Ballynaslee
Ballynaslee is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Baile na Slí.
- Area
- 41.2 ha
- 102 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 3,327 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynaslee, from 177 m² to 126,817 m² (12.68 ha, 31.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynaslee 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Feb 2025Conditional
change of house design from that previously approved planning permission under planning reference no. P15/799 and P15/7990 along with all associated services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2569
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
22 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18454
9 Jun 2017N/a
UPGRADE THE EXISTING JUNCTION AND FOR THE PROVISION OF A NEW JUNCTION AT THE N84 AND TO CONSTRUCT A ROAD TO FACILITATE PARENTS TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN
Retention · Mayo County Council, 17446
12 May 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17353
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballynaslee.
Recorded monuments
- MA109-005 Castle - unclassified
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, begun 1844; completed 1847; extant 1894, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (north-east). "Improved", 1927, producing present composition. Renovated, 1980, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in tuck pointed limestone ashlar gabled bellcote to apex to entrance (north) front framing cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on concreted cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed coursed or snecked limestone wall (east) originally rendered with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder) on rendered, ruled and lined chamfered plinth. Lancet window openings with cut-limestone sills, and tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs (east) or concealed dressings (west) framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (south) with cut-limestone sills centred on concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening to gable to entrance (north) front with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Full-height interior with stained glass memorial window (1986), Gothic-style timber panelled choir gallery (north) below stained glass memorial window (undated), carpeted central aisle between quatrefoil-detailed timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (1891; 1906), cut-veined white marble Classical-style wall monument (ob. 1919) with dragged cut-limestone opposing wall monument (ob. 1859), and elliptical-headed chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (south) reordered, 1980, with stepped "predella" supporting replacement cut-limestone altar table below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (undated). Set in landscaped grounds including priests' burial ground with dragged cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style marker, ob. 1919.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballynaslee, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Ballynaslee.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynaslee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynaslee · Baile na Slí
- Area
- 411,947 m² (41.19 ha, 101.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyovey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Portroyal, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 603 people lived in 220 households in the Portroyal electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynanerroon Beg, Ballynanerroon More, Kilkeeran, Knockaleanore, Newtown, Portroyal
- Placenames
- Ballynaslee 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.