Frenchbrook South

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Frenchbrook South, from 41 m² to 130,050 m² (13 ha, 32.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 South 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.

• 14 Apr 2023Conditional

  Retention of a a domestic garage and all ancillary works on revised site boundaries

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2360106

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  construct dwelling house and garage as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23142

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER, INCLUDING NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22217

• 5 Jun 2020N/a

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL STORE, SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20354

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 South.

Recorded monuments

• MA121-020 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Atop knoll, in undulating pasture. Low circular mound (diam. 5.4m E-W), enclosed by fosse (D 0.3m) SSW to E, levelled E to SSW. 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. 45. Date of upload: 12 December 2014

• MA121-021 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture with stream to SE. Circular enclosure defined on aerial photograph (GSI) by cropmark. Levelled; no visible surface traces. 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. 458. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-023 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.

• MA121-024001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, encompassing the summit of a hill/small ridge, with good views in all directions over the surrounding, sharply undulating, limestone terrain. This cashel consists of a roughly oval area (41m E-W; 27.7m N-S), its outline in plan determined by the available space on the hill summit. The original enclosing element appears to have been a stone wall but this has been almost entirely removed, with remnants of an external stone facing or kerb of large limestone blocks still visible only at E-S. At W the cashel is defined by a scarp (H c. 0.8m), and elsewhere by a scarp that merges with the steep natural slope of the hill. The interior area is largely level, except at the E edge where there is an irregular-shaped sod-covered rise (max. dim. c. 8-10m). A low, sod-covered linear rise, barely discernible, forms an internal division extending across the middle of the interior on a NNW-SSE axis. In the SW quadrant the ground slopes down to S, where there is a slightly sunken entrance gap (L c. 8m; Wth c. 2m), defined on the W side by close-set stones. It leads to a low causeway (Wth c. 2m) which extends for c. 10-12m to SSE across a natural dip in the contour of the ridge. According to local tradition, there was a stone-built souterrain (MA121-024007) within the cashel. There is a ringbarrow (MA121-191) located 10m to NNW, and an enclosure (MA121-02400-3) c. 40m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-024002 Earthwork
  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.

• MA121-024003 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.

• MA121-024007 Souterrain
  Description

  In a cashel (MA121-024001-). According to local tradition, there was a stone-built souterrain within the cashel but the entrance, which may have been in the N slope, was blocked up and concealed in the past. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-027 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise, in undulating pasture. Circular raised area (30m N-S; 30m E-W; H 0.5m) with fifteen possible kerbstones along edge of platform. Two large stones (L 1.35m; 1.4m x 0.35m; L 2m; 1.6m x 0.4m) in centre of interior. Exact nature of the site unknown. 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. 359. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-028 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating reclaimed pasture. Rectangular enclosure on aerial photograph (GSI). Levelled; 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. 360. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Raised, roughly circular area (50m N-S; 56m E-W; H 1.5m), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m), levelled S to NE. Low earthen bank (H 0.7m), running NE to S through interior, divides site into two unequal portions. 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. 165. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-066 Mound
  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.

• MA121-067 Moated site
  Description

  In level wettish pasture. Rectilinear area (66m N-S; 71.4m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m), with internal fosse (D 0.4m) on E. Two entrances on N. Circular stone structure (diam. 5.6m E-W; H 0.3m) in interior. Stone field boundary bisects SE corner of site. 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. 361. Date of upload: 5 January 2015

• MA121-067001 Structure
  Description

  In the interior of a possible moated site (MA121-067----). Lavelle (1994, 53, no. 361) records a 'Circular stone structure (diam. 5.6m E-W; H 0.3m)’. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 January 2015

• MA121-191 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In the SW corner of a modern pasture field, located at the break of slope at the N edge of a hill or small ridge, in an area of sharply undulating limestone terrain. The ground falls away steeply to N and NE into a natural hollow. Flat-topped circular mound (diam. 13m overall, flat top 7.3m; H 1.45m at W, 2.4m at E) of earth and stone, enclosed by remnants of a fosse and external bank. The mound slope at NE-SE is higher and steeper to compensate for the sharp natural fall of ground. The fosse (Wth 1.8m) at W-N appears as a very shallow depression, changing at NE-SE to a flat terrace (Wth 2.2.5m). It is truncated at S by a later E-W field wall. The external bank can be traced as a slight rise (Wth 1.2-1.4m; H 0.25m) at NW-NNW, petering out at N. At S and SW it has been truncated by later field walls. There is a cashel (MA121-024001) 10m to S-SE of the barrow on top the same hill. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-192 Burnt mound
  Description

  At the S edge of a modern pasture field, located in lowlying ground overlooked immediately to N by a ridge. There is a spring-fed stream c. 12m to NW. A modern pump house stands to S of a field wall that truncates the S edge of the mound. Oblong mound (c. 10m E-W; c. 4-5m N-S; H 0.5-.6m at N), possibly originally horseshoe-shaped but truncated now at S by a later field wall. The mound is grass covered but appears to be composed of a concentration of limestone fragments in black soil. There is a cashel (MA121-024001-), an enclosure (MA121-024003-), and a ringbarrow (MA121-191----) c. 200m to N on top of the ridge. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, post-1930, on a symmetrical plan. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Rendered walls. Hipped square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door having sidelights. Square-headed flanking window openings in bipartite arrangement with concrete sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having concrete capping supporting wrought iron gate.

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 moderately low, 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 South.

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 South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Frenchbrook South · Cloch an Iarla Theas

Area

2,329,374 m² (232.94 ha, 575.6 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

Ballynacarragh, Carrownturly, Clyard, Cregduff, Fountainhill, Frenchbrook North, Kilkeeran, Tawnagh

Placenames

Frenchbrook South 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.