Cornaroya
Townland in the civil parish of Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Corr na Ráithe
- Area
- 144.3 ha
- 356 acres
- Land parcels
- 497
- registered freehold, median 285 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Town Centre
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
497 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornaroya, from 0 m² to 74,400 m² (7.44 ha, 18.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 227 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 188 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserver Tier II (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Services/Facilities (Community facilities)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Rural Transition (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industry (General industry)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 1 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
19 Aug 2026N/a
construct extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26197
12 Dec 2025N/a
Permission for development at Neale Road & New Line, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, comprising: 1. Construction of a housing development of 22 no. dwellings consisting of: a primarily two storey terrace of 5 no. (three bedroom) houses to New Line (1 no. end unit being part single part two storey), a primarily two storey terrace of 8 no. (three bedroom) houses to Neale Road (1 no. end unit being part single part two storey) and a part single part three storey terrace of 9 no. duplex (6 no. one bedroom) apartments and (3 no. three bedroom) houses to Neale Road; 2. Site access including vehicular access from New Line (modifying existing) and pedestrian access from New Line and Neale Road; 3. Demolition of existing outbuildings / sheds on site (2 no. detached, 1 no. semi-detached), vegetation and site clearance and associated preparatory works including removal of sections of boundary wall to Neale Road & New Line; 4. Associated development and works including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads / footpaths / shared spaces, public footpath, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces, communal bin stores, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including infrastructure for and connections to water supply, surface water (including outfall to watercourse), wastewater, electrical and utility services (including provision for substation / cabinetry as required).
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560921
25 Nov 2025Conditional
- Construction of seven two-bedroom and one one-bedroom own door houses; - Demolition of extensions to the rear of the four existing houses located on Cornmarket Street, and - Refurbishment, upgrading, and alterations to elevations and floor plans of same four existing original houses located on Cornmarket Street; - All the above together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission, 8 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560859
19 Nov 2025N/a
- Construction of seven two-bedroom and one one-bedroom own door houses; - Demolition of extensions to the rear of the four existing houses located on Cornmarket Street, and - Refurbishment, upgrading, and alterations to elevations and floor plans of same four existing original houses located on Cornmarket Street; - All the above together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560830
18 Jun 2025Conditional
The proposed development will consist of the internal reconfiguration of the Valkenburg Hotel, a protected structure, reference no. 0069, to provide for bedroom accommodation (including ensuites) at ground, first and second floor levels.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560394
30 May 2025Conditional
The development will consist of minor revisions to previously permitted elevations including an increase in overall height to that previously granted planning permission under Reg. Ref. P21/28 - at the rear of the protected structure known as the Valkenburg Hotel.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560344
30 Apr 2025Conditional
The development will consist of demolition of existing detached dwelling house and associated domestic storage sheds and the construction of a mixed-use development comprising of 2 no. Ground floor commercial units (gross floor area for commercial use 214 sq.m), 2 no. 3 bedroom apartments and 2 no. 2 bedroom apartments (gross floor area for residential use 428 sq.m), associated refuse & storage buildings (gross floor area 51 sq.m), construction of all ancillary site features including, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, car parking and associated site works. (Gross floor area of demolition 189 sqm) (gross floor area for commercial use 214 sq.m), (gross floor area for residential use 428 sq.m), (Gross floor area for refuse & storage buildings 51 sq. m)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560258
7 Apr 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration: proposed change of use of vacant commercial unit/former gym/fitness studio into 2 no. apartments
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25122
25 Feb 2025Conditional
Construction of a new two storey stairwell extension and all associated external/site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560096
27 Jan 2025Conditional
