Townparks

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townparks, from 15 m² to 80,589 m² (8.06 ha, 19.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Townparks 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.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  to 1. change of use to part of ground floor from retail use to residential use. 2. Internal modifications to existing residential area of ground floor level. 3. Minor modifications to existing front façade. 4. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661345

• 5 Jun 2025Conditional

  for a community park to include a children's playground, seating areas, sensory garden, growing garden and parkland. Site lays adjacent to the historic Town Hall / ‘Old Theatre’ building (dilapidated). Registered Monument ref. GA108-228. NIAH ref. 30338006. An Archaeological and Cultural Impact Assessment in relation to this building accompanies this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560709

• 1 Mar 2024Conditional

  to: 1. construct a standalone single storey structure to be used as a pharmacy (area 139.72 sqm), 2. proposed new signage to front façade, 3. connection to public mains sewer, 4. and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460217

• 7 Aug 2023Conditional

  & a) completion of an attic conversion (approx. 64 sqm) to an existing two storey over basement dwellinghouse including dormer & velux windows & b) permission for the construction of a new car port & garden store (36.8 sqm) ancillary to the existing dwelling including all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360917

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  for the following development: (a) for the retention of change of use from a domestic garage to a home office (previously permitted under Plan. Ref. No. 2/4516);(b) for the retention of a first floor extension over annex to the rear of existing 2 storey dwelling (dwelling previously permitted under Plan Ref. No. 43485), and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 10.08 sqm (Extension) and 37.11 sqm (Garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23101

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  to erect a new boundary wall to part of the southern boundary.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201912

• 4 Aug 2020Conditional

  for relocation of existing vents and fuel storage area to rear of permitted development (planning reference numbers 09/1404 and 15/1069) and associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201070

• 4 Oct 2019Conditional

  for (a) Retention of existing vents and ventilation system which services permitted development (planning reference number 15/1069), and (b) extension of existing vent to roof level, and associated works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 191550

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  to convert 2 No. semi-detached dwelling houses to a single dwelling house, to carry out alterations, erect an extension to same and to construct ancillary site works (Gross floor space of proposed works 71.7sqm, demolition 14.5sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171357

• 15 Jun 2017Conditional

  for construction of single storey extension to side and rear of existing house and sundry associated works (Gross floor space proposed30.4sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17875

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 Townparks.

Recorded monuments

• GA108-228 Theatre
  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.

• GA108-228001 Church
  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.

• GA108-232 Town
  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.

• GA108-243 Architectural feature
  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

• Eyrecourt Courthouse, court house, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform-plan seven-bay two-storey former courthouse, built c.1825, having full-height projections to front (north) and rear elevations, single-storey lean-to to north elevation and walled enclosure to rear. No longer in use. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, cut limestone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course, some roughly dressed limestone visible under render. Smooth render to ground floor of front elevation, with render platband. Square-headed door opening to front projection with rendered tooled limestone block-and-start surround, overlight having cast-iron bars, and timber battened door. Square-headed recess to east end of projection, possibly formerly doorway. Square-headed opening to west end of front elevation having timber battened door. Square-headed window openings throughout with render and limestone sills. Cast-iron bars to openings to front and side elevations. Boarded-up openings to front and rear elevations. Pair of tooled limestone piers flanking single-leaf metal gate to front of building, stone wall adjoining gate. Pair of square-profile rendered piers flanking metal gate to front boundary also.

• The Old Convent, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house over basement, built c.1820, having shallow breakfront. Formerly used as convent, now in use as house, with recent conservatory to north gable. Hipped tiled roof, with painted smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, cast-iron downpipes and replacement uPVC gutters. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Segmental-headed window openings with limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns. Square-headed window openings to basement with limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement timber panelled door to front (west) elevation with petal design fanlight, and margined side-lights. Recent limestone steps leading to front entrance. Replacement cast-metal railings on cut-stone plinth to front boundary. Cast-iron boot-scrape located at front entrance.

• Eyrecourt Town Hall, market house, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached, T-plan five-bay two-storey former market house and court house, c.1750, having central three-bay pedimented breakfront with stone plaque to front (west) elevation, and full-height return to rear. Later used as school and town hall. Currently ruinous and unroofed. Vestigial remains of slate roof to east end, with tooled eaves course. Rubble limestone walls with remnants of render to front, rendered rubble limestone walls to sides and rear elevations. Round-headed arcade to ground floor of breakfront,with tooled ashlar limestone surround and keystone to central arch, ashlar limestone voussoirs to flanking blind archways, and cut limestone impost course. Elliptical blind arches containing square-headed openings to north and south ends of façade, and square-headed openings with stone sills to upper floor. Painted rendered interior.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded and fluted shaft and cap and bucket shelf to base. Recently added tap.

• Hourigan, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay three-storey house, built c.1820, with later timber shopfront to front (south) elevation, and extension to rear with catslide roof. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and pebbledashed chimneystack. Pebble-dash to first and second floor, with smooth render to ground floor and east gable. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns. Shopfront comprising fixed window and timber panelled door with overlight, flanked by Doric pilasters supporting entablature with lettered fascia and cornice.

