# Brookhill, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Crossboyne, barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cnoc an tSrutháin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 686,434 m² (68.64 ha, 169.62 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Crossboyne, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/crossboyne.md - Barony: Clanmorris - Electoral division: Crossboyne, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 600 people lived in 215 households in the Crossboyne electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36200 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150466 - Centre: latitude 53.702485, longitude -9.0148 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brookhill, from 17 m² to 126,986 m² (12.7 ha, 31.38 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 962749: 126,986 m² (12.7 ha, 31.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962749.md - Parcel 883955: 69,853 m² (6.99 ha, 17.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/883955.md - Parcel 929759: 41,755 m² (4.18 ha, 10.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929759.md - Parcel 963670: 40,379 m² (4.04 ha, 9.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963670.md - Parcel 938710: 32,168 m² (3.22 ha, 7.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938710.md - Parcel 872575: 28,335 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872575.md - Parcel 895436: 26,740 m² (2.67 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895436.md - Parcel 1011688: 18,873 m² (1.89 ha, 4.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011688.md - Parcel 980102: 16,241 m² (1.62 ha, 4.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980102.md - Parcel 4604087: 16,107 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604087.md - Parcel 951638: 11,909 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/951638.md - Parcel 5000848: 7,693 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5000848.md - Parcel 947632: 5,624 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947632.md - Parcel 4746837: 4,822 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4746837.md - Parcel 903265: 4,776 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903265.md - Parcel 4604109: 4,277 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604109.md - Parcel 952110: 2,864 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/952110.md - Parcel 5837919: 2,601 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5837919.md - Parcel 878435: 2,460 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878435.md - Parcel 915141: 2,332 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915141.md - Parcel 1011564: 2,319 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011564.md - Parcel 915305: 2,248 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915305.md - Parcel 957170: 2,218 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/957170.md - Parcel 950789: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/950789.md - Parcel 915544: 2,025 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915544.md - Parcel 915660: 1,943 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/915660.md - Parcel 5449089: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5449089.md - Parcel 920081: 1,624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/920081.md - Parcel 5449144: 1,161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5449144.md - Parcel 919642: 1,077 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/919642.md - Parcel 3626608: 996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626608.md - Parcel 2709232: 976 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2709232.md - Parcel 976110: 812 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/976110.md - Parcel 957171: 812 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/957171.md - Parcel 907255: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/907255.md - Parcel 945427: 711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/945427.md - Parcel 991266: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/991266.md - Parcel 916307: 407 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/916307.md - Parcel 5000845: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5000845.md - Parcel 881881: 17 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/881881.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Brookhill in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 15 Dec 2025, Mayo County Council 2560928: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). The proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Liscromwell Carrowkeel Brees Breandrum or Windsor Prison South Facefield Aghalusky Drumnaslooeen Mossbrook Cloontybaunan Ballinagran Ballynastangford Lower Derrynamraher Rathredmond Birchfield Cappavicar South Dooros Garrywadreen Keelkill Drumadoon Drumneen Ballinvoash Legaun Ballynastangford Upper Gneeve Ballymacloughlin Drumneen (Prendergast) Lisnaran Ballyrourke Ballynew Drumcorrabaun Pollavaddy Eskerlevally Kilmacrade Moat Drumneen South Burris Garhawnagh Castlegar Barrackland Carrowgarve Crantahar Rinnahulty Knocknamoghalaun Drumkeen Carrowmore Rathduff Clare Derreen Heathlawn Kilbeg-Malone Prison North Coolaghbaun The Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV circuit is 27.8 km in length and runs between the existing Castlebar 110 kV substation in the townland of Aghalusky in central County Mayo, to Dalton 110 kV substation located in the townland of Clare, eastern County Mayo. The OHL has a total of 144no. supporting structures. The proposed development will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between Castlebar 110 kV and the Dalton 110 kV substations; ? the replacement of end mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a similar structure; ? the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; ? the strengthening of tower foundations at 4no. locations; ? the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 10no. locations; ? the painting of towers at 10no. locations; ? the replacement of tower bolts at 3no. locations; ? the replacement of polesets at 48no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 24 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m; ? the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structure locations; ? the replacement of earthwire between structure number 132 and structure number 144; ? the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 16no. locations; ? the replacement of crossarms at 58no. locations; ? all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures inclu. