Bunacurry

413 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunacurry, from 11 m² to 1,505,415 m² (150.54 ha, 372 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 115 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Aug 2026N/a

  Construction of a single storey Dwelling House with waste water treatment system at Bunacurry, Acilll

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660656

• 2 Jul 2026N/a

  Construction of a single storey Dwelling House with waste water treatment system at Bunacurry, Acilll

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660524

• 19 Jun 2026Refused

  Construction of a single storey Dwelling House with waste water treatment system at Bunacurry, Acilll

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660481

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission to upgrade an existing wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660455

• 5 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission to upgrade an existing wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660437

• 12 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) RENOVATE AND REFURBISH EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING CHIMNEYS AND BARGES AND AMENDMENTS TO WINDOW/DOOR OPES AND, (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING COTTAGE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660286

• 16 Feb 2026Conditional

  Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660124

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of 1. Retention permission of existing House and shed 2. construction of extension to side of house at Bunacurry, Achill, Co Mayo

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560586

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  retention of modifications made to existing dwelling house to include, first floor extension, first floor gable windows and roof lights to front and rear, together with all ancillary site services

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 25318

• 3 Jun 2025N/a

  The development will consist of 1. Retention permission of existing House and 2. construction of extension to side of house at Bunacurry, Achill, Co Mayo

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560352

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic shed and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560334

• 1 May 2025N/a

  construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, together with all ancillary site works and services, previous planning P08/1585

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25168

• 24 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) Demolish lean to extension to existing cottage and (2) Construct a new extension to existing cottage, together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24452

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  Construct A New Dwelling House, Proprietary Effluent Treatment System And Associated Percolation Area Together With All Necessary Site Development Works. This Application Seeks To Amend The Site Boundaries, House Location And Entrance Details Previously Granted Planning Permission Under Planning Reference P2360175

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460286

• 24 Nov 2023Conditional

  Extension Renovation and part Demolition of Dwelling House at Bunacurry Achill

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360490

• 21 May 2023Conditional

  PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360175

• 17 Feb 2023Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment system along with all necessary site works and ancillaries

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2377

• 11 May 2022Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHED ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22362

• 13 Oct 2021Refused

  CHANGE OF USE AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO BE CONVERTED TO DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES, TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 211088

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AQUACULTURE SHED

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 181030

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18826

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER P98/427 TO COMMERCIAL UNITS, AN EXISTING RESTAURANT, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER P98/427 TO A RESTAURANT WITH A TAKEAWAY, ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18746

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DRY AGRICULTURAL SHED ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17967

• 21 Aug 2017N/a

  RETENTION OF CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER P98/427, TO COMMERCIAL UNITS, THE WORKS TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 17673

• 21 Aug 2017N/a

  CONSTRUCTION ON THE "OLD FACTORY SITE" OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PARKING SPACES, PUBLIC LIGHTING WITH USE OF EXISTING PUBLIC WASTE AND SEWERAGE SERVICES THAT EXIST ON THE SITE AND TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17674

The 25 most recent of 29 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Doogort East Bog NHA 002381

Recorded monuments

• MA055-001 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.

• MA055-002001 Children's 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.

• MA055-002002 Structure
  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.

• MA055-003 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.

• MA055-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in pasture, adjacent to a ruined vernacular settlement, overlooking Bunacurry Harbour. Not indicated on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as an enclosure based on information received by the SMR. An inspection in 1996 found no evidence of an enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay double-height Catholic church, designed 1941, built 1941-2; opened 1943, on a rectangular plan comprising eight-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay full-height chancel (south); single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to entrance (north) front. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles with Cross finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on boxed rendered eaves. Rendered battered walls on battered base. Round-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having stained glass margins. Round-headed "Trinity Window" (south) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed door opening to entrance (north) front behind round-headed opening, concealed dressings having stepped reveals with hood moulding framing replacement glazed uPVC panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having stained glass margins. Round-headed "Trinity Window" (gable) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows centred on two-over-one timber sash window having stained glass margins. Interior including vestibule (north); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof with arcaded choir gallery (north) in segmental-headed alcove, tiled central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, Romanesque-style timber stations, part exposed strutted timber roof construction on "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded corbels with boarded or sheeted rafters on "Cavetto"-detailed timber cornice, and round-headed chancel arch framing mosaic tiled cut-veined Connemara marble stepped dais to sanctuary (south) reordered, ----, with replacement altar table below stained glass "Trinity Window" (----). Set in relandscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having stepped capping supporting Cross finial-topped double gates.

• Farm house, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built 1926, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height flat-roofed projecting breakfront; single-bay (south) or two-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Hipped slate roof centred on flat roof behind parapet (breakfront), terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Hipped square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Set in own grounds with wrought iron gate to perimeter.

• Achill Monastery, monastery, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey monastery, built 1852-4, on a U-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (five-bay deep) single-storey gabled advanced end bays; single-bay three-stage tower (north) on a square plan. Closed, 1978. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables on ogee kneelers with rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks to apexes having capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes; pitched (gabled) slate roofs (end bays) with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables on ogee kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods timber eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners; roughcast walls (tower) with rendered battlemented parapet having lichen-spotted coping. Round-headed central door opening with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing remains of one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (end bays) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Round-headed window openings (side elevations) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing fourteen-over-fourteen timber sash windows having fanlights. Square-headed window opening (tower) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window having part exposed sash box. Lancet openings (bell stage) with dragged cut-limestone sill course, and concealed dressings framing louvered fittings. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central hall with remains of picture railing. Set in unkempt grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having gabled capping supporting flat 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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Bunacurry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Bunacurry · Bun an Churraigh

Area

4,951,919 m² (495.19 ha, 1,223.65 acres)

Civil parish

Achill, and its townlands

Barony

Burrishoole

Electoral division

Achill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Achill electoral division: 798 people in 345 households; 84% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashel, Doogort East, Dookinelly (Calvy), Dooniver, Maumnaman, Tonatanvally

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Bunacurry 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.