# Ballycastle, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Doonfeeny, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Baile an Chaisil. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,154,055 m² (115.41 ha, 285.17 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M4 Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Doonfeeny, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/doonfeeny.md - Barony: Tirawley - Electoral division: Ballycastle, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 585 people lived in 256 households in the Ballycastle electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34209 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150185 - Centre: latitude 54.284286, longitude -9.375703 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycastle, from 13 m² to 121,837 m² (12.18 ha, 30.11 acres); 41 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 884510: 121,837 m² (12.18 ha, 30.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/884510.md - Parcel 1007424: 107,207 m² (10.72 ha, 26.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007424.md - Parcel 930484: 92,147 m² (9.21 ha, 22.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930484.md - Parcel 993748: 59,236 m² (5.92 ha, 14.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993748.md - Parcel 879141: 58,474 m² (5.85 ha, 14.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879141.md - Parcel 964559: 55,400 m² (5.54 ha, 13.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964559.md - Parcel 964683: 51,756 m² (5.18 ha, 12.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964683.md - Parcel 876651: 36,521 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876651.md - Parcel 993225: 34,299 m² (3.43 ha, 8.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993225.md - Parcel 899150: 33,426 m² (3.34 ha, 8.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899150.md - Parcel 898687: 31,228 m² (3.12 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/898687.md - Parcel 986015: 30,768 m² (3.08 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986015.md - Parcel 1531712: 29,598 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531712.md - Parcel 874532: 29,353 m² (2.94 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874532.md - Parcel 992805: 27,466 m² (2.75 ha, 6.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992805.md - Parcel 981227: 24,921 m² (2.49 ha, 6.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981227.md - Parcel 875002: 24,456 m² (2.45 ha, 6.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875002.md - Parcel 975012: 22,837 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975012.md - Parcel 986390: 17,282 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986390.md - Parcel 1532839: 16,481 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532839.md - Parcel 971476: 14,085 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971476.md - Parcel 973613: 13,668 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973613.md - Parcel 1004363: 13,118 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004363.md - Parcel 926912: 11,632 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926912.md - Parcel 997591: 10,947 m² (1.09 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/997591.md - Parcel 996909: 10,747 m² (1.07 ha, 2.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996909.md - Parcel 878927: 10,622 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878927.md - Parcel 893461: 9,873 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893461.md - Parcel 4722543: 9,672 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722543.md - Parcel 944646: 9,530 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944646.md - Parcel 907811: 9,244 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/907811.md - Parcel 992477: 8,664 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992477.md - Parcel 905728: 8,630 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905728.md - Parcel 4776834: 7,252 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4776834.md - Parcel 4917213: 5,958 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4917213.md - Parcel 894240: 5,274 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894240.md - Parcel 989973: 4,845 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989973.md - Parcel 932334: 4,818 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932334.md - Parcel 4660714: 4,802 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660714.md - Parcel 990442: 4,473 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/990442.md - Parcel 982073: 4,252 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/982073.md - Parcel 963023: 3,906 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963023.md - Parcel 871433: 2,740 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871433.md - Parcel 967140: 2,699 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967140.md - Parcel 3765779: 2,541 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3765779.md - Parcel 998355: 2,525 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998355.md - Parcel 918068: 2,267 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918068.md - Parcel 5247069: 2,218 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5247069.md - Parcel 998620: 2,187 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998620.md - Parcel 933262: 2,170 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933262.md - Parcel 975044: 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975044.md - Parcel 1532653: 2,093 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532653.md - Parcel 966498: 2,059 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/966498.md - Parcel 970906: 1,782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/970906.md - Parcel 1008199: 1,644 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008199.md - Parcel 1002855: 1,374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002855.md - Parcel 894143: 1,352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/894143.md - Parcel 982566: 1,315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/982566.md - Parcel 1001073: 1,262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001073.md - Parcel 905305: 1,258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/905305.md - Parcel 973053: 1,204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/973053.md - Parcel 879298: 1,141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/879298.md - Parcel 906405: 1,108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/906405.md - Parcel 965120: 1,101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/965120.md - Parcel 999366: 937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/999366.md - Parcel 3464818: 891 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464818.md - Parcel 1000300: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000300.md - Parcel 873527: 724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/873527.md - Parcel 1531713: 711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531713.md - Parcel 939066: 562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/939066.md - Parcel 1002856: 552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002856.md - Parcel 1004009: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004009.md - Parcel 5842789: 520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842789.md - Parcel 