Brierfort

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brierfort, from 100 m² to 160,395 m² (16.04 ha, 39.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Brierfort 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.

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  for an existing dwelling house and no. 1 domestic storage shed as constructed, along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 91 sqm+ 46 sqm = 137 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211984

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 279 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21587

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  for 1. the construction and extensions to the front, side and rear of an existing dwelling house 2. Construction of a new detached domestic garage/storage shed together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 194.42sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17138

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Coolcam Turlough SAC 000218
• Special Area of Conservation: Croaghill Turlough SAC 000255
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Croaghill Turlough 000255
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Coolcam Turlough 000218

Recorded monuments

• GA001-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in grassland overlooking bogland to NE. Well-preserved D- shaped rath (E-W c. 40m, N-S c. 30m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank has traces of an inner stone revetment, best preserved from S to W. A field wall overlies the outer bank from N to NE. Either one of two gaps at E or W could be the original entrance. A ringfort (GA001-002----) lies c. 180m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA001-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Some 180m SE of a ringfort (GA001-001----). Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 30m, E-W 26m) defined by a degraded scarp (H < 0.6m) best preserved at SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA001-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On E-facing slope of a low hill in undulating grassland overlooking a turlough to SE. Subcircular rath (N-S 37.5m, E-W 33m), in fair condition, defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. There is a possible entrance (Wth 5m) at E. A subrectangular hollow in SW section of the interior appears modern. Earthen banks radiating from the monument at SE and S may be associated. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA001-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland overlooking bogland to W. Very poorly preserved circular rath (D 36m) defined by a degraded scarp with traces of an external fosse at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Brierfort, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brierfort.

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

Name

Brierfort · Lios Driseacháin

Area

1,444,520 m² (144.45 ha, 356.95 acres)

Civil parish

Templetogher, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Templetogher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

419 people lived in 150 households in the Templetogher electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowneany, Cartron East, Croaghill, Island West, Kildaree, Lettera, Pollremon, Pollynoon

Placenames

Brierfort 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.