Eskerymorilly
Townland in the civil parish of Knock, barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Eiscir Uí Mhuraíle
- Area
- 82.8 ha
- 205 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 1,168 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eskerymorilly, from 5 m² to 234,348 m² (23.43 ha, 57.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 28 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
23 Dec 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to retain extension and alterations to dwelling house and retain garage all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660029
11 Aug 2025Conditional
The development shall consist of: The retention of; 1. Attic Conversion, 2. Rear Conservatory Extension, 3. Changes to windows and doors of rear elevation 4. As Constructed Garage.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560539
8 Aug 2025N/a
The development shall consist of: The retention of; 1. Attic Conversion, 2. Rear Conservatory Extension, 3. Changes to windows and doors of rear elevation 4. As Constructed Garage.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560532
8 May 2023Conditional
renovation and extension of the existing dwelling house, construction of a domestic garage and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23254
18 Jun 2018Conditional
Construct Hermitage on site with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18444
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Eskerymorilly.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Eskerymorilly.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Eskerymorilly.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Eskerymorilly.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Eskerymorilly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Eskerymorilly · Eiscir Uí Mhuraíle
- Area
- 828,467 m² (82.85 ha, 204.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Electoral division
- Ballyhowly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyhowly electoral division: 479 people in 182 households; 86% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhowly, Carrowmore, Churchfield, Knockbaun, Magheramore, Slievenabrehan
- Placenames
- Eskerymorilly 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.