Dooniver

224 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooniver, from 32 m² to 764,764 m² (76.48 ha, 188.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dooniver 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.

• 1 Jul 2025N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: Construct a dry store agricultural shed

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25261

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  planning permission to retain and complete domestic garage together with ancillary site works at the above address on behalf of Paul Fallon

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560335

• 27 Mar 2025N/a

  Construct domestic garage including ancillary site works at Dooniver, Achill, Co Mayo on behalf of Paul Fallon

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560171

• 11 Oct 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: 12m high stout wooden pole and radio-link dish measuring 600mm in overall diameter. The proposal will include a single-bay cabinet, fibre chamber and underground cable connections

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24424

• 27 May 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration; dry storage shed within the family farm yard

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24188

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  Retention of extension to the front/side of existing dwelling house along with modifications to front elevation

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460108

• 19 Feb 2024Conditional

  renovate and upgrade existing house, to include (1) demolish existing out-buildings, (2) construct new utility shed, (3) renovate and extend existing dwelling house, (4) upgrade existing septic tank and install proprietary treatment system, (5) minor alterations to road access to dwelling house, together with associated site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2442

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22522

• 24 Sept 2021Conditional

  FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION AND HIPPED ROOF AND CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING ASSOCIATED VELUX TYPE WINDOWS

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 211019

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19821

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 181062

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Doogort East Bog NHA 002381

Recorded monuments

• MA043-009 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on an ESE-facing slope. The shoreline lies 120m to E. This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is indicated on the 1920 edition. It consists of a slightly raised oval area (22.4m NNW-SSE; 13.8m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low narrow bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) of earth and stone. There is no clearly defined entrance. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2019

• MA043-010 Enclosure
  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.

• MA043-011 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low rise affording excellent views in all directions. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as an enclosure based on local information (pers. comm. T. McDonald, 1991). Inspected in 1996, it was found that the location is occupied by a modern dwelling house and garden. There are no visible remains of an enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2019

• MA043-012 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in lowlying ground, which nevertheless affords excellent views from ENE-S-WSW. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as enclosure based on local information (pers. comm. T. McDonald, 1991). Not indicated on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. Prominent subcircular, grass-covered mound or rise of peat, earth and stone (38.4m NW-SE; 33.4m NE-SW). The mound was probably originally dome-shaped (max H. 2.3m), but large quarry holes have been dug into the top and the perimeter. Relict cultivation ridges traverse the mound. There is no enclosing bank or wall. This mound may be natural in origin. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2019

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1939–1984 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "lamp box" post box, between 1939-84, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in rendered boundary wall.

• Water pump, 1921–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, ----. "Restored", 2010. Now disused. Road fronted with mass-concrete boundary wall to perimeter.

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

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dooniver · Dún Ibhir

Area

3,095,537 m² (309.55 ha, 764.92 acres)

Civil parish

Achill, and its townlands

Barony

Burrishoole

Electoral division

Achill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Achill electoral division: 798 people in 345 households; 84% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunacurry, Tonatanvally

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Dooniver 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.