sqm, Garage = 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191124

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Natural Heritage Area: Killaclogher Bog NHA 001280

Recorded monuments

• GA058-081 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.

• GA058-082 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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

• Ryehill, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway to former Ryehill House, erected c.1830, comprising two pairs of carved limestone square-plan piers with tapered panels, moulded plinths and string courses and moulded caps with squat pyramidal tops, supporting decorative cast-iron vehicular gates and having flanking plinth walls with centrally placed pedestrian gates supported to rear by ornate cast-iron brackets, and cast-iron railings and gates. Walls to road flare in convexly towards gates and are of snecked ashlar limestone with plinths and flat copings. Set back from road opposite gate lodge.

• Ryehill, outbuilding, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, built c.1830, formerly associated with now-demolished Ryehill country house. Nine-bay single-storey outbuilding at north-west has pitched and slate and corrugated-iron roof with projecting eaves course, lined and ruled cement render with stone plinth, square-headed window openings having draughted and sparrow-pecked stone surrounds and stone sills, square-headed doorways with chamfered surrounds, and integral carriage arch to central bay. Seven-bay two-storey outbuilding at north-east has two northern end bays canted, four-stage tower beyond canted bays, half-hipped and pitched corrugated-iron roof, lime rendered walls, square-headed window openings to canted bays, and four integral segmental arches with stepped voussoirs, round-headed doorway to base of tower, flat-headed window opening to second stage, oculus to third stage with brick surround and round-headed opening to top stage with projecting cornice on decorated brackets above. Buildings at north-west and north-east sides of courtyard having random rubble stone walls to south and water pump to centre. Yard entered through gateway having square-plan cut-stone piers and cast-iron vehicular gates.

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ryehill Demesne.

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

Name

Ryehill Demesne · Droim an tSeagail

Area

1,243,854 m² (124.39 ha, 307.36 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Ryehill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ryehill electoral division: 878 people in 270 households; 89% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaboorkagh, Carrowmore, Cashlaundarragh, Killaclogher, Knockauncarragh, Parkacurry

Placenames

Ryehill Demesne 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.