# Sheeaunrush, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Lickmolassy, barony of Longford, Co. Galway; in Irish Sián Ruis.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 213,738 m² (21.37 ha, 52.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,376 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Lickmolassy, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/lickmolassy.md
- Barony: Longford
- Electoral division: Portumna, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/21254
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63851
- Centre: latitude 53.134202, longitude -8.24352 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheeaunrush, from 969 m² to 127,067 m² (12.71 ha, 31.4 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4938321: 127,067 m² (12.71 ha, 31.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938321.md
- Parcel 1962560: 48,260 m² (4.83 ha, 11.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962560.md
- Parcel 1962455: 15,271 m² (1.53 ha, 3.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962455.md
- Parcel 5284705: 11,216 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5284705.md
- Parcel 4989052: 5,537 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4989052.md
- Parcel 1962559: 3,747 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962559.md
- Parcel 1988025: 2,157 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988025.md
- Parcel 4938317: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938317.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 8 Jul 2024, Galway County Council 2460845: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460845/0

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## 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 Sheeaunrush.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sheeaunrush.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Sheeaunrush, 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 Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/sheeaunrush.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeaunrush.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeaunrush.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Sheeaunrush 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)

- Ballynaheskeragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynaheskeragh.md
- Capira: https://everytownland.com/galway/capira.md
- Cooldorragha: https://everytownland.com/galway/cooldorragha-61427.md
- Derradda South: https://everytownland.com/galway/derradda-south.md
- Derrew: https://everytownland.com/galway/derrew-61748.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.

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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/sheeaunrush
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/sheeaunrush