Doohooma
Doohooma is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Dumha Thuama.
- Area
- 448.5 ha
- 1,108 acres
- Land parcels
- 370
- registered freehold, median 8,630 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
370 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doohooma, from 62 m² to 85,533 m² (8.55 ha, 21.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 · 13 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
11 May 2026Conditional
construct a new slatted shed, incorporating an existing shed with a new roof on farmland and all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26102
7 May 2026Conditional
The development will consist of the erection of a new dwelling, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation/tertiary area, together with all associated site works and ancillary services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660356
13 Apr 2026Refused
Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of Caroline Gaughan to construct a single storey dwellinghouse with new vehicular access and sewage treatment system with percolation area at Doohoma, Ballina, Co Mayo
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660290
22 Jan 2026Conditional
change of use from residential to short terms letting under previous planning reference P12/202
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2615
8 Apr 2025Refused
Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of Caroline Gaughan to construct a single storey dwellinghouse with new vehicular access and sewage treatment system with percolation area at Doohoma, Ballina, Co Mayo
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560207
16 Dec 2024Conditional
The application will consist of planning permission to (1) Alter and extend existing dwelling house, (2) Construct new waste water treatment system and (3) Carry out all required ancillary works on site.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460769
12 Dec 2024Refused
The development will consist of the provision of 2 no private burial plots.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460758
14 Aug 2024Conditional
The development shall consist of planning retention permission for an existing residential development to include an existing dwelling house and existing ancillary storage sheds, to extend to all other site services and development works associated with this retention permission.
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460505
26 Oct 2023Conditional
Planning permission to partly demolish existing entrance hall / link corridor and construct a new entrance hall / link corridor, together with all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360449
12 Oct 2023N/a
The development shall consist of planning permission for the erection of two (2) number, three (3) meter high helical vertical axis wind turbines, with each wind turbine upon a twelve (12) meter high demountable support pole, all to support the previously approved planning permission P22/419 and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this permission as contained within the application documentation.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360424
25 May 2023Conditional
change of use from residential to short terms letting under previous planning reference P04/3665, consists of 1 no. dwelling house
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23293
28 Apr 2023Conditional
Renovation and extension of existing dwelling house to include significant alterations to all elevations, proposed first floor extension and all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23237
30 Nov 2022Conditional
Change of house type from previous approval ref. P21/350, two storey 4 bedroom house with attached garage with new site entrance, new on-site wastewater treatment system and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221058
27 May 2022Conditional
MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE EXTENDING TO PERMISSION FOR 1. FENESTRATION AND ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS, 2. EXTENSION TO BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE PROPERTY, 3. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE, 4. PROVISION OF HABITABLE ROOMS WITHIN THE ROOF SPACE. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUIGHT TO MODIFY THE EXISTING SHED; A. INSTALLATION OF A NEW ROOF STRUCTURE, B. EXTERNAL ELEVATIONAL MODIFICATION. INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PERMISSION
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22419
21 Dec 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211367
4 Nov 2021Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, INCLUDING AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR STORAGE (SHED) BUILDING LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211167
1 Oct 2021Conditional
PROPOSED RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS TO NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS, CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH BASEMENT TO THE WEST ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC STUDIO AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211041
15 Apr 2021Conditional
Construction of a proposed detached dwelling with domestic garage, new site entrance, new on-site waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21350
25 Jan 2021Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SHED AND YARD, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS/SERVICES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2138
27 Apr 2020Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SERVICES WITHIN THE SITE AREA/BOUNDARIES AS DEFINED WITHIN THE APPLICATION AND TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPLICATION
Retention · Mayo County Council, 20279
20 Dec 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing house and shed & construction of a detached house, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and all associated site works at the above address
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 191011
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: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC 000470
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
Recorded monuments
- MA034-001001 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.
- MA034-001002 Burial ground
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.
- MA034-001003 Children's burial ground
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 Doohooma.
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 Doohooma, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Doohooma.
- 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 Doohooma with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Doohooma · Dumha Thuama
- Area
- 4,485,110 m² (448.51 ha, 1,108.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Rathhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 695 people lived in 285 households in the Rathhill electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Roy, Tullaghanbaun
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Doohooma 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.