Newtowneyre

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtowneyre, from 579 m² to 2,879 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 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 Newtowneyre 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.

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a new all weather astro turf training area with retaining wall / ball wall lighting and fencing, new covered stand, walking track with low level lighting, new machinery shed and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 90 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460841

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional

  OF (1) EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE FUEL STORES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.Gross floor space of work to be retained 52.01sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260953

• 17 Aug 2018Conditional

  of existing prefabricated unit for use as a playschool. Gross floor space of work to be retained 40.8 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 181175

• 27 Jun 2018N/a

  of existing prefabricated unit for use as a playschool. Gross floor space of work to be retained 40.8 sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18881

• 23 Feb 2017N/a

  to construct 6 no. 21m high static lighting columns with lighting equipment to produce 350 lux, generator ducting and all associated works to existing GAA grounds

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17237

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 Newtowneyre.

Recorded monuments

• GA099-155 Windmill
  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.

• GA099-156 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle rise in undulating grassland. Circular rath (diam. 31.4m), in fair condition, defined by a bank which is planted with trees from S through W to N. A gap (Wth 2m) at SE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 March 2018

• GA099-157 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed grassland. This circular rath (diam. 46m), in fair condition, is defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse which are visible all round and best preserved from S to W. Trees are growing around its perimeter and also within the fosse. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

• GA099-158 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. This circular rath (diam. 37m), in fair condition, is defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth at top 1.4m; overall Wth 5.9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m ) is visible all round. There is a possible entrance gap at SSE. The fosse (Wth 1.5m) and outer bank (Wth at top 1.5m; overall Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) survive from SSE through W to N. Tree are growing on the inner bank and in the fosse. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

• GA099-159 Country house
  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.

• GA099-160001 Church
  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.

• GA099-160002 Graveyard
  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.

• GA099-161 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• GA099-162 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• GA099-163 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA099-164 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA099-165 Designed landscape feature
  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

• Eyreville, mill (wind), 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-plan windmill, built c.1780. Roofless. Rubble limestone walls. Enlarged irregular door openings to east and west. Slit window with rubble stone lintel to upper level. Set within demesne lands of Eyreville.

• Saint Thomas's Church (Kiltormer), church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built c.1815, having three-bay nave elevation, and square-plan two-stage entrance tower to west end. Now ruinous and overgrown. Roof not visible. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut limestone pointed pinnacles and cornice to tower. Rendered walls with cut limestone eaves course, forming string course to tower, and with rectangular recess above door to tower. Pointed arch recesses to north elevation of nave, with cut limestone sills. Pointed arch window openings to south elevation of nave, to upper stages of tower, and to east gable, having cut limestone Y-tracery to tower, remains of timber sliding sash windows and timber Y-tracery to south elevation of nave. Pointed arch door openings with cut limestone surrounds to north and west elevations of tower, now blocked. Coved ceiling to interior, with moulded cornice and painted frieze. Graveyard to site. Wrought-iron double-leaf gates with rubble stone square-profile piers and rubble stone boundary walls.

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 Newtowneyre, about 1 in 10 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 Newtowneyre.

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

Name

Newtowneyre · An Baile Nua

Area

746,356 m² (74.64 ha, 184.43 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltormer, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Kiltormer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

538 people lived in 190 households in the Kiltormer electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cooleeny East, Derreen, Gortnaraheen, Kiltormer West, Moaty

Placenames

Newtowneyre 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.