Friarsland
Friarsland is a townland in the civil parish of Meelick, barony of Longford, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Talamh na mBráthar.
Parcel 2025453
- Area
- 2,350 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 161 m².
- 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
- Friarsland
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Shannon Callows SAC 000216
- Special Protection Area: Middle Shannon Callows SPA 004096
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Shannon Callows 000216
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 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.
- 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
- 14.5 ha
- 36 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 5,680 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Friarsland, from 1,156 m² to 70,697 m² (7.07 ha, 17.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Friarsland 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
18 Aug 2017Conditional
to install a new heating system, air extract fan and remove the existing air handling heating unit to Meelick Church. Meelick Church is a protected structure 343 in the record of Protected Structures
Permission · Galway County Council, 171254
20 Jun 2017N/a
to install a new heating system, air extract fan and remove the existing air handling heating unit to Meelick Church.
Permission · Galway County Council, 17906
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Shannon Callows SAC 000216
- Special Protection Area: Middle Shannon Callows SPA 004096
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Shannon Callows 000216
Recorded monuments
- GA108-124001 Religious house - Franciscan friars
Description
On a low hill overlooking the River Shannon to the E, on or close to the site of the medieval borough of Meelick (GA108-234----). This Franciscan friary was certainly in existence c. 1414 and was probably founded by Braswell(?) O'Madden. In 1445 Pope Eugenius IV granted an indulgence for its repair. Though it was ruinous after the Dissolution, it was reoccupied and repaired a number of times in the late 16th and 17th centuries (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 254-5). The Jacobite soldier, John Stevens, visited Meelick en route to Athlone in June 1691. He records in his journal that ‘Here is also the residence of a few Franciscan friars only remarkable for the poverty of their house and chapel which are nothing but long thatched cabins. The walls of a handsome chapel designed by these friars are standing, but never roofed or further finished than the raising of them to their full height.’ (Murray 1912, 202). The surviving monument consists of a restored rectangular church (35m E-W; 7.5m N-S), which is still in use. The original doorway, in the W gable, is surmounted by a 17th-century round-headed window of three lights. The whole E gable has been rebuilt since the time of the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 55-7). A blocked arch at the E end of the S side-wall led to a transept (L c. 7m; W 4.5m), which is now reduced to its foundations. A pair of blocked arches about mid-point along the S wall may also have led to a transept or a short S aisle. A carved figure of St Francis was subsequently inserted between the arches (Harbison 1975, 97). Dr Christy Cunniffe (field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/churches/effigy-st-francis, last accessed 7 January 2019) suggests that it came from either a decorated tomb or from the cloister arcade. A 17th-century doorway in the N side-wall gave access to the cloister area. The lintel bears a much spalled inscription the only parts of which may be deciphered as follows: ‘Inceperunt fratres minor/e[s] . . . are monas[teriu]m / D . . . Ano Dn 16 –.’ The spalling appears to have resulted from fire. As the lettering corresponds with others on the various wall plaques and memorials of later 17th century date this inscription may commemorate a rebuilding by the friars at this period. The cloister area to the north is flanked on its E side by a ruined building (N-S; L 13m; Wth 3,2m) marked 'Convent Chapel' (GA108-124005-) on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A second two-storey ruin (L 12m; Wth 7.5m), probably on the site of the west range, is named 'Friars Ho.' (GA108-124008-) on the same map. It is possible that these are the buildings referred to in Stevens’s journal above. There are a number of 17th- and 18th-century graveslabs and plaques (see GA108-124006-, GA108-124007- and GA108-124010- to GA108-124027-) in the church and its graveyard, which lies to S and E. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 7 January 2019
- GA108-124002 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
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.
- GA108-124003 Earthwork
Description
Some 20m to the W of an enclosure (GA109-021). This low grassed-over subcircular mound (32 N-S; 27m E-W; H c. 1m) is surrounded from SW through N to SE by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 4-5m) which is overgrown with thistles and marshy underfoot. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 December 2019
- GA108-124005 Chapel
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.
