# Ballyguin, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Turlough, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Baile Ó gCuinn.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 466,154 m² (46.62 ha, 115.19 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,211 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Turlough, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/turlough.md
- Barony: Carra
- Electoral division: Turlough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,560 people lived in 531 households in the Turlough electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 9% 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/35962
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150219
- Centre: latitude 53.898284, longitude -9.20848 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyguin, from 290 m² to 293,518 m² (29.35 ha, 72.53 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 962226: 293,518 m² (29.35 ha, 72.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962226.md
- Parcel 985282: 33,738 m² (3.37 ha, 8.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985282.md
- Parcel 976540: 33,556 m² (3.36 ha, 8.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976540.md
- Parcel 873022: 31,230 m² (3.12 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873022.md
- Parcel 1003459: 11,587 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003459.md
- Parcel 3627279: 8,810 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3627279.md
- Parcel 900193: 8,211 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900193.md
- Parcel 977711: 7,870 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977711.md
- Parcel 3627286: 7,397 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3627286.md
- Parcel 941292: 2,460 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941292.md
- Parcel 6139113: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6139113.md
- Parcel 969600: 1,455 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/969600.md
- Parcel 874741: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/874741.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyguin 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Ballyguin in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC, site code 002298, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002298

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA070-086: Water mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-086----. In level rough grazing in a narrow (Wth c. 120m E-W) meander in the Clydagh River which forms the northern boundary of Ballyguin townland and flows from the SW around the W, N and E sides of the site. Reported as a possible horizontal-wheeled mill (SMR file). Indicated but not named on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure (est. L c. 10m NNE-SSW; est. Wth c. 5m) straddling a mill race running NW-SE (L c. 90m) across the crook of the meander. A second, much longer mill race (L c. 450m) is also depicted running perpendicularly SSE off the shorter race to the ‘Corn & Tuck Mills’ and ‘Corn Kilns’ at Park Bridge. The mill building is not shown on the slightly later OS 25-inch map (1893) suggesting that it had fallen out of use; likely superseded by the larger mill complex at Park Bridge. There are no upstanding remains of this mill building and no conclusive evidence of it having been a horizontal wheeled mill. Both mill races are still traceable. The shorter NW-SE race feeds off the Clydagh River at its NW end as a mainly rock-cut channel (Wth at base 2m; av. D 2m) and contains an overgrown masonry sluice gate or possible flume which narrows towards its SE end (Wth 1.2m to Wth 1m). The other, much longer race runs perpendicularly SSE off it. It is earth-cut (Wth 1-1.5m: D 1-1.4m) and runs through open ground (L c. 130m) to close on the Clydagh River from where it continues parallel to the W bank to the mills at Park Bridge. Date of visit: 11-2-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
- MA070-087001: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-087001-. In a narrow strip (Wth c. 40m) of rush-covered rough grazing bordered by the N-flowing Clydagh River to the W and a broad drain to the E. Reported as a possible fulacht fia along with a second possible fulacht fia (MA070-087002-) c. 60m to the SSW (SMR file). No visible surface trace of either survives at the reported locations. Date of visit: 11-2-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
- MA070-087002: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-087002-. In a narrow strip (Wth c. 40m) of rush-covered rough grazing bordered by the N-flowing Clydagh River to the W and a broad drain to the E. Reported as a possible fulacht fia along with a second possible fulacht fia (MA070-087001-) c. 60m to the NNE (SMR file). No visible surface trace of either survives at the reported locations. Date of visit: 11-2-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
- MA070-088: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-088----. In pasture on the upper NE end of a broad ridge past which the Clydagh River flows S c. 70m to the E. Reported as a possible ringfort (SMR file). A roughly circular raised area (int. diam. 26m N-S) is defined by a curving scarp (H 0.8m at N – 2.8m at S) N-E-S. A later sunken trackway and earthen field boundary run NW–SE just outside the SW sector. The interior slopes gently to NE and E and appears featureless. Date of visit: 11-2-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
- MA070-136: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-136----. 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.
- MA070-137: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA070-137----. 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)

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

## 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 Ballyguin, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyguin.
- 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/ballyguin.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyguin.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyguin.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyguin 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)

- Boyogonnell: https://everytownland.com/mayo/boyogonnell.md
- Cloonnagleragh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloonnagleragh-151030.md
- Killard: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killard.md
- Park: https://everytownland.com/mayo/park-152640.md
- Turlough: https://everytownland.com/mayo/turlough-153181.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.

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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.

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