Tirboy

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tirboy, from 50 m² to 290,698 m² (29.07 ha, 71.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Commercial / Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Feb 2026Conditional

  to construct a storage shed to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660142

• 16 Aug 2025Conditional

  of an existing storage building, and all associated site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561133

• 23 Jul 2025Conditional

  for a mixed-use development; The nature and extent of the proposed mixed-use development (58% commercial, 42% residential) is as follows: I.The construction of 26 no. residential units comprising detached, semi-detached and terraced house types, comprising: a. 2 no. 2-bed units, 21 no. 3-bed units and 3 no. 4-bed units. II. The construction of 3 no. retail blocks with 3 no. retail units within each block, providing a total of 2,019 sq. m of retail floor space. III. Provision of 133 no. car parking spaces (including 6 no. accessible, 14 no. standard EV, and 3 no. accessible and EV) and 40 no. sheltered visitor cycle spaces. IV. Provision of 820m2 of new landscaped public open space and public realm including seating, pedestrian paths, SuDS features, rain gardens, natural play areas, and native planting including rees and wildflowers. V. Improvements to the public footpath and public realm along the Cloontooa Road including relocating the existing site entrance further north. VI. All associated ancillary works to include connection to utilities, connection to public water supply and other services, connection and discharge to the public sewerage network, and site drainage including SuDS measures. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2,911.60 sqm(H), 2,019.00 sqm(comm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560998

• 11 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the construction of perimeter fencing and floodlighting to existing playing pitch, construction of new warmup pitch with perimeter fencing, ancillary structures including ball stop netting, goal posts, player dugouts and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560135

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works:101 sqm (House)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560081

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 27 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360495

• 28 Jan 2022Conditional

  to construct an extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 42 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2281

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  for a) floodlighting to existing GAA Grounds to include 4 No. lighting columns with light fittings to provide a minimum 500lux lighting scheme b) New access stairs and platform lifts to the existing stand/seated terrace c) To retain existing toilet block adjacent to existing seated terrace d) Construct new 2.4m high boundary walls to part of existing boundary to form revised boundaries to previously approved permission Reference 19/768 at Tuam Stadium, Tirboy Td, Tuam. Gross floor space of proposed works: 56 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 60 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21251

• 22 Sept 2020Conditional

  to retain [a] a rear two storey extension, [b] attic conversion [c] new shed and [d] renovation / remodeling internally and all associated site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 78 msq.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201354

• 22 Sept 2020Conditional

  to retain [a] a rear two storey extension [b]attic conversion [c] new shed and [d] renovation/ remodeling internally and all associated site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 78 msq.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201355

• 21 May 2019Conditional

  and complete new changing rooms, plant room facilities for referees and match officials, terracing and to construct a new roof to existing stand and terraced area to include press area, toilets, shop, storage, control room, hospitality area, upgrade of existing stand and ancillary works at Tuam Stadium. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1271 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1200.3 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19768

• 28 Jan 2019Unconditional

  for development of supermarket unit, two retail units (overall floor area of 3250sqm) with associated site access, carparking and associated site development works and infrastructure. Previous Planning Ref. No. 13/594.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19109

• 17 Oct 2018N/a

  to construct new changing rooms/facilities for referees and match officials, and new indoor warm up area and storage. Gross floor space of proposed works - 222.5 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181468

• 24 Jul 2017Unconditional

  is sought for construction of a changing room building (346sqm) and the demolition and reconstruction of existing toilet facilities (under existing covered stand) and associated site works at Tuam Stadium (365.7sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 12/888.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171093

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 Tirboy.

Recorded monuments

• GA043-126 Kiln - corn-drying
  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.

• GA043-127 Kiln - lime
  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

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_707 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Tirboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Tirboy · An Tír Bhuí

Area

612,923 m² (61.29 ha, 151.46 acres)

Civil parish

Tuam, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Tuam Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tuam Rural electoral division: 6,556 people in 2,346 households; 65% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloontooa, Rinkippeen, Toberjarlath, Townparks (2nd Division), Vicarschoral Land

Placenames

Tirboy 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.