Rushestown

342 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rushestown, from 36 m² to 92,489 m² (9.25 ha, 22.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rushestown 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  to replace an old septic tank with a new wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661445

• 15 Dec 2025Conditional

  to construct slatted slurry storage tank to include concrete aprons and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 25344

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561487

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561265

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561250

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  for extension and alterations and front boundary treatment to existing house and also for the retention of two windows in place of doors, altered front door unit, omission of chimney stack and separate window at front door and for the retention of garage base and completion of domestic garage with some changes from old granted permission ref: 06/4489 In addition retention is sought for temporary mobile home located at the NE of existing house for limited period of time

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560276

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 204.03 sqm (house) & 40.89 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461115

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  for alterations & extensions to existing dwelling house including: A) Demolition of existing kitchen, utility & water storage tank to rear of existing dwelling, B) Proposed two storey extension incorporating dormer type link to rear of existing dwelling, C) Proposed conversion of existing bungalow to dormer type dwelling to accommodate den, office & storage area at first floor level, D) Proposed alterations to existing porch roof & glazing, E) Proposed gable to front elevation replacing existing hipped roof, F) 2 No. Proposed vertical emphasis windows replacing wide windows to proposed lounge/living area front gable G) Proposed bay window to Northwest gable, H) Proposed gable to Northwest side elevation replacing existing hipped roof, I) Proposed patio doors to lounge/living area, J) Proposed lower dining area window replacing existing bathroom window, K) Proposed upgrade of existing septic tank to proposed proprietary treatment system, percolation area L) Proposed vehicular entrance and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 156.53 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360258

• 21 Apr 2022Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 293 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22532

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 241.49 sqm. (garage/shed) 33 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18745

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: Curraghlehanagh Bog SAC 002350
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curraghlehanagh Bog 000256

Recorded monuments

• GA032-037 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In level grassland. An overgrown subcircular area (NW-SE 19m, NE-SW 11.5m) bordered by a thick hedge from SSE through W to N. Only one limestone upright and one recumbent grave-marker survive. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rushestown · Baile na Lúachra

Area

3,570,881 m² (357.09 ha, 882.38 acres)

Civil parish

Killian, and its townlands

Barony

Killian

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynakill electoral division: 647 people in 225 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curraghlehanagh, Gunnode, Newforest, Newvillage, Toomard, Tully, Windfield

Placenames

Rushestown 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.