# Dowagh West, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Dabhach Thiar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 841,553 m² (84.16 ha, 207.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,199 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M4 Rural Village Consolidation Zoning, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cong, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/cong.md - Barony: Kilmaine - Electoral division: Houndswood, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 659 people lived in 256 households in the Houndswood electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34966 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151555 - Centre: latitude 53.545929, longitude -9.224448 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dowagh West, from 108 m² to 202,222 m² (20.22 ha, 49.97 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 877247: 202,222 m² (20.22 ha, 49.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877247.md - Parcel 905214: 139,894 m² (13.99 ha, 34.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905214.md - Parcel 890571: 53,374 m² (5.34 ha, 13.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890571.md - Parcel 879805: 51,337 m² (5.13 ha, 12.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879805.md - Parcel 911398: 50,230 m² (5.02 ha, 12.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911398.md - Parcel 900763: 41,240 m² (4.12 ha, 10.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900763.md - Parcel 966691: 36,327 m² (3.63 ha, 8.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/966691.md - Parcel 927176: 34,774 m² (3.48 ha, 8.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927176.md - Parcel 945463: 27,966 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945463.md - Parcel 991110: 27,201 m² (2.72 ha, 6.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991110.md - Parcel 889668: 22,189 m² (2.22 ha, 5.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/889668.md - Parcel 984661: 21,900 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984661.md - Parcel 878311: 11,906 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878311.md - Parcel 1007000: 10,335 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007000.md - Parcel 928371: 7,872 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/928371.md - Parcel 965921: 7,703 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965921.md - Parcel 992885: 6,526 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992885.md - Parcel 929574: 6,210 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929574.md - Parcel 932414: 6,141 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932414.md - Parcel 2594061: 5,734 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2594061.md - Parcel 1008438: 5,184 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008438.md - Parcel 1532309: 4,215 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532309.md - Parcel 949755: 4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949755.md - Parcel 922297: 4,128 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/922297.md - Parcel 2917340: 3,987 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2917340.md - Parcel 940411: 3,751 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940411.md - Parcel 969996: 3,683 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969996.md - Parcel 947156: 3,629 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947156.md - Parcel 903320: 3,437 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903320.md - Parcel 949864: 3,251 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949864.md - Parcel 904959: 3,229 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904959.md - Parcel 2679048: 2,641 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679048.md - Parcel 3465134: 2,565 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465134.md - Parcel 1531797: 2,360 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531797.md - Parcel 921768: 2,268 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921768.md - Parcel 1532437: 2,144 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532437.md - Parcel 972101: 1,983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/972101.md - Parcel 1010021: 1,975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010021.md - Parcel 919356: 1,766 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/919356.md - Parcel 953055: 1,555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/953055.md - Parcel 2716430: 1,153 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716430.md - Parcel 967882: 866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/967882.md - Parcel 871035: 797 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/871035.md - Parcel 971361: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/971361.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - M4 Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area): Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo; 13 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/d6847b84-8c8a-4ee4-bbb4-0360884f207a/VOL-1-Book_2.pdf#page128 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 28 Mar 2023, Mayo County Council 23167: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construct new single storey detached dwelling house with new site entrance, septic tank and wastewater treatment system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23167/0 - 7 May 2021, Mayo County Council 21472: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING NON-HABITABLE COTTAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21472/0 - 5 Mar 2021, Mayo County Council 21197: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21197/0 - 23 Nov 2020, Mayo County Council 20899: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PRIVATE ENTRANCE ON REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES TO EXISTING PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE TO LANDS AND ASSOCIATED FARM YARD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20899/0 - 13 Jun 2019, Mayo County Council 19461: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19461/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dowagh West. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA121-092: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-092----. In an area of good grazing land, located on an E-W ridge. The site now lies within the bounds of a residential property. A circular enclosure (diam. 35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. On the 1929 edition only the SE arc of the enclosure is indicated. It was recorded by Lavelle (1994, 61, no. 450) as ‘Levelled; no visible surface trace’. In 1999 four trial trenches were excavated (99E0699) at this location in advance of the construction of a dwelling house. No features or artefacts of archaeological significance were found. (Crumlish 2000, 228-229, no. 658). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 January 2015 - MA121-095: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-095----. In pasture, on a rise. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure, and on the 1929 edition as a D-shaped enclosure (c. 30m N–S; c. 30m E–W), delineated by hachuring SE-NE and bordered on the straight side at E by a N-S field boundary. Levelled during land reclamation. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 January 2015 - MA121-095001: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-095001-. On a rise, in pasture. Several linear earthen banks enclose some small fields and a possible enclosure. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 570. Date of upload: 8 January 2015 - MA121-096: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-096----. Atop slight rise, in woodland. Circular area (28m N-S; 32m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.25m). Interior contains much vegetation. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 451. Date of upload: 8 January 2015 - MA121-178: Sheela-na-gig, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-178----. This record was listed in the SMR (1991) as 'stone sculpture (present location)’ but at that time the location of the stone was unknown and it was not listed in the RMP (1997). It was first recorded in 1867 by Wilde as a carved stone figure which he believed depicted a child. Wilde noted that it was found at ‘Cill Arsa’ or Killursagh church (MA121-137001-) in Ballymacgibbon North townland, but was removed from that church and built into a coach house nearby (O Lochlainn 1968, 157). In 2012 fresh information about the stone came to light. The carving represents not a child but a full figure sheila-na-gig which appears to have suffered damage in the past. It is currently affixed to a wall in the porch of the Roman Catholic church in Cross village in Dowagh townland, c. 800m to NE of its original location (MA121-137002-) at Killursagh church. See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPBX Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 January 2015 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Farm house, 1841–1894, Regional interest, registry number 31312114, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31312114. Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1894. Disused, 2007. Pitched reed or rye straw thatch roof with remains of exposed stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and concrete or rendered coping to gables. Roughcast battered walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled (north-east) or timber boarded (south-west) doors. Set back from line of road in unkempt grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having corbelled stepped capping supporting wrought iron gate. - Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1885–1895, Regional interest, registry number 31312118, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31312118. Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, completed 1890, on a rectangular plan; single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (south) front. Renovated, 1987, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, dragged cut-limestone coping to gables on roll moulded gabled "Cavetto" kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone cushion course on plinth with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone stepped buttresses to corners having lichen-covered drag edged dragged cut-limestone coping. Lancet window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" (south), drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Interior including vestibule (south); pointed segmental-headed door opening into nave with drag edged dragged cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement glazed timber double doors having sidelights below overlight; full-height interior open into roof with stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (south), carpeted central aisle between quatrefoil-detailed timber pews, paired stations between stained glass memorial windows (----), carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (north) reordered, 1987, with cut-veined white marble Classical-style altar, and exposed steel roof construction with wind braced ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds on a wedge-shaped site with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having lichen-covered pyramidal capping supporting looped wrought iron double gates. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dowagh West, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Dowagh West. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dowagh-west.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dowagh-west.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dowagh-west.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dowagh West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballymacgibbon North: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballymacgibbon-north.md - Cross West: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cross-west.md - Dowagh East: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dowagh-east.md - Drumelly: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drumelly.md - Garracloon: https://everytownland.com/mayo/garracloon.md - Knock North: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knock-north.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dowagh-west - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/dowagh-west