Cornaveagh
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyhean, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Corr na bhFiach Theas
- Area
- 81.1 ha
- 200 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 1,966 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Village Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornaveagh, from 38 m² to 133,326 m² (13.33 ha, 32.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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
- M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 33 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
24 Jul 2026Conditional
PERMISSION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN OFF-LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND SPIRITS OFF THE PREMISES, INSTALLATION OF A PIZZA TAKEAWAY FACILITY WITHIN THE EXISTING SHOP AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660596
23 Jun 2025Conditional
Change of house type to that previously granted under planning application P24/60539, and all associated site works at the above address.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560413
29 Aug 2024Conditional
Planning permission originally sought in 2019 (Ref. No. P18/569) to construct a detached dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank/treatment system, and all associated site works at the above address.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460539
26 Apr 2022Conditional
EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING PRIMARY SCHOOL, WORKS TO SET DOWN AREA ON MAIN ROAD/N84 BOUNDARY TO ACCOMMODATE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, WORKS TO SOUTHERN BOUNDARY INCLUDING REMOVAL OF EXISTING HEDGE AND TREE LINED BOUNDARY AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW FENCE AND PROVISION OF NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, INCREASE SIZE OF YARD PLAY AREA AND CONSTRUCT WALKWAY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22313
22 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21788
29 Aug 2019Conditional
EXTEND AND RENOVATE EXISTING HABITABLE HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19674
26 Jul 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18569
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 Cornaveagh.
Recorded monuments
- MA089-021001 Church
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.
- MA089-021002 Religious house - unclassified
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.
- MA089-021003 Graveyard
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.
- MA089-021004 Ritual site - holy well
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 Cornaveagh.
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 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 Cornaveagh.
- 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 Cornaveagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Cornaveagh · Corr na bhFiach Theas
- Area
- 810,911 m² (81.09 ha, 200.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyhean, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Cloonkeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloonkeen electoral division: 779 people in 294 households; 93% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonaghmore, Cunnaker, Killadeer, Kinturk Upper, Magherafadda, Westland
- Placenames
- Cornaveagh 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.