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

Townland in the civil parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Talamh na mBráthar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 68,636 m² (6.86 ha, 16.96 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 216 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M2 Town Centre, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Annagh, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/annagh.md
- Barony: Costello
- Electoral division: Ballyhaunis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballyhaunis electoral division: 3,531 people in 1,219 households; 53% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36033
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151737
- Centre: latitude 53.762866, longitude -8.761868 (WGS 84)

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

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Friarsground, from 60 m² to 54,479 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 885974: 54,479 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/885974.md
- Parcel 877345: 9,151 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877345.md
- Parcel 876753: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/876753.md
- Parcel 975223: 275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/975223.md
- Parcel 4183459: 270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4183459.md
- Parcel 969354: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/969354.md
- Parcel 2719342: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2719342.md
- Parcel 875491: 219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/875491.md
- Parcel 4183424: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4183424.md
- Parcel 922846: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/922846.md
- Parcel 4921128: 194 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4921128.md
- Parcel 2712220: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712220.md
- Parcel 2686310: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2686310.md
- Parcel 3631337: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3631337.md
- Parcel 4183423: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4183423.md
- Parcel 914060: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914060.md

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

- M2 Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo; 12 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/d6847b84-8c8a-4ee4-bbb4-0360884f207a/VOL-1-Book_2.pdf#page128
- G5 Recreation & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/d6847b84-8c8a-4ee4-bbb4-0360884f207a/VOL-1-Book_2.pdf#page128
- S3 Community Services/Facilities (Community facilities): Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/d6847b84-8c8a-4ee4-bbb4-0360884f207a/VOL-1-Book_2.pdf#page128

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

4 applications, newest first.

- 2 Jun 2023, Mayo County Council 2360202: Conditional. Permission. Planning Permission to erect mural paintings on existing west boundary fence of Old Scouts Den building all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360202/0
- 15 Nov 2022, Mayo County Council 221011: N/a. Permission. Replacing existing pre-school/childcare building with modular unit together with connection to existing services. Previous planning permission P07/3242. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/221011/0
- 18 Nov 2021, Mayo County Council 211214: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH OVERHEAD TERRACE, ALL AS PER DRAWING DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TOGETHER WTIH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211214/0
- 10 Aug 2018, Mayo County Council 18620: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT TEMPORARY SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING PRESCHOOL/CHILDCARE FACILITY WITH OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, AND INCLUDING CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES AND WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/18620/0

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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 Friarsground.

