Askillaun
Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ascailleán
- Area
- 359.5 ha
- 888 acres
- Land parcels
- 242
- registered freehold, median 5,064 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
242 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Askillaun, from 22 m² to 237,461 m² (23.75 ha, 58.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Askillaun 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
17 Jun 2026N/a
Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic shed and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660472
4 Mar 2024N/a
Planning Permission to construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works at Askillaun, Roonah Point, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo on behalf of Patrick Whyte.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460098
28 Sept 2023Conditional
The development will consist of the following: construction of an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house; alterations to all elevations; internal reconfigurations; new on-site wastewater system together with all ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360402
21 Mar 2023Conditional
construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23144
16 Feb 2023Conditional
demolition of existing sunroom and first floor balcony and the construction of a single storey extension to the existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2369
27 Jul 2022Refused
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22634
4 Apr 2022Conditional
EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING GARAGE/SHED FOR A HOME OFFICE, ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22259
14 Jul 2020Conditional
Demolition of existing farm structures, the restoration/reconstruction of the original single-storey cottage (64m2) and the construction of a new single-storey extension (171m2) to use as a single dwelling house, and associated site works, including site entrance, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and the reconstruction of the original boat shed (52m2)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20471
28 Mar 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18211
22 May 2017Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING FARM BUILDINGS, TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BARN AND TO CONVERT AN EXISTING BARN INTO A SLATTED SHED
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17398
25 Apr 2017Conditional
EXTENSIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE, AND FOR NEW WINDOW IN EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17293
20 Feb 2017Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISITNG DWELLING AND TO ERECT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1794
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 Askillaun.
Recorded monuments
- MA085-026 Ringfort - rath
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.
- MA085-027 Stone row
Description
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- MA085-028001 Church
Description
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- MA085-028002 Graveyard
Description
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- MA085-028003 Ritual site - holy well
Description
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- MA085-028004 Inscribed stone
Description
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- MA085-028005 Cairn - unclassified
Description
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- MA085-028006 Megalithic structure
Description
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- MA085-028007 Children's burial ground
Description
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- MA086-002 Stone row
Description
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- MA086-003001 Enclosure
Description
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- MA086-003002 Children's burial ground
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
- Saint Patrick's National School, school, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey national school, opened 1937, on a symmetrical plan. Closed, 1971. Derelict, 1998. Renovated, 2002, to accommodate private residential use. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on louvered vents, paired red brick Running bond "wallhead" chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement three-over-three sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds with boundary wall to perimeter having concrete coping.
- Watch tower, 1939–1942 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lookout post ["LOP"], between 1939-42, on an elongated half-octagonal plan. Now in ruins. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered mass- or reinforced concrete block walls. Square-headed window openings with no fittings surviving. Set in unkempt grounds.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Askillaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Askillaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Askillaun · Ascailleán
- Area
- 3,594,647 m² (359.46 ha, 888.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgeever, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Emlagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Emlagh electoral division: 331 people in 130 households; 88% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 40% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghany, Carrowmore, Dooghmakeon, Emlagh, Formoyle
- Placenames
- Askillaun 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.