Emlybeg (Kyle)
Emlybeg (Kyle) is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Imleach Beag.
- Area
- 27.3 ha
- 67 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 272,767 m² (27.28 ha, 67.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Emlybeg (Kyle), from 272,767 m² (27.28 ha, 67.4 acres) to 272,767 m² (27.28 ha, 67.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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
No zone of a development plan covers Emlybeg (Kyle) 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Aug 2026N/a
erection of a new extension and alterations to the existing dwelling, and to include all other ancillary site services and development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26199
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: Mullet Peninsula SPA 004227
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex 000470
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Emlybeg (Kyle).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Emlybeg (Kyle).
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 Emlybeg (Kyle), 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Emlybeg (Kyle).
- 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 Emlybeg (Kyle) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Emlybeg (Kyle) · Imleach Beag
- Area
- 273,034 m² (27.3 ha, 67.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- An Geata Mór Thuaidh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,014 people lived in 386 households in the An Geata M�r Thuaidh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Binghamstown, Emlybeg North, Emlybeg South
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Emlybeg (Kyle) 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.