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

Townland in the civil parish of Ballynahaglish, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Baile na Ráithe.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 365,683 m² (36.57 ha, 90.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,555 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 Agriculture, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballynahaglish, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballynahaglish.md
- Barony: Tirawley
- Electoral division: Ballina Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,199 people lived in 1,095 households in the Ballina Rural electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34183
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150287
- Centre: latitude 54.084795, longitude -9.167635 (WGS 84)

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

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynaraha, from 146 m² to 33,947 m² (3.39 ha, 8.39 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4875850: 33,947 m² (3.39 ha, 8.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4875850.md
- Parcel 5134823: 26,452 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5134823.md
- Parcel 873233: 25,773 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873233.md
- Parcel 980695: 24,292 m² (2.43 ha, 6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980695.md
- Parcel 5453707: 22,920 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5453707.md
- Parcel 874872: 17,119 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874872.md
- Parcel 4898340: 15,152 m² (1.52 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898340.md
- Parcel 890348: 14,925 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890348.md
- Parcel 884306: 11,995 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/884306.md
- Parcel 894912: 11,144 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894912.md
- Parcel 991928: 11,133 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991928.md
- Parcel 2740551: 11,109 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740551.md
- Parcel 888316: 10,839 m² (1.08 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888316.md
- Parcel 3719598: 8,722 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3719598.md
- Parcel 874467: 6,726 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874467.md
- Parcel 3737876: 6,076 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3737876.md
- Parcel 2740463: 5,817 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740463.md
- Parcel 5454621: 5,720 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5454621.md
- Parcel 2740589: 5,448 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740589.md
- Parcel 3737879: 5,376 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3737879.md
- Parcel 2740571: 5,247 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740571.md
- Parcel 5188545: 4,252 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5188545.md
- Parcel 2740592: 4,006 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740592.md
- Parcel 1006761: 3,168 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006761.md
- Parcel 4761277: 3,165 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4761277.md
- Parcel 971584: 3,042 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971584.md
- Parcel 2605782: 2,705 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2605782.md
- Parcel 5453714: 2,555 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5453714.md
- Parcel 2721017: 2,354 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721017.md
- Parcel 925014: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925014.md
- Parcel 906877: 2,249 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906877.md
- Parcel 967269: 2,203 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967269.md
- Parcel 874325: 2,180 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874325.md
- Parcel 3719553: 2,137 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3719553.md
- Parcel 946669: 2,041 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946669.md
- Parcel 918798: 2,006 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918798.md
- Parcel 953349: 2,006 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953349.md
- Parcel 918186: 2,006 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918186.md
- Parcel 878815: 1,935 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/878815.md
- Parcel 2740599: 1,901 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2740599.md
- Parcel 891315: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/891315.md
- Parcel 955665: 1,786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/955665.md
- Parcel 997562: 1,506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/997562.md
- Parcel 996071: 1,488 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/996071.md
- Parcel 998326: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/998326.md
- Parcel 911433: 1,211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/911433.md
- Parcel 5188546: 1,172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5188546.md
- Parcel 1533395: 987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1533395.md
- Parcel 4898325: 977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898325.md
- Parcel 943595: 893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/943595.md
- Parcel 4056934: 683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4056934.md
- Parcel 4761270: 628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4761270.md
- Parcel 948008: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/948008.md
- Parcel 2721072: 551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721072.md
- Parcel 4738966: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4738966.md

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

- P1 Agriculture: Ballina Local Area Plan, Mayo; 63 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/planning/development-plans-and-strategies/local-area-plan/ballina-local-area-plan-2024-2030

