Lickmolassy

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lickmolassy, from 3,781 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres) to 132,642 m² (13.26 ha, 32.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Lickmolassy 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Lickmolassy 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 the townland of Lickmolassy.

Recorded monuments

• GA117-065001 Church
  Description

  Within a graveyard (GA117-065002-) and on the S-facing slope of Church Hill. The OS Letters state that the present church was built on the site of the 'original church of St. Molaise' (O'Flanagan 1927A, Vol. 2, 70). This ruinous church, of at least two phases of construction, is very poorly preserved. Standing remains comprise a nave (L 10.7m, Wth 7.6m) with an earlier chancel at the E end (L 9m, Wth 5.6m), as indicated by changes in the masonry. A blocked-up doorway in the S wall of the chancel is the only surviving architectural feature. There is a bullaun stone (GA117-065003-), embedded in concrete, in the NW corner of the nave and the remains of three medieval graveslabs (GA117-065005-, GA117-065006- and GA117-065007-) are also visible within the church. A medieval holy water font (GA117-065004-) lies in the S half of the graveyard. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 October 2017

• GA117-065002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with the church (GA117-065001-), this roughly square graveyard (c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 70m ENE-WSW) is defined by four stone walls. Access is through an entrance gateway at S. Headstones date from the 18th century and it is still in use. Just inside the entrance is a medieval font (GA117-065004-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 October 2017

• GA117-065003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The bullaun stone is embedded in a concrete slab in the NW corner of the nave of the church (GA117-065001-). It is an irregular oval-shaped stone (0.65m x 0.5m). The bowl is 0.33m in diameter and 0.22m deep. It narrows to 0.12m at the base. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 October 2017 The following image has been uploaded: GA117-065003-_01

• GA117-065004 Font
  Description

  In the S half of the graveyard (GA117-065002-) associated with the medieval church (GA117-065001-), close to the gateway entrance. This upright free-standing font (H 0.5m) has been placed on top of a small, fairly recently built, rectangular stone structure. It is octagonal in shape and the bowl is square on the inside (dims. 0.42m). It has a series of four ogee-headed openings at the base. Probably of 15th-century date (galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/lickmolassy-late-medieval-baptismal-font, last accessed 8 January 2019). It was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 8 January 2019 The following images have been uploaded: GA117-065004-_01.jpg View from E GA117-065004-_02.jpg View from W

• GA117-065005 Graveslab
  Description

  This 17th-C graveslab, which was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Dr Christy Cunniffe, is lying against the S wall of the chancel of the church (GA117-065001-). It is earthfast and tapers from top to bottom (H 1.58m; Wth at base 0.76m; Wth at shoulder 0.66m; Wth at top 0.20m). It varies in thickness from 0.14m to 0.17m and the shoulder is at a height of 1.41m. It is dated 1640 but the inscription is illegible. The slab is covered with lichen. Two similar fragmentary graveslabs also lie within the church (see GA117-065006- and GA117-065007-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 October 2017 The following image has been uploaded: GA117-065005-_01.jpg View from N

• GA117-065006 Graveslab
  Description

  This fragment of a 17th-century graveslab, which was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Dr Christy Cunniffe, is lying against the N wall of the nave of the church (GA117-065001-). The upper portion of the slab survives (H 0.52m; Wth 0.92m) and its thickness varies from 0.08m to 0.12m. The cross is depicted by a central lozenge opening into the head and arms of a cross. Within the lozenge are the letters 'IHS' with a small cross on the horizontal of the 'H'. There are two other 17th-C graveslabs within the church (see GA117-065005- and GA117-065007-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 October 2017 The following image has been uploaded: GA117-065006-_01.jpg View from S

• GA117-065007 Graveslab
  Description

  This fragment of a 17th-C graveslab, which was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Dr Christy Cunniffe, is at the E end of the S wall of the nave of the church (GA117-065001-). The upper portion of the slab survives (L 1.64m; Wth 0.78m) and it varies in thickness from 0.11m to 0.15m. The back of the slab is roughly flaked off indicating that it was intended to be recumbent. The letters IHS are visible within a lozenge that expands in the arms and shaft of the cross. Calvary based symbols and a fleur-de-lis are also visible. An inscription runs along the edges. Two other similar graveslabs lie within the church (see GA117-065005- and GA117-065006-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 October 2017 The following image has been uploaded: GA117-065007-_01.jpg View from N

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lickmolassy, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Lickmolassy · Leic Molaise

Area

652,405 m² (65.24 ha, 161.21 acres)

Civil parish

Lickmolassy, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Portumna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,504 people lived in 964 households in the Portumna electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Creggeen, Gortnacooheen, Graigueagowan, Graigueakilleen, Lecarrow, Queensacres

Placenames

Lickmolassy 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.