Barnastang

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnastang, from 211 m² to 186,289 m² (18.63 ha, 46.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Barnastang in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Newport River SAC 002144

Recorded monuments

• MA069-003001 Enclosure
  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.

• MA069-003002 Burial ground
  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.

• MA069-007 Ringfort - rath
  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

• Farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey direct entry farmhouse, extant 1838, originally three-bay single- or two-storey on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor with single-bay single-storey lean-to outshot (west). Extended, post-1921, producing present composition. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roofs including pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof to porch with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack having capping supporting terracotta pots, concrete coping to gables, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves. Rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road in own grounds.

• Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary, church/chapel, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1820; extant 1838, originally four-bay double-height single-cell with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (north-west) front. "Improved", 1927, producing present composition. Renovated, 1968, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch with trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles terminating in Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on thumbnail beaded consoles on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Lancet window openings with rendered surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". "Rose Window" to gable to entrance (north-west) front with rendered surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panel. Pointed-arch door opening with rendered surround framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having decorative flat iron hinges. Interior including vestibule (north-west) with timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled vaulted ceiling; pointed-arch door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with choir gallery (north-west) below stained glass "Rose Window" (undated), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, and carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (south-east) reordered, 1968, with inlaid cut-veined white marble panelled altar. Set in landscaped grounds with cast-iron chamfered piers to perimeter having trefoil-detailed roll moulded gabled capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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 Barnastang, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Barnastang · Barr na Stang

Area

1,222,866 m² (122.29 ha, 302.18 acres)

Civil parish

Islandeady, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Islandeady, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,079 people lived in 382 households in the Islandeady electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashel, Drumminaguncan, Knockbaun, Lappallagh, Monagarraun, Muckanagh

Placenames

Barnastang 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.