4930791: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4930791.md - Parcel 3464820: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464820.md - Parcel 976906: 414 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/976906.md - Parcel 5842782: 390 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842782.md - Parcel 5061178: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5061178.md - Parcel 3464821: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464821.md - Parcel 1532840: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532840.md - Parcel 888692: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/888692.md - Parcel 5842790: 169 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5842790.md - Parcel 983055: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/983055.md - Parcel 931934: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/931934.md - Parcel 5174774: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5174774.md - Parcel 3464819: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464819.md - Parcel 964956: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/964956.md - Parcel 1532654: 63 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532654.md - Parcel 898253: 62 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/898253.md - Parcel 4933447: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933447.md - Parcel 4930786: 54 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4930786.md - Parcel 999745: 40 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/999745.md - Parcel 915475: 22 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/915475.md - Parcel 1012240: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012240.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - M4 Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area): Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo; 35 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/d6847b84-8c8a-4ee4-bbb4-0360884f207a/VOL-1-Book_2.pdf#page128 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 15 Dec 2025, Mayo County Council 25501: Conditional. Retention. retain dwelling house and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25501/0 - 25 Sept 2025, Mayo County Council 25408: Conditional. Permission. retain dwelling house and upgrade septic tank to proprietary effluent treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25408/0 - 16 Aug 2024, Mayo County Council 2460510: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of the change of use of school building to use as an art workshop space and one bedroom apartment. The development will also consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the building (37.7m²) together with ancillary site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460510/0 - 25 Jun 2024, Mayo County Council 2460391: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a three-bedroom single storey dwelling along with a storage shed, a 4kw photovoltaic solar array and a sewage treatment system together with a vehicle entrance and all ancillary site works and services... File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460391/0 - 2 Mar 2022, Mayo County Council 22153: Conditional. Retention. RETENTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, INCLUDING PITCHED ROOF OVER ORIGINAL PITCHED AND FLAT ROOF TO REAR OF DWELLING AND CHANGE USE OF SHOP AREA TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22153/0 - 29 Oct 2020, Mayo County Council 20805: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR THE REVISION OF SITE BOUNDARIES ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED P99/1428. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20805/0 - 2 Oct 2019, Mayo County Council 19773: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DERELICT STRUCTURES, CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19773/0 - 20 Mar 2019, Mayo County Council 19191: Refused. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DERELICT STRUCTURES, CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19191/0 - 14 May 2018, Mayo County Council 18346: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLISH EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES CONSISTING OF DWELLING HOUSE AND BUTCHER SHOP AND ERECT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/18346/0 - 3 Apr 2017, Mayo County Council 17232: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF 2 STOREY ART GALLERY, WORKSHOP AND STUDIO SPACE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17232/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycastle. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA007-048: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA007-048----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - House, 1797–1838, Regional interest, registry number 31201001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201001. Attached three-bay single-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stack having concrete capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipe. Limewashed rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with tarmacadam footpath to front. - Saint John's Church (Doonfeeny), church/chapel, 1825–1830, Regional interest, registry number 31201002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201002. Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1826-7, on a rectangular plan with single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Pitched slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, drag edged tooled cut-limestone coping to gables including drag edged tooled cut-limestone coping to gable (east) with repointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chimney stack to apex having stringcourse below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on drag edged tooled cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron "Tulip" hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed walls with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; part repointed walls (tower) with dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses including dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourse (bell stage) supporting tooled cut-limestone obelisk pinnacles framing Irish battlemented parapet having tooled cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, timber Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron square glazing bars. "Rose Window" (east) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fitting having cast-iron glazing bars. Lancet window opening (tower) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fitting having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Roundels (second stage) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing rendered infill. Lancet openings (bell stage) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing louvered fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); full-height interior with central aisle between timber pews, and carpeted stepped dais to chancel (east) with foliate-detailed cast-iron balusters supporting carved timber communion railing centred on trefoil-perforated timber altar below trefoil-perforated timber reredos. Set in landscaped grounds with repointed diagonal piers to perimeter having stringcourses below capping supporting wrought iron double gates. - Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1925–1935, Regional