Ballynalynagh

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynalynagh, from 283 m² to 228,583 m² (22.86 ha, 56.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Ballynalynagh 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.

• 14 Feb 2026Conditional

  This development will consist of 1) Permission to Construct Dwelling House, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, 2) Permission for Retention existing outbuilding, including all other ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660119

• 27 May 2023Conditional

  This development will consist of Permission for retention of Existing Dwelling House, Entrance, Septic tank system and boundaries, including all other ancillary site works and services.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2360187

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  Restoration of Sand and Gravel Pit and associated site works using imported clean inert soil and stones within a sand and gravel pit of 1.092 hectares (plus the additional access roadway and remainder of site of 2.152 hectares - total site area is 3.244 Hectares). A five year planning permission is requested, and during this period 99,603 tonnes of inert soil and stones will be imported for the purposes of quarry restoration back to agricultural use

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 1929

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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• MA038-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a prominent rise in sharply undulating terrain. This rath is named ‘Rathbadoge’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a raised circular area (38m N–S; 40.9m E–W) defined by a bank of earth and stone. The bank (Wth 6.8m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.6m, at E) is substantial, with a broad internal slump, particularly evident at E, and much stone protruding from the sod covering. There is a break (Wth 4m) in the bank at ENE, which may be the site of the original entrance. On the 1838 and the 1922 OS 6-inch maps an outer boundary encircles the rath, respected its curve; this has been removed, except for a short section at SW which now serves as a property boundary. A gap of 2.7m intervenes between this fence and the rath. It remains unclear whether the removed outer boundary represented a primary fosse and external bank, or merely a system of later field fences. In the SE quadrant of the interior there is a circular stony feature (diam. c. 3m) defined by an outer rim (Wth c. 1.2m; ext. H 0.4m) of partly sod-covered loose stones; it is largely obscured by overgrowth and its nature is uncertain. A concrete silage pit (12m N–S; 6.5m E–W; D 1.8m) has been inserted into the N half of the interior, truncating a section of the bank. A low platform-like rise (17m N–S; 12m E–W) lies outside the entrance, on the S side; it may be a natural feature, but could have been used as a small annex to the rath. Heaps of field clearance stones abut the external face of the rath bank. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• MA038-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, straddling the top of a prominent knoll, with extensive views of the surrounding rolling grassland. Lough Conn is visible to E–SE, and Nephin Mountain and the Nephin Beg range define the horizon at SW–W. This rath, named ‘Feaghmead Fort’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, consists of a raised oval area (30m E–W; 26.4m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-7m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.6m at N, 2.8m at S). Overall the bank is substantial, with a broad external slump enhanced by the slope of the knoll, however, it is low and degraded on its internal face, reduced almost to a scarp at N, with stone protruding from the sod in parts. At the base of the external slope of the bank at S–W there is very shallow depression (Wth 1.4m); it is quite narrow and it is not clear if it represents an original enclosing fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 2m) in the bank at ENE, which is now dilapidated and partly blocked by large stones. The rath is built up on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. In the interior there is a slight slope down from centre to N, and a somewhat more marked slope down from centre to SE. There is a rectangular depression (3.4m N–S; 5.4m E–W; D 0.45m), with stones protruding randomly in its base, located close to the bank in the S half of the interior. On the 1922 OS 6-inch map the rath is shown at the junction of four field fences, all of which were removed during land reclamation. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• MA038-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rolling pastureland, on a low rise with good views. Another ringfort (MA038-057) is visible on a knoll c. 200m to NW. This rath is named ‘Rathmoragha’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a slightly raised circular area (24.2m E-W; 25.6m N-S) defined by a bank (Wth 3m, int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m at S) of earth and stone. The bank is low and degraded, with sections at W and E reduced to a broad, low scarp. There is an E–W field fence immediately to N, and at NE a short length field fence on ENE–WSW axis cuts across the rath bank. There is another ringfort (MA038-057----) 195m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 July 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_324 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballynalynagh · Baile na Laighneach

Area

1,106,054 m² (110.61 ha, 273.31 acres)

Civil parish

Crossmolina, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Crossmolina South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossmolina South electoral division: 870 people in 349 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballingrogy, Ballybrinoge, Bengeery, Carrowcloghagh, Kildavaroge, Kilmurry More, Mullenmore North

Placenames

Ballynalynagh 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.