Frenchgrove

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Frenchgrove, from 291 m² to 205,539 m² (20.55 ha, 50.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Frenchgrove 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.

• 2 Apr 2020Conditional

  Extension and alterations to Gortskehy National School and associated services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20225

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING NATIONAL SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19520

• 1 Dec 2017Conditional

  2 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEAD AND GATE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17956

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 Frenchgrove.

Recorded monuments

• MA119-010 Earthwork
  Description

  In fairly level pasture, with good views over the surrounding gently undulating terrain. There is an expanse of bog a few hundred meters to SE. The Partry Mountains define the skyline at W−NW, with the peak of Croagh Patrick rising above at NW. An oval enclosure/feature (c. 18m N−S; c. 10m E−W) bordered at W by a field wall is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; an oblong hachured feature is shown on the 1915 edition. Subrectangular flat-topped mound (top: 11m N−S; 8.4m E−W) defined by a dilapidated stony scarp (H 0.8m at S, 0.7m at N; Wth slope 1m at S, 3.5m at N). It appears to be composed of earth and stones. There is a hint of a raised rim at the top of the scarp in parts, especially at NW. Large stones protrude from the scarp on the W side –perhaps remnants of stone facing or a wall (the W side appears to be incorporated into a boundary on the 1838 OS 6-inch map). A low sod-covered stony rise, probably the remnants of a field fence- extends S from the SW corner. A crabapple tree grows on the top of the mound at its N end and hawthorn and elder trees grow around the scarp. Farm stock have denuded sections of the surface and scarp. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31st May 2023

• MA119-011001 Deer park
  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.

• MA119-011002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on elevated ground with very good views. A circular enclosure (diam. 35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It is enclosed within a walled polygonal enclosure (max. diam. c. 95m), with an intervening gap of c. 20m between the circular enclosure and the outer wall. The polygonal enclosure is also recorded on the 1915 map edition but the circular enclosure is not shown. There is no visible trace of the circular enclosure at ground level. Most of the outer polygonal enclosure has also been removed, bar a section of the wall on the W side, outside which there is a farm road. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31st May 2023

• MA119-034 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a plateau with good views in all directions; the Partry Mountains delimit the far horizon SW-NW. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. It has been partly levelled. The remains consist of a low, subcircular platform (24.5m NW-SE; c. 21m NE-SW) defined by a broadly sloping scarp. A field bank, with a silted-up field ditch on its N side, crosses the NW third of the enclosure on a NE-SW axis. The portion of the enclosure lying to N of the field fence is better preserved with a relatively well defined scarp (H 0.5-0.75m; Wth slope c. 2m), surrounded by a small grove of pine trees, four of which are planted on the enclosure scarp. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

• MA119-035 Enclosure
  Description

  In the N corner of a modern rectangular pasture field, encompassing a natural rise with a slight fall of ground SE-S to an expanse of damp pasture. Views are good but not extensive. Broadly oval area (47.6m NNE-SSW; 42.8m WNW-ESE) defined by a low earthen scarp, planted with a ring of sycamore trees. The enclosure subsumes the entire natural rise, with the enclosing scarp cut vertically into the natural slope. A section of the scarp at S is relatively substantial (H 0.8m) with a hint of an internal lip (Wth 1m), but elsewhere around the circuit it is slight (H 0.35-0.5m), and at NE-ESE it is almost entirely degraded by farm stock. At SE the scarp becomes a broad ramp-like slope (Wth 8m). The centre and E of the interior are relatively level, but there is a marked slope down to S and W, with a drop in height of c. 1.5m at NW. A roughly circular pit (diam. c. 7m; D c. 0.5m) has been quarried out of the slope in the N part of the interior, just inside the scarp, and a similar, though shallower, depression is evident in the S slope of the interior. The remains indicate that a low natural rise has been modified to form an enclosure. It is likely that it was constructed as a decorative tree-ring on the Frenchgrove House estate, though it is not impossible that it is the remnants of a ringfort. There is a very similar enclosure (MA119-036----) 140m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

• MA119-036 Enclosure
  Description

  Encompassing a low natural rise, in lowlying pasture, with good views of surrounding landscape. The base of a low oval rise is scarped to form an oval enclosure (48m NNE-SSW; c. 50m WNW-ESE; H c. 1.5m). It has a relatively small level area (c. 16m N-S; c. 10m E-W) on top from which ground gradually falls towards the perimeter, where it levels out for a width of 2-4m, at the outer edge of which is the scarp, reduced now to a slight undulation. According to local information, the enclosure was once ringed with trees, but the trees were felled and the enclosing scarp was levelled. While it is not impossible that this is the remains of a ringfort, it is more likely that it was constructed as a decorative tree-ring on the Frenchgrove House estate. There is a very similar enclosure (MA119-035----) 140m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Frenchgrove, about 1 in 5 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 Frenchgrove.

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

Name

Frenchgrove · Garrán an Fhrinsigh

Area

2,703,806 m² (270.38 ha, 668.13 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilcommon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

676 people lived in 257 households in the Kilcommon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyheeragh (St. Leger), Carrowmore, Coolcon, Garrymore, Gortskehy, Lecarrow, Pollbaun, Roos

Placenames

Frenchgrove 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.