Dunsandle

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunsandle, from 224 m² to 226,567 m² (22.66 ha, 55.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Dunsandle 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.

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 215.00 sqm (house) & 50.00 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460691

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the development which will consist of the construction of 1) an extension to existing cubicle shed 2) construction of a new silage slab and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works Silage slab 666sqm and shed 668 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211360

• 12 Oct 2018Conditional

  for construction of a new dwelling house, along with an on-site sewage treatment system, domestic garage and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (house) 206 sqm, (garage) 41.2 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181443

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 218.3 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17590

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 Dunsandle.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-092001 Castle - tower 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.

• GA097-092002 Church
  Description

  Some 50m to the N of Dunsandle Castle (GA097-092001-). Only the N gable, W side-wall and a 1.5m stretch of the return of the E side-wall at the NE corner survive of this rectangular church (15.4m N-S; 7.5m E-W), which is constructed of randomly coursed mortared limestone blocks. There is no visible surface trace of the S gable. An internal dividing wall is evident. The only surviving architectural feature consists of a plain rectangular-headed window set into the apex of the N gable. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 February 2020

• GA097-092003 Icehouse
  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.

• GA097-092004 House - 17th 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.

• GA097-093 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.

• GA097-094 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.

• GA097-095 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.

• GA097-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level open grassland, formerly part of Dunsandle Demesne. This roughly circular platform (diam. 31m) is defined by a scarp (H 1m). Slight traces of a shallow fosse were noted from E to SW on inspection in April 1981 (SMR file). Apart from some slight humps and hollows the interior was clear. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 March 2019

• GA097-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle rise in grassland, formerly within Dunsandle Demesne. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m). The enclosing element is planted with trees. No visible surface trace survives. Possibly a rath that was reused as a landscape feature. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 July 2019

• GA097-098 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.

• GA097-099 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.

• GA097-100 Pump
  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.

• GA097-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland, formerly part of Dunsandle Demesne. This poorly preserved subcircular rath (diam. c. 23m) is defined by a scarp. A field wall cuts across it from NW to NE and no visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives to the N of it. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 March 2019

Architectural heritage

• Dunsandle, country house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey country house, built c.1780, now in ruins. Roof missing, rendered chimneystacks with remains of slate hanging, and carved stone eaves cornice. Cut limestone walls, with slightly raised cut-stone quoins, cut-stone string courses between floors, and cut-stone sill course to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with moulded surrounds and cut-stone sills. Ranges of outbuildings to north-west and north-east, having rubble boundary wall entered through slightly advanced cut-stone archway comprising round vehicular opening with dropped keystone, moulded cornice and entablature, topped with pediment detail. Round arch to north-east, inside yard, having cut-stone surround and replacement double-leaf timber door, with cut-stone bellcote above having round opening, curvilinear gable with cut-stone details. Restored two-storey outbuilding also within yard, having pitched artificial slate roof and rubble walls. Set within former 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 Dunsandle, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dunsandle · Dún Sandail

Area

2,559,595 m² (255.96 ha, 632.49 acres)

Civil parish

Lickerrig, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Kilconierin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

741 people lived in 238 households in the Kilconierin electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahivnia, Bookeen South, Carrowbaun, Carrownagower, Carrowrevagh, Lisnadrisha, Tooloobaunbeg

Placenames

Dunsandle 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.