- GA108-124006 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124007 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.
- GA108-124008 House - indeterminate date
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.
- GA108-124010 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124011 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124012 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124013 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124014 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124015 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124016 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124017 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124018 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124019 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124020 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124021 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124022 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124023 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124024 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124025 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124026 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124027 Graveslab
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.
- GA108-124028 Stone head
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.
- GA108-124029 Architectural fragment
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.
- GA108-234 Settlement deserted - medieval
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.
- GA109-021 Castle - ringwork
Description
In level poorly drained pastureland, c. 100m to the NNE of Meelick friary (GA108-124) and the possible site of a medieval borough (GA108-234----). Prior to drainage works on the river Shannon, this ringwork stood right on the W bank of the old course of the river. It consists of a well-preserved large irregularly shaped platform (53m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) which is defined by an earthen bank from SE through S to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. There is an entrance gap (Wth 10m) at SW, where the bank splays slightly outwards with possible traces of an approach ramp externally. A small roughly circular depression (diam. c. 3.5m) is visible in the interior to the E of centre. A smaller earthwork (GA108-124003-) lies immediately to the W. According to Madden (1902, 21), the monument was ‘surrounded by tall and stately trees’ but these have since been removed. Possibly the site of the 13th-C de Burgo castle (Sweetman 1999, 9) but see also GA108-124009-. (CUCAP AVN 93) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 10 December 2019
Architectural heritage
- Saint Francis's Catholic Church, mausoleum, 1810–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Carved limestone chest tomb type mausoleum, erected c.1850, built against east gable of Catholic church. Rectangular-plan tomb on stepped tooled base, with moulded cornice, and with square-plan pointed pinnacle on plinth to top. Cast-iron ring pulls to east face. Carved and sculpted panels to three faces. Recessed panels to base of pinnacle, with tooled borders and carved corners, and inscriptions to east and north faces.
- Saint Francis's Catholic Church, friary, 1410–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding gable-fronted Franciscan friary church, built c.1414, reroofed c.1855 for use as a parish church; with ruinous remains of gabled transept to south elevation formerly accessed through pointed opening now blocked up, shallow gabled projection with slate roof to south elevation, recent sacristy annex to north elevation, attached to roofless ruined remains of c.1650 of other friary buildings. Pitched slate roof with some lead ridge crestings, and cut-stone eaves course. Rubble limestone walls. Pointed arch four-light window opening of mid-nineteenth-century date to east gable, with chamfered stone surround and having decorative tracery above pointed lights, with leaded stained glass. Two sixteenth-century triple-light window openings to south elevation, with cut-stone surrounds and label-mouldings, with ogee-headed lights, and leaded stained glass. Similar, single-light window with rubble relieving arch to west end of same elevation. Round-headed window opening, possibly formerly doorway, to north elevation with splayed outer jambs, and leaded stained glass. Triple-light window opening to gable-front, having round-headed lights, cut-stone surround and label-moulding. Round-headed door opening, possibly of mid-nineteenth-century date, to gable-front with carved stone surround and hood-moulding, with recent timber battened double-leaf door. Metal bellcote with inscribed bell to sacristy. Open truss timber roof and recent timber screens to interior. Various plaques to interior. Set in graveyard with grave markers and mausolea of various dates. Grotto to front of site, also displaced cross finial. Rubble walls to site boundaries, that to rear having inset medieval grave slabs. Wrought-iron pedestrian and vehicular gates to graveyard, both with square-plan rubble piers. Wrought-iron double-leaf gates with square-plan rubble stone piers and wrought-iron turnstile.
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 Friarsland, 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 Friarsland.
- 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 Friarsland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Friarsland · Talamh na mBráthar
- Area
- 144,509 m² (14.45 ha, 35.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Meelick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Longford
- Electoral division
- Meelick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 296 people lived in 100 households in the Meelick electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Friarsland 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.