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

- MA093-063001: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063001-. Associated with Ballyhaunis Augustinian friary (MA093-063002-). In the early 1900’s Knox (1911, 334-336) recorded a series interlocking rectangular enclosures immediately to N, E and S of the friary church, which he thought might preserve the outline of earthworks or ‘baileys’ associated with an Anglo-Norman manor house (MA093-063003-) on whose foundations the abbey was traditionally said to have been built. The rectangular plots were defined by slight ditches, banks and scarps, in parts barely discernible. He gives dimensions of c. 43m N−S by 41m E−W for the plot immediately to S of the church. This plot and adjoining rectangular plots immediately to S and E were already in use as a graveyard (MA093-063004-) at that time, and still serve as such. Modern development has obliterated the outline of the rectangular plots Knox recorded to E and N of the church. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 July 2022
- MA093-063002: Religious house - Augustinian friars, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063002-. On a hill to the SE of the Ballyhaunis town. The Dalgan River skirts the base of the hill at N and W and a tributary stream borders the E side of the hill. It is in the townland of Friarsground, adjoined at S by the townland of Abbeyquarter, which may reflect the extent of the friary’s original precinct and possessions According to the local tradition, the friary was established in 1348 by a descendant of Jordan Dubh MacCostello, who was killed in battle in 1367 and buried in the church. However, the first medieval reference to the friary is a 1432 entry in the Register of the Order’s Prior General, which mentions a friar Philip Nangle (Martin and de Meijer 1956, 87); F. X. Martin (1956, 364), historian of the order, therefore suggests a foundation date of c. 1430. According to a tradition first recorded in the late 1600’s, the friary was founded on the site of a manor house (MA093-063003-) of the Anglo-Norman de Barry family (Flanagan 1927, 162 (394)), and Knox (1911, 334-336) speculated that earthworks (MA093-063001-) surrounding the friary church might date from that period; no evidence has been found to corroborate this. In 1570 the friary was granted to the Earl of Clanricarde (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 296) but the friars remained in place, and in 1585 the authorities were informed that it was ‘possessed by friars or rebels’ (Brewer and Bullen 1870, 474). In 1649 it was burned down by Cromwellian soldiers (Waldron 1995, 3). In the late 1730’s Bernard O’Gara, Archbishop of Tuam established a Penal chapel in the ruined church, concealed behind the steep roofless gable-end. The friary remains consist of the heavily restored abbey church; the cloister, domestic ranges and ancillary buildings, which probably lay to the N of the church, do not survive. The church was repaired, reroofed and extended in successive phases during the 19th and 20th centuries. However, we have some idea of what it looked like in the late Middle Ages thanks to an 18th century drawing by Thomas Cocking (in Grose 1791, 40), and a series of late19th-/early 20th-century photographs (The Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3). Knox (1911, 335) describes the church as 90 feet long and 30 feet wide (c. 24m E–W; 9m N–S), which roughly corresponds to the dimensions of the main body of the restored church, while elsewhere (1908, 95) he mentions it had ‘a chapel at the W end opening into the [south] wall of the nave’. From Cocking’s drawing and the early photographs, it appears that the chapel to the S of the nave comprised of two structures, built of roughly coursed rubble masonry, each with their own gable, suggesting a similar plan to the Franciscan friary of Ross Errilly in Co. Galway (GA041-047----). In 1936-39, these two chapels were replaced by a lateral aisle as long and wide as the main body of the church, with its own gabled roof (Waldron 1995, 6). During the work, the foundations of three more side chapels were found to the S of the church (O’Connor 1983). Cocking’s drawing also shows buildings to the N of the church, including what may have been remains of the E range, and a three-storey late 17th- or 18th-century building where the N range would have been; these do not survive. Some medieval architectural features are still visible in the restored church. Cocking’s drawing and the pre-1930s restoration photographs confirm that the W doorway and the two ogee-headed windows in the W gable of the lateral aisle are original. The 15th-century W doorway is pointed, with four recessed orders or moulded arches that continue down into the door jambs, and has a pointed hood-moulding decorated with crockets and a short crocketted pinnacle at the apex. It is flanked by two more crocketted pinnacles. The southern-most stop of the hood-moulding terminates in a low-relief vine-leaf carving. The base of each jamb is decorated with foliage motifs. The tracery below the arch is, however, a reconstruction. The doorway is similar in style to doorways in the Augustinian friaries of Ardnaree (MA030-074001-) and Dunmore (GA017-005001-). Of the two windows in the W gable of the lateral aisle, both ogee-headed double-lights with square hood-mouldings, only the south window is in its original location. Low-relief carvings of stylised foliage embellish the ogee, spandrels, mullion and sides. Cocking’s drawing shows that the other window was taken from the gable of the south chapel and inserted here. It has concave spandrels and its hood-moulding terminate into an unusual carving. Another displaced 15th-century window is on display outside the church, leaning against the N wall at the W end of the nave; it is not known from which portion of the original church this was taken. It is a double-light with cinquefoil heads under a pointed arch with decorated tracery, and a pointed hood-moulding. The three windows in the N wall of the church are similar in style, but it is unclear whether they are medieval or modern reconstructions. It is also uncertain if the E window is the original 15th-century window; it is a triple light with flowing tracery, the two lateral lights having pointed cinquefoil heads while the central light has an ogee-headed cinquefoil. Externally it has a simple pointed hood with short square stops. Cocking’s drawing shows the upper part of the E window with decorated tracery similar to that of the current window. The restored church of St Mary’s Augustinian friary is still in use. The Augustinians left Ballyhaunis in 2002 and the property comprising the priory, church, cemetery and fourteen acres of land, is now managed by The Abbey Partnership on behalf of the community Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 July 2022
- MA093-063003: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063003-. The 1838 OS Letters record a tradition first noted in the 17th century that the Augustinian Friary (MA093-063002-) of Ballyhaunis was founded on the site of ‘a manor house of the Lord Barry, about the beginning of the English Invasion.’ (O’Flanagan 1927, 162 (394)). No convincing evidence has been found to corroborate this. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 July 2022