interest, registry number 31201005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201005. Detached eight-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1930-3; built 1931-3; dedicated 1933, on a cruciform plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (three-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height apse to crossing (south) on a half-octagonal plan. Renovated, 1970, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on half-octagonal slate roof (south) with perforated crested clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables on "Cavetto" kneelers with "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron Cross finials to apexes including concrete coping to gable to entrance (north) front with rendered, ruled and lined buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-bronze bell (1932), and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered stepped buttresses having "slated" coping including rendered clasping stepped buttresses to corners to entrance (north) front having "slated" coping supporting octagonal pinnacles. Lancet window openings with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Windows" to transepts with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to apse (south) with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed door opening to entrance (north) front in pointed-arch recess with step threshold, and rendered block-and-start surround having stepped reveals with hood moulding over on label stops framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Lancet flanking window openings with concrete sills, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" to gable with concrete sill, and rendered block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (north); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (north) supporting timber pipe organ below stained glass "Trinity Window" (2000), tiled central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, Gothic-style timber memorial stations (undated) between stained glass windows (2000), pointed-arch arcades to transepts on Corinthian pillars with hood mouldings over on beaded "Cavetto" label stops, exposed Hammerbeam timber roof construction on beaded "Bowtell" corbels with wind braced ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice on perforated frieze, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (south) reordered, 1970, with pair of stained glass windows (2000) centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white Carrera marble Gothic-style high altar (1933). Set in landscaped grounds with quatrefoil-detailed rendered piers to perimeter having gabled capping. - Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1910–1915, Regional interest, registry number 31201006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201006. Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built 1911; extant 1917, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (west). Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (west) with terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered bases having "Cavetto"-detailed corbelled stepped cornices below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Camber-headed central door opening with drag edged tooled cut-limestone step threshold, timber mullions on drag edged tooled cut-limestone padstones supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, Y-mullion, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered panelled chamfered piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed curvilinear gabled capping. - Saint Brigid's National School, school, 1935–1940, Regional interest, registry number 31201007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201007. Detached six-bay double-height girls' national school, built 1938; dated 1938, on a symmetrical plan with two- or three-bay single-storey flat-roofed "pavilions" centred on three-bay single-storey flat-roofed breakfront. Closed, 1992. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with concrete ridge tiles, slightly sproketed or swept eaves, and uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening below drag edged rusticated cut-limestone date stone ("1938") with rendered surround having stepped reveals framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars with three-over-three timber sash windows to rear (south) elevation having horizontal glazing bars. Set in unkempt grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having chamfered capping. - Polke's, hotel, 1880–1885, Regional interest, registry number 31201008, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201008. Terraced four-bay two-storey commercial hotel, rebuilt 1884, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to right ground floor. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with moss-covered clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered wall (ground floor) bellcast over rendered plinth; roughcast surface finish (first floor) with rusticated rendered piers to ends supporting rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings with benchmark-inscribed drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Shopfront to right ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front. - Water pump, 1899–1917, Regional interest, registry number 31201009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201009. Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1917. Now disused. Street fronted on tarmacadam footpath. - Ballycastle National School, school, 1890–1895, Regional interest, registry number 31201010, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31201010. Detached eight-bay single-storey boys' national school, built 1892, on a symmetrical plan. Closed, 1970. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having lichen-covered chamfered capping supporting terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings centred on rusticated cut-limestone date stone ("189-") with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed flanking door openings with overgrown thresholds, and concealed dressings with no fittings surviving. Set back from line of road in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered truncated pyramidal capping supporting flat iron gate. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballycastle, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Ballycastle. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballycastle.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballycastle.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballycastle.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballycastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinglen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballinglen.md - Ballyglass: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyglass-150205.md - Carrowkibbock Upper: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowkibbock-upper.md - Carrownisky: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrownisky-150742.md - Killeena: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killeena.md - Killerduff: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killerduff.md - Lisbrin: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lisbrin.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballycastle - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/ballycastle