Bellanasally
Bellanasally is a townland in the civil parish of Achill, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Béal an Átha Salaigh.
- Area
- 339.3 ha
- 838 acres
- Land parcels
- 221
- registered freehold, median 3,882 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
221 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellanasally, from 61 m² to 907,926 m² (90.79 ha, 224.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 79 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 Bellanasally 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
16 Feb 2026Conditional
Construction of an extension to the existing dwelling house, including internal alterations, together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660122
21 Oct 2025Conditional
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF CHANGE OF USE/CONVERSION OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO A SELF-CONTAINED INDEPENDENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (FLOOR AREA APPROXIMATELY 37 SQ.M)
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560736
1 Jul 2025Conditional
Construction of 3 new glamping pods with connection to services at Belanasally, Achill
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560438
29 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of (1) ‘as constructed’ domestic garage and (2) second additional vehicular entrance. Permission is also sought for the reduction in the site size from the site that was originally planning permission under Planning Reference P91/1104
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460665
17 Nov 2023Conditional
part demolition of existing two storey dwelling house, construct new extension to front with new roof and modifications to building and change of use to reception/coffee dock
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23617
26 Oct 2023Conditional
construct a detached one and a half storey dormer type garage/home office adjacent to the north east site boundary, to the rear of and ancillary to the use of the existing family home and all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23588
14 Sept 2023Refused
demolition of existing two storey dwelling house and the construction of a new reception and coffee dock with necessary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23526
18 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of 4 number glamping pods with connection to public services and the retention of existing shed
Permission · Mayo County Council, 221016
13 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21751
5 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL CHAMBERS IN SERIES WITH THE FOULWATER PUMPING CHAMBER ALREADY GRANTED PERMISSION, PLANNING REFERENCE P13/86 TO COMPLY WITH IRISH WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21435
8 Dec 2020Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling house with connection to the existing services and the demolition of the existing dwelling house and detached shed along with all necessary site works and ancillaries
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20955
8 Nov 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19896
21 Nov 2017Conditional
RETENTION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Mayo County Council, 17923
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Keel Machair/Menaun Cliffs SAC 001513
- Special Area of Conservation: Croaghaun/Slievemore SAC 001955
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Croaghaun/Slievemore 001955
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Keel Machair/Menaun Cliffs 001513
Recorded monuments
- MA042-025 Cist
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.
- MA042-026001 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.
- MA042-026002 House - indeterminate date
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.
- MA042-039 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.
- MA042-040 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.
- MA042-041001 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.
- MA042-041002 House - indeterminate date
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.
- MA042-042 Field boundary
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.
- MA042-044 House - 18th/19th century
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.
- MA042-045 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bellanasally.
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 Bellanasally, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bellanasally.
- 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 Bellanasally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Bellanasally · Béal an Átha Salaigh
- Area
- 3,392,771 m² (339.28 ha, 838.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Achill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Slievemore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 968 people lived in 421 households in the Slievemore electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bal of Dookinelly (Calvy), Doogort, Doogort East, Doogort West, Dookinelly (Calvy), Keel East
- Placenames
- Bellanasally 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.