Farnaght

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farnaght, from 43 m² to 177,430 m² (17.74 ha, 43.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Farnaght 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.

• 8 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission to construct dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to effluent treatment system and percolation area, together with associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26126

• 8 Sept 2025Conditional

  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, 25379

• 27 Jan 2023Refused

  construct a dwelling house and proprietary effluent treatment system

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2332

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22427

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21944

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF THE EXISTING 25m HIGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH 6m EXTENSION (OVERALL HEIGHT 31m) CARRYING TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND GROUND BASED EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE A NEW CONTAINER ALL WITHIN AN EXPANDED FENCED COMPOUND, AND PERMISSION FOR A SEPARATE 42m LATTICE TOWER TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ANTENNAS AND DISHES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18230

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Farnaght.

Recorded monuments

• MA088-094 Standing stone
  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 Farnaght.

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).

No address of the register names Farnaght with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Farnaght · Farnocht

Area

1,566,729 m² (156.67 ha, 387.15 acres)

Civil parish

Oughaval, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Westport Rural, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ardoley, Carrowbaun, Carrownalurgan, Clerhaun, Killeencoff, Knappagh Beg, Knappaghmanagh, Knockfin, Moyhastin

Placenames

Farnaght on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.