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 9 Sept 2026, Mayo County Council 2660716: N/a. Permission. The development will consist of: The refurbishment of an existing derelict cottage, the construction of a single-storey extension, internal alterations, the installation of a new domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area, improvements to the existing site entrance, and all ancillary site works and service at Ballinaraha, Ballina, Co. Mayo.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660716/0
- 16 Oct 2025, Mayo County Council 25422: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration; Refurbish derelict farmhouse as per the vacant property Refurbishment Grant Croi Conaithe Towns Fund. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25422/0
- 19 Dec 2019, Mayo County Council 19995: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FLAT ROOF TOILET BLOCK (54.2SQM), CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE THE RELOCATION OF EXISTING MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM AND A NEW MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATIONS, RESOURCE ROOM, STORAGE, SANITARY AND STAFF ACCOMMODATION (226.6SQM), CARRYING OUT OF MINOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND CHANGES TO EXISTING MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE AN ADDITIONAL ASD CLASSROOM, SAFE SPACE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS WC WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (WORKS WILL INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS), CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND EXTENSION TO/UPGRADE OF EXISTING FOUL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRYING OUT OF ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19995/0
- 15 Nov 2019, Mayo County Council 19921: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT EXTENSION ON THE EASTERN ELEVATION AND MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ELEVATIONS OF AN EXISTING BUILDING ON SITE AND TO CARRY OUT ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19921/0
- 23 Nov 2018, Mayo County Council 18935: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE GRANTED UNDER P11/167 & P11/1670 INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/18935/0

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## 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 Ballynaraha.

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

- MA039-052001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA039-052001-. In pasture, located on top of hill, with a steep at SE–SW. There are excellent views in all directions. This rath consists of a raised subcircular area (diam. c. 36m NW–SE) enclosed by three earthen banks, with two intervening fosses. The inner bank (Wth 6.4m at SSW; int. H 1m at SSW. 0.5-0.6m at NNE; ext. H 2.1m at SSW, 2.6m at NNE) is low and rather eroded on its inner face, especially at NE. Stones evident on the inner slope in parts at N and W may be remnants of a kerb or facing. The steep external slope drops into the innermost fosse (Wth 4m at SSW, 3.3m at NNE). This fosse, the second or middle bank (Wth 4.3m at SSW, c. 5m at NNE; int. H 0.85m at SSW, c. 2m at NNE; ext. H 1m at SSW, 1.6m at NNE) and the second or outermost fosse (Wth 3m at SSW, 2m at W) are all clearly defined for the complete circuit. The third or outermost bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.6m at SSW) is lower and appears less substantial, and has been incorporated into or truncated by a later field fence around the N half of the rath. The original entrance appears to be at E, where there is a gap (Wth c. 2.5m) in the inner bank, and a corresponding gap (Wth c. 3.5m) in the second/middle bank. Both gaps are dilapidated and partly obscured by overgrowth. A low rise extending across the innermost fosse may be remnants of an original entrance causeway. This cannot be traced across the second fosse, and no gap is evident in the third/outermost bank as it has been incorporated into a field fence at this point. There are also breaks in the inner and middle banks at NW. There is a souterrain (MA039-052002-) in the W half of the interior. The perimeter is densely ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn, brambles and gorse, which also encroach on the interior. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 February 2020
- MA039-052002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA039-052002-. In a rath (MA039-052001). This souterrain is indicated as ‘Cave’ on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps; it is not now accessible. The location of the souterrain is evidenced by a linear depression (9.5m N–S; 6m E–W; D 0.5m) in the W half of the rath interior, close to the enclosing bank. At the S end of the depression, there is a more pronounced hollow infilled with stones, which according to local information was an access point to the souterrain. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 February 2020

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)

- Bridge, 1870–1875, Regional interest, registry number 31303906, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31303906. Single-arch hump back road bridge over railway line, opened 1873; extant 1896. Part ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with rock faced cut-limestone coping to parapets. Single segmental arch[?] with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.

## 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 Ballynaraha, 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 low.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_375, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_375.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ballynaraha.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballynaraha.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballynaraha.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballynaraha 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)

- Ballybeg: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballybeg-150178.md
- Ballynahaglish: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballynahaglish.md
- Behybaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/behybaun.md
- Carrowntreila: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowntreila.md
- Cloonturk: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloonturk-151054.md
- Rathnaconeen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathnaconeen.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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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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