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560928/0 - 9 Oct 2025, Mayo County Council 2560709: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Cashla - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Mayo, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: DALGAN DEMESNE, POLLBAUN, CARROWBEG WEST, GORTEENS, SEEFIN, BROOKHILL, CARROWMORE, BALLYHANKEEN, RUSHBROOK EAST, BALLYCUSHEEN, SCARDAUN WEST, MILLBROOK, MILFORD DEMESNE, CURRAGHADOOEY, LISDUFF, RATHGRANAGHER (MILLER), DRUMMIN WEST, CARROWBEG EAST, RATHGRANAGHER (LINDSAY), CROSSBOYNE, KILBEG-MALONE, DAVROS, DERRY, CLARE, GREAGHANS, COOLROE, ROOS, LEEDAUN The Cashla - Dalton 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Galway and County Mayo. It is 57.7 km in length and travels from Cashla 110 kV substation in Barrettspark in central County Galway and traverses northwest to the Dalton 110 kV substation (County Mayo). The OHL has a total of 271no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Mayo County Council, there is 24.7 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 111no. structures. Within the functional area of Galway County Council there is 33.0 km, with 160no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Co. Mayo will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 160 and Dalton 110 kV substation; • the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 2no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 6no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of a tower at 1no. location; • the replacement of polesets at 83no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 70no. structures), with 12no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 263 will increase in height by 7.0m; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 161 to 271; • the replacement of earthwire between structure no. 261 and structure no. 271; • the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 7no. locations; • the replacement of crossarms at 7. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560709/0 - 23 Apr 2021, Mayo County Council 21396: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN THE EXISTING 30M HIGH LATTICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SECURITY FENCING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21396/0 - 25 Jan 2021, Mayo County Council 2146: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2146/0 - 1 Feb 2018, Mayo County Council 1888: N/a. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF A RECOVERY FACILITY FOR SOIL & STONE WASTE, THE SUBSEQUENT INFILLING OF A DISUSED QUARRY, CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS 01 & 02 FROM STORAGE BUILDING TO OFFICE BUILDING AND CARPARKING, DRYING CONTAINER WITH HEAT TRANSFER UNIT , SOIL SCREENER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/1888/0 - 19 Jul 2017, Mayo County Council 17577: Conditional. Retention. RETENTION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17577/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Brookhill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA101-068: Prehistoric site - lithic scatter, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-068----. 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. - MA101-069: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-069----. 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. - MA101-070: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-070----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Brookhill, country house, 1840–1850, Regional interest, registry number 31310114, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31310114. Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile over part raised basement country house with attic, built 1845, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled frontispiece; three- or five-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation centred on single-bay full-height gabled "bas-relief" breakfront. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1945. Sold, 1946. For sale, 1972. "Restored", 1990-1. Hipped and pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront); hipped slate roof to rear (south) elevation on a T-shaped plan including gablets centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), pressed or rolled lead ridges, rendered "wallhead" chimney stacks on axis with ridge centred on rendered chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, timber bargeboards to gables on trefoil-detailed polygonal corbel label stops, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered replacement cement rendered walls; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to rear (south) elevation. Tudor-headed central door opening approached by flight of thirteen drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings, trefoil leaf-embossed timber doorcase having engaged colonette-detailed moulded rebated reveals with hood moulding on polygonal label stops framing timber panelled door. Pointed-arch flanking window openings with creeper- or ivy-covered sills, timber Y-mullions, and carved timber surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, timber cruciform mullions, and rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing two-over-two timber sash windows without horns. Hipped square-headed central door opening to rear (south) elevation approached by flight of nine drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps between replacement mild steel railings, tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with rendered flush surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall on a square plan retaining carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds. - Brookhill, monument, 1850–1860, Regional interest, registry number 31310115, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31310115. Site Inaccessible ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Brookhill, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Brookhill. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brookhill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brookhill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brookhill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Brookhill, Claremorris: 9 sales, https://everytownland.com/mayo/brookhill-claremorris.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowmore-150703.md - Coolroe: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolroe.md - Farmhill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/farmhill-151700.md - Kilmacanelly: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilmacanelly.md - Leedaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/leedaun.md - Millbrook: https://everytownland.com/mayo/millbrook.md - Pollaniska: https://everytownland.com/mayo/pollaniska.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brookhill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/brookhill