Craggagh

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Craggagh, from 225 m² to 471,864 m² (47.19 ha, 116.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Craggagh 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.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  To demolish the existing dwelling, keeping the front wall of the existing dwelling and construct a one storey dwelling with a new septic tank and percolation area along with ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660623

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  To demolish the existing dwelling, keeping the front wall of the existing dwelling and construct a one storey dwelling with a new septic tank and percolation area along with ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660615

• 29 Jun 2023Conditional

  construct a dwelling house and septic tank/proprietary effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23367

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW FOREST ACCESS ROAD ENTRANCE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18387

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• MA080-033 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough heather- and rush-covered boggy upland pasture, located on a slight rise on a fairly level plateau. To E ground falls into a natural dip then rises sharply to the ridge summit. There are good views to S, W and N over the undulating uplands, with Croagh Patrick visible on the far horizon to SW and the Nephin Beg Range to NW. This small enclosure is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but is not shown on later maps editions. Raised circular platform (18.5m E−W; 16m N−S) defined by a well preserved perimeter scarp (Wth slope 3m; ext. H 1.2m at E, 0.8m at W) which retains a slight internal lip. Outside the scarp, it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.4-2m) evident as a very shallow depression marked by a growth of rushes. A slight slump (Wth c. 2m) in the scarp at E may indicate an entrance. When inspected in 1998, a narrow vertical hole (diam. 0.4m; D c. 1m) of uncertain significance was noted in the N half of the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 December 2021

• MA080-043001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a mountain plateau with panoramic views S, W and N. Croagh Patrick looms in splendid isolation on the distant horizon to W, and the Nephin Beg Range defines the horizon at NNW. At NE ground rises to higher ridges. It is prominently sited on a low E-W spine of raised ground on the relatively level plateau. Inspected in 1998, this possible ring-barrow consists of a gently domed grass-covered mound (6m E−W; 6.7m N−S; H 0.9m at N & S, 0.4m at E; o.6m at W) apparently of earthen construction. There is a shallow depression/hollow (4m NW−SE; 3m NE-SW) adjacent to the mound at SW. An earlier report (NMI Topographical Files, undated) recorded this monument as follows: ‘Slightly damaged in spring in digging. It is c. 10m in diameter with a central low mound surrounded by a ditch and external bank.’ Another ring-barrow (MA080-043002-) is located 60m downslope to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 December 2021

• MA080-043002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a mountain plateau with panoramic views S, W and N. Croagh Patrick is visible on the distant horizon to W, and the Nephin Beg Range defines the horizon at NNW. At NE ground rises to higher ridges. Inspected in 1998, this possible ringbarrow is evident as a low, roughly circular platform (14.5m E-W; 12-13m N-S; H 0.5m) defined on the downslope S half by a low scarp. The scarp is indistinct on the N half where the platform is almost flush with exterior ground level. An earlier report (NMI Topographical Files, undated), recorded this monument as follows: ‘Measures 13m in diameter consisting of a low boat shaped mound and appears to have a stony core. There are slight traces of a surrounding ditch and bank.’ Another possible ringbarrow (MA080-043002-) is 60m upslope to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 December 2021

• MA080-053 Burial ground
  Description

  At the SE corner of a pasture field bordered at S by a road, in an area of undulating terrain overlooked at N by a high ridge. A rectangular tree-planted enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but is not named as a burial ground; it is indicated on the 1919 edition as ‘Burial Ground’. A rectangular area (26.4m E−W; 24m N−S) enclosed on the E side by a drystone property wall, at S by a concrete wall, bordering the road, and to W and N by a low stony rise/wall footings. Several mature beech trees grow around the perimeter. Several low, upright uninscribed stone gravemarkers are evident in the interior, which is scattered throughout with loose stones. In the NW quadrant there is a circular grass-covered flat-topped rise or mound (10.8m E−W; 11m N−S; H 1.2m at W, 0.7m at E), with a lot of stones protruding from the sod and loosely scattered over its entire surface. A slight scarp defines the NE quadrant which is at a very slightly higher level than the rest of the interior. Here a rectangular graveslab lies on the surface. It is engraved with a cross within a decorative scalloped ring, with IHS beneath; a tiny heart is carved beneath the cross-bar of the H. The inscription indicates that it was erected by a father for his child, John Myles O’Donnell; the date appears to read 1857. According to local information, the burial ground is locally known as ‘Killeen’ and was used as a children’s burial ground; the names of the dead were often carved into the trees which grow around the perimeter, but these carvings are no longer visible. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 December 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Craggagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Craggagh · An Chreagach

Area

2,799,079 m² (279.91 ha, 691.67 acres)

Civil parish

Killedan, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Ballinamore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

342 people lived in 118 households in the Ballinamore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyclogher, Bohamore, Camderrynabinnia, Carrownahaun, Derryvohy, Lakill, Largan

Placenames

Craggagh 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.