Ballinchalla

157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinchalla, from 35 m² to 293,995 m² (29.4 ha, 72.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Ballinchalla 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.

• 28 Sept 2023Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360401

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2256

• 12 Feb 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21109

• 16 Aug 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SOLID FLOOR SHEEP SHED FACILITY COMPRISING OF A CONCRETE FLOOR, ANCILLARY CONCRETE APRONS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19634

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 Mask SPA 004062
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments

• MA117-025 Enclosure
  Description

  On shore of Lough Mask. Shown on OS map (1929) as circular platform. Levelled; no visible surface traces. 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. 309. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-026001 Church
  Description

  In graveyard, ruins of medieval rectangular church (5.1m N-S; 12.8m E-W). Ivy-clad E gable and N and S walls stand to near full height. Entrance at W end of S wall; with box-like piscina at E end. N wall (H 2.6 m) contains single headed ogee window at E end. E gable contains twin light headed ogee window. Some modern headstones in church interior. Known locally, and shown on 1838 OS map as Ballinchalla Church. In ruins by 1606 (Neary 1938,49). 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. 601. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-026002 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.

• MA117-027 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In area of rock outcrop. Circular area (32m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by a stone wall of dump construction (Wth 3m; H 1.5m) with gap (Wth 2.6m) on NE. Wall overlain by stone field fence, S to NE. 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. 240. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-028 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Eight cists and one pit burial discovered between 1933-1944, on a low-lying esker ridge (NMI). Cist 1: Long, slab-built cist (L 1.5m E-W) with a single floor slab and capstone. It contained an extended skeleton with head facing W (NMI). Cist 2: Long, rectangular slab-built cist (L 1.4m E-W; Wth 0.7m) with capstone and single floor slab. A pair of cross slabs divided it into three compartments, two of which contained cremated bones (NMI). Cist 3: 6m N of cist 2. Short, polygonal, slab-built cist (L 0.4m E-W; Wth 0.3m; D 0.3m) with floor slab and capstone. Contained an inverted vase urn which held the cremated bones of an infant (JGAHS 1943, 89-91). Cist 4: 30m E of cist 3. Short cist; orientated NE-SW, constructed of large side slabs, and divided into two compartments by transverse slab. NE compartment contained cremated bones and a highly decorated lidded vase (H 0.2m). SW compartment contained a cremation and a vase (JGAHS 1945, 100-2). Cist 5: 5m NW of cist 4. Short slab-built cist orientated NE-SW. Contained a vase, cremated bones and a 'fragment of bronze wire' (not preserved) (NMI). Cist 6: 8m SE of cist 5 and 3m SW of cist 4. Short cist, orientated NE-SW containing cremated bones and a plano-convex flint knife held in a bowl shaped 'grass container' (NMI). Cist 7: 6m N of cist 5. Short slab-built cist, orientated NE-SW, divided into two compartments by a transverse slab. No human remains or artifacts were discovered (NMI). Cist 8: 15m N of cist 7. Short slab-built cist with cobbled floor and capstone, orientated NE-SW. It contained cremated bones (NMI). Pit 1: Small polygonal pit containing cremated bones, charcoal and hare teeth (NMI). 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. 12. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

• MA117-029 Enclosure
  Description

  In farmyard, surrounded by pasture, overlain on NE by road. Indicated on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. No visible surface traces. 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. 310. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinchalla.

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 Ballinchalla.

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 Ballinchalla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Ballinchalla · Baile an Chalaidh

Area

1,560,370 m² (156.04 ha, 385.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinchalla, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Neale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Neale electoral division: 879 people in 298 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunnadober, Cahernagollum, Cloonenagh, Killour, Knocknamucklagh, Rahard

Placenames

Ballinchalla 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.