Eyrecourt Demesne
Eyrecourt Demesne is a townland in the civil parish of Donanaghta, barony of Longford, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Diméin Dhún an Uchta.
Parcel 2018197
- Area
- 270,758 m² (27.08 ha, 66.91 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Eyrecourt Demesne
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- GA108-005 Enclosure
Description
On a S-facing slope in undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. c. 29m) defined by a slight traces of a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m). According to local information, the monument was levelled in the mid 1930s. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 February 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 315.7 ha
- 780 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 4,998 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eyrecourt Demesne, from 125 m² to 773,757 m² (77.38 ha, 191.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Eyrecourt Demesne 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Jul 2026N/a
to construct a slatted cubicle house with underground slurry accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 26184
18 Feb 2026N/a
for a new single storey extensions to the both sides of existing dwelling with alterations to existing layout and elevations plus associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660256
10 Nov 2025Conditional
to construct a calf house, underground effluent tank, ancillary concrete and all associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 25307
4 Jun 2025Conditional
of agricultural buildings and farm related structures within the existing farm complex, extensions to the rear and front of existing dwelling house and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1,221.69 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560704
4 Jun 2025Conditional
of horse stables and associated facilities, Lunge Pen, Horse training Arena, Agricultural shed and all associated site services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 250.00 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2560705
7 Feb 2024Conditional
for the works to an existing cottage; (a) Construction a single story extension to existing front porch [south elevation], (b) Construction of a dormer extension to rear elevation [north elevation] and (c) All associated external site works at the above address. Gross floor space of proposed works: 147.24 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2436
14 Apr 2023Refused
to construct a dwelling house with attached garage, treatment plant and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360386
6 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct a six bay double slatted cubicle unit with roofed collecting yard, milking parlour, dairy and plant room. Gross floor space of proposed development: 681 msq
Permission · Galway County Council, 20874
8 Apr 2020N/a
Construction of a six bay double slatted cubicle unit with roofed collecting yard, milking parlor, dairy & plant room. Gross floor space of proposed works 681sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20452
18 Dec 2019Conditional
for the following: (a) Construction of an agricultural livestock shed comprising of cubicles and straw bedded area with underground slatted slurry storage tanks. (b) Construction of 3 no. silage pits (c) Construction of a milking parlour, dairy and ancillary rooms, drafting and handling facilities, waiting yard, meal bin, water storage tank and underground slatted parlour washings tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4704 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191957
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
26 May 2017Conditional
to construct a dwellinghouse including ancillary site services. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 107.58 sqm.)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17761
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Eyrecourt Demesne.
Recorded monuments
- GA100-082 Ringfort - rath
Description
Prominently located on the SE slopes of Redmond Hill. This oval rath (42m E-W; 35m N-S), in fair condition, is defined by a low stony bank with traces of inner wall-facing at N and ESE. Whitethorn trees have been planted at regular intervals along it. An external fosse is evident from SE through W to N. From WSW through N to NNE it has been widened considerably as a result of modern landscaping. A gap (Wth 2.5m) at ESE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 December 2017
- GA108-072 Quarry
Description
In grassland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused quarry. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-073 Quarry
Description
In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a hollow: probably a disused sand or gravel quarry. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-074 Quarry
Description
In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit marked by an oval depression overgrown with trees and partially filled with field-clearance material. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating grassland, formerly part of Eyrecourt Demesne. Circular rath (diam. 37m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is visible from SE through W to NE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse survives from SW to NE and sections of the outer bank are evident from SW to W and at NNW. A trackway runs immediately outside the inner bank from SE to SW and a field wall cuts through the monument at NE and SE. Gaps in the inner bank at W (Wth 2.5m) and N (Wth 3.4m) are modern. There is a souterrain (GA108-075001-) in the WNW sector of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 December 2017
