Maumfin

Area

106,606 m² (10.66 ha, 26.34 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 468 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

Maumfin

Planning applications on this parcel

• 25 May 2026Conditional

  for an all-weather surface Green Care training facility with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660828

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a farm machinery shed and associated site works adjacent to existing farm building. Gross floor space of proposed works: 50.0 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21107

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 6 recorded monuments.

• GA022-012 Church
  Description

  In a subrectangular graveyard (GA022-012001-) overlooking Ballynakill Lough to the S. This poorly preserved medieval church (E-W; L 20.2m, Wth 6.1m) is dedicated to St Ceannanach (Hardiman 1846, 118). Only the W gable wall survives to its full height; the N and S walls, and E gable are in a much-collapsed state. There is a robbed-out doorway in the S wall, a twin-light round-headed window with a small circular ope above in the W gable and a wall cupboard in the N end of the E gable. The interior is divided by a later wall. When visited in October 1983 the interior of the church was heavily overgrown. During a revisit May 2017 it was noted that much of the overgrowth had been removed. A fragment of a hanging eye associated with the doorway was visible in the internal wall-face of the S wall. A number of dressed arched stones lying on the ground to the S of the church are part of the original doorway. Two cross-slabs (GA022-012003- and GA022-012004-) are visible in the graveyard. (Killanin 1954, 97; O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 30-1; Tully Cross I.C.A. 1985, 6-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. The following images have been uploaded: GA022-012----_01 Church from S.jpg GA022-012----_02 Window in W gable wall from W.jpg GA022-012----_03 Window in W gable wall from E.jpg GA022-012----_04 Possible hanging eye in S wall.jpg GA022-012----_05 General view from E.jpg Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 28 March 2017

• GA022-012001 Graveyard
  Description

  In an area of rough pastureland, immediately to the S of a road. This roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 83m E-W; c. 75m N-S) slopes from N to S and overlooks Ballinakill Lough to the S. A medieval church (GA022-012----) lies in its N sector. Modern burials occupy its S end. Nearer the church the burials are marked by rough uninscribed rectangular grave-markers. One roughly hewn cross (L 0.5m) is inscribed with the letters HT and bears a cross on its head. A recumbent slab (L 1.6m; Wth 0.5m) is also inscribed with a cross and the letters PC. An early cross-slab (GA022-012002-) and a cross-inscribed pillar (GA022-012003-) are also visible. Two small crosses (GA022-012004- and GA022-012005-) formerly located here are now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (information from Dr J. Higgins, 14 May 2018). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 14 June 2018

• GA022-012002 Cross-slab
  Description

  Within the graveyard (GA022-012001-) associated with 'Ballinakill Church' (GA022-012001-). This cross-slab (H 0.62m; Wth 0.22m; T 0.1m), presently used as a grave-marker, bears a deeply incised Latin cross with a T-shaped terminal at its base. There is a small circular hole in the top of the slab. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 March 2018

• GA022-012003 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  Within the graveyard (GA022-012001-) associated with 'Ballinakill Church' (GA022-12----). This roughly hewn pillar stone (H 0.8m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.11m) bears a deeply incised Latin cross. The following images have been uploaded: GA022-012002-_01.jpg GA022-012002-_02.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 March 2018

• GA022-012004 Cross
  Description

  This is one of two plain crosses (see also GA022-012005-), most likely of early Christian date, that was originally located in the graveyard (GA022-012001-). It now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (information from Dr J. Higgins 14 June 2018). (Higgins 1987, ii, 423, no. 130, pls. 42 and 44) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 June 2018

• GA022-012005 Cross
  Description

  This is one of two plain crosses (see also GA022-012004-), most likely of early Christian date, that was originally located in the graveyard (GA022-012001-). It now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (information from Dr J. Higgins 14 June 2018). (Higgins 1987, ii, pl. 44 B) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 June 2018

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 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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.