Tisaxon

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tisaxon, from 42 m² to 180,096 m² (18.01 ha, 44.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 63 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tisaxon 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.

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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 Tisaxon.

Recorded monuments

• GA071-082002 Enclosure
  Description

  Surrounding a church (GA071-082003-). Aerial reconnaissance in July 1917 (CUCAP BGI 34) revealed a large subrectangular enclosure (NNE-SSW c. 90m, ESE-WNW c. 40m ext.) around the church. This is best preserved along N and E sides where it is visible on the ground as an earthen scarp (H 1m max.) with traces of an external fosse. Two drainage trenches run into the fosse at NE and N, and NW corner appears to be overlain by tillage ridges. Apart from the church, which stands in N half of the enclosure, no other internal features are visible, but a number of indistinct cropmarks are visible from the air immediately to NW. 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

• GA071-082003 Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular
  Description

  On a td. boundary in low-lying pastureland. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 275), this is the site of a house of the Franciscan Third Order founded in 1442. The standing remains comprise a gaunt and partially ivy-covered rectangular building (ESE-WNE; L >19.1m, Wth 6.75m), in fair condition, possibly of late medieval date. The E gable along with substantial sections of N wall, and foundations of S survive but there is no trace of W gable. There is a roughly built rectangular-headed doorway towards E end of N wall. The E gable contains a damaged pointed arch window of two lights with trefoliated heads. The only other architectural feature is the addition of a 'skin' of masonry (Wth 0.2M) on the inner faces of N and S walls at W end of the building. That on N wall is up to 3m in height and was probably designed to support a second storey at this end of the building. An enclosure (GA071-082002-) is associated. 'Templemoyle Church' (GA084-127002-) stands 265m to S and a burial ground (GA071-082----) c. 240m to SE. (Nolan 1901b, 123; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 257-60) 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

• GA071-083 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (N-S 38m, E-W 37m) defined by a collapsed grassed-over bank of earth and stone best preserved at W. Slight traces of an external fosse are visible from NNW through N 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

• GA071-084 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On S-facing slope in undulating grassland. A circular platform (D 8.8m, H 0.75m), in the corner of a field, composed mainly of small grassed-over stones. The top is dished in profile. Possibly a house or, less likely, a barrow. A number of low grassed-over earth and stone banks are also visible c. 30m to S. 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

• GA071-089 Burial
  Description

  Human remains were discovered in the W face of a sand and gravel quarry in 2011. Excavated under licence (11E0430) it was found to comprise a shallow grave containing the remains an adult male in a crouched position. The lower limbs had been exposed in the quarry face and were without feet; these may have been removed in the quarrying process or by subsequent slippage of the quarry face. The exposed bone was weathered, indicating that the remains had been exposed to the elements for some time. A small hole in the skull was the only noticeable blemish in the skeleton that was otherwise in good condition. This wound was inflicted by a small, socketed, iron arrowhead which had pierced the skull and was recovered from the interior. A small section of a souterrain (GA071-090----) also was exposed in the same quarry face some 24m to the NE. (Galway City Tribune, 25 November 2011) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 1 December 2011

• GA071-090 Souterrain
  Description

  The creep of a souterrain and human remains (GA071-089----) were discovered in the W face of a sand and gravel quarry in 2011. The creep was defined by two low portions of vertical walling (ext. Wth 1.50m; ext. H 1m). The tops of the walls were 0.30m below ground surface and the E wall appeared to support a partially discplaced lintel. On the ground surface above and to the N of the creep, a shallow rectangular depression may indicate the track of the souterrain. The burial (GA071-089----) was exposed in the face of the quarry c. 24m to the SW. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 1 December 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Tisaxon, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Tisaxon · Tigh Sacsan

Area

1,864,301 m² (186.43 ha, 460.68 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Tiaquin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

792 people lived in 250 households in the Tiaquin electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bingarra, Carrowntober East, Corrantarramud, Knockbrack, Montpelier, Mountgarret, Templemoyle

Placenames

Tisaxon 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.