# St. Laurencesfields, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Loughrea, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway; in Irish Páirceanna San Labhrás. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 218,463 m² (21.85 ha, 53.98 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 231 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential Existing, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Loughrea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/loughrea.md - Barony: Loughrea - Electoral division: Loughrea Urban, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20178 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63928 - Centre: latitude 53.201006, longitude -8.588049 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in St. Laurencesfields, from 2 m² to 55,518 m² (5.55 ha, 13.72 acres); 44 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1968026: 55,518 m² (5.55 ha, 13.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968026.md - Parcel 1930701: 46,054 m² (4.61 ha, 11.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930701.md - Parcel 1930698: 36,118 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930698.md - Parcel 1930699: 16,737 m² (1.67 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930699.md - Parcel 1930695: 9,970 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930695.md - Parcel 1930694: 7,727 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930694.md - Parcel 1968024: 4,301 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968024.md - Parcel 1968025: 3,237 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968025.md - Parcel 1930697: 2,381 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930697.md - Parcel 1930686: 2,132 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930686.md - Parcel 1930696: 1,980 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930696.md - Parcel 2113216: 1,809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113216.md - Parcel 1968020: 1,601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968020.md - Parcel 1930692: 1,578 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930692.md - Parcel 1930689: 1,534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930689.md - Parcel 1968022: 1,310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968022.md - Parcel 1930688: 1,196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930688.md - Parcel 1930691: 1,131 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930691.md - Parcel 1968021: 1,096 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968021.md - Parcel 1968023: 677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968023.md - Parcel 1930687: 592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930687.md - Parcel 2557973: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557973.md - Parcel 2020983: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020983.md - Parcel 4457761: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457761.md - Parcel 2067927: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067927.md - Parcel 2557959: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557959.md - Parcel 2067900: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067900.md - Parcel 2021005: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021005.md - Parcel 2021003: 309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021003.md - Parcel 4457760: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457760.md - Parcel 2020987: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020987.md - Parcel 2067923: 298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067923.md - Parcel 2020981: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020981.md - Parcel 4457762: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457762.md - Parcel 2021000: 295 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021000.md - Parcel 1930693: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930693.md - Parcel 2021001: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021001.md - Parcel 1968019: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968019.md - Parcel 5639156: 271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5639156.md - Parcel 1930700: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930700.md - Parcel 5639194: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5639194.md - Parcel 2067915: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067915.md - Parcel 2436978: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2436978.md - Parcel 4660310: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660310.md - Parcel 3085668: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3085668.md - Parcel 2067899: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067899.md - Parcel 2067922: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067922.md - Parcel 2020992: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020992.md - Parcel 2751476: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751476.md - Parcel 2068028: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2068028.md - Parcel 2020988: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020988.md - Parcel 2067920: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067920.md - Parcel 2557947: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557947.md - Parcel 2557974: 233 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557974.md - Parcel 2751456: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751456.md - Parcel 2751474: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751474.md - Parcel 2557975: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557975.md - Parcel 1930690: 225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1930690.md - Parcel 2020986: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020986.md - Parcel 2557976: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557976.md - Parcel 2557961: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557961.md - Parcel 2557972: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557972.md - Parcel 2557960: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557960.md - Parcel 2751475: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751475.md - Parcel 2557982: 216 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557982.md - Parcel 2557971: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557971.md - Parcel 2557950: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557950.md - Parcel 2557948: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557948.md - Parcel 2557958: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557958.md - Parcel 2557952: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557952.md - Parcel 2557981: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557981.md - Parcel 2557953: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557953.md - Parcel 2557954: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557954.md - Parcel 2113686: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2113686.md - Parcel 2557955: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557955.md - Parcel 2557956: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557956.md - Parcel 2557957: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557957.md - Parcel 2020989: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020989.md - Parcel 1968027: 200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1968027.md - Parcel 2020991: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020991.md - Parcel 2020984: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020984.md - Parcel 2557977: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557977.md - Parcel 2557965: 194 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557965.md - Parcel 2067916: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067916.md - Parcel 2067926: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067926.md - Parcel 2557962: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557962.md - Parcel 2020982: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020982.md - Parcel 2557964: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557964.md - Parcel 2021074: 187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021074.md - Parcel 2067898: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067898.md - Parcel 2557966: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557966.md - Parcel 2020985: 182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020985.md - Parcel 2557979: 180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2557979.md - Parcel 2067919: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067919.md - Parcel 2067917: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067917.md - Parcel 4960172: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960172.md - Parcel 5511286: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5511286.md - Parcel 2067901: 166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067901.md - Parcel 2022165: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2022165.md - Parcel 2067925: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067925.md - Parcel 2021002: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2021002.md - Parcel 2067918: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067918.md - Parcel 2020990: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020990.md - Parcel 2067924: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067924.md - Parcel 2020999: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2020999.md - Parcel 2067902: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067902.md - Parcel 2067928: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067928.md - Parcel 2067921: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2067921.md - Parcel 4979924: 2 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4979924.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential Existing (Existing residential): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 112 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - G1 Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - S3 Community Facilities (Community facilities): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - R1 Residential Infill (New/proposed residential): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - R1 Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential): Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/adopted-loughrea-local-area-plan-2024-2030 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 22 Sept 2025, Galway County Council 2561366: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561366/0 - 15 Jan 2025, Galway County Council 2560033: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560033/0 - 31 Jul 2024, Galway County Council 2460973: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460973/0 - 20 Jun 2024, Galway County Council 2460754: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460754/0 - 15 Jun 2023, Galway County Council 23244: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23244/0 - 9 May 2019, Galway County Council 19697: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19697/0 - 26 Oct 2017, Galway County Council 171552: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171552/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 St. Laurencesfields. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA105-184: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-184----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA105-233----. 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 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 St. Laurencesfields. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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: 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_991.zip (ZIP). - 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/st-laurencesfields.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/st-laurencesfields.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/st-laurencesfields.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) 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: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Caherlavine: https://everytownland.com/galway/caherlavine.md - Cosmona: https://everytownland.com/galway/cosmona.md - Gorteennabohogy: https://everytownland.com/galway/gorteennabohogy.md - Pollroebuck: https://everytownland.com/galway/pollroebuck.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/st-laurencesfields - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/st-laurencesfields