St. Laurencesfields

109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in St. Laurencesfields, from 2 m² to 55,518 m² (5.55 ha, 13.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 112 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  for partial demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of a modular accommodation unit for a family member, with connection to existing site services and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561366

• 15 Jan 2025Conditional

  to construct a new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house & minor alterations to existing dwelling house, associated landscaping, connection to public sewer and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 86.20 sqm(house) & 230.70 sqm(extension)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560033

• 31 Jul 2024Refused

  to construct (1) a new two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house (2) minor alterations to existing dwelling house (3) associated landscaping, connection to public sewer and (4) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 234.20 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460973

• 20 Jun 2024N/a

  to construct a (1) new two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, (2) minor alterations to existing dwelling house, (3) associated landscaping, connection to public sewer and (4) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 234.20 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460754

• 15 Jun 2023Refused

  for the development that will consist of (1) permission to demolish existing sub-standard dwellinghouse (2) construct new two storey guesthouse (3) associated car parking, landscaping, connection to public sewer & (4) all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23244

• 9 May 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a residential development comprised as follows: 1. The construction of 13 residential units consisting of two storey dwellings containing 1 detached house, 6 semi-detached houses and 6 Townhouses. 2. All ancillary site works, services, roads, footpaths, public parking, shared surfaces, street lighting, hard and soft landscaping and level playing areas. 3. The provision of landscaped public open spaces and children's play area. 4. The connection of the development to the public sewer to the rear and for all ancillary services/plant associated with same. 5. Proposed access to the residential development is from the N-66 located within the 50km/hr speed limit zone of Loughrea town. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1585.35 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19697

• 26 Oct 2017N/a

  for the construction of a residential development comprising of: 1. The construction of 14 residential units consisting of two storey dwellings containing 8 semi-detached houses and 6 Townhouses. 2. All ancillary site works, services, roads, footpaths, public parking, shared surfaces, street lighting, hard and soft landscaping and level playing area. 3. The provision of landscaped public open spaces and children's play area. 4. The connection of the development to the public sewer and for all ancillary services/plant associated with same. 5. Proposed access to the residential development is from the N-66 located within the 50km/hr speed limit zone of Loughrea town. Gross floor space of proposed works 1738.80sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171552

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 St. Laurencesfields.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-184 Children's burial ground
  Description

  This burial ground is named ‘Kilnabasty Grave Yard’ on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1838) and ‘Kilnabasty Children’s Burial Ground’ on the most recent edition of the 6-inch map. It is situated in rough pastureland at the W edge of a large field. It consists of a roughly D-shaped area (37m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a modern field boundary at W and a low rubble wall foundations on the remaining sides. A break in this remnant enclosure wall suggests an entrance on the E side. Within the interior, numerous small rough grave-markers in the form of earth-fast fieldstones set on end indicate graves aligned E-W. A mature hawthorn tree grows near the centre. According to local tradition, an adult male was buried here on one occasion and that it was in use as a burial place for unbaptised children until about 100 years ago. It has been suggested that this site served as the burial ground for Loughrea’s medieval leper hospital (GA105-202----) (O’Sullivan 2009, 21-2). A test-pit was excavated adjacent to the burial ground to allow a commemorative sculpture to be erected at the site. This stone was erected in 2007 and the inscription reads: ST LAURENCE’S FIELDS OF THE INNOCENTS / THIS STONE WAS ERECETED IN 2007 IN MEMORY OF THE UNRECORDED GENERATIONS OF INFANTS WHO WERE BURIED AT THIS PLACE FROM MEDIEVAL TIMES UNTIL THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. Nothing was found in the test-pit (O’Sullivan 2009, 20-1). (OSL Co. Galway, Vol. 2, 87) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 June 2013

• GA105-233 Enclosure
  Description

  This enclosure was discovered in 2007 in the course of a survey of this area. It is situated in rough pastureland at the W edge of a large field immediately N of Kilnabasty Children's Burial Ground (GA105-184----) and possibly conjoined with it. It is defined by a low circular bank (O'Sullivan 2009, 18, 20, Fig. 2). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 June 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_991 (ZIP).

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 St. Laurencesfields with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

St. Laurencesfields · Páirceanna San Labhrás

Area

218,463 m² (21.85 ha, 53.98 acres)

Civil parish

Loughrea, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Loughrea Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughrea Urban electoral division: 6,322 people in 2,508 households; 53% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherlavine, Cosmona, Gorteennabohogy, Pollroebuck

Placenames

St. Laurencesfields 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.