- GA108-075001 Souterrain
Description
Within the WNW sector of a rath (GA108-075----). This collapsed souterrain is indicated by an L-shaped depression (L >23.5m). Two possible roof lintels remain in situ and some collapsed stone is also evident. The long axis (L 13m; Wth 1.8m) runs NE-SW. The short axis (L 10.5m; Wth 2.4m) extends from its SE end and runs NW-SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 December 2017
- GA108-076001 Church
Description
Within the SE quadrant of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA108-076003-). Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 61-2) as a rectangular church (c. 19m E-W; c. 7m N-S), probably of medieval date. There was 'a large breach’ in the middle of the S wall, which probably indicates the position of the original doorway. An illustration of the W gable shows ‘two rectangular windows of the lancet form’. One window is at a higher level than the other, suggesting the presence of a loft at this end of the building. The greater parts of N and S side-walls then survived though E gable was ‘completely down’. All that now survives is a featureless stretch of the N side-wall (L 9.1m; H 2.65m; T 0.8m). It is constructed of irregularly laid roughly coursed mortared limestone blocks. A graveyard (GA108-076002-) surrounds it. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-076002 Graveyard
Description
This L-shaped graveyard (c. 103m NE-SW; c. 72m NW-SE) occupies most of the interior of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (GA108-76003-). The remains of a church (GA108-076001-) stand roughly in its centre. It is enclosed by a modern stone and concrete wall with an entrance at S. The graveyard is still in use and most the burials date to the 19th and 20th centuries. The earliest headstone noted is dated 1768. A number of uninscribed rough grave-markers are also visible. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-076003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
On an E-facing slope in grassland, formerly part of Eyrecourt Demesne. Depicted on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) as roughly subcircular enclosure (c. 77m NW-SE) defined by a bank from E through S to NW. A roughly WNW-ESE running field boundary clipped it at NW and field boundaries ran outside it from E to SSE and from SSE to W. Another field boundary cut through the interior at W and NE. A church (GA108-076001-) and graveyard (GA108-076002-) occupied the area to the SE of the latter boundary. On inspection only a short stretch of the bank survived from W to NNE; the N sector was overlain by the WNW-ESE running field boundary. The enclosing element was grass covered and mainly composed of stone (base Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m). Three gaps (Wth 2-3m) were visible in it. Possibly an ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-077 Quarry
Description
In meadowland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit. It was defined by a depression that was densely overgrown with trees and briars. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-078 Quarry
Description
In improved pastureland. Only a slight depression, indicated by a band of nettles, was visible of this hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map when inspected in 1984. It was probably a sand or gravel pit. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-079 Quarry
Description
In reclaimed undulating pastureland. No visible surface trace survived of this hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Sand Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan, when inspected in 1984. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-080 Quarry
Description
In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand pit defined by an irregularly shaped depression overgrown with bushes and trees. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-081 Quarry
Description
In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused quarry. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-082 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.
- GA108-082001 Graveyard
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.
- GA108-083 Souterrain
Description
Circa 120m to the NE of Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). Named ‘Cave’ in Roman script on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. All that is evident is a small circular stone-filled depression (diam. 4m). It was not possible to determine whether this is the remains a possible souterrain or a natural cave. Another possible souterrain (GA108-084----) lies c. 75m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 October 2019
- GA108-084 Souterrain
Description
Circa 50m to the NE of Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). Marked ‘Cave’ in Roman script on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives; possibly a souterrain or a natural cave. Another possible souterrain (GA108-083---) lies c. 75m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 October 2019
- GA108-085 Fish-pond
Description
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- GA108-086001 House - 17th century
Description
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- GA108-086002 Castle - tower house
Description
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- GA108-086003 House - indeterminate date
Description
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- GA108-087 Designed landscape - summer 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.