change of use of retail shop and renovation of one bed apartment into a two bedroom ground floor apartment and for all associated site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2521
20 Dec 2024Conditional
retention permission to retain 2 no. Kiln Units erected on site and full permission to construct an industrial building for the purpose of dry storage of completed timber products, along with all associated services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24537
24 Oct 2024Conditional
for Change of Use from Office (Class 3) to Assembly (Class 10) of second floor of the existing office building (121m2). Proposal includes minor internal alterations. The proposal is within a Protected Structure (ref: 0071)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460657
26 Sept 2024N/a
Section 5: Proposed conversion and change of use of commercial units at ground level to 7 no. apartments.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24402
20 Nov 2023Conditional
Proposed Construction Of Residential Development Consisting Of 28 No. Dwelling Houses Consisting Of 1 No. Four Bedroom Storey & A Half Type Dwelling House, 26 No. Three Bedroom Two Storey Semi-Detached Type Dwelling Houses & 1 No. Three Bedroom Two Storey Detached Type Dwelling House, Entrance, Access Road, Boundary Fences/Walls, Green Open Space, Proposed Connections Into The Existing Wastewater, Surface Water & Watermain Networks, On A Site Which Was Previously Granted Full Planning Permission Under Planning Reference Number’s P04/1429, P16/2400 & ABP PL16.209396 For A Similar Development And All Ancillary Site Works
Permission, 30 homes · Mayo County Council, 2360479
18 Oct 2023Refused
The development will consist of demolition of existing detached dwelling house and associated domestic storage sheds and the construction of a mixed-use development comprising of 2 No. ground floor commercial units (gross floor area for commercial use 228 sq.m), 3 No. 3 bedroom apartments and 1 No. 2 bedroom apartment (gross floor area for residential use 401 sq.m), associated refuse & storage building, construction of all ancillary site features including, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, car parking and associated site works. (gross floor area for commercial use 228 sq.m), (gross floor area for residential use 401 sq.m),
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360432
8 Aug 2023Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of existing house together with alterations and renovations to the existing house to include all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360317
8 May 2023N/a
retention of a detached two storey apartment building to the rear of the existing building known as the Old Garda Barracks including ancillary facilities and services connection to the existing site services and utilities and all associate site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 23253
5 May 2023Conditional
retain an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house for residential use in line with the original dwelling house usage, along with all associated services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 23248
24 Mar 2023Conditional
Construct a two storey extension to rear, demolish existing porch and construct sun lounge to gable of existing dwelling house together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23164
5 Aug 2022N/a
CONVERSION OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVEL FROM 1 NO. 5 BEDROOM UNIT TO 2 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS, SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22660
17 Jan 2022N/a
DEMOLTION OF DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLING AND SHED TO REAR, ERECTION OF 3 NO. TWO STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, REMOVAL OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL FOR CAR PARKING ACCESS, BLOCK UP REAR VEHICLE ENTRANCE TO LANEWAY, NEW PEDESTRIAL ACCESS GATE TO SERVE GARDENS AT REAR AND ALL ASSOCAITED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2214
6 Sept 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SCHOOL EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21949
4 Aug 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF ADJACENT TWO STOREY DORMER AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO WAITING AREA AND ANCILLARY PET SUPPLIES RETAIL AREA TO GROUND FLOOR, & NEW STORAGE AREA, NEW STORE ROOM TO FIRST FLOOR, REVISIONS TO EXISTING STORAGE AREA & FIRST FLOOR LANDING, CONVERSION OF PART OF ATTIC SPACE IN EXISTING, TO NEW CANTEEN ROOM & NEW LANDING ON FIRST FLOOR, INTERNAL RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING, & NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR & SIDE OF EXISTING VETERINARY BUILDING FOR NEW CONSULTING ROOMS, ISOLATION ROOM, SURGERY, KENNELS, CATTERY, GROOMING AREA, LAUNDRY ROOM & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21836
29 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO MAINS SEWAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 21814
21 Jan 2021Conditional
CARRY OUT MODIFICATION TO THE FORMER FUNCTION ROOM/NIGHTCLUB AT THE REAR OF THE PROTECTED STRUCTURE KNOWN AS THE VALKENBURG HOTEL. THE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE A NEW ROOF, ADDITIONAL EXITS, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2128
The 25 most recent of 42 applications.
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 Cornaroya.
Recorded monuments
- MA118-022 Historic town
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.
