Demesne

390 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Demesne, from 7 m² to 138,799 m² (13.88 ha, 34.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 56 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 350 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business and Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industrial (General industry)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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 Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• GA029-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 35m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA029-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA029-066 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA029-067 Ecclesiastical residence
  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.

• GA029-209 Memorial stone
  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

• The Palace, bishop's palace, 1715–1725 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement Church of Ireland bishop's palace, built 1720-1, on a rectangular plan centred on three-bay three-storey breakfront; seven-bay three-storey rear (north) elevation centred on three-bay three-storey breakfront. "Improved", 1823, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1950. Adapted to alternative use, ----. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with ridge tiles, raised rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having ogee-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on cut-limestone moulded cushion course on rendered base with cut-limestone stringcourse (first floor). Square-headed central door opening, dragged cut-limestone doorcase with fluted Ionic pilasters on pedestals supporting pediment on blind frieze on entablature framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling on rosette-detailed Doric frieze centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose in tied reed frame; remodelled staircase hall (south-west); dining room (south-east) retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, segmental-headed buffet niche with Classical-style surround including egg-and-dart-detailed archivolt, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling on urn-and-swag-detailed frieze centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; pair of drawing rooms (north) retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and decorative plasterwork cornices to ceilings on swag-detailed friezes centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling roses; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in relandscaped grounds.

• Mayfield House, house, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1905, having shallow breakfront fronted by later flat-roofed porch, and four-over-three-bay east, garden, elevation having two single-storey canted bay windows and west having one. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cement-rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows throughout, bay windows having heavy cement cornices and blocking courses, with tooled limestone sills. Square-headed doorway to porch with glazed timber door having sidelights and overlights.

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 Demesne, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_748 (ZIP).

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

Name

Demesne · Diméin an Ardeaspaig

Area

1,512,594 m² (151.26 ha, 373.77 acres)

Civil parish

Tuam, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Tuam Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,556 people lived in 2,346 households in the Tuam Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackacre, Fortyacres, Kilcloghans, Mountpotter, Slievedarragh, Townparks (1st Division), Townparks (4th Division), Townparks (5th Division)

Placenames

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.