Eskershanore

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eskershanore, from 22 m² to 175,146 m² (17.51 ha, 43.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Eskershanore 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.

• 24 Feb 2025Conditional

  for installation of a single storey prefabricated building to accommodate a classroom and special education tuition classroom, connect into existing sewerage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 100.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560192

• 8 Aug 2024Conditional

  to dismantle and remove from site existing warehouse/shed and all associated site services. Previous Pl. Ref. 20/1832. Gross floor space of any demolition: 1,247.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461018

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  of (A) Domestic garage with roofed patio area attached. (B) Open sided domestic fuel store with enclosed dog run attached. (C) Revision to site boundaries approved under pl. ref. no. 62637 and 71075 and all Associated Site Development Works.

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2260020

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  to include [a] Alterations to existing entrance arrangement with defined entry and exit points on to the existing R380 [b] Removal of existing carparking spaces at the front of the school [c] New carpark Internal on school grounds [d] Playground / Play area [E] Multi use Astro turf playing pitch [F] Relocation of existing grassed playing pitch [G] Walking track around perimeter of school grounds [h] All associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21788

• 26 Apr 2021Conditional

  for a three bay slatted shed cubicle shed. Gross floor area of proposed works: 243.36 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21671

• 3 Dec 2020Refused

  for the change of use of a former skin and hide store to a storage and distribution hub (including administration area) works will include the demolition of an existing sore ("existing store building A - GFA: 1,073sqm) and associated tanks, external and internal alterations to an existing store including the construction of a ramp and dock leveler ("existing store building B - GFA 1,367sqm). Works also include for the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and the upgrade of the existing surface water management system, removal of an existing vehicular access and the creation of a new vehicular access point to the public road. The proposed development also includes appropriate landscaping as well as all associated site development works and services. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of any demolition; 1,073sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201832

• 27 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct Machinery shed/hay shed and create farm yard with access through existing road way approved under planning reference no. 04/45. Gross floor space of proposed works 280sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171128

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 Eskershanore.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Eskershanore.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Eskershanore, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Eskershanore · Eiscir Seanóir

Area

815,772 m² (81.58 ha, 201.58 acres)

Civil parish

Kilchreest, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Kilchreest, the unit of the census

Census 2022

307 people lived in 111 households in the Kilchreest electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycuddy, Ballygarraun, Ballyshea, Deerpark, Lackabaun, Roxborough

Placenames

Eskershanore 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.