Ballybroony

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybroony, from 109 m² to 196,298 m² (19.63 ha, 48.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Ballybroony 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.

• 20 Mar 2026Conditional

  This development will consist of Retention Permission of existing dwelling house and garage, existing access and boundaries, including all other ancillary site works and services.

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660217

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  Planning permission to (1) Alter and extend existing dwelling house, (2) Upgrade existing wastewater treatment system, and (3) Carry out all required ancillary works on site

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660107

• 10 Feb 2026N/a

  This development will consist of Permission to 1) Demolish existing detached single storey dwelling house and 2) Construct replacement single Storey detached dwelling house, including all other ancillary site works and services.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660103

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION (AD) BIOGAS FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED GAS PIPELINE. COMPRISING OF: RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT CONSISTING OF AN AD BIOGAS FACILITY USING LOCALLY SOURCED SILAGE & SLURRY AS FEEDSTOCK TO GENERATE BIOGAS FOR EXPORT TO THE NATIONAL GRID WITH RESIDUAL DIGESTATE BEING AVAILABLE FOR USE LOCALLY AS BIO-FERTILISER; 2 NO GRASS SILAGE STORAGE CLAMPS; ACCESS & CIRCULATION TRACT FROM THE L1110 OF c.832M WITH AVERAGE WIDTH OF 6m; NEW SITE ENTRANCE ON THE MULLAFARRY RD AND c.236 OF NEW 4M WIDE SITE ACCESS TRACK AND UPGRADE OF c.92m; PIPELINE OF c.8.6KM LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC ROAD AND VERGES TO CONNECT THE AD FACILITY TO THE NATIONAL GRID NORTH OF BALLINA; ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING A SITE OFFICE BUILDING, WEIGHBRIDGE, PERIMETER LANDSCAPING BERM, FENCING, LIGHTING, ATTENUATION TANK AND ON-SITE DRAINAGE; NIS ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2193

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17730

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 Ballybroony.

Recorded monuments

• MA022-077 Hilltop enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, encompassing the top of a low hill with gentle slopes falling away to S, W and N, and an even more gradual incline to E. From the top of the enclosing bank there are excellent views over the surrounding grassland, and to NW of Lough Dalla, now drained and grassed over. Nephin and the Nephin Beg range dominate the far horizon to SW. Named ‘Rathnabart’ on the 1837 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps, this enclosure consists of a broadly oval area (108m NW–SE; 90m NE–SW) defined by a substantial, stony bank (Wth c. 6m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2m, at NE). The bank is best preserved on the N half of the enclosure; elsewhere it is somewhat degraded, with eroded breaks (Wth 1.5-3m) at N, E and SW. A broad flat-based gap (Wth c. 8m), marked in parts by heavy rush growth, intervenes between the bank and an outer bank which largely respects the curve of the enclosure. This outer ring is engulfed in dense overgrowth and is difficult to examine; it is unclear if it is a primary feature as it is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and it is indicated on the 1929 as a series of field boundaries, incorporating the enclosure into a later field system. At SE-SW the outer bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6m) has almost vertical sides and appears to be a field bank of relatively recent date, and at W–NW it is bordered on its inner edge is a deep field ditch (Wth 2-3m). At NW–NE the outer bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.8m) is noticeably more substantial. On the E side of the enclosure, the curving outer ring is replaced by a linear N–S field bank, set 12m outside the inner bank. Remnants of a laneway, shown skirting the enclosure on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, appear to survive at SE-S. The interior of the enclosure is level. It is bisected, to S of centre, by a low, gapped field bank (Wth 1.4m; H 0.5m) on an ENE–WSW axis. The interior surface is uneven and rather soft and damp underfoot, with a particularly wet area or pool (diam. c. 10m) in the NW quadrant. The original entrance is not clear but it may have been on the E side where the gentle slope of the hill allows the easiest approach. According to local tradition, this enclosure was used for markets and other large social gatherings. The 1838 OS Letters record that there ‘was a gallows here formerly, and sessions held at it, and this was the place of meeting where all the people of Tirawley convened occasionally, as tradition states.' (O'Flanagan 1927,405 (204)). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 March 2013

• MA022-095 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, located at the NW end of a rise, giving excellent views in all directions, with Nephin Mountain and the Nephin Beg range prominent on the far horizon to SW. This mound is not shown on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It has been damaged, and is now evident as a roughly circular, sod-covered area of disturbed ground (diam. c. 19m; H 0.55m at SE, 1m at NW) with an uneven surface of hunps and hollows, and much angular stones protruding from the sod. According to local information, it is the levelled remains of a mound or cairn, which was traditionally known as a ‘síodan’ (SMR file: pers. comm. Jim Gilvarry 1988 & 91). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 May 2019

Architectural heritage

• Ballybroony House, country house, 1753–1777 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, extant 1777, on an L-shaped plan with three-bay (east) or single-bay (west) full-height side elevations. Repaired, 1878. Vacant, 1911. Sold, 1912. Disused, 1976. Occupied, 1996. For sale, 2006. Sold, 2008. Undergoing "restoration", 2010. Replacement hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan on collared timber construction with paired rendered, ruled and lined central chimney stacks on rendered, ruled and lined bases having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting crested terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on dragged cut-limestone eaves having dragged cut-limestone consoles. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed part snecked limestone walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by two overgrown cut-limestone steps, drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door with overlight now boarded-up. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on triple keystones framing remains of one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior undergoing "restoration", 2010, including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" dado rail centred on carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled reveals; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber lugged surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in unkempt grounds with limestone ashlar pier to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate.

• Ballybroony House, kiln, 1840–1896 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-oven single-stage lime kiln, extant 1896, on a square plan. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls with overgrown coping to parapet. Single camber- or segmental-headed oven with yellow brick voussoirs. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Ballybroony House.

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 Ballybroony, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballybroony · Béal Átha Brúnaigh

Area

3,399,970 m² (340 ha, 840.15 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysakeery, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Rathoma, the unit of the census

Census 2022

248 people lived in 86 households in the Rathoma electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinteean, Balloughadalla, Ballynaboll, Cloonshinnagh, Coonealcauraun, Coonealmore, Lisglennon, Rathglass West, Tooreenphilip

Placenames

Ballybroony 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.