Barnalyra

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnalyra, from 288 m² to 204,072 m² (20.41 ha, 50.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Barnalyra 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.

• 12 Oct 2025Conditional

  Permission is sought for the continued use of an existing authorised industrial facility (comprising a concrete batching plant, aggregate crushing, screening and washing facilities) on the site as currently permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 16/1001, within an application area of c.18 hectares, for a further period of 35 years. The development includes the continued use of the established site entrance with road signage, internal access road, importation of materials, processing plant, ESB substation, closed-circuit lagoon system, wheelwash, weighbridge, office, and a hardstand area with hydrocarbon interceptor. No new works are proposed as part of this application.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560713

• 8 Apr 2021Conditional

  THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE STOREY PART FLAT, PART MONO-PITCHED ROOFED FIRE SERVICE TRAINING FACILITY, TO BE ACCESSED VIA THE EXISTING INTERNAL AIRPORT (AIRSIDE) ROAD NETWORK;ASSOCIATED VEHICLE PARKING,HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING AND BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES, DRAINAGE WORKS (INCLUDING AN ON-SITE PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT STSTEM); AND, ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21316

• 6 Mar 2019Conditional

  RETENTION OF EXTENSIONS AS CONSTRUCTED TO THE PRE-EXISTING DWELLING, AND PERMISSION TO RELCOATE AND UPGRADE THE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19150

• 11 Dec 2018Conditional

  EXTRACTION OF UP TO 40,000 TONNES PER ANNUM OF GRAVEL DEPOSITS OVER A 4.0 HECTARE EXTRACTION AREA, WITHIN A 4.6 HECTARE DEVELOPMENT SITE, REMOVAL OF GRAVEL OFF-SITE, AND RESTORATION OF A GRAVEL PIT, OVER A 15 YEAR TERM, WITH PROVISION FOR OCCASIONAL DRY SCREENING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18993

• 23 Nov 2018Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER P18/385

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18936

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18385

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Barnalyra.

Recorded monuments

• MA062-133003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In damp, stony pasture, located on the NE bank of a NE-flowing stream. Irregular-shaped mound (9.5m NW–SE; 5.5m NE–SW; max. H 0.8m at S) composed of angular stone fragments in charcoal-rich soil. It is truncated at E by a farm track. A shallow indentation facing the stream at W may indicate the location of the trough. There is also a noticeable hollow on the NE side. The mound is obscured by gorse. Three other fulacht fia are located along the same stream valley: MA062-133004- is c. 20m to NE; MA072-107---- is c. 15m to SSE; MA072-107001- is c. 55m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-133004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In soft, boggy ground, located 10m NNE of a natural spring well (c. 0.7m N–S; c. 0.5m E–W), which is roughly defined by set stones, from which a small stream flows to NW. The well is located at the base of rocky, rising ground. A second, shallow NW-flowing stream is located 4m to NW of the fulacht fia. Kidney-shaped mound (10.8m NW–SE; 5.5m NE–SW; H 0.8m at NW, 0.30m at SE) enclosing a central depression (Wth c. 2m), which indicates the position of the trough. The depression opens to SW facing the wet ground fed by the spring well. The thin covering of peaty sod on the mound is eroding in parts, revealing the characteristic make-up of heat-shattered stone in a charcoal-rich matrix. Three other fulacht fia are located along the same stream valley: MA062-133003- is c. 20m to SE; MA072-107---- is c. 45m to SSE; MA072-107001- is c. 90m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA072-030 Enclosure
  Description

  This possible enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map or on the 25-inch plan. It is indicated on the 1930 OS 6-inch edition as an arc of hachuring (L c. 37m) curving N−SE in the SW corner of a rectangular field –it is unclear if it represented an enclosure. This area has been disturbed by quarrying and there is no evidence of an enclosure at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 March 2021

• MA072-031001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a low rise. A modern house is located immediately to S, and there is another 15-20m to WSW. A roughly circular area (33m N–S; 29.4m E–W) defined by a broad, low sod-covered stony rise, probably the remnants of a wall. The stone bank/wall is broadest (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) at E–S where it has been somewhat protected by a later property boundary that skirts the cashel at NE–S. Elsewhere it is irregular and uneven in appearance. There is a low section (Wth 4m) at NE which may indicates an original entrance. The interior is level and grassy. There is a souterrain (MA072-031002) in the SW quadrant. Immediately outside the cashel to N is a low E–W linear rise. This seems to be the remains of a field fence rather that an outer enclosing wall of the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 March 2021

• MA072-031002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of a cashel (MA072-031001-). The location of the souterrain is marked by a low subrectangular stony rise (3.8m NW–SE; 5.8m NE–SW), at the NW end of which there is an access hole or opening, now blocked up with stones. A second opening, also blocked up, is located 4m to NNE. According to local information, the souterrain is of drystone construction with lintel roofing. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 March 2021

• MA072-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, straddling a rise, with good views, especially to E, over the surrounding undulating landscape of gravel hills. There is a stream 100m to E and a small lake in a hollow 120m to NW. An extensive commercial quarry is located immediately to SW. Roughly circular raised area or platform (34m NW−SE; c. 28m NE−SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m at N, 1.4m at S; 2m at NE). A low, slumped section (Wth 2m) of the scarp at E may be an original entrance, opening onto a slope that falls gradually toward the stream. The NW quadrant appears slightly higher than the rest of the interior, with a slope down from there to E and SE. There is a grassed-over depression (4m N−S; 2.5m E−W; D 0.5m) in the N half of the interior. The scarp is ringed with hawthorn and brambles, especially dense on the SW arc. Overgrowth is encroaching on the W half of the interior. A rath (MA072-033001-) is located 220m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 March 2021

• MA072-085 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise. There is a derelict farmstead at the base of the slope c. 25m to E. A gallery, oriented roughly E−W, defined on the N side by four and on the S side by five close-set upright stones or orthostats. A large stone lies at the E end and another at the W end. Another upright stone, aligned N−S, is located a few meters to S of the W end of the gallery. The gallery is surrounded by stony mound or cairn (c. 14m NE−SW; c. 8m NW−SE), now engulfed in hawthorn and brambles. A field wall skirts W side of the cairn. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-107 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough neglected damp pasture, located on the NE bank of a stream. An old farm trackway, which crosses the stream, is located immediately to W. Low, grass-covered mound (c. 7m WNW–ESE; c. 4.7m NNE-SSW; H 0.4m), roughly kidney-shaped in plan, composed of angular heat-shattered stones and charcoal fragments in black peaty soil. There is adepression, possibly indicating the position of a trough, on the W side of the mound, facing the stream. Largely obscured by long grass and brambles. Three other fulacht fia (MA062-133003-; MA062-133004-; MA072-107001-) are located along the same stream valley, c. 15m to NNW, c. 0.45m to NW and c. 0.40m to SSE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-108 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a hill; now within the area of a commercial quarry. When inspected in 1997, this monument consisted of a roughly circular sod-covered stone cairn (diam. 5m; H 0.5-0.75m), with a central hollow (diam. 2m, D 0.2m). Remnants of a slightly sunken trackway, indicated on 1838 OS map, lay immediately to SW of the cairn. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-117 Fulacht fia
  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

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

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 Barnalyra, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Barnalyra · Barr na Laidhre

Area

3,242,342 m² (324.23 ha, 801.2 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeagh, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Sonnagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,242 people lived in 457 households in the Sonnagh electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barcull, Barnacahoge, Carn, Cloonlyon, Kilgarriff West, Shammerdoo, Stripe

Placenames

Barnalyra 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.