Banagher

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banagher, from 79 m² to 43,720 m² (4.37 ha, 10.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Banagher 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.

• 2 Apr 2026Conditional

  alterations and an extension to an existing house, new wastewater treatment system and for all associated site work at Banagher, Carrowmore Lacken, Ballina, Co Mayo

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660254

• 26 Jun 2025Conditional

  change of house plan previously granted under planning permission reference P22/154 including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25257

• 14 Jun 2025Conditional

  1): To erect flood lighting to perimeter of existing football pitch, consisting of 8No, 15 metre high poles with 3kw LED lighting per pole 2): To erect electronic scoreboard with ancillary signage. 3): Carry out all ancillary site works to sportsfield at Banagher, Carrowmore Lacken, Ballina, Co Mayo

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560383

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22154

• 11 Aug 2020Conditional

  RETAIN DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE/ PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM TO INCLUDE NEW PUMPING CHAMBER AND PERCOLATION AREA.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20557

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: Lackan Saltmarsh and Kilcummin Head SAC 000516
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lackan Saltmarsh And Kilcummin Head 000516

Recorded monuments

• MA015-004 Standing stone
  Description

  In average coastal pasture, located on a low ridge, just to SE of the summit, overlooking Lackan Bay. Nephin Mountain is prominent on the horizon to SSW, Knocknarae in Sligo is visible to ENE, and the mountains of Donegal define the far horizon to NE. Indicated as ‘Standing Stone’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, it consists of an upright, narrow, pillar-like stone (H 1.75m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.1m), with a flat top. The long axis is aligned roughly N-S. It stands at the E end of a low, grass-covered, stony rise (3.4m E-W; 1.6m N-S; H 0.5m). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average coastal pasture, located on a low elevation overlooking Killala Bay to E, and with good views over rolling fields to S and W. Slightly raised circular area (17.4m N-S; 16.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m at NNE; 4.4m at SW; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m at NNE, 1.4m at SW). The bank is generally low and degraded, with stones protruding randomly on top along the W half. It is broadly slumped at SW. Where sections of the bank have been eroded by farm stock, its core is revealed to be composed of hard-packed stony sandy soil. There is no clearly defined entrance feature. The interior appears to be slightly higher in the W third, but is generally level and featureless. Remnants of levelled field fences can be seen abutting the bank at S and NE. A N−S road lies 3m W of the rath. There is a possible rath (MA015-074----) c. 200m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, straddling the edge of an E-W terrace on a S-facing slope; good views S−W over a wide expanse of coastal pasture. Slightly raised, roughly oval area (20m N-S; 24.5m E-W) defined by a degraded earthen bank. The bank (Wth 2.5-2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) is quite well defined on the S half, and is built up on the external slope to compensate for the natural fall of ground. At NW−NE the bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.2m) is cut into rising ground and survives as an inward-facing scarp with a very slight external lip. There are two opposing breaks (Wth 3m) in the bank at E and W, which now provide tractor access to the interior. The break at the E may be the site of the original entrance. There are also a number of small eroded breaks around the circuit of the bank. The interior appears to have been built up on the S half to create a level area. Field clearance stone is piled on the bank in parts. Another rath (MA015-007----) is visible c. 340m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, located on a SE-facing slope with very good views to SE−SW over an expanse of lowlying coastal pasture, and over Killala Bay to E. Indicated on the 1922 OS 6-inch map as a circular hachured area marked ‘Pound’, this rath consists of a slightly raised circular area (27.3m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a stony earthen bank. At N the bank is almost flush with external ground level but has a pronounced internal scarp (H 0.8m). At S it survives as a pronounced external scarp (H 1. 45m) with a low internal lip (H 0.1m). This discrepancy results from the build up of the S half of the site to compensate for the natural slope. Elsewhere the bank has a uniform rounded, well-defined profile (Wth 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m). In the level interior there are two sod-covered field clearance heaps, one in W half (L 8.3m N-S; Wth 2.5m; H 0.6m) and one in the E half (L 5.5m N-S; W 2.2m; H 0.5m). A third low irregular-shaped heap (max. dim. 2m; H 0.2m) lies close to the bank at N. In S half of the interior is a shallow irregular-shaped depression (c. 4m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.2m). A defunct field fence abuts the bank at N. A telegraph pole stands on the bank at NNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Banagher, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Banagher.

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.

No address of the register names Banagher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Banagher · Beannchar

Area

526,993 m² (52.7 ha, 130.22 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Lackan South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

460 people lived in 181 households in the Lackan South electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlena, Ballygarry, Carrowsteelagh, Carrowtrasna, Cashel, Castlenageeha

Placenames

Banagher 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.