Cartrongilbert
Townland in the civil parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cartún Ghilbeirt
- Area
- 35.5 ha
- 88 acres
- Land parcels
- 109
- registered freehold, median 445 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cartrongilbert, from 5 m² to 33,092 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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
- M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 101 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
21 Oct 2025Conditional
Planning permission for 1) demolition of existing structures to the rear of the dwelling house & 2) extension and alterations to existing dwelling house, along with all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560738
13 Dec 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER P21/96
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211309
14 May 2021N/a
RAISE AN AREA OF LAND WITH CONSTRUCTION WASTE (APPROX. 200cu/m), FOR THE DISPOSAL OF PYRITE-CONTAMINATED BLOCKWORK (NO IMPORTED MATERIALS) AND ASSOCIATED MATERIALS FROM DEMOLITION OF DWELLING ON THE SITE, TO BE FILLED NO HIGHER THAN 2m, APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE, LEVELLING AND RE-SEEDING OF SAME, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21495
19 Mar 2021N/a
Change of use of schoolhouse to domestic dwelling house, extend and reconstruct dwelling house, construct detached domestic shed, construct new boundary walls and widen existing gated entrance
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21249
11 Feb 2021Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE, AMEND SITE BOUNDARIES, RETAIN EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC SHED AND CARRY OUT ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED WORKS ON SITE
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2196
23 Oct 2020Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING OLD POST OFFICE COFFEE SHOP, BAKERY AND TAKEAWAY, SIGNAGE AND RETRACTING AWNING. INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS/SERVICES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 20790
5 Dec 2019Conditional
Extension to the existing school building, comprising 1. no staff room and minor alterations to existing storage room including all associated development works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19953
17 Oct 2019Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING, COMPRISING OF 1 NO. CLASSROOM AND 3 NO. SPECIAL EDUCATION TUITION ROOMS, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19814
21 Feb 2019Conditional
EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING, COMPRISING OF A NEW CLASS ROOM AND A NEW STAFF ROOM FACILITY, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19117
2 Mar 2017Conditional
INSTALL A 3M HIGH "LAMP POST" STYLE RELIEF VENT STACK SERVICING THE EXISTING ABOVE GROUND NATURAL GAS PRESSURE REDUCTION UNIT WITH ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17136
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: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cartrongilbert.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Tiernan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1859-60; dated 1860, on a cruciform plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (three-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (south). "Improved", 1890-2, producing present composition. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Restored, 2007-8. Replacement pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables on "Cavetto" kneelers with Celtic Cross finials to apexes, dragged cut-limestone coping to gable to entrance (north) front on roll moulded gabled ogee kneelers with repointed limestone ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex framing embossed cast-iron bell (1907), and cast-iron rainwater goods on iron- or zinc-covered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement rendered walls with repointed drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; replacement rendered surface finish to entrance (north) front on benchmark-inscribed drag edged dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on repointed snecked rock faced limestone plinth with repointed crocketed obelisk pinnacle-topped drag edged tooled cut-limestone clasping stepped buttresses to corners. Lancet window openings with repointed cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Lancet "Trinity Windows" (transepts) with repointed cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Lancet "Trinity Window" (south) with repointed cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (north) front, repointed drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded double doors. Paired pointed-arch window openings (gable) on cut-limestone ogee stringcourse, repointed drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch door openings (transepts) below cut-limestone date stones ("1860") with repointed cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors. Interior including vestibule (north); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed diagonal timber boarded double doors having overlight; full-height interior open into roof with diagonal timber boarded choir gallery (north) below pair of stained glass windows (----), central aisle with floor monument (1914) between timber pews, Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (----), carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (south) reordered, ----, with Gothic-style altar (1892) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1902) in mosaic tiled surround, and exposed strutted collared timber roof construction on cut-limestone chamfered corbels with wind braced timber boarded vaulted ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice. Set in relandscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with rendered panelled chamfered piers to perimeter having cruciform-detailed gabled capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
- McMorrow's, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to left ground floor. Now disused. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, moss-covered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Timber shopfront to left ground floor. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with footpath to front.
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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_323 (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 Cartrongilbert with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Cartrongilbert · Cartún Ghilbeirt
- Area
- 354,934 m² (35.49 ha, 87.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Crossmolina, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Electoral division
- Crossmolina South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Crossmolina South electoral division: 870 people in 349 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Crossmolina, Knockalegan, Mullenmore North
- Placenames
- Cartrongilbert 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.