- MA118-022008 Church
Description
In a graveyard (MA118-022013-) located to S of the River Robe in Ballinrobe town. There are no visible remains of the medieval parish church which stood at this location. The current church, St Mary’s Church of Ireland (NIAH reg. no. 31215049), built in the early 1800’s with funding from the Board of First Fruits, stands on the site of the earlier church and appears to incorporate remnants of it within its fabric. The date of construction of the medieval church is unknown. The medieval borough of Ballinrobe was established following the conquest of Connaught by the Anglo-Normans sometime after 1237. By the early 1400’s it had become the main stronghold of the Mac Willam Íochtar, chief of the Burke clan. The first documentary reference to the parish church is in a papal letter of 1413. Bradley and Dunne (1989, 20-21) record it as follows: ‘The first reference to this church occurs in 1413 when one Henry was vicar of the church of St Mary and Holy Cross (Twemlow 1904, 387). He had been driven out by 1414, however, when the church is described as without a cure and having no rents to support a rector; accordingly a relaxation of penance was granted to those who visited and gave alms on certain days (ibid., 421). Two parish churches are mentioned in the later fourteenth century, one in Conkule or Conmacnecule, south of the river and the other in Roba in Kera, north of the river in 1484, 1485 and 1487 (Twemlow 1960, 70, 215, 270). By this time the church of Roba in Kera, presumably Carrownaleckna Church [MA118-022006-] had been canonically annexed to the church of Conmacnecule.’ In 1655, following the Cromwellian conquest, Ballinrobe was granted to James Cuff. The church and graveyard at this stage became a place of Protestant worship and burial. A wall monument (MA118-022009-) dated to 1668 now set in the exterior N wall of the church must have been removed from the earlier church during the programme of rebuilding in the early 1800’s. Two graveslabs, dating to 1718 and 1719, also now on display outside the church, were removed from the floor of the church during the 1993-94 renovations (Dolan 2010, 87-88). These memorials and other 18th-century memorials in the graveyard indicate that the earlier church and graveyard continued in use until the building of the current church. There are hints that the current church may incorporate fragments of the earlier church. Dolan (2010, 47-50) noted that the outline of a gothic arch, infilled with later masonry, is visible in the N wall of the church in a photograph taken of the church interior during the 1993 renovations; it is not now visible. She also records a piscina (ibid, 47-48) carved into a square block of limestone (0.45m x 0.45m; D 0.2m) which was removed from the church. Unusually the central bowl-shaped hollow had five drainage holes instead of the standard single hole. The whereabouts of the piscina are now unknown. St Mary’s church was deconsecrated in 1993 when the interior was remodelled and it now serves as a public library. Attached image: MA118-022008-_01.JPG St Mary's 19th-century church viewed from NW MA118-022008-_02.JPG St Mary's 19th-century church viewed from SE Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 June 2022
- MA118-022009 Wall monument
Description
In a graveyard (MA118-022013-). This finely carved 17th-century wall monument (H 0.55m; Wth 0.96m) commemorates Katherine Holcroft, who died in 1668. It is set high on the external wall face of St Mary’s church, a 19th-century Ireland church, which stands on the site of a medieval parish church (MA118-022008-). The memorial is likely to have been taken from the ruins of the early church when the current church was built in the early 1800’s. It is recorded by Bradley and Dunne (1989, 21-22) as follows: ‘Set into the outer face of the north wall. Limestone mural plaque, set inside a chamfered border, with skull and cross-bones above and the impaled arms of Holcroft and Ormsby below. Inscription: WRITE BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD IN HOPE OF A JOYFULL RESURRECTION HERE UNDER/ LYETH BURIED THE BODY OF KATHERINE HOL/ CROFT SECOND DAUGHTER TO EDWARD ORMS/ BY LATE OF TOBERVADY IN THE COUNTY OF/ ROSCOMMON ESQUIRE AND LATE WIFE TO CH/ ARLES HOLCROFT OF CLOONIGASHEL IN THE C/ OUNTY OF MAYO ESQ: THIRD SON TO SIR HENRY/ HOLCROFT LATE OF ESTHAM IN THE COUNTY/ OF ESSEX KNIGHT. SHEE WAS MARRIED EL/ EVEN YEARS AND THIRTY FOURE DAYS/ AND DIED THE XXth OF JAN: M: DC: LXVIII WEARI’D OF TH’ EARTH TO HEAV’N BLEST SOUL TH’ ART GONE/ ANGELS REJOYCE HERE WEE OUR LOSSE BEMOANE Mems Dead iv (1898-1900), 283.’ Attached images: MA118-022009-_01.JPG Location of wall monument in N wall of church MA118-022009-_02.JPG detail of inscription MA118-022009-_03.JPG detail of Holcroft and Ormsby arms MA118-022009-_04.JPG detail of skull and cross bones Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 June 2022
- MA118-022011 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.
