Crossboyne

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crossboyne, from 41 m² to 65,335 m² (6.53 ha, 16.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Dec 2025Conditional

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). The proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Liscromwell Carrowkeel Brees Breandrum or Windsor Prison South Facefield Aghalusky Drumnaslooeen Mossbrook Cloontybaunan Ballinagran Ballynastangford Lower Derrynamraher Rathredmond Birchfield Cappavicar South Dooros Garrywadreen Keelkill Drumadoon Drumneen Ballinvoash Legaun Ballynastangford Upper Gneeve Ballymacloughlin Drumneen (Prendergast) Lisnaran Ballyrourke Ballynew Drumcorrabaun Pollavaddy Eskerlevally Kilmacrade Moat Drumneen South Burris Garhawnagh Castlegar Barrackland Carrowgarve Crantahar Rinnahulty Knocknamoghalaun Drumkeen Carrowmore Rathduff Clare Derreen Heathlawn Kilbeg-Malone Prison North Coolaghbaun The Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV circuit is 27.8 km in length and runs between the existing Castlebar 110 kV substation in the townland of Aghalusky in central County Mayo, to Dalton 110 kV substation located in the townland of Clare, eastern County Mayo. The OHL has a total of 144no. supporting structures. The proposed development will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between Castlebar 110 kV and the Dalton 110 kV substations; ? the replacement of end mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a similar structure; ? the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; ? the strengthening of tower foundations at 4no. locations; ? the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 10no. locations; ? the painting of towers at 10no. locations; ? the replacement of tower bolts at 3no. locations; ? the replacement of polesets at 48no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 24 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m; ? the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structure locations; ? the replacement of earthwire between structure number 132 and structure number 144; ? the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 16no. locations; ? the replacement of crossarms at 58no. locations; ? all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures inclu

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560928

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Cashla - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Mayo, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: DALGAN DEMESNE, POLLBAUN, CARROWBEG WEST, GORTEENS, SEEFIN, BROOKHILL, CARROWMORE, BALLYHANKEEN, RUSHBROOK EAST, BALLYCUSHEEN, SCARDAUN WEST, MILLBROOK, MILFORD DEMESNE, CURRAGHADOOEY, LISDUFF, RATHGRANAGHER (MILLER), DRUMMIN WEST, CARROWBEG EAST, RATHGRANAGHER (LINDSAY), CROSSBOYNE, KILBEG-MALONE, DAVROS, DERRY, CLARE, GREAGHANS, COOLROE, ROOS, LEEDAUN The Cashla - Dalton 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Galway and County Mayo. It is 57.7 km in length and travels from Cashla 110 kV substation in Barrettspark in central County Galway and traverses northwest to the Dalton 110 kV substation (County Mayo). The OHL has a total of 271no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Mayo County Council, there is 24.7 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 111no. structures. Within the functional area of Galway County Council there is 33.0 km, with 160no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Co. Mayo will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 160 and Dalton 110 kV substation; • the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 2no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 6no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of a tower at 1no. location; • the replacement of polesets at 83no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 70no. structures), with 12no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 263 will increase in height by 7.0m; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 161 to 271; • the replacement of earthwire between structure no. 261 and structure no. 271; • the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 7no. locations; • the replacement of crossarms at 7

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560709

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional

  Upgrades to the existing Claremorris Wastewater Treatment Plant comprising: Installation of a new inlet works including an inlet flume, duty/assist screens, bypass screen and a grit removal infrastructure; Installation of a new selector tank; Upgrades to the existing aeration system; Installation of a new final settlement tank; Upgrades to the existing RAS/WAS pumping station; Installation of a new picket fence thickener; Installation of a new sludge dewatering unit within the control building; Installation of a new final effluent pumping station; Upgrades to the existing outfall pipeline; New surface water outfall and petrol interceptor; Ancillary mechanical and electrical upgrades; and Associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460470

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SILAGE SLAB AND A 3 BAY SLATTED SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18357

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 Crossboyne.

Recorded monuments

• MA111-092 Structure
  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

• All Souls' Church (Crossboyne), church/chapel, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1819-20, on a rectangular plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. In use, 1945. In occasional use, 1976. Disused, 1990. Now in ruins. Pitched slate roofs now missing with lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers, and no rainwater goods surviving on cut-limestone eaves retaining some cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered or roughcast walls with tuck pointed limestone ashlar stepped buttresses to corners including tuck pointed limestone ashlar diagonal stepped buttresses to corners (east) having lichen-covered cut-limestone coping; lichen-covered tuck pointed snecked limestone walls (tower) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone stringcourses including tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" stringcourse (bell stage) supporting pinnacle-topped battlemented parapet having tooled cut-limestone coping. Square-headed window openings with dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing concrete block infill. Square-headed window opening (east) with dragged cut-limestone sill, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing concrete block infill. Square-headed openings (tower), tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing concrete block infill. Square-headed window openings (second stage) with tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded infill. Square-headed openings (bell stage) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone sill course, and tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing remains of louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); door opening into nave with no fittings surviving; full-height interior in ruins with ivy-covered walls. Set in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having tooled cut-limestone capping supporting wrought iron gate.

• Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1822, on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; two-bay full-height rear (east) elevation. Vacant, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on collared timber construction with pressed or rolled lead ridge, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having cut-limestone capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, moss-covered coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards retaining some cast-ion octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered or roughcast walls. Segmental-headed central door opening into glebe house with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing remains of two-over-two (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows with timber casement windows (basement) having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing remains of timber panelled doors, remains of run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with balustrade now missing, and remains of carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing remains of timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder with fittings now missing. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Crossboyne Bridge, bridge, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch road bridge over river, extant 1838. "Repaired". Repointed coursed rubble limestone walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to upriver (north-east) elevation on mass concrete battered bases including central triangular cutwater-cum-pedestrian refuge with repointed squared limestone soldier course coping to parapets. Series of five arches with repointed voussoirs. Sited spanning Robe River with unkempt banks to river.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Crossboyne.

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

Name

Crossboyne · Crois Bhaoithín

Area

468,374 m² (46.84 ha, 115.74 acres)

Civil parish

Crossboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmorris

Electoral division

Crossboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossboyne electoral division: 600 people in 215 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Burris, Castlemagarretpark Old, Coolroe, Curraghadooey, Derry, Drummin West

Placenames

Crossboyne 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.