Turoe

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turoe, from 16 m² to 126,899 m² (12.69 ha, 31.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Turoe 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.

• 25 Feb 2026Conditional

  of roof lights to front and rear elevations of an existing dwelling house and to retain an existing domestic garage on the same site and all associated site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660296

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and private garage/store to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 191.64 sqm & (Shed) 53.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2531

• 4 May 2022Conditional

  for the proposed development consisting of the re-location and installation of the Turoe Stone, a national monument, within a protective enclosure, with ancillary landscaping works. The corten steel & glazed enclosure is circular, 8.1m in overall diameter and 2.7m in clear height, with a square glass drum topped by a square glazed roof light housing the stone. Three piers in corten steel support the roof disc, creating a covered ambulatory that allows visitors to enjoy the stone. A compacted and well-drained granite grit path allows for the circulation route up to the monument. New corten steel gates are added to the newly formed vehicular & pedestrian entrance with convex stone walls. Provision of 4 no. car spaces is made & a new pedestrian gate made to the adjoining pet farm. Gross floor space of proposed works: 50 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22580

• 10 Dec 2021Refused

  to construct a dwelling house with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 111 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212346

• 16 Sept 2021Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house with detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 259.45 sqm, Garage: 50.88 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211701

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site development works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 240.87 (house) and 59.8 (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20867

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 208 sqm (house) 49.5 sqm. (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18195

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 Turoe.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-150001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Just S of the summit of a hill in gently rolling pastureland. Known as the 'Rath of Feerwore', this monument was excavated by Knox (1916c, 191-3) and Raftery (1944, 23-52). Prior to excavation it consisted of a circular enclosure (diam. 28.5m) defined by an earthen bank with an entrance at SE flanked by two upright boulders (Raftery ibid., 24). The excavations revealed the presence of an outer rock-cut fosse and structural remains included a number of hearths, pits and post-holes, as well as three burials (see GA097-150004-) (ibid. 28, 30-31, 46-9). The monument proved to be a multi-period site ranging in date from the Early Iron Age to the Early Christian period. Apart from a low scarp at E and an area of dense thistle growth, no visible surface trace of it survives. A standing stone (GA097-150002-) lies c. 60m to the NNW. Two other possible standing stones (GA097-150005-) and the ‘Turoe Stone’ (GA097-150006-) are also associated. (Cody 1989, 219-35, no. 65) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 August 2018

• GA097-150002 Standing stone
  Description

  In a small coniferous tree plantation, c. 60m NNW of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-). This well-preserved upright granite boulder, aligned N-S, is quadrangular in plan and narrows towards the top (H 0.67m; Wth 0.89m on E elevation). A granite boulder, which does not appear to be set, lies c. 10m to the SE (Cody 1989, 165-6). Raftery (1944, 24-5, 31, Fig. 1) also records two other possible standing stones (GA097-150005-) close to the rath. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-150003 Cist
  Description

  Within the ‘Rath of Feewore’ (GA097-150001-). During the course of an excavation carried out by Knox (1915-16, 192) a small crude cist was found in a cutting through the W side of the bank. It appears that it was lay below the level of the bank. The cist was defined by two thin stones on each side, one at each end and three on the top. Fragmentary traces of cremated bone were found within it. (Waddell 1975, 10-11) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-150004 Burial
  Description

  Within the ‘Rath of Feewore’ (GA097-150001-). During the course of an excavation carried out by Raftery (1944, 23-52) an incomplete extended female burial was found in the NW quadrant of the interior. The lower portion of the skeleton was missing as a result of previous disturbance of the site by quarrying. No grave goods were found and the skeleton was protected by a cist-like arrangement of stones around its sides and head (ibid., 28, 30, 46-8). A slightly charred fragment of a human skull was also found in this quadrant and a deposit of bones was found in the NE quadrant (ibid., 48-9). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-150005 Standing stone
  Description

  In pastureland. Raftery (1944, 24, 31, Fig. 1) recorded 'two large lumps of granite, measuring respectively 85 by 90 cm. and 135 by 120 cm.' close to the NW of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-) and in the vicinity of the original location of the Turoe stone (GA097-150006-). No visible surface trace of them was noted on inspection in September 1984. A standing stone (GA097-150002-) lies in a small coniferous plantation c. 60m to the N of the rath. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-151 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise in gently rolling grassland, formerly part of Turoe demesne. Circular enclosure (diam. 30m), in fair condition, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; ext. H 1m; int. H 0.6m) planted with trees and bushes. Slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 2m) are visible at NW. A gap at ENE appears to be modern. The interior rises towards the centre and was densely overgrown with thistles at the time of inspection. Possibly a tree-ring enclosure but the siting and dimensions of the bank are typical of raths in this area. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-152 Stone sculpture - aniconic (present location)
  Description

  Originally located in the vicinity of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-). Known as the Turoe Stone, this National Monument consists of a glacial erratic (H 1.2m) shaped into a flattened cylinder with a domed top. Its upper 0.8m is covered with a well-preserved quadripartite arrangement of three-plane curvilinear ornament of La Tène style. This is bounded below by a horizontal band, 0.2m deep, of incised step-pattern. See GA097-150006- for its original location. (Redington 1902, 118; Raftery 1944, 23-52; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 132; Harbison 1975, 102; Cody 1989, 166-70, no. 29) The stone has been temporarily removed to the Office of Public Works depot in Athenry for conservation purposes. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 September 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 11/1933). The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 327.

• GA097-153 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.

• GA097-154 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In pastureland, formerly part of Turoe demesne. Indicated on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular tree-planted enclosure (diam. c. 23m). No visible surface trace survives. The cartographic evidence suggests that it was a tree-ring. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

• GA097-155 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Named ‘Turoe’ on the 1838 and 1933 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, no visible surface trace of the original Turoe House survives. A black and white photograph dated 1915 in the Lyons collection of photographs in the Department of Archaeology, NUIG shows that it was a three-storey, five-bay, T-shaped house with a neo-classical porch in the W wall and plain rectangular windows. It was demolished in the mid-1950s and replaced with the present house. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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 Turoe.

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.

• Turoe, Bullaun5 sales

Name

Turoe · An Tuar Rua

Area

1,573,849 m² (157.38 ha, 388.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Athenry

Electoral division

Raford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Raford electoral division: 645 people in 217 households; 84% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykeeran, Bullaun, Farta, Galboley, Gortcam, Lackafinna North, Lackafinna South

Placenames

Turoe 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.