Cuillare
Townland in the civil parish of Drum, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Coiléar
- Area
- 38.9 ha
- 96 acres
- Land parcels
- 65
- registered freehold, median 1,307 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuillare, from 23 m² to 87,318 m² (8.73 ha, 21.58 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 59 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
14 Aug 2026N/a
The development will consist of the following: construction of 16no. Dwellings (comprising of: 10no. 3-Bedroom houses; and 6no. 4-Bedroom houses); connection to existing services; along with all associated ancillary site development works including footpaths, lighting, parking, drainage and landscaping/amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660651
22 Jan 2026Conditional
construction of a domestic garage and store and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 268
23 Dec 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the following: amendments to previously permitted development P24/60489, to include: change of house types A1, B and C; replace house type A2 with house type D; alterations to house positions and parking spaces; and the addition of 4no. dwellings (comprising of: 2no. 3-Bedroom houses; 2no. 4-Bedroom houses)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660034
10 Mar 2025Conditional
Construction of a new domestic shed along with all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560132
6 Aug 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the following: construction of a crèche and 15no. Dwellings (comprising of: 3no. 2-Bedroom houses; 8no. 3-Bedroom houses; 4no. 4-Bedroom houses); connection to existing services; along with all associated ancillary site development works including footpaths, lighting, parking, drainage and landscaping/amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.
Permission, 15 homes · Mayo County Council, 2460489
8 Jun 2023Conditional
Erection of eight floodlights
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360209
9 May 2023N/a
Section 5 Declaration: development of natural grass play area levelling and draining
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23236
8 May 2023N/a
full planning permission for the erection of eight floodlights
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360146
16 Jan 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to existing public services and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 239
17 Nov 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211201
26 Feb 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN 18 METRE HIGH FREE STANDING COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED ANTENNAE, COMMUNICATION DISHES, GROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL FORM PART OF EIRCOM LTD EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADBAND NETWORK
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21155
20 Dec 2019Conditional
Demolish existing sheds and dwelling on site and construct 2 no. detached houses and domestic garages including connection to public services and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 191016
29 May 2019N/a
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19397
28 Apr 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW THREE BAY DOUBLE SLATTED SHED, WALLED SILAGE BASE, A ROOFED MANURE PIT AND A HAY STORAGE SHED TOGETHER WITH ALL ITS ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17317
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cuillare.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Anne's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1871; begun 1872; stalled 1873; completed 1874-5; opened 1877; extant 1895, comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height apse (east) on a half-octagonal plan. Reconstructed, 1961, producing present composition. Renovated, 1988[?], with sanctuary reordered. Copper-covered pitched roof with pressed ridge terminating in Cross finials to apexes, and concealed rainwater goods in copper-covered overhanging concrete eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled snecked limestone stepped buttresses having lichen-covered drag edged dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping. Lancet window openings with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors having overlight. Lancet "Trinity Window" to gable with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with choir gallery (west) below stained glass "Trinity Window" (undated), carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired stations between stained glass memorial windows (undated), and crow stepped square-headed chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1988[?], with pair of stained glass memorial windows (undated) centred on cut-veined white marble altar. Set in landscaped grounds with pair of cut-limestone date stones ("1846"; "1871") to perimeter centred on drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar piers having lichen-covered cut-limestone stepped capping supporting replacement mild steel double gates.
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 Cuillare.
- 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 Cuillare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Cuillare · An Coiléar
- Area
- 388,743 m² (38.87 ha, 96.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drum, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Ballinafad, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinafad electoral division: 621 people in 221 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinlassa, Belcarra, Elmhall, Kilbrenan, Roslahan Upper
- Placenames
- Cuillare 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.