- MA118-022013 Graveyard
Description
This record refers to a graveyard associated with a medieval parish church (MA118-022008-). No visible trace of the medieval church survives and the original extent of the early graveyard is unknown. The current rectangular graveyard encloses an early 19th-century Church of Ireland church, St. Mary’s (NIAH reg. no. 31215049), which may incorporate remnants of the medieval church in its fabric. The graveyard is enclosed by modern wall, outside which it is bordered on the W, N and E sides by residential and commercial buildings and on the S side by a street, Church lane. It is accessed at the NW corner by a narrow tree-lined lane leading from Market Street and at the SE corner by a gateway opening from Church Lane. The current church, which was deconsecrated in 1993 and is now used as a public library, stands in the N half of the graveyard, and is surrounded by 18th-, 19th- and early 20th-century headstones, table tombs and box tombs. A limestone ashlar mausoleum (NIAH reg.no. 31215050), which was erected by James Cuff for Gregory Cuff Esqr. in 1811, stands in the NE quadrant to E of an enclosed array of ten close-set box tombs of the Knox and Cuff families. Small uninscribed stone gravemarkers of unknown date are also scattered throughout the graveyard. Two 18th-century graveslabs are on display on either side of the entrance in the N wall of the tower at the W end of the church; these were taken from the interior of the church during renovation works in the 1990's (Dolan 2010, 87-88). A 17th-century wall monument (MA118-022009-) is mounted high on the external face of the N wall of the church towards its E end. In 2020 archaeologically monitored (20E0533) landscaping took place in the graveyard (Zajac 2021). At the N limits of the graveyard at ITM 519263 764383 human bone fragments were recovered. These were not in a grave but incorporated into a layer of 19th-century fill. A sample of the bone, the midshaft of an adult femur, was radiocarbon dated and returned a medieval date of 1450-1528 Cal AD. It is likely that the bone came from medieval levels which were disturbed by 18th/19th-century activity in the graveyard. The graveyard is no longer in use for burials. Attached images: MA118-022013-_01.JPG Knox family tombs, with Cuff mausaoleum at left MA118-022013-_02.JPG 19th-century headstones MA118-022013-_03.JPG Graveslab dedicated to William Smith d. 1719, at E side of church doorway. MA118-022013-_04.JPG Graveslab dedicated to Hugh Evens d. 1718, at W side of church doorway Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 June 2022
- MA118-023 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.
- MA118-023001 Standing stone
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.
- MA118-028 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.
- MA118-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating grazing land. Circular area, enclosed by arc of bank (H 0.8m) SW to ESE. Site shown intact on OS map (1838). Possibly a ringfort. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 433. Date of upload: 14 November 2013
Architectural heritage
- Foot bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span footbridge over canal, under construction 1852; extant 1894. "Restored", 2010. Part ivy-covered tuck pointed drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar walls between drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar battered piers with lichen-covered tooled cut-limestone "Torus" stringcourses supporting parapets having drag edged tooled cut-limestone coping centred on replacement steel span. Sited spanning canalised Robe River with retaining wall to canal having tooled cut-limestone coping.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1838, originally five-bay two-storey thatched on a symmetrical plan. Renovated with replacement shopfront inserted to ground floor. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with pressed ridge, cement rendered chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, rooflight to front (west) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (upper floors): timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- The Valkenburg, hotel, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
Description
Attached five-bay three-storey hotel, built 1820[?]; extant 1824, on a rectangular plan. Sold, 1858. In use, 1911. Sold, 1958. Resold, 1973. Renovated. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Drag edged tooled limestone ashlar walls with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on drag edged dragged cut-limestone double keystone framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs framing replacement two-over-two timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; square-headed door opening into entrance hall with glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1800–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey house, extant 1838. Adapted to alternative use, 1891. Renovated with replacement shopfront inserted to ground floor. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Replacement rendered wall to front (west) elevation with rendered "bas-relief" strip to end. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds over concealed red brick block-and-start construction centred on keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1800–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey house, extant 1838. Renovated with replacement shopfront inserted to ground floor. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Replacement rendered wall to front (west) elevation with rendered "bas-relief" strip to end. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds over concealed red brick block-and-start construction centred on keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay double-height flat-roofed banking hall, built 1922; opened 1922, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay full-height "bas-relief" breakfront; single-bay full-height side elevations. Flat roof not visible behind parapet with concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron hoppers and square profile downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered cushion course on dragged cut-limestone plinth with paired rendered pilasters supporting cornice on blind frieze; rendered surface finish ("attic") with dentilated "Cavetto" cornice on blind frieze on stringcourse below iron-covered blocking course. Segmental-headed central window opening with sill on panelled riser, and rendered pilasters supporting moulded archivolt centred on fluted keystone framing fixed-pane timber fitting behind cast-iron sill guard. Segmental-headed window openings (side elevations) with sills on panelled risers, and rendered pilasters supporting moulded archivolts centred on fluted keystones framing fixed-pane timber fittings behind cast-iron sill guards. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey double-pile bank, designed 1877, on a square plan. "Improved", 1892. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack on axis with ridge having moss-covered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed drag edged dragged limestone ashlar wall (ground floor) on drag edged dragged limestone ashlar stepped plinth with dragged cut-limestone thumbnail beaded cornice on fluted consoles below blocking course; repointed red brick Running bond surface finish (first floor) with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners. Camber-headed window openings (ground floor) in camber-headed recesses between drag edged dragged limestone ashlar pilasters with cut-limestone sills on panelled risers, and moulded archivolts framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone lugged surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule (north) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; banking hall (south); and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1845–1865 · National interest
