Wallscourt

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wallscourt, from 24 m² to 164,570 m² (16.46 ha, 40.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Wallscourt 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 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a domestic garage/fuel store with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661600

• 23 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the existing site entrance/exit gate located at the eastern side of the site. Full planning permission to close up the existing site entrance/exit which is location at the road junction toward the north of the site. Full planning permission to retain the existing extension at the rear of the dwelling and its associated new roof and first floor accommodation with all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561566

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct 4 new dwelling houses with wastewater treatment plants, tertiary treatment units percolation areas, domestic garages, access road and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 833.43 sqm(h), 90.88 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560933

• 4 Jul 2025Refused

  and complete the unauthorized domestic garage/fuel storage shed with all its ancillary site works. Full planning permission also sought to demolish the existing decaying storage shed located at the rear of the dwelling. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 54 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 12 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560892

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a Dwelling House, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 218 sqm(H)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560395

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  and completion of changes to dwelling house previously granted under planning ref. no. 211719 and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 200 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461405

• 26 Jul 2023Conditional

  to construct a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360847

• 10 Dec 2021Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 207.18 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212341

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 242.16 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212036

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 220.7 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211720

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230.35 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211719

• 19 Aug 2021Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 207.18 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211499

• 19 Aug 2021Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 230.35 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211500

• 27 Nov 2020N/a

  to form a new double cattle gate access to farmland. Gross floor space of proposed works: (Recessed Gates Area) 26.50 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201802

• 4 Sept 2020Conditional

  for Revised Planning Permission for an approved (Pl. Ref. 20/719) extension of 95 sqm to the existing school, with associated site works and services, including the drainage and upgrade of play areas at Kilrickle National School, Loughrea, Co. Galway. The proposed revisions include minor changes to the internal layout and external elevations. Gross floor space of proposed works: 95 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 232 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 20 sqm (shelter removed)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201252

• 11 Jun 2020Conditional

  to construct a 95 sq. m extension to the existing school with associated site works & services including the drainage and upgrade of play areas. Gross floor space of proposed works 95 msq.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20719

• 11 Jan 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house with an onsite foul treatment unit and polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 298.16sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1815

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 Wallscourt.

Recorded monuments

• GA098-135 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In low-lying marshy farmland, c.130m SE of a stream. Named ‘Toberadoney’ in Gothic script on the 1838 and 1933 editions of the OS 6-inch map, meaning ‘Sunday well’ (O’Flanagan 1927, vol. 1, 484). On inspection, this natural spring well (D 1.1m) was enclosed by a low oval-shaped drystone wall (1.9m E-W; 0.9m N-S; H 0.2m) constructed of two courses of irregular limestone blocks covered with grass and moss. An underground stream flowing to the W appeared to emerge from the well. No votive offerings were visible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 May 2023

• GA098-136 Field system
  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.

• GA098-136001 House - fortified house
  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.

• GA098-136002 Castle - unclassified
  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.

• GA098-137001 Church
  Description

  In pastureland and roughly centrally located on the W side of Kilreekill village. Named 'Old Chapel' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and indicated as a roofed building aligned roughly E-W. It stood immediately to the S of a later 'R.C. Chapel' (GA098-137003-). On the 1933 edition of the map it is named 'Chapel (in Rns.) and only a short section of it S side-wall is depicted. It was separated from the later church by the boundary wall of the associated graveyard (GA098-137002-). It was dedicated to St Richella, possibly a sister of St Patrick or St Finnian (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 395). According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 482-3) the only surviving remnant of it that survived in 1838 was a wall (L c. 10m) 'apparently modern' in which there was 'a pointed archway constructed of rude stones and lime and sand mortar.' The arch was 'nearly 9 [c. 2.7m] feet high and 7 [2.1m] feet broad at the ground'. No visible surface trace of it survives. A number of graves now occupy this area of the graveyard. According to local information, the wall was knocked down years ago and the stone from it was used as building material. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 April 2020

• GA098-137002 Graveyard
  Description

  In pastureland and roughly centrally located on the W side of Kilreekill village. This graveyard (c. 73m NW-SE; c. 59m NE-SW) is to the S side of the 'Old Chapel' (GA098-137001-) and 'St. Mary's Church (GA098-137003-). Headstones and grave-markers date from the late 18th century and it is still in use and has been extended to the W and N of the church. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 April 2020

• GA098-137003 Church
  Description

  The following description is from www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30409807/saint-marys-church-wallscourt-co-galway last accessed 8 April 2020. Freestanding gable-fronted T-plan Roman Catholic church, dated 1839, facing east having two-bay nave, single-bay transepts, canted apse to west elevation, and two-bay sacristy to west elevation of north transept. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to apse, with metal cross finials to transept gables, cut and carved limestone gabled bellcote to gable-front with cut limestone cross finial. Painted wetdashed rendered walls with smooth render plinth course and bands to quoins. Round-headed window openings to nave and transepts, pointed arch window flanked by circular windows to apse, segmental-headed windows to sacristy, all with painted rendered reveals and leaded windows. Pointed arch door main entrance, with chamfered cut and tooled limestone surround, limestone threshold and timber battened double leaf doors. Later timber gallery, carved marble altar furniture and leaded coloured glass windows to interior. Decorative plasterwork to ceiling of apse. Open scissors timber truss roof. Graveyard to south of site. Steel gates and railings with moulded concrete block plinth wall. The simple forms of this church are combined to form a pleasing whole. The cut limestone bellcote and door surround are evidently the work of skilled craftsmen. It is situated adjacent to the road, visible from both sides, creating a notable landmark in the village of Kilreekil. The decorative plasterwork to the ceiling of the apse and the coloured leaded windows add interest and enliven the interior. The church is contextualised by the graveyard to the south. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 April 2020

• GA098-138 Well
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted T-plan Roman Catholic church, dated 1839, facing east having two-bay nave, single-bay transepts, canted apse to west elevation, and two-bay sacristy to west elevation of north transept. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to apse, with metal cross finials to transept gables, cut and carved limestone gabled bellcote to gable-front with cut limestone cross finial. Painted wetdashed rendered walls with smooth render plinth course and bands to quoins. Round-headed window openings to nave and transepts, pointed arch window flanked by circular windows to apse, segmental-headed windows to sacristy, all with painted rendered reveals and leaded windows. Pointed arch door main entrance, with chamfered cut and tooled limestone surround, limestone threshold and timber battened double leaf doors. Later timber gallery, carved marble altar furniture and leaded coloured glass windows to interior. Decorative plasterwork to ceiling of apse. Open scissors timber truss roof. Graveyard to south of site. Steel gates and railings with moulded concrete block plinth wall.

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 Wallscourt, about 1 in 20 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Wallscourt · Cúirt na bhFáltach

Area

1,305,365 m² (130.54 ha, 322.56 acres)

Civil parish

Kilreekill, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Kilreekill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 130 households in the Kilreekill electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahernagarry, Dartfield, Doon, Emlagh, Glenmeen, Lecarrownagappoge, Meanus

Placenames

Wallscourt 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.