Lisduff
Lisduff is a townland in the civil parish of Loughrea, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Lios Dubh.
Parcel 4686450
- Area
- 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Lisduff
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1047 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 148.1 ha
- 366 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 3,666 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisduff, from 59 m² to 335,024 m² (33.5 ha, 82.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisduff 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Aug 2026Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661376
11 Mar 2026Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling House, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660374
23 May 2025Conditional
and complete the outbuilding for agricultural use, to retain and complete imported stone hardstand and driveway, and to retain existing concrete slab and to reinstate a cottage in the same location as an earlier cottage. Permission is also sought to provide a new foulwater treatment plant for the cottage. The works are located close to a Recorded Monument, reference number GA106-012. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 146.00 sqm(H), 110 sqm(Agri)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560648
12 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 205.58 sqm(H)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560578
12 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200.00 sqm(H), 24.00 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560574
19 Dec 2024Refused
and to complete the outbuilding for agricultural use, to retain and complete imported stone hardstand and driveway, to retain existing concrete slab and to reinstate a cottage in the same location as an earlier cottage, with a new connection to the existing foul water treatment plant. The works are located close to a recorded monument, reference number GA106-012
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461767
24 May 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 217.00 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460607
29 Jan 2024Conditional
for the construction of a Dwelling House, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204.50 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460094
29 Jan 2024Conditional
for the construction of a Dwelling House, Treatment Unit, Percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 218 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460095
28 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct: 1 - Double Slatted House with feed passages and loose house lie-back, 2 - Loose House with feed passage; the above to be carried out in conjunction with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1308.3 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201214
17 May 2019Conditional
for (1) alterations to front boundary wall (2) minor alterations to house and garage and (3) revision to location of garage on site, (previous pl. ref. nos 08/2715 & 16/1446). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 343 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19750
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisduff.
Recorded monuments
- GA097-131 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.
- GA097-133 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.
- GA105-147 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pastureland. Circular rath (diam. 41m), in fair condition, defined by a tree-lined bank and external fosse. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2m) at ESE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 January 2018
- GA105-148 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (c. 42m E-W; c. 33m N-S). Field boundaries clipped it at N, E and S. A ‘Cave’ (GA105-148001-) was associated. On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is shown as a subtriangular enclosure (c. 43m NE-SW; c. 29m) NW-SE. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 July 2019
- GA105-148001 Souterrain
Description
Associated with a possible rath (GA105-148----). Named 'Cave' but not indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 July 2019
- GA105-149 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisduff.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Lisduff, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1047 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Lisduff · An Lios Dubh
- Area
- 1,481,385 m² (148.14 ha, 366.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughrea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughrea
- Electoral division
- Bullaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 340 people lived in 112 households in the Bullaun electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybroder, Bellayarha South, Cahernagarry, Fairfield, Kincullia, Moyleen
- Placenames
- Lisduff 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.