# Frenchgrove, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Garrán an Fhrinsigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,703,806 m² (270.38 ha, 668.13 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,092 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-ballinrobe-ra.md
- Barony: Kilmaine
- Electoral division: Kilcommon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35008
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151736
- Centre: latitude 53.619825, longitude -9.023774 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Frenchgrove, from 291 m² to 205,539 m² (20.55 ha, 50.79 acres); 39 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 943084: 205,539 m² (20.55 ha, 50.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943084.md
- Parcel 966688: 181,048 m² (18.1 ha, 44.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/966688.md
- Parcel 977466: 167,307 m² (16.73 ha, 41.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977466.md
- Parcel 945453: 155,866 m² (15.59 ha, 38.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945453.md
- Parcel 876166: 137,960 m² (13.8 ha, 34.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876166.md
- Parcel 940048: 104,366 m² (10.44 ha, 25.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940048.md
- Parcel 893362: 103,764 m² (10.38 ha, 25.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893362.md
- Parcel 937547: 88,790 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937547.md
- Parcel 971245: 86,685 m² (8.67 ha, 21.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971245.md
- Parcel 964767: 83,164 m² (8.32 ha, 20.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964767.md
- Parcel 981543: 78,259 m² (7.83 ha, 19.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981543.md
- Parcel 880774: 76,290 m² (7.63 ha, 18.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/880774.md
- Parcel 996541: 53,555 m² (5.36 ha, 13.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996541.md
- Parcel 982627: 53,525 m² (5.35 ha, 13.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/982627.md
- Parcel 903593: 52,964 m² (5.3 ha, 13.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903593.md
- Parcel 877860: 52,715 m² (5.27 ha, 13.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877860.md
- Parcel 933776: 52,399 m² (5.24 ha, 12.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933776.md
- Parcel 1010007: 49,846 m² (4.98 ha, 12.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010007.md
- Parcel 1007709: 44,499 m² (4.45 ha, 11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007709.md
- Parcel 948750: 42,978 m² (4.3 ha, 10.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948750.md
- Parcel 878398: 41,368 m² (4.14 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878398.md
- Parcel 1532169: 39,446 m² (3.94 ha, 9.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532169.md
- Parcel 967952: 35,080 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967952.md
- Parcel 1002908: 34,728 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002908.md
- Parcel 924244: 34,558 m² (3.46 ha, 8.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924244.md
- Parcel 1532235: 34,303 m² (3.43 ha, 8.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532235.md
- Parcel 940437: 34,009 m² (3.4 ha, 8.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940437.md
- Parcel 1006376: 33,518 m² (3.35 ha, 8.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006376.md
- Parcel 925941: 33,094 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925941.md
- Parcel 974202: 32,089 m² (3.21 ha, 7.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974202.md
- Parcel 995081: 30,921 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995081.md
- Parcel 974937: 29,597 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974937.md
- Parcel 968992: 28,881 m² (2.89 ha, 7.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/968992.md
- Parcel 911869: 26,604 m² (2.66 ha, 6.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911869.md
- Parcel 912872: 24,207 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912872.md
- Parcel 874158: 24,036 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874158.md
- Parcel 883833: 21,966 m² (2.2 ha, 5.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/883833.md
- Parcel 945727: 21,947 m² (2.19 ha, 5.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945727.md
- Parcel 972079: 21,624 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/972079.md
- Parcel 897348: 20,985 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/897348.md
- Parcel 982912: 18,628 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/982912.md
- Parcel 962869: 14,199 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962869.md
- Parcel 6202942: 12,776 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6202942.md
- Parcel 913034: 11,986 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/913034.md
- Parcel 894301: 8,198 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894301.md
- Parcel 1008276: 8,117 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008276.md
- Parcel 992800: 7,639 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992800.md
- Parcel 999420: 6,927 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/999420.md
- Parcel 1005779: 6,615 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005779.md
- Parcel 987567: 6,583 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/987567.md
- Parcel 874303: 6,125 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874303.md
- Parcel 988820: 5,915 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/988820.md
- Parcel 916746: 5,731 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/916746.md
- Parcel 963856: 5,317 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963856.md
- Parcel 973364: 5,206 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973364.md
- Parcel 941782: 5,100 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941782.md
- Parcel 989193: 5,022 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989193.md
- Parcel 895654: 4,956 m² (0.5 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895654.md
- Parcel 927155: 4,876 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927155.md
- Parcel 990657: 4,735 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/990657.md
- Parcel 1012154: 4,662 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012154.md
- Parcel 988385: 4,221 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/988385.md
- Parcel 993467: 4,205 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993467.md
- Parcel 998734: 3,953 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998734.md
- Parcel 940740: 3,880 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940740.md
- Parcel 947570: 3,831 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947570.md
- Parcel 877898: 3,558 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877898.md
- Parcel 975004: 3,476 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975004.md
- Parcel 922782: 3,281 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/922782.md
- Parcel 882611: 3,070 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882611.md
- Parcel 3656797: 3,012 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3656797.md
- Parcel 992801: 2,962 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992801.md
- Parcel 925840: 2,843 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925840.md
- Parcel 1009288: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009288.md
- Parcel 1001343: 2,305 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001343.md
- Parcel 914916: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914916.md
- Parcel 933294: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933294.md
- Parcel 990210: 2,015 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/990210.md
- Parcel 916747: 1,836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/916747.md
- Parcel 948850: 1,529 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/948850.md
- Parcel 925909: 1,347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/925909.md
- Parcel 999439: 1,205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/999439.md
- Parcel 916748: 1,127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/916748.md
- Parcel 930761: 889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/930761.md
- Parcel 983435: 685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/983435.md
- Parcel 894440: 527 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/894440.md
- Parcel 1004242: 396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004242.md
- Parcel 992876: 291 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/992876.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 2 Apr 2020, Mayo County Council 20225: Conditional. Permission. Extension and alterations to Gortskehy National School and associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20225/0
- 10 Jul 2019, Mayo County Council 19520: Conditional. Permission. EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING NATIONAL SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19520/0
- 1 Dec 2017, Mayo County Council 17956: Conditional. Permission. 2 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEAD AND GATE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17956/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA119-010: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-010----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-011001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-011002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-034----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-035----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-036----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/frenchgrove.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/frenchgrove.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/frenchgrove.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Frenchgrove with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyheeragh (St. Leger): https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyheeragh-st-leger.md
- Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowmore-150706.md
- Coolcon: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolcon.md
- Garrymore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/garrymore.md
- Gortskehy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortskehy.md
- Lecarrow: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lecarrow-152330.md
- Pollbaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/pollbaun.md
- Roos: https://everytownland.com/mayo/roos.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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