Cum
Cum is a townland in the civil parish of Addergoole, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Com.
- Area
- 120.1 ha
- 297 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 3,709 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cum, from 58 m² to 101,978 m² (10.2 ha, 25.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 50 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
20 May 2026Conditional
construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage with effluent treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660397
21 Jun 2023Conditional
(1) Demolish the existing shed and extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling house (2) Alter dwelling house and construct new extension to the rear of the dwelling house, (3) replace existing flat roof with pitched roof and (4) Carry out all required ancillary works on site
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360230
12 Oct 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22896
11 Oct 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WTIH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211080
24 Mar 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC SHED, AND PROPOSED CONNECTION TO SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20205
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
- MA047-014001 Ringfort - rath
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.
- MA047-014002 Cairn - 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.
- MA047-016 Ringfort - rath
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 Cum.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Cum, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cum.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Cum · An Com
- Area
- 1,201,462 m² (120.15 ha, 296.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Addergoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Electoral division
- Addergoole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 900 people lived in 340 households in the Addergoole electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacredmond, Caffoley, Cartron, Castlehill, Knockfarnaght, Lahardaun, Lecarrow
- Placenames
- Cum 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.