Land parcel 4728758

Area

3,068 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,165 m².

Zoning

S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: amendments to plans granted under planning ref. 23/60163, relating to a property known as ‘The Gatehouse’, 7a Francis Street, Galway City. The property is located within the Curtilage of the Convent of Mercy Grounds and Graveyard, which are on the Record of Protected Structures; RPS ref: 9603. This permission primarily relates to amendments which have been deemed as necessary by the Fire officer in order to bring the overall development into compliance with Fire Safety regulations. These proposed works are as follows: (1) Addition of 1 no. external doorway to the front elevation (facing onto Francis Street) at ground floor level (2) Amendments to internal layout. This application also seeks permission for addition of Solar Panels to the Rear of the roof.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560385

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which consist of (1) Change of use of former educational use to student accommodation (2) Construction of a new second floor extension over existing first floor as part of the student accommodation proposal (3) Minor alterations to front elevation and (4) All associated site works and services. The Convent of Mercy grounds and graveyard is located to the west of the building, and are listed as a Protected Structure (RPS No. 9603)

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway City Council, 2360163

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 64 recorded monuments.

• GA094-091 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  In 1488 the Dominicans were granted licence to build a friary (GA094-091----) on the site of the Chapel of St Mary on the Hill (GA094-091002-). Exact foundation date unclear (pers. comm. P. Walsh) but construction of a choir and windows is mentioned in 1493 and work was still in progress in 1508. The scale or layout of the buildings is unknown. Described as 'lately dissolved' in 1570 but was subsequently re-established. Converted into an artillery battery (GA094-091003-) in 1642 and razed in 1652 to prevent Cromwellian occupation (Cooke 1895, 295). The present Dominican church, on or close to the site, dates from 1891. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 225; Hardiman 1820, 270-1) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-091001 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.

• GA094-091002 Chapel
  Description

  On W bank of the River Corrib opposite the town of Galway (GA094-100----) in the area known as the Claddagh. This was a Premonstratensian cell, in existence in 1235, and probably a dependant of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Tuam, which was founded in the first decade of the 13th C (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 206). Known as 'The Chapel of St Mary on the Hill' but reputed to have begun its life as a hospital (GA094-091004-). In 1451 it 'was merely a chapel' and by 1488 it 'had been empty and disused for a long time' (ibid., 204, 255). No visible trace survives. Site subsequently occupied by a Dominican friary (GA094-091----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-092 Settlement cluster
  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.

• GA094-099001 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.

• GA094-099002 Bastioned fort
  Description

  On summit at SW end of a steep-sided ridge overlooking Galway town to WNW and the approaches to its harbour and Loch an tSáile to S. Built in 1601-3 on the site of Augustinian friary (GA094-099003-), the church of which was incorporated into its plan. No visible surface trace survives of St Augustine's Fort, as it was known, but early 17th-C plans and various accounts of it exist (Hardiman 1846, 96-8, 108-22). These indicate that it was a massive earth and stone-faced construction (H c. 6m), square in plan (L/Wth c. 60m), with salient angle-bastions at each corner. It was encircled by a fosse, the entrance with gatehouse and drawbridge being situated midway along E side. Completely demolished in 1643: its former existence is preserved in the name of an adjacent graveyard (see GA094-099001-). (Walsh 1981, 64-76, 79-85; Kerrigan 1980, 137) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-099003 Religious house - Augustinian friars
  Description

  On a ridge to ESE of Galway town (GA094-100----) on or close to Forthill Graveyard. Augustinian friary founded 1508-9 by Margaret Athy. Known as 'the monastery of Cnoc'. Neither the scale or layout of the buildings is clear but representations appear on several 16-17th-C maps of the town. Described as 'late dissolved' in 1578. In 1601-3 a bastioned fort (GA094-099002-) was erected on the site. (Hardiman 1820, 272-3; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 300; Walsh 1986) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-100 Historic town
  Description

  On E bank of the River Corrib at its outflow into Galway Bay. Its foundation dates from the 1230s when Richard de Burgh erected a castle on the site of the O'Flaherty stronghold of Bun Gaillimhe (Lynn 1986, 101). The construction of its defences dates from the 1270s and it was confirmed as a royal borough in 1396. The walled town covered an area of c. 60 hectares but an extra mural suburb also existed at the Claddagh, on W bank of the river (see GA094-091002-). Three friaries (GA094-091----, GA094-099003-, GA094-102----), a hospital, a (nunnery and an infirmary (GA094-105----, GA094-106----, GA094-113----) also stood outside the walls. The visible remains comprise substantial portions of the town walls, the collegiate church of St Nicholas, and the remains of c. 20 late medieval houses (Higgins 1984-6). In the 17th century a series of artillery fortifications (GA094-032----, GA094-057----, GA082-083----, GA094-099002-, GA094-112----, GA094-022----) were erected around the town. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 284-8; Hardiman 1820; Casey 1988b) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-100001 Town defences
  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.

• GA094-100031 Bridge
  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.

And 54 more.

Architectural heritage

• Convent of Mercy, church/chapel, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached Roman Catholic church, built c.1840, comprising surviving triple-gabled west elevation of nave and side aisles, with three-stage crenellated bell tower to north end. Original structure behind façade replaced by newer construction. Pitched slate roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods, with tooled moulded limestone copings to gables with carved limestone pinnacles corbelled out to apexes and flanking gables, and having carved cross finial to middle gable apex. Crenellated ashlar limestone parapet to bell tower, with chamfered coping stones. Ashlar limestone to façade and tower, with tooled limestone plinth and shouldered diagonally set buttresses with spired caps and ball finials. Tooled limestone string courses between tower stages. Pointed arch-headed window openings to gables, having tooled chamfered limestone sills, roll chamfered surrounds and hood-mouldings. Four-light cinquefoil-headed window to nave with geometric tracery above and lead-lined stained glass. Replacement timber-framed trefoil-headed windows to side-aisles with reticulated tracery over. Pointed arch door openings to south side aisle and to door, having chamfered limestone surrounds, hood-mouldings with carved label-stops and double-leaf battened timber doors with limestone stepped approaches. Door opening to northern aisle converted to window, with limestone stall-riser and three-light timber-framed window having wrought-iron window-guard. Pointed arch louvered openings to upper stages of bell tower, single-light to top and double-light to middle stage, having chamfered limestone sills and tooled limestone hood-mouldings and timber louvers. Ceiling to interior has plaster bosses and cornices, with ribs supported on colonettes over corbels.

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_454 (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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