Foghill

103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foghill, from 42 m² to 657,457 m² (65.75 ha, 162.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Foghill 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.

• 13 Jul 2026Conditional

  construct new single storey dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and a detached domestic garage including ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26156

• 23 May 2026Conditional

  Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House & Domestic Garage, Wastewater Treatment System with Soil Polishing Filter. Including all other ancillary site work and services.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660410

• 15 Oct 2025Conditional

  new single storey dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and a detached domestic garage including ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25425

• 29 Nov 2023Refused

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360506

• 9 Oct 2023N/a

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360417

• 27 Sept 2023N/a

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360398

• 28 Oct 2021Conditional

  REPLACE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH NEW DWELLING HOUSE, AND TO CONSTRUCT GRAGE, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 211144

• 6 Feb 2019Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND A SHED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 1968

• 25 Sept 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18726

• 2 Nov 2017N/a

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17871

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lackan Saltmarsh and Kilcummin Head SAC 000516
• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lackan Saltmarsh And Kilcummin Head 000516

Recorded monuments

• MA015-001 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a slight rise, in an expanse of flat, sandy coastal pasture on the S side of Lackan Bay. Overlooked to S by a low ridge that merges at NE with sand dunes. The stone stands at the junction of two field banks, one oriented ENE−WSW, the other NNW−SSE. A tall, straight-sided, pillar-like stone (H 3.3m; 0.46m NE-SW; 0.32m NW-SE), which tapers gently at the top to a roughly triangular peak. It leans slightly to SE. According to one tradition recorded in the 1838 OS Letters, St. Patrick erected this stone, but another tradition held that it was erected to commemorate a victory of the Irish over the Danes who fled to sea from this location (O'Flanagan 1927, 196 (102)). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-002001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Located in a flat expanse of rough, lowlying pasture, bordering the shoreline of Lackan Bay. Ground rises gradually to S and SE. Named ‘Tobernacreeva’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, this spring fed pool (1.45m NE-SW; 1.38m NW-SE; D 0.3m) is confined within a stone-built well-house of recent date, which stands within a small concrete-walled enclosure. According to a tradition recorded in the OS Letters (1838), this holy well was associated with St Patrick, and it was here that he baptised King Amhalgaidh, with his sons and 900 followers. (O’Flanagan 1927, 196 (102)). There is a standing stone (MA015-001----) 290m to W, a rath (MA015-003001-) with a children’s burial ground (MA015-003002-) 200m to SE, and a cairn (MA015-068001-) and a souterrain (MA015-068002-) 190m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-003001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located on a gentle N-facing slope, overlooking Lacken Bay. The slope gives way at its base to an expanse of flat, damp pasture, merging with sand dunes to NE. Slightly raised oval area (19m NE-SW; 12.4m NW-SE) enclosed by a stony bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.1m at NE, 0.65m at SE; ext. H 1.4m at NE, 0.6m at SE). The bank is best preserved on the S half. On the N half the external scarp is built up to compensate of the natural slope, but retains only a low internal lip. There is a low area (Wth 2m) in the bank at NE, but no clearly defined entrance feature. The interior, which slopes slightly down to NW, has an uneven, stony surface. It was used as a children’s burial ground (MA015-003002-), and a number of low, upright stones protruding from the ground may mark graves. Field clearance stones and boulders are heaped along the bank, especially at NW-N. Clumps of thistles and brambles grow in the interior Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-003002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (MA015-003001-). According to the OS Letters, this was ‘a burying place for unbaptised children, called Lishín –Lisheen.’ (O'Flanagan 1927, 196). It is named ‘Lisheen Grave Yard’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and ‘Lisheen (Children’s Burial Gd.) on the 1922 edition. In the centre of the rath interior, there is a single upright, uninscribed slab (H 0.7m; W 0.6m NW-SE; T 0.06m) and to NE of this, a number of smaller stones which barely protruding above the surface. These stones may mark the locations of graves. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-009 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In level pasture, adjacent to a stream/drain. There is a farmstead to S and W. This holy well is named ‘Toberara’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, and is recorded in the OS Letters (1838, 196 (102)) as ‘Tober a Righ’. The well, now dried up, is enclosed by a concrete wall. According to local information, three large stones once formed one side of the well. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-068001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Located on a slight elevation in coastal pasture, overlooking Lackan Bay. This cairn is not indicated on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a grass-grown, roughly D-shaped mound (11.5m N-S; 5.7m E-W; H 0.9m), bordered on the straight side at E by a N−S field fence. Disturbance of the mound, particularly along its NW−N edge, reveals that it is composed of a concentration of small to medium-sized stones. Two hollows suggest areas of infilled subsidence. Two irregular-shaped heaps of earth and stone on the SW edge of the mound appeared to have been dumped there relatively recently. The cairn is sited on top of a low rise (c. 13m E-W; c. 24m N-S). According to local information, the cairn overlies a souterrain (MA015-068002-). There is a rath (MA015-003001-) 140m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-068002 Souterrain
  Description

  Underlying a cairn (MA015-068001-). According to local information, there is a souterrain at this location. No visible trace at ground surface. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Foghill.

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

At the centre of the townland of Foghill, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Foghill · Fochaill

Area

1,733,422 m² (173.34 ha, 428.34 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Lackan South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

460 people lived in 181 households in the Lackan South electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmore, Carrowtrasna, Cashel, Castlelackan Demesne, Cloonalaghan, Killogeary, Tooreen

Placenames

Foghill 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.