Description
Detached six-bay double-height Catholic church, begun 1849; unfinished 1854; completed 1859; dedicated 1863, on a cruciform plan originally eight-bay double-height on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into four-bay double-height flat-roofed side aisles with single-bay (two-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east); single-bay three-stage tower (south-west) on a square plan supporting octagonal spire. Extended, 1888. "Improved", 1895. Extended, 1923-4, producing present composition. Renovated, 1967, with sanctuary reordered. Undergoing "restoration", 2010-1. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior open into roof undergoing "restoration", 2010-1, with Gothic-style timber panelled organ gallery (west) on a half-octagonal plan supporting timber panelled pipe organ centred on stained glass memorial "West Window" (1930), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, pointed-arch arcades on dragged limestone ashlar pillars with hood mouldings on portrait label stops, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1967, with cut-veined white marble Classical-style altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1883), exposed scissor truss timber roof construction on dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on arcaded frieze on chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cornice, pair of cut-white marble wall monuments (ob. 1874; 1872), and replacement timber stations to side aisles between stained glass memorial windows (1925; "restored" 1989). Set back from street in landscaped grounds with cast-iron chamfered piers to perimeter having capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed cast-iron double gates.
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1925–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery, built 1930, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay two-storey side elevations. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having "Cavetto"-detailed stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves. Rendered wall to front (west) elevation with rendered strips to corners; roughcast surface finish (remainder) on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening in square-headed recess with chamfered timber mullions on "quarry tiled" drag edged tooled cut-limestone step threshold supporting chamfered timber mullion, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights on diagonal timber boarded panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows with replacement aluminium casement windows to rear (east) elevation. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey parochial house, built 1891, on a rectangular plan originally three-bay single-storey. "Improved", 1908, producing present composition. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered bases having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Replacement cement rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with timber mullions on drag edged tooled cut-limestone step threshold supporting timber transom, and yellow brick block-and-start surround centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystone framing timber panelled door having sidelights on diagonal timber boarded panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled splayed reveals or shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two- or three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838[?] on a symmetrical plan. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with moulded rendered surround on padstones framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey townhouse with dormer attic, built 1856[?]; extant 1880. Renovated to accommodate continued alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof including hipped gabled slate roofs to window openings to dormer attic with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone "Bowtell" consoles on dragged cut-limestone stringcourse. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Square-headed window openings in square-headed recesses (ground floor) with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sill course, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals with red brick voussoirs centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule with tessellated terracotta tiled floor, timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting supporting timber dado rail, and run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; square-headed door opening into entrance hall with glazed timber panelled double doors; entrance hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled reveals or shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey townhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, originally three-bay two-storey on a symmetrical plan. Extended, pre-1880, producing present composition. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rooflights to front (east) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered pier to end. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone step threshold behind cast-iron bootscraper, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on stop fluted triple keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey townhouse, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. In alternative use, 1880. In ruins, 1923. Modified to accommodate continued alternative use. Vacated, 2002. For sale, 2007. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (west) elevation retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows including one-over-one timber sash windows to rear (west) elevation. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and staircase on a dog leg plan with timber balusters supporting timber banister terminating in timber newels; (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, designed 1813; built 1813, on a rectangular plan with pair of single-bay full-height bows (west) centred on single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height return. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1951. Repaired, 2007-8. Bow-ended hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof, clay or terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having cut-limestone capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part Virginia creeper-covered roughcast walls. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening approached by platform of six cut-limestone steps with cast-iron bootscrapers, timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing), cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash window having fanlight. Square-headed window openings (basement) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing twelve-over-eight timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set back from street in landscaped grounds.
- Gate lodge, 1810–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflight to front (south) pitch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves. Roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings (gables) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set perpendicular to street.
