# Ballygommon, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kildacommoge, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Baile Ó gComáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 966,891 m² (96.69 ha, 238.92 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,526 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kildacommoge, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kildacommoge.md - Barony: Carra - Electoral division: Manulla, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 991 people lived in 349 households in the Manulla electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35844 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150216 - Centre: latitude 53.878633, longitude -9.168699 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygommon, from 307 m² to 84,499 m² (8.45 ha, 20.88 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 932881: 84,499 m² (8.45 ha, 20.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932881.md - Parcel 941300: 68,460 m² (6.85 ha, 16.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941300.md - Parcel 995965: 63,411 m² (6.34 ha, 15.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995965.md - Parcel 969606: 44,769 m² (4.48 ha, 11.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969606.md - Parcel 878637: 44,491 m² (4.45 ha, 10.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878637.md - Parcel 986269: 41,430 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986269.md - Parcel 967419: 39,204 m² (3.92 ha, 9.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967419.md - Parcel 891099: 38,576 m² (3.86 ha, 9.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891099.md - Parcel 998852: 38,170 m² (3.82 ha, 9.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998852.md - Parcel 3465007: 36,259 m² (3.63 ha, 8.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465007.md - Parcel 981267: 33,621 m² (3.36 ha, 8.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981267.md - Parcel 2712154: 30,674 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712154.md - Parcel 943951: 30,067 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943951.md - Parcel 1003466: 28,962 m² (2.9 ha, 7.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003466.md - Parcel 933934: 26,041 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933934.md - Parcel 898840: 23,805 m² (2.38 ha, 5.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/898840.md - Parcel 2712152: 22,430 m² (2.24 ha, 5.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712152.md - Parcel 880555: 21,569 m² (2.16 ha, 5.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/880555.md - Parcel 963318: 19,585 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963318.md - Parcel 971076: 17,902 m² (1.79 ha, 4.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971076.md - Parcel 964731: 13,867 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964731.md - Parcel 2712149: 12,635 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712149.md - Parcel 945236: 12,115 m² (1.21 ha, 2.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945236.md - Parcel 875566: 11,938 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875566.md - Parcel 977713: 10,854 m² (1.09 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977713.md - Parcel 888969: 10,668 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888969.md - Parcel 977363: 10,323 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977363.md - Parcel 871665: 10,231 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871665.md - Parcel 986584: 8,749 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986584.md - Parcel 2712148: 8,304 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712148.md - Parcel 899127: 8,274 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899127.md - Parcel 912661: 7,714 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912661.md - Parcel 951044: 7,389 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/951044.md - Parcel 908588: 6,848 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908588.md - Parcel 884869: 6,654 m² (0.67 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/884869.md - Parcel 3778561: 5,823 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3778561.md - Parcel 994738: 3,386 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994738.md - Parcel 937457: 3,363 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937457.md - Parcel 985288: 3,093 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985288.md - Parcel 973331: 2,914 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973331.md - Parcel 1010771: 2,552 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010771.md - Parcel 894284: 2,386 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894284.md - Parcel 873026: 2,226 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873026.md - Parcel 1005959: 2,012 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005959.md - Parcel 3778564: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3778564.md - Parcel 980472: 1,806 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/980472.md - Parcel 976545: 1,781 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/976545.md - Parcel 950766: 1,740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/950766.md - Parcel 3769631: 1,385 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3769631.md - Parcel 966742: 1,327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/966742.md - Parcel 984501: 1,205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/984501.md - Parcel 988792: 1,193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/988792.md - Parcel 877488: 1,189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/877488.md - Parcel 966492: 1,157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/966492.md - Parcel 908870: 1,099 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/908870.md - Parcel 989018: 1,016 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/989018.md - Parcel 5703995: 938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5703995.md - Parcel 896207: 307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896207.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballygommon in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 13 May 2026, Mayo County Council 2660375: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH SITE ACCESS, COMPLETE WITH SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING COTTAGE and OUTBUILDING.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660375/0 - 23 Jan 2023, Mayo County Council 2316: Conditional. Retention. retention of an existing house and all ancillary site works and services on revised site boundaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2316/0 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 Ballygommon. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA070-196: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-196----. 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. - MA070-197: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-197----. 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. - MA070-198: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-198----. 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. - MA070-199: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-199----. 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. - MA070-202: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-202----. 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. - MA070-203: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-203----. 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) - Worker's house, 1865–1895, Regional interest, registry number 31307023, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31307023. Detached two-bay single-storey crossing guard's lodge, commissioned 1868[?]; extant 1895. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and replacement plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Part creeper- or ivy-covered limewashed roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with roughcast cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Set in unkempt grounds perpendicular to lane. - Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845, Regional interest, registry number 31307026, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31307026. Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1840; opened 1841, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. "Improved", post-1945. "Restored", 2002-3, with sanctuary reordered. Rededicated, 2003. Replacement pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan including pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch, clay ridge tiles terminating in drag edged dragged limestone ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex to entrance (west) front framing embossed cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves[?] retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls originally rendered[?] with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and tooled cut-limestone voussoirs framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars with stained glass margins (west) centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening to entrance (west) front below cut-limestone shield date stone ("1840") with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and repointed tooled cut-limestone voussoirs framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Pointed-arch window opening to porch with cut-limestone sill, and cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars. Pointed-arch opposing door openings to "cheeks" with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement glazed timber double doors. Interior including vestibule (west); lancet door opening into nave with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement glazed timber double doors having overlight; full-height interior open into roof with central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, stained glass memorial windows (undated) to transepts, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) reordered, 2002-3, with replacement altar table, and exposed timber roof construction with wind braced timber boarded ceiling on perforated timber frieze. Set in relandscaped grounds. ## 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 Ballygommon, 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 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 Ballygommon. - 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/ballygommon.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballygommon.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballygommon.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballygommon 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) - Gortlahan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortlahan.md - Keeloges Old: https://everytownland.com/mayo/keeloges-old.md - Killeen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killeen-152048.md - Laghtavarry: https://everytownland.com/mayo/laghtavarry.md - Moyhenna: https://everytownland.com/mayo/moyhenna.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/ballygommon - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/ballygommon