Sheeaunrush

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheeaunrush, from 969 m² to 127,067 m² (12.71 ha, 31.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Sheeaunrush 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.

• 8 Jul 2024Refused

  for; (1) a Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) facility contained within a secure outdoor compound (area of 34,855sqm), (2) a Synchronous Condenser (SC)positioned within a building and located within a second secure outdoor compound (area of 9,716sqm) on lands to the south of the LDES facility, and (3) demolition and removal of an existing dwelling, outhouses and agricultural sheds. The LDES facility comprises: (i) an open area battery energy storage system containing 168no. single storey battery enclosures and 56no. single storey medium voltage power station (MVPS) enclosures, (ii) IPP building, (iii) firewater storage tank, (iv) lightning masts and (v) electrical plant and bunded transformer. The SC facility comprises (i) a SC building, (ii) externally located cooling fans, (iii) firewater storage tank, (iv) lightning masts, (v) ESB rural supply compound, and (vi) bunded transformers and electrical plant. Both the LDES and SC facilities will electrically connect to the 400kV electricity grid using HV underground cables which will route from the respective LDES and SC compounds to a proposed Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation located adjacent to the ESS development. The proposed GIS associated HV cables and electric plant are the subject of a separate and concurrent strategic infrastructure development (SID) planning application to An Bord Pleanála under Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The proposed ESS development includes a temporary construction compound, a main entrance connecting to the L8763 public road, improvement works to the L8763 and the junction of the N65/L8763 public roads and all ancillary development including new internal roads, fencing and gates, car parking, lighting, utilities, lightning protection masts, underground services, landscaping and associated engineering works to provide for the connection of site services and foul and surface water management and drainage. The proposed ESS development is also located adjacent to a proposed Reserve Gas-Fired Generator which is the subject of a separate and concurrent SID planning application being made to An Bord Pleanála under Section 37E of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). Planning permission is being sought for a period of 10 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) are included in this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,389.00 sqm and 750 sqm for demolition

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460845

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 Sheeaunrush.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sheeaunrush.

Architectural heritage

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

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

The EPA radon map did not answer.

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Sheeaunrush with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Sheeaunrush · Sián Ruis

Area

213,738 m² (21.37 ha, 52.82 acres)

Civil parish

Lickmolassy, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Portumna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,504 people lived in 964 households in the Portumna electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaheskeragh, Capira, Cooldorragha, Derradda South, Derrew

Placenames

Sheeaunrush 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.