Castleaffy

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleaffy, from 56 m² to 127,532 m² (12.75 ha, 31.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Castleaffy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  PERMISSION to 1. Construct extension and carry out alteration to existing dwelling house, 2. PERMISSION TO RETAIN and complete extension for change of use of domestic garage to independent living unit associated with the existing house, 3. PERMISSION to upgrade existing septic tank to effluent treatment system and percolation area together with associated site works on lands

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26134

• 14 Oct 2024Conditional

  construct extension and renovations to existing club house and changing rooms together with associated site services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24438

• 15 Mar 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the completion & fit-out of the unfinished attic space, construction of a new dormer, plan and elevation amendments, and all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460144

• 18 Sept 2023Conditional

  construct all weather astro turf pitch at existing football grounds together with associated site services. Previous planning reference P22/393

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23530

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482

Recorded monuments

• MA076-018 Castle - tower house
  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 Castleaffy.

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Castleaffy · Caiseal Aife

Area

531,334 m² (53.13 ha, 131.3 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeena, and its townlands

Barony

Burrishoole

Electoral division

Kilmeena, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmeena electoral division: 1,616 people in 558 households; 88% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumgarve, Moyna, Moyour, Rassakeeran, Roscahill

Placenames

Castleaffy 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.