- GA108-088 Ringfort - rath
Description
In a wooded area, formerly part of Eyrecourt Demesne. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (c. 27m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. The scarp is visible from SW through N to SE; the fosse and outer bank are only evident from SW to W. The monument is densely overgrown and has been quarried out from SE to SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 December 2017
- GA108-089 Church
Description
At the E end of Eyrecourt village, in woodland beside the main entrance to Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). According to a wall monument (GA108-089002-) in the N wall, this poorly preserved, now roofless, rectangular nave and chancel church (15.8m E-W; 6m N-S) was founded in 1677 by ‘Johanes Eyre’. The entrance, in the W gable, is via a pointed-arch doorway with a later porch. The main architectural features comprise two pairs of opposing rectangular windows in the S and N side-walls of the nave. There are also traces of a blocked ope (possibly a doorway) mid-way along the N side-wall. The chancel (L 3.7m; Wth 4.1m) is entered via a round arch. Its floor is slightly raised over a vault. The interior of the church is covered with loose stone and overgrown with trees. The OS Letters record that the roof had just been ‘slated’, but that it was not then being used for worship (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 62). A rectangular graveyard (GA108-089001-) surrounds the church. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-089001 Graveyard
Description
Associated with a church (GA108-089----) which occupies its N end. This rectangular graveyard (50m N-S; 40m E-W) is enclosed by a modern stone wall with access points at N and S. The interior is extensively overgrown and barely accessible. Graveslabs are concentrated around the church; most are broken and are not in situ. The earliest noted dates to 1722, the rest are of 19th-century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-089002 Wall monument
Description
This framed wall monument is in the N wall of the church (GA108-089----). It commemorates the founder 'Johanes Eyre' and bears the following inscription (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2 22): Johanes Eyre de Eyr-court Armiger proprys sumptibus ad honorem cultvmque divin um hanc edificavit ecclesia am, Anno Domini, 1677. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-091 Church
Description
On a slight rise, c. 200m to the W of Eyrecourt House (GA108-086001-). The OS Letters refer to ‘an old church called Cillín íthe’ (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 62), which was situated near the house, 'but not a vestige' of it remained and no local person 'remembered to have seen it.' However, a person living in the gatehouse pointed out its location to Fr. Egan. A mature ash tree to the N was pointed out as the spot where the ‘font’ of the church was reputedly buried; ‘stations have been held here within living memory (information from Fr Egan). On inspection a series of bumps and hollows, including a rectangular sunken area (20m E-W; 18m N-S) and a stony mound, was visible on the summit of the rise. Any of them could mark the site of the church. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 February 2020
- GA108-092 Quarry
Description
In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit defined by a partially overgrown irregular hollow. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014
- GA108-235 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
At the NW edge of a low knoll in gently undulating pastureland with good views towards the NW, N and NE. This fairly well-defined subcircular ring-barrow (ext. dims. 29.1m E-W; 26.3m N-S) consists of a gently sloping roughly circular central area (diam. 10.4m N-S; 9.1m E-W) that slopes down very gently from NW to SE (0.3m over a distance of 10m) and which is defined by a shallow flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 0.9m at W; 2.9m at N; D 0.1-0.3m) and by a low outer earthen bank (Wth. 5.2m at S; 6.6m at E; H 0.1-0.2m). A small portion of the outer bank has been dug away, in the past, between ENE and ESE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 31 July 2017 The following image has been uploaded: GA108-235----_01.jpg
- GA108-244 Decoy pond
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
