Mirehill

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mirehill, from 38 m² to 328,649 m² (32.86 ha, 81.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Mirehill 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.

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional

  of: the attic conversion, elevation alterations to garage, minor ground floor alterations and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 93.80 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460963

• 27 Jun 2024Conditional

  of alterations to an existing serviced dwelling with all associated services previously granted under 21/250. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 251 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460787

• 22 Jun 2021Conditional

  for a change of house plan from those previously approved under planning refence 21/250. Gross floor space of proposed works: 170.1sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211102

• 5 May 2021N/a

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 200.8 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21740

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works: Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 231.5 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21250

• 12 Mar 2020Refused

  of a) the conversion of the first floor of dwelling house to habitable accommodation, b) Retention of three roof lights to front elevation of the house, c) To retain the use of part of a building as a vehicle, and material store used in conjunction with existing building. This building was granted permission under planning reference 12/201. d) Retention of two rear sheds for storage purposes, e) Retention of hardcore filled hard standing area to the rear of the sheds. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 355.2 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 20318

• 16 Jan 2020Conditional

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 253.5 sqm, Garage - 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2032

• 30 Oct 2019N/a

  for the use of a building as a store used in conjunction with existing building. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 65 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191689

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and onsite wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling = 162 sqm, Garage = 34 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191466

• 11 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 295 sqm (Dwelling), 40 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19550

• 5 Apr 2019Refused

  to construct serviced dwelling, garage/shed and effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 208 sqm (House), 60 sqm (Shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19503

• 20 Jul 2018N/a

  to construct serviced dwelling, garage/shed and effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 208sqm, Garage 60sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181039

• 6 Jan 2017N/a

  for a new agricultural entrance to agricultural storage shed and lands.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 173

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 Mirehill.

Recorded monuments

• GA042-196 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (NE-SW 36m, NW-SE 31.5m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Quarrying has encroached upon the inner bank and fosse at SW and N. A field wall overlies the outer bank from S through W to NW, and a second wall obscures it at E. 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

• GA042-197 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S 37m, E-W 35m) defined by an inner drystone wall, intervening fosse and earthen outer bank. 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

• GA042-198 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 27.7m) defined by a bank, no visible surface trace of which survives from WSW through N to NNE. A gap at E may be modern. 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

• GA042-199 Enclosure
  Description

  Some 220m NE of a ringfort (GA042-200----). A subcircular area (N-S 39m, E-W 37m) defined by a scarp and external fosse from SSW through W to NNE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A laneway cuts the monument at NE and SSW, and two field walls radiate from it to W. Field-clearance rubble is piled within the interior at E, and a CBG (GA042-199001-) is 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

• GA042-199001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Associated with an enclosure (GA042-199----). Although named 'Lisheen' on OS 6-inch maps, suggesting the presence of a CBG, no visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA042-200 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 36m, N-S 33m), in fair condition, defined by a bank. An enclosure (GA042-199----) lies c. 220m to NE. 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 Mirehill.

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 Mirehill, 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 Mirehill.

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

Name

Mirehill · Baile an Lábáin

Area

1,238,871 m² (123.89 ha, 306.13 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghpatrick, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

584 people lived in 210 households in the Donaghpatrick electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeytown, Carrowmore, Cloonee, Largan, Lisdonagh

Placenames

Mirehill 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.