Carrownalurgan
Townland in the civil parish of Oughaval, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ceathrú na Lorgan
- Area
- 115.9 ha
- 286 acres
- Land parcels
- 129
- registered freehold, median 1,355 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownalurgan, from 17 m² to 209,876 m² (20.99 ha, 51.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1Agriculture
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 69 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 53 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Aug 2026N/a
construct new granny flat attached to side/rear of the existing dwelling together with all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26200
15 Sept 2025Conditional
Construction of a private dwelling house and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560633
12 May 2025Refused
Construction of a private dwelling house and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560288
4 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for development at West Vets, West Road, Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 V672 (in townlands of Carrownalurgan and Cloonmonad) amending Planning Permission Reference: P23/60561 (which permitted the demolition of existing West Vets building and structures on site and construction of a housing development of 16 no. dwellings and associated development and works). The proposed development comprises: 1. Revised site layout and housing mix resulting in an increase in dwellings to 26 no.; 2. The house typologies have changed from (4 no.) detached and (12 no.) semi-detached with (2 no. four bed, 12 no. three bed and 2 no. two bed) units to a mix of two and three storey terraced houses (12 no.) and apartment (7 no.) / duplex (7 no.) units (three storey overall), with 8 no. four bed, 11 no. three bed and 7 no. two bed sizes overall; 3. Revised boundary treatments, landscaping and all other enabling, associated and ancillary development and works (and amendments to Planning Permission Reference P23/60561) above and below ground level.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560194
28 May 2024Conditional
Planning Permission for development consisting of construction of a dry bedded sheep shed with an underground effluent storage tank along with all associated site works.. There will be one buildings and one concrete effluent tank. All effluent from the dry bedded shed will be collected and stored in the proposed effluent tank as per DAFM specifications. The sheep shed will be 6.53m in height. There is no protected structures close to the site or watercourses.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460327
12 Mar 2024Refused
Planning Permission for development consisting of construction of a dry bedded sheep shed with an underground effluent storage tank along with all associated site works.. There will be one buildings and one concrete effluent tank. All effluent from the dry bedded shed will be collected and stored in the proposed effluent tank as per DAFM specifications. The sheep shed will be 6.53m in height. There is no protected structures close to the site or watercourses.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460126
22 Dec 2023Conditional
Permission for development at West Vets, West Road, Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 V672 (in townlands of Carrownalurgan and Cloonmonad), comprising: 1. Demolition of existing West Vets building and structures on site; 2. Construction of a housing development of 16 no. dwellings in single and two storey and detached and semi-detached configurations; and, 3. Associated development and works including pedestrian and vehicular access (relocating and replacing existing) to the West Road, hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.
Permission, 16 homes · Mayo County Council, 2360561
28 Mar 2023Conditional
construction of new dwelling along with garage, connection to public sewer and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23168
23 Jan 2023Conditional
The installation of approximately 15Km of 250mm OD water Trunk Main, which will extend from a position approximately 1Km from Westport at the junction of Pound Road and the R355 in the townland of Carrownalurgan to Kilsallagh Lower at the road junction between the R355 and the L1826 road to Drummin and the installation of approximately 29.3Km of a mains distribution network to supply water to 473 No Consumers along the route of the Trunk Main and in the area to the Townlands to the West of Croagh Patrick. All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging; and any other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed watermain, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings. The watermain pipeline is located within the townlands of Cloghan, Clooneen, Knockfin, Ardoley, Churchfield, Knockaraha East, Knockaraha West, Streamstown, Belclare, Killadangan, Deerpark West, Murrisknaboll, Carrowkeeran, Bellataleen, Carrowkeel, Murrisk Demesne, Meermihil, Glaspatrick, Thornhill, Carrowmacloughlin, Leckanvy, Killsallagh Lower, Killsallagh Upper, Kinknock, Kilgeever, Cuilleen, Mullagh, Cartoor, Glenbaun, Glencally, Furgill, Cregganroe and Boheh in County Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360016
10 Oct 2022Refused
FILLING OF LANDS WITH INERT WASTE CONSISTING OF SOIL AND STONE MATERIAL TO IMPROVE LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL USE (2.1Ha VOLUME 100,000 TONNES OVER 10 YEARS) TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22874
26 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22827
8 Aug 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22673
4 Aug 2022Refused
CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL 3 BED ROOM DETACHED RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22657
30 May 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, SEPARATE GARAGE, NEW ENTRANCE, NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONNECTION TO SITE SERVICES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22421
23 Feb 2022Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED NEW DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, SEPARATE GARAGE, NEW ENTRANCE, NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONNECTIONS TO SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22130
22 Feb 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22128
14 Dec 2020Conditional
ATTIC CONVERSION WITH SKYLIGHTS TO THE FRONT AND ONE SMALL FIRST FLOOR ROOM TO THE REAR. ALSO A HOUSE SIGN POST OUTSIDE GATE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20976
9 Nov 2020N/a
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20844
4 Jun 2020Conditional
Permission for minor alterations to site layout of house no.'s 35 & 36, previously granted under P 18/705 and to replace detached house no.'s 24 & 37 with semi detached houses together with change of detached house no. 15 to semi-detached houses and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20348
11 Oct 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19800
16 May 2019Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19360
11 Sept 2018Conditional
MINOR CHANGE OF LAYOUT TO PORTION OF ALREADY APPROVED P16/933 ESTATE LAYOUT, TO INCORPORATE 18 SEMI-DETACHED AND 6 DETACHED UNITS (TOTAL ESTATE 37) AND ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18705
9 Jul 2018Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P10/800024. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GARAGE, SURFACE WATER SOAKAWAY, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES, NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ACCESS DRIVEWAY, NEW BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18516
31 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT SMALL EXTENSION/ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18404
18 Apr 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17277
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrownalurgan.
Recorded monuments
- MA088-083 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.
- MA088-084 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 Carrownalurgan.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_216 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrownalurgan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownalurgan · Ceathrú na Lorgan
- Area
- 1,158,686 m² (115.87 ha, 286.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oughaval, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Westport Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Westport Urban electoral division: 6,252 people in 2,285 households; 53% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmore, Carrowbaun, Clerhaun, Cloghan, Cloonmonad, Farnaght, Rossbeg
- Placenames
- Carrownalurgan 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.