Newtown

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 745 m² to 720,680 m² (72.07 ha, 178.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Newtown 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.

• 22 Oct 2025N/a

  for the "change of use" of part of this existing historical property to facilitate agri-tourism and as described as follows: the refurbishment and conversion of the existing attached barns (Block C) into 3 apartments and facilities areas & the refurbishment and conversion of the old attached service area wing (Block B) into 3 Apartments and facilities areas; the recovery & refurbishment of the main residence (Block A) that maintains the existing character and use of the dwelling; to upgrade the existing courtyard and gardens to reflect the original design and character of the property; to install a new proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area to replace the old style septic tank system; the provision of a ground-mounted solar panel system within part of the overall estate grounds. The above proposed developments are proposed for the existing Newton House, which is a protected structure RPS No. 84

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561551

• 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

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA058-076 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.

Architectural heritage

• Newtown House, bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1800, over Abbert River. Segmental arches with rubble voussoirs to arch rings, coursed random rubble to spandrels. Triangular cutwaters to north-west face with pyramidal copings. Random rubble parapets with hammer-finished flat limestone copings. Cylindrical cement piers to inner face of parapet ends. Set on avenue leading to Newtown House, with random rubble walls to east and west, and decorative cast-iron lampstands to north.

• Newtown House, country house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, but possibly incorporating house of c.1730, having bowed central bay to rear, porch of c.1835 to front, slightly recessed single-storey two-bay L-plan double-pile wings flanking front elevation, and long courtyard of single and two-storey buildings. Hipped slate roofs, M-profile to wings with rendered chimneystacks to hips and to wings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lime rendered painted walls with rendered skirting. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front façade, having tooled limestone sills, and with round-headed windows to end walls of wings, ground floor of rear and stairs window to rear gable and rear ground floor and bow-fronted bay. Square-headed eight panel timber entrance door with moulded timber surround set within tooled limestone surround flanked by paired stone pilasters with plinths and moulded capitals supporting tooled stone parapet with moulded entablature. Limestone stepped approach to porch. Rear has round-headed fixed twelve-pane stairs window to bow with spoked fanlight, square-headed six-over-six pane windows to first floor and round-headed six-over-six pane to ground floor with fanlights. Wings have square-headed six-over-six pane windows to front, round-headed six-over-six pane to rear, and west wing side elevations have square-headed six-over-six pane windows and some round-headed three-over-three pane windows with spoked fanlights. Rear parts of wings project forward of rear of house. Lower single-storey multiple-bay buildings in line with east wing return and having pitched slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber sliding sash and some replacement windows and glazed timber doors. East range also has two-bay single-storey addition to east with hipped slate roof and rendered chimneystack and walls. Yard end of west wing return partly incorporates one end of nine-bay two-storey range with pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystacks and rendered walls. This range also has elliptical-arch throughway with ashlar stone surround with imposts and cornice, second elliptical carriage arch to north, and square-headed timber sliding sash and some replacement timber windows with limestone sills, and square-headed doorways with limestone block-and-start surrounds with replacment glazed timber doors. Two-storey range to north with pitched slate roof. Remains of cobblestones to courtyard surface. Set in large demesne with river to south and woods to west.

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 Newtown, 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 Newtown.

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.

• Newtown, Abbeyknockmoy5 sales

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

1,642,321 m² (164.23 ha, 405.83 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Abbey East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

655 people lived in 215 households in the Abbey East electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbert Demesne, Clashard, Cloonkeen, Derreen, Farmhill, Graiguebaun, Kilgarve North, Moyne

Placenames

Newtown 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.