# Churchpark, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Páirc an Teampaill.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 252,130 m² (25.21 ha, 62.3 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 125,604 m² (12.56 ha, 31.04 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Annagh, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/annagh.md
- Barony: Costello
- Electoral division: Ballyhaunis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,531 people lived in 1,219 households in the Ballyhaunis electoral division. 53% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36029
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150854
- Centre: latitude 53.746374, longitude -8.807746 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchpark, from 3,234 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres) to 247,973 m² (24.8 ha, 61.28 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5188780: 247,973 m² (24.8 ha, 61.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5188780.md
- Parcel 962779: 3,234 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962779.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 31 Jul 2024, Mayo County Council 2460478: Conditional. Permission. Positional and Dimensional changes to slatted cattle shed with creep as Granted under Planning Application 23/337. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460478/0
- 22 Jul 2024, Mayo County Council 2460460: N/a. Permission. Positional and Dimensional changes to slatted cattle shed with creep as Granted under Planning Application 23/337. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460460/0
- 16 Jun 2023, Mayo County Council 23337: Conditional. Permission. construction of slatted cattle shed with creep and associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23337/0
- 29 Apr 2022, Mayo County Council 22332: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED SHEEP PENNING UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22332/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Churchpark.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA103-002001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA103-002001-. Within a graveyard (MA103-002002-). Ruined, rectangular stone-built church (16.75m E−W; c. 8.3m N−S) with walls reduced to sod-covered wall footings, except for a portion (L 5.5m; Wth 0.9m) of the S wall which stands to a height of 3.2m. The surviving length of wall is constructed of random rubble. The basal courses incorporate very large boulders resting on a shallow plinth (H 0.3m) of horizontally laid stones, which projects c. 0.3m from the base of the wall. There is a break, partly filled with loose rubble, towards the W end of the S wall, and a similar break roughly mid-way along the N wall. A children’s burial ground (MA103-002003-), consisting of a low rectangular platform, abuts the S wall of the church. The S wall of the church is incorporated into the line of a later field wall, evident now as a single line of contiguous stones and boulders; this extends across the field to NW from the SW corner of the church, and also for a short distance to SSE from the SE angle of the church, where it borders the E side of the children’s burial ground. Another church (MA103-002001-) and a holy well (MA103-002002-) are located 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022
- MA103-002002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA103-002002-. In a broad expanse of average pasture, located on a low rise with a fall of ground towards a stream 75m to N. An area of wet boggy ground extends to N of the stream. A slightly raised, roughly rectangular area (c. 40m E−W; c. 30m N−S) with a ruined stone-built church (MA103-002001-) in the centre. The perimeter cannot be traced on the SW angle and is barely discernible at W. It is clearly defined on the N side by a grass-covered scarp (H 1.5m; Wth slope 5m) which is enhanced by a natural fall of ground, and on the E side by a lower, slumped scarp (H 0.6m; Wth slope 2.5m). The S portion is occupied by a children’s burial ground (MA103-002003-) on a low platform which abuts the S wall of the church. This enclosure appears to be the remains of a graveyard associated with the church. It is not indicated on the 1838 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps, and no gravemarkers are evident within the area to W, N or E of the church, suggesting that it went out of use at an early stage, long before the southern portion was reused as a children’s burial ground. A field wall on a roughly NW−SE axis crosses the graveyard merging with the S wall of the church. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022
- MA103-002003: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA103-002003-. In a graveyard (MA103-002002-), adjacent to a church (MA103-002001-). A low rectangular platform (17m E-W; 12.4m N−S) abuts the S wall of the church, extending the full E-W length of the wall. It is defined on the E, S and W sides by a grass-covered scarp (H 0.4-0.5m). Small, low uninscribed stone gravemarkers densely cover the platform surface, many set upright in the ground, others apparently lying on the surface. Similar gravemarkers are evident in the interior of the church, particularly numerous on a slightly raised area roughly midway along the N wall. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022
- MA103-002004: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA103-002004-. Deeply embedded in a small roughly oval, flat-topped earth and stone rise (5m NE−SW; 3.7m NW−SE; H 0.35m) on level ground 30m N of a graveyard (MA103-002002-) which encloses a church (MA103-002001-). A large stone block (max. dim. c. 0.8m) with a central circular depression (diam. 38m; D 0.16m) in its upper surface. A narrow shallow dip or break (0.09m) extends from one edge of the stone to the central hollow. The stone is sunk in the ground, with its top flush with surrounding ground level, and it is not possible to determine its full size. It is named ‘St. Patrick’s Font’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map, and according to local tradition, water in the central hollow was used as a cure for warts. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022
- MA103-074: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA103-074----. In pasture, located adjacent to a SE-flowing stream/drain in a small valley. There is damp boggy ground on the N side of the stream. A layer of angular stone fragments in black soil is exposed in the W terminal of a field bank than lines the S bank of a stream gully (Wth 4m). It was not possible to determine the extent of the layer, or whether it is in situ, or merely represents displaced material incorporated onto the field bank. On the opposite bank of the river, a thin lens of dark soil is exposed in section beneath the sod. Possibly the remains of a destroyed fulacht fia. Dredging of the stream has taken place and heaps of upcast material line the N bank of the stream. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Churchpark.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Churchpark, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_790, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_790.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/churchpark.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/churchpark.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/churchpark.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Churchpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Holywell Lower: https://everytownland.com/mayo/holywell-lower.md
- Holywell Upper: https://everytownland.com/mayo/holywell-upper.md
- Woodpark: https://everytownland.com/mayo/woodpark.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/churchpark
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