- Church of Saint John the Baptist (Donanaghta), church/chapel, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Church of Ireland church, dated 1867, comprising four-bay nave with single-bay chancel, square-plan unfinished two-stage tower to west end of north elevation, single-bay vestry to north elevation of chancel, gable-frontedopen porch to south elevation and gabled false transepts to north and south elevations. Pitched slate roof to nave and chancel having cast-iron rainwater goods and some ridge cresting, cut limestone copings and cross finials and cut limestone eaves course. Flat roof to vestry and to tower. Gabled rendered bellcote to tower. Cast-iron finial to south transept. Dressed limestone walls with cut limestone quoins, and moulded plinth course and sill course. Dressed limestone buttresses to corners and flanking false transepts, having cut limestone quoins. Cut limestone plaque to east elevation of tower, cut limestone roundel to entrance porch. Square-headed opening to second stage of west elevation of tower with timber louvers. Cut chamfered limestone surrounds to all window openings. Pointed-arch opening to chancel, having triple lancet stained-glass window with sexfoil oculi overhead and with limestone moulding to point of arch. Eyre coat of arms over exterior of window. Sexfoil oculi and triple lancet openings to each false transept, with leaded stained-glass windows. Pointed-arch opening to west end, having triple lancet stained-glass window with cinquefoil oculi overhead, and elliptical opening above. Lancet openings to nave and chancel, some having stained glass. Paired lancet openings to north elevation of vestry. Pointed-arch opening to porch with carved limestone surround and hood-moulding, and paired marble colonettes with cut limestone plinth having decorative carved Portland stone capitals and cut limestone dosserets forming jambs of entrance arch. Pointed-arch recessed arch opening to inner side of porch with double-leaf timber battened doors having decorative cast-iron hinge details, flanked by tiled panels to wall with fleur-de-lys motifs. Limestone bench under each panel. Tiled floor to entrance. Pair of shouldered-arch openings having timber battened doors to west elevation of tower, set within pointed-arch cut limestone surround with cut limestone roundel to tympanum. Limestone hood-moulding over pointed arch. Limestone step to entrance. Shouldered-arch opening to east elevation of vestry, having timber battened door with chamfered cut limestone surround, and limestone steps. Openings to vestry underground, accessed via flight of limestone steps. Highly ornate interior has pointed ceiling with timber boarding supported on pointed-arch timbers in turn supported on elaborately carved stone corbels. Walls are of red brick with bands of yellow and black brick. Windows have outer arch of black brick voussoirs. Taller windows flanked by carved stone colonettes. Polychrome tiled floor. Carved stone font and wide variety of stone, marble and brass plaques to nave. Choir area has organ, carved timber choir stalls, carved marble pulpit with steps, latter having decorative cast-iron railing. Metal chandeliers to nave and choir. Carved marble lectern to nave. Battened timber doors to nave, leading to vestry and to tower stairway. Stairway to tower has decorative wrought-iron railing to cantilevered stone steps. Church set within graveyard with lawns to front of site. Wrought-iron double-leaf gate flanked by decorative cast-iron square-plan piers, wrought-iron railings on cut limestone plinths to site boundary. Decorative timber gate to east leading to lands of Eyrecourt Castle.
- Eyrecourt Castle, country house, 1660–1680 · National interest
Description
Roofless remains of detached seven-bay two-storey country house over basement, built c.1665, having three-bay pedimented breakfront, six-bay two-storey over half-basement side elevations. House incorporates earlier building. Remains of sprocketed hipped roof supported by elaborately carved timber scroll brackets. Formerly had four dormer windows to front. Roughcast rendered walls, having smooth rendered block-and-start surrounds to window openings and similar quoins, and with red brick lining to inner side. Square-headed window openings with detailed moulded timber surrounds of c.1800, including egg-and-dart and dentils. Highly elaborate timber doorcase now largely destroyed (but had Corinthian pilasters, moulded cornice, carved scrolls, mask and elliptical overlight surrounded by foliage, reached by flight of cut limestone steps. Limestone corbels supported floors to interior. Carved oak staircase removed to art museum in United States. Outbuildings to site.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Eyrecourt Demesne, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Eyrecourt Demesne.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Eyrecourt Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Eyrecourt Demesne · Diméin Dhún an Uchta
- Area
- 3,156,675 m² (315.67 ha, 780.03 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
- Abbeyland Great, Ballynamuddagh, Budellagh and Cloghbrack, Cappaluane, Fearmore, Keenaghan, Killevny, Lisdooaun, Lisfinny, Lisgar, Townparks
- Placenames
- Eyrecourt Demesne 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.