Frenchbrook North

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Frenchbrook North, from 2,025 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) to 126,487 m² (12.65 ha, 31.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Frenchbrook North 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.

• 27 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND TO CONNECT TO THE NEW FOULWATER SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18123

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 Frenchbrook North.

Recorded monuments

• MA121-018001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, at base of rise. Marked ‘Burying Ground’ on OS map (1838). Subrectangular area (L 33m N-S), enclosed by low stone wall on three sides. Numerous grave markers noted. 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. 672. Date of upload: 12 December 2014

• MA121-018002 Field system
  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.

• MA121-019001 Crannog
  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.

• MA121-019002 Field system
  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.

• MA121-019003 Enclosure
  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.

• MA121-025 Enclosure
  Description

  On E-facing slope in pasture. Cropmark of circular enclosure shown on aerial photograph (GSI M 177 -8; Roll 197, pr. 11). No visible surface traces. 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. 457. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Arc-shaped platform (26m N-S; 33m E-W), levelled on N, defined by low scarp. Stone field fence bisects W side of site. Bank levelled. Possibly a ringfort. 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. 358. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, completed 1830; extant 1838, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east) with single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Reconstructed, 1956-7, producing present composition. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with clay ridge tiles terminating in copper Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on part iron- or lead-covered concrete eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls to tower with lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses. Pointed-arch window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone chamfered flush sills, Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on foliate label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass roundels. Pointed-arch window opening to chancel (east) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone chamfered flush sill, interlocking Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window openings to gable to entrance (west) front with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars. Lancet window opening to tower (first stage) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having lattice glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (second stage) with Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with Y-mullions, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing louvered fittings. Interior including vestibule (west) with cut-veined white marble wall monument (ob. 1864; 1877); segmental-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight; full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (west), encaustic tiled central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass memorial windows (undated), cut-veined Connemara marble stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) with arcaded communion railings centred on hexafoil-detailed cut-veined white marble panelled altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1926), and exposed split arch braced collared timber roof construction on beaded corbels with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar chamfered piers to perimeter having lichen-covered "Cavetto"-detailed pyramidal capping.

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

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.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Frenchbrook North · Cloch an Iarla Thuaidh

Area

897,033 m² (89.7 ha, 221.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainemore, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilmaine, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmaine electoral division: 1,014 people in 375 households; 82% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymartin, Ballynacarragh, Clyard, Frenchbrook South, Knockatotaun, Tawnagh

Placenames

Frenchbrook North 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.