- House, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, rebuilt 1902[?]; extant 1923, with shopfront to ground floor. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining abbreviated cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Rendered shopfront to ground floor. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Ballinrobe Market House, market house, 1750–1755 · National interest
Description
Attached five-bay two-storey market house with attic, "restored" 1752; extant 1767, on a rectangular plan with three-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Closed, 2009. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof, pressed or rolled lead ridges centred on louvered timber "cupola" on an octagonal plan, part lead or zinc-covered cut-limestone "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" coping to gable framing clock face in cut-limestone surround, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls with cut-limestone flush quoins to corners centred on cut-limestone stringcourse (first floor); part ivy-covered roughcast surface finish to rear (west) elevation. Series of five segmental-headed openings (ground floor) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone step thresholds, and cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds on benchmark-inscribed cut-limestone padstones framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having fanlights. Square-headed window openings in shallow camber-headed recesses (first floor) with square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement, cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs framing nine-over-nine timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes with nine-over-six timber sash windows to rear (west) elevation centred on nine-over-six timber sash window having three-over-two sidelights. Interior including (ground floor): groin vaulted ceilings on polished cut-limestone pillars; (first floor): vaulted courtroom with limestone flagged floor, timber benches (south) on drag edged tooled cut-limestone steps, wrought iron screen, and timber panelled benches (north) centred on broken pedimented judge's bench. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Post box, 1897–1901 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1897-1901, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in roughcast wall.
- Ballinrobe Library, church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, rebuilt 1815-8, on a rectangular plan with single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. "Improved", 1863. In use, 1945. Deconsecrated, 1993. Renovated, 1994-6, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Replacement cement rendered battered walls; replacement cement rendered surface finish (tower) on dragged cut-limestone chamfered plinth with dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses including dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" cornice (bell stage) supporting crow stepped battlemented parapet having dragged cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings with timber Y-mullions, and dragged edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars with storm glazing (east) over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with dragged cut-limestone Y-mullions, and drag edged cut-limestone crow stepped block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window openings to entrance (west) front with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane timber fittings having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (tower) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone surround framing replacement timber panelled double doors having overlight with interlocking V-tracery glazing bars. Roundels (second stage) with dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing fixed-pane fittings having square glazing bars. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled door; full-height interior open into roof with Gothic-style timber panelled choir gallery (1824) on cast-iron clustered colonette pillars, replacement tessellated central aisle in tooled cut-granite frame, pair of stained glass memorial windows (ob. 1910; 1921), Gothic-style timber panelled pulpit on a chamfered square plan with quatrefoil-detailed Gothic-style timber lectern, carpeted stepped dais to chancel (east) with cut-white marble Classical-style wall monuments (ob. 1805; 1863) centred on Gothic-style timber reredos below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1891), and exposed split arch-braced collared timber roof construction on drag edged dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced rafters to ceiling on "Cavetto" cornice. Set in landscaped grounds.
- Ballinrobe Library, mausoleum, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding drag edged dragged limestone ashlar tomb, dated 1811, on a square plan. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Mary's Church (Ballinrobe) retaining plinth to perimeter with railings now missing.
- Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay two-storey over part raised basement convent, designed 1852; built 1853-4; occupied 1866, on a H-shaped plan with single-bay (three-bay deep) full-height gabled advanced end bays centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront. Refenestrated, ----. Vacated, 2008. For sale, 2008. Disused, 2011. Pitched slate roof on a H-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in Cross finials to apexes, rendered chimney stacks centred on paired rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered channelled base with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by flight of four cut-limestone steps between cast-iron railings, dragged cut-limestone doorcase with pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on scroll consoles framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows with replacement uPVC casement windows to rear (north) elevation centred on six-over-three timber sash window (ground floor) or storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass panels (half-landing). Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set back from road in unkempt landscaped grounds.
- Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy, gates/railings/walls, 1850–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1894, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of tuck pointed drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having drag edged rock faced cut-limestone stepped capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron double gates. Now disused. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cornaroya.
- 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 Cornaroya with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Cornaroya · Corr na Ráithe
- Area
- 1,442,503 m² (144.25 ha, 356.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballinrobe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Ballinrobe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinrobe electoral division: 4,118 people in 1,517 households; 62% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinrobe Demesne, Cavan, Curraboy (Knox), Friarsquarter West, Killosheheen, Knockanotish, Knockfereen, Rathkelly
- Placenames
- Cornaroya 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.