Hillsbrook Demesne

120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hillsbrook Demesne, from 50 m² to 371,781 m² (37.18 ha, 91.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 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 Hillsbrook Demesne 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.

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  for construction of a single storey dwelling house and garage, installation of a wastewater treatment system and new vehicular site access

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660798

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 215.38 sqm(H), 40 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560667

• 11 Apr 2025Conditional

  sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 235 sqm(H), 60.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560413

• 22 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 279 sqm (H), 60 sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461398

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355

• 25 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct a six bay single slatted cattle shed with creep area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23343

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank and treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 224 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212022

• 12 Mar 2021Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a single storey extension (18 sqm) to existing dwelling house and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 18 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21350

• 26 May 2020Conditional

  consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house (c 166sqm), domestic garage (c 60sqm), waste water treatment system and all associated site works; Gross floor space of proposed works; 226sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20642

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  to construct a new 4 bay slatted shed, which will have underground effluent storage tank facilities, cattle creep areas, feeding passages and cattle handling facilities and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 210 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191958

• 6 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct serviced dwelling house and domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling house = 206.50 sqm, Garage = 54 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191224

• 26 Apr 2019Refused

  to construct serviced dwelling house and domestic garage/store. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling House = 206.50 sqm, Garage = 54 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19634

• 14 Dec 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 179sqm, Garage 60sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171793

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  of domestic garage/fuel store. Gross floor space of work to be retained 55.32sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171418

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 Hillsbrook Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• GA044-068 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA044-069 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In grassland, formerly demesne land. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) as a subcircular hollow (c. 25m by c. 20m). No visible surface trace survives. Probably a landscape feature associated with Hillsbrook House 325m to SE: a similar monument (GA044-070----) lies 300m to ESE. 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

• GA044-070 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Some 300m ESE of a similar monument (GA044-069----). Marked on OS 6-inch maps as a circular hollow planted with trees. The visible remains comprise a subcircular enclosure (N-S 23m, E-W 18m), in fair condition, defined by a flat-topped bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. A number of mature trees are growing on the bank. Probably a tree-ring associated with the nearby house. 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 Hillsbrook Demesne.

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 Hillsbrook 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Hillsbrook Demesne · Sruthán an Chnoic

Area

1,644,463 m² (164.45 ha, 406.36 acres)

Civil parish

Killererin, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Hillsbrook, the unit of the census

Census 2022

693 people lived in 236 households in the Hillsbrook electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnaderg South, Cooloo, Cottage, Dangan Eighter, Derrybaun, Fortyacres, Knock, Lissavally, Tigreenaun, Twentyacres

Placenames

Hillsbrook 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.