Annies

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annies, from 94 m² to 169,300 m² (16.93 ha, 41.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Annies 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.

• 15 Oct 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426

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 Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
• Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA 004051
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments

• MA100-112001 Church
  Description

  On NE shore of Lough Carra. In SW sector of early christian enclosure (MA100-113001-). Much-ruined rectangular church (7.6m N-S; 16.3m E-W). Ivy-clad E gable survives to near full height (H 5.7m), with lower courses of N, S and W walls (Wth 0.9m). E window (H 2.3m; Wth 0.7m) remains. Numerous gravestones to S of church. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 600. Date of upload: 7 February 2013

• MA100-112002 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.

• MA100-113 Religious house - Augustinian nuns
  Description

  On NE shore of Lough Carra in an area of rough grazing. In SE sector of Early Christian enclosure (MA100-113001-), which also encloses church (MA100-112001-) and extensive field system (MA100-113002-). Augustinian abbey founded by Walter de Burgo c. 1440 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 312). Heavily overgrown ruins of low rectangular building (13.3m N-S; 6.2m E-W). The walls (Wth 1.3m; H 0.7m) are in poor condition, a noticeable break of 3.2m at the W end of the S wall may indicate the site of the door. Several loose stones are scattered about the building, but a few upright to the SW clearly mark graves. Made subject to Kilcreevanty and became house of nuns. Franciscans recorded here in 1587, may have occupied site after the suppression of Kilcreevanty (1543) (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 312). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 634. Date of upload: 11 February 2013

• MA100-113001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E shore of Lough Carra. Large subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 170m), defined by earthen bank (H 0.7m; Wth 0.7m) survives NE to S, of church (MA100-112001-) and abbey (MA100-113----). The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 584. Date of upload: 11 February 2013

• MA100-113002 Field system
  Description

  In pasture, on E shore of Lough Carra possibly associated with ecclesiastical sites (MA100-113001-, MA100-112001-, MA100-113----). Earthen banks extending over large area enclose a number of fields. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 561. Date of upload: 11 February 2013

• MA110-008001 Enclosure
  Description

  On N shore of sheltered bay, in Lough Carra. Subrectangular area (45m N-S; 93m E-W), enclosed by stone wall (Wth 1.8m), levelled on E. Interior, raised 2m above surrounding ground level, contains a stone-built structure (14m N-S; 16.3m E-W) with possible entrance on NE. Site is heavily overgrown. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 239. Date of upload: 28 October 2013

• MA110-008002 Leacht cuimhne
  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

• Annies Bridge, bridge, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch bridge over river, built 1822-6. Underpinned, 1850-2. Part repointed coursed rough cut limestone walls centred on drag edged tooled limestone ashlar rounded triangular cutwaters to piers having domed pyramidal capping with cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having drag edged tooled cut-limestone coping. Series of three round arches with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Annies River with unkempt banks to river.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Annies with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Annies · Na hEanaigh

Area

737,461 m² (73.75 ha, 182.23 acres)

Civil parish

Robeen, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Newbrook, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Newbrook electoral division: 554 people in 201 households; 92% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clooncan, Cloondaver, Rinaneel

Placenames

Annies 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.