Carrowbeg

149 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbeg, from 9 m² to 66,392 m² (6.64 ha, 16.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 92 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Services/Facilities (Community facilities)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5Rural Transition (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserver Tier I (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the replacement and upgrading of the external cladding to the entire building envelope and alterations to the main and staff entrances including all associated site works and services.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560147

• 27 Mar 2024Refused

  The development will consist of: • The construction of a single storey discount foodstore (to include off-licence use) comprising a gross floor area of 1908sq.m (net retail area of 1356sq.m) incorporating an internal plant room, warehouse area, freezer store, chiller store, ancillary office area and staff room; • Provision of one no. vehicular entrance from Castlebar Road and the provision one no. vehicular and one no. pedestrian access from Kiltimagh Road, which will be served by 112 no. car parking spaces including 7 no. disabled accessible bays, 9 no. family bays, 4 no. electric vehicle bays and 18 no. cycle spaces; • Erection of internally mounted illuminated signage (two no.) and totem pole mounted external signage (two no.); the provision of roof mounted solar panels (90sq.m) and erection of associated ESB sub-station (22sq.m); • Provision of landscaping, boundary treatments, trolley bay, bin storage, external plant enclosure, loading bay, connection to existing services and all other ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development • The Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460181

• 6 Oct 2023N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: Construction of new exercise sand arena at location of existing sand arena

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23556

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission is sought by The Sisters of Mercy Western Province for development at the burial Ground at Chapel Street, Swinford, Co. Mayo. The development will consist of an extension to the existing Mercy graveyard to the rear of ‘Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church’. The extension of the graveyard will result in an increased area of approximately 64 m2. Works will include partial demolition of an existing boundary wall to the existing graveyard, the rebuilding of a new boundary wall to match the existing finish and all associated site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360413

• 24 Jul 2018N/a

  SECTION 5: REVISED BOUNDARY WALL

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18555

• 18 Aug 2017Conditional

  RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO EXTENSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P78/644. RETENTION OF 1ST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 17666

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 Carrowbeg.

Recorded monuments

• MA062-043 Enclosure
  Description

  In an area of modern development on the NW outskirts of Swinford town, located c. 25m S of a stream. This monument is shown on the 1838 edition OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam15-20m); it is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 November 2020

• MA062-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, in a thicket of overgrowth, on the western outskirts of Swinford town, located on a low knoll. There is a stream 170m to N. There are good views W–N over undulating grassland, with a tract of forested land c. 250m to W. In the field to N of the rath, immediately at the base of the rath scarp, there are stables and an equestrian yard. A row of bungalows borders the E side of the field, c. 10-15m to E of the rath. Raised, broadly oval area (c. 33m NE–SW; c. 29m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (H 1.8m at SSE). At W–NE the scarp is substantially enhanced by the knoll slope which falls for several meters. On the E half the scarp is lower (H 1.4m) and poorly defined, with a rough and stony slope. At SE–S there is a shallow depression (Wth 1.2-2m; D c. 0.4m) just inside the rim at top of the scarp. In parts at S−SW the scarp is topped with a rough spread of stones. At N–NE the scarp has been incorporated into a later field fence that respects the curve of the rath. A hollow (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) extends from the scarp at NNW into the interior to SSE for c. 5m where it expands into a poorly defined, shallow depression (max. dim. 4–5m) the rising slope of the interior. Dense of blackthorn and hazel made inspection difficult. There is another rath (MA062-046----) located 70m to SSW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 November 2020

• MA062-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the western outskirts of Swinford town, located on a rise, at the break of slope on the NW side. There are good views W–N over undulating grassland, with a tract of forested land c. 200m to W. Another rath (MA062-045) is located 70m to NNE. Substantially raised oval area (33.2m NE–SW; 20.2m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 4m; ext. H 2m at SE). At SW–NW the scarp (Wth slope c. 10m; H c. 4m at W) is enhanced by the natural fall of ground. At the base of the scarp at NW–E there is a narrow, shallow depression (Wth 1.3m; D0.15-0.3m). This may mark an original fosse but in its current form it resembles a field ditch, associated with the incorporation of the rath into later field fences, which abut the rath at W and NE. A low area (Wth c. 2m) in the enclosing scarp at E opens onto the spine of the ridge, and may be the site of an original entrance. Another break or slumped area (Wth c. 3-3.4m) in the scarp at SSW is flanked by two low banks or scarps which extend 4-5m beyond the rath. The rath interior is flat, grassy and featureless. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 November 2020

Architectural heritage

• Swinford Railway Station, station master's house, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey railway station master's house with half-dormer attic, opened 1895; extant 1895, on a H-shaped plan with single-bay full-height (north-east) or single-bay single-storey (south-west) gabled projecting end bays. Closed, 1975. Renovated to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roofs on a H-shaped plan with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, quatrefoil-detailed decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on decorative timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone[?] block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Swinford Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height goods shed, commissioned 1895; extant 1895. Decommissioned, 1975. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on King post timber construction extending into lean-to slate roof on timber spandrels on drag edged tooled cut-limestone corbels with clay ridge tiles terminating in red brick Running bond chimney stack (south-west) having corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pot, rooflights to platform (north-west) pitch, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on overhanging exposed timber rafters. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Series of three segmental-headed openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled sliding doors. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Swinford Railway Station.

• Swinford Railway Station, signal box, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-stage over raised base signal box, commissioned 1895; extant 1895, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1975. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on timber construction with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond "wallhead" central chimneystack to rear (north-west) elevation having chevron- or saw tooth-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pot, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Part ivy-covered red brick Running bond walls (base) on chamfered cushion course on red brick Running bond plinth; "weather boarded" timber surface finish (cabin). Paired camber-headed openings (base) with sills, and red brick voussoirs with no fittings surviving. Square-headed "monitor window" (cabin) with timber sill, and concealed dressings with fittings now boarded up. Interior retaining levers. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Swinford Railway Station.

• Swinford Railway Station, building misc, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1895; extant 1895, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1975[?]. Now disused. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed coursed or snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone flush quoins to corners supporting cast-iron water tank on dragged cut-limestone thumbnail beaded "cornice". Round-headed door opening (north-east) with overgrown threshold, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround with timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors now boarded up. Segmental-headed window opening (south-west) with drag edged cut-limestone sill, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Set on overgrown tarmacadam platform in grounds shared with Swinford Railway Station.

• Bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-arch railway bridge over road, opened 1895; extant 1895. Closed, 1975. Now disused. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced battered abutment walls with rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having drag edged rock faced cut-limestone coping. Single segmental arch (south-west) with red brick header bond voussoirs. Single round arch (north-east) with red brick header bond voussoirs. Sited spanning road with unkempt grass embankments to road.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_564 (ZIP).

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

Name

Carrowbeg · An Cheathrú Bheag

Area

403,987 m² (40.4 ha, 99.83 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconduff, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Swineford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Swineford electoral division: 2,629 people in 1,062 households; 76% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Lagcurragh, Newpark, Rathscanlan, Swineford

Placenames

Carrowbeg 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.