• O'Meara, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1820 as one of semi-detached pair, having integral carriage arch and fascia to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Pebble-dash to first and second floor of front (south) elevation, smooth render to ground floor having render plinth course. Smooth render fascia to ground floor with raised render lettering and moulded cornice overhead. Painted lettering 'General supply store' between upper floors. Square-headed window openings, that to ground floor having render sill and replacement uPVC window, those to upper floors being timber sliding sash, six-over-six panes to first floor and three-over-three panes to second floor, with painted stone sills. Red brick voussoirs and surrounds visible in areas through render. Round-headed door opening to ground floor having render block-and-start surround, threshold, and fanlight over moulded render cornice, with square-headed replacement double-leaf timber battened door. Cambered carriage arch having double-leaf timber battened doors.

• Saint Martin's, house, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former presbytery, built c.1770, having projecting single-bay two-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to west, full-height single-bay two-storey bowed bay to east, with two-bay single-storey extension with hipped slate roof to east of this. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, slate ridge tiles and lead flashing to copings, recent rooflights. Smooth rendered walls throughout, with pilasters to inner corners of flanking projecting bays and topped with moulded cornices and carved limestone pineapple finials. Square-headed window openings to central bays having stone sills and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and nine-over-six pane to ground floor. Round-headed window openings to side bays and to gables, having stone sills. Recent uPVC windows to west bay and one remaining timber window to bow-fronted bay having cast-iron railings to sill. Circular window opening to first floor with stone sill and timber fixed window. Rear has square-headed, round-headed and oculus windows, last having latticed glazing. Round-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround having keystone with half-glazed timber door and cobweb fanlight. Limestone steps leading to entrance door, and cast-iron railings to front elevation to rubble plinth walls with limestone copings. Carved limestone doorcase in rear wall of house is of late seventeenth-century date with moulded surround having fluted keystone and kneelers, flanked by panelled pilasters with moulded plinths and cornices and topped with carved eagles. Walled 'Spanish Garden' and outbuildings to rear, one of latter being double-height and having square-headed window openings and round-headed doorway.

• Saint Martin's, walled garden, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden to rear of Saint Martin's, constructed c.1770, comprising 'series of courtyards flanked on one side by wall of rooms with promenade on top. Each of three courts, southernmost of which has wall of niches facing fields, is lower than one before. Wall of rooms ends in cascade of steps. Upper court built against rear wall of house. Walkway from promenade leading out to stone turret-staircase at centre. Two-storey covered corridor added to connect house to adjacent Catholic church'.

• Saint Brendan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Catholic church, dated 1828, having altar at east end, full-height transepts, single-bay pitched-roof chapels to side walls of chancel, single-bay boiler house with pitched roof to south elevation of nave, single-bay entrance porch to north elevation of nave, and recent two-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to east elevation of south transept. Main entrance through north transept. Pitched artificial slate roofs throughout with cast-iron rain water goods. Square-profile snecked limestone belfry with crenellations, moulded string courses, and hood-mouldings to pointed-arch openings with timber louvers. Wet-dashed rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Pointed-arch window openings, four-light with tracery to chancel east window, two-light to transept and single-light elsewhere, with cut limestone hood-mouldings, chamfered surrounds and slate sills, having stained-glass and leaded glass windows with secondary protective glass. Square-headed opening with replacement window to south elevation of nave. Timber open truss king-post roof with limestone corbels, timber gallery to west end, and stained-glass windows to chancel and chapels, to interior. Site is located on corner site adjacent to road, set in lawned grounds, bounded by cast-iron gates and railings with cut limestone plinth. Double-height screen wall to west of site, with vestigial slate roof, roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered soffits, and pointed-arch niches above round-arched blind arcade. Plaque to grounds dates church to 1828.

• Innisfail, house, 1700–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c.1720, with slightly lower two-storey U-plan projection to front elevation having entrance, and stout external chimneystack to east gable. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rain water goods. Half-conical slate roof to entrance projection. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills throughout, with six-over-six pane windows to front elevation, and three-over-three, four-over-four, and six-over-six pane windows to rear elevation. Cut limestone Gibbsian doorcase with square-headed opening having replacement timber panelled door to front entrance, square-headed opening with replacement timber panelled door with three-pane overlight to secondary entrance. Front boundary consisting of plinth wall with wrought-iron railings. Square-profile rendered piers with wrought-iron double-leaf gates to east of house, giving access to rear of site. Garden to rear.

• Park Cottage, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having flat-roof porch to front elevation, canted oriel window with hipped roof to north gable, and single-storey lean-to extension to south gable. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimneypots, cast-iron rainwater goods and decorative carved timber bargeboards. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, two-over-two pane and one-over-one pane to oriel window, and three-over-six panes to rear elevation. Boundary wall of random rubble stone, square-profile cut limestone piers with metal gate. Site adjacent to The Mall, with north gable fronting to road.

• Eyrecourt Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates to Eyrecourt Castle, erected c.1780, comprising pair of cut limestone square-profile piers with moulded cornices and cut-stone plinths and copings, latter topped with carved stone pineapples replaced c.1995. Flanked by square-headed pedestrian entrances with carved lintel mouldings, in turn flanked by rubble stone boundary walls. Decorative steel and cast-iron double-leaf gates and pedestrian gates. Sited at east end of The Mall.

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 Townparks, about 1 in 10 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 Townparks.

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

Name

Townparks · Páirceanna an Bhaile

Area

471,796 m² (47.18 ha, 116.58 acres)

Civil parish

Donanaghta, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Eyrecourt, the unit of the census

Census 2022

468 people lived in 190 households in the Eyrecourt electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 12% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Budellagh and Cloghbrack, Eyrecourt Demesne, Gortnakilla, Lisfinny

Placenames

Townparks 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.