- MA093-063004: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063004-. Occupies elevated ground, immediately S of Ballyhaunis friary church (MA093-063002-). L-shaped area (c. 70m N−S; c. 81m E−W at N; c. 45m E-W at S) bordered at E and S by field fences and a line of trees, and at W by a steep scarp which drops to the entrance avenue to the abbey. The N portion of the graveyard encompasses relatively level ground but the S third slopes steeply down to S. The graveyard is grass-covered, with a network of gravel paths winding through it. There is high density of graves. The majority are marked by inscribed headstones in a variety of styles, including ‘Celtic crosses’, dating to the period 18th to 20th century. Some grave plots are bordered by a low concrete surround, and a few have metal railings. There are a several ledgers in the E part of the graveyard. Interspersed amidst the formal headstones are a few small uninscribed stone gravemarkers, roughly-shaped to the form of a cross, and occasional simple metal crosses. Knox (1911, 334-336) postulated that the graveyard overlies or incorporates earthworks (MA093-063001-) that might pre-date the friary. Attached images: MA093-063004-_01.JPG Graveyard viewed form SE MA093-063004-_02.JPG Simple stone cross gravemarker MA093-063004-_03.JPG Steep S slope of graveyard MA093-063004-_04.JPG Ledgers in the E part of the graveyard Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2022
- MA093-063005: Tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063005-. In a small side room/porch in Ballyhaunis friary church (MA093-063002-). This tomb or altar dated 1739 was commissioned by Archbishop Bernard O’Gara, of Tuam, grandson of Fergal, the patron of the Four Masters, as a memorial for his father and his family. The limestone tomb (overall H 1.46m) consists a horizontal table or upper element (L 1.38m; Wth 0.87m; H 0.31m), which oversails a square block (L 0.96m; Wth 0.63m; H 0.56m), with a dedication inscribed on one face, which in turn rests on a moulded pedestal (H 0.31m), The finely carved six line inscription reads: Pray for Y souls of Charlis O Gara and Fa mily for whom this Tomb was made by his Son Ber. Ar. Of Tuam AN. DM. 1739 Centrally positioned above the inscription are the letters I H S. A simple cross rises from the centre of the letter H, and is flanked by the letters INRI. These are incorporated into a decorative band (Wth 0.1-0.12m) of simple scroll motif which surrounds the dedication. The tomb was used as an altar in a thatched Penal chapel that Archbishop O’Gara established in the friary church, concealed behind the tall roofless gable of the ruined church (MacLeod 1947, 132). Attached images: MA093-063005-_01.JPG Tomb/altar MA093-063005-_02.JPG Detail of inscription Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2022
- MA093-063006: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063006-. In a small side room/porch in Ballyhaunis friary church (MA093-063002-). Limestone cross bearing a relief carving of the crucified Christ, which fills almost the full width and length of the cross. Cross (H 0.89m; Wth across arms 0.65m); arms of cross (H 12cm); shaft (Wth 13cm; D 5-6cm) Christ is depicted in death; eyes closed, mouth drooping and head slumped on his right shoulder. His beard and hair are delineated by a series of fine linear grooves; both are long, the hair draping over his shoulders. A twisted crown of thorns rests on his head. His body is quite finely moulded in high relief (rising 3-4cm above the surface of the cross), with a hint of the curves of elbow and knee joints. The outstretched arms dip slightly under the weight of the body. Both hands are in the ‘blessing’ position, with the index and second fingers pointing and the other two fingers folded inwards. A nail pierces each hand. The loin cloth has three gentle horizontal folds and one longer fold falling to the right side. The feet overlap, right over left, and are pierced by a single square-topped nail. INR is carved in false relief above Christ’s head at the top of the cross. This cross most likely dates to the Penal Era, late 16th to 18th century. Attached images: MA093-063006-_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2022
- MA093-063007: Crucifixion plaque, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-063007-. In a small side room/porch in Ballyhaunis friary church (MA093-063002-). Roughly rectangular limestone slab (H 0.76m; Wth 0.41, narrowing to 0.16m at top; T 0.07m) on which the crucified Christ is carved. The stone narrows at top to an almost triangular apex. The surface is roughly dressed, and the carving, executed in a naïve style, is in low or false relief. Christ’s body (H 0.56m) appears to conceal the shaft of the cross, which is not depicted. The horizontal bar of the cross is however visible, and Christ’s arms span its full width, hanging in a deep V-shape, the palm of each hand pieced by a nail. The eye is drawn to Christ’s head which is boldly carved. It is erect, with just a hint of a tilt to his right. The face is oval, ringed by strongly marked short radiating grooves, representing waves of hair or possibly the crown of thorns; the beard is delineated by a series of fine linear grooves and does not include a moustache. Three short curving grooves radiate from the left side of the head –possibly representing hair. The simple facial features comprise round eyes, a long straight nose and a deep horizontal groove for a mouth. Three horizontal bars indicated the loin cloth. The feet are set vertically, positioned side by side rather than overlapping. They reach the very base of the slab, and may be incomplete; at any rate, the toes and nail are not clear. The style of carving suggests that this slab dates to the Penal Era. Attached images: MA093-063007-_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2022

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)

- Bridge, 1800–1838, Regional interest, registry number 31213012, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31213012. Two-arch road bridge over river, extant 1838[?]. Tuck pointed tooled limestone ashlar walls centred on tooled limestone ashlar triangular cutwater to pier to upriver (north-east) elevation having tooled cut-limestone pyramidal capping with drag edged tooled cut-limestone stringcourses supporting benchmark-inscribed parapets having rock faced cut-limestone coping. Pair of round or segmental arches with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Dalgan River with concrete block retaining walls to river.
- Post box, 1901–1910, Regional interest, registry number 31213017, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31213017. Pier-mounted "wall box" post box, between 1901-10, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in rendered pier.
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1935–1940, Regional interest, registry number 31213018, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31213018. Detached four-bay double-height double-cell Catholic church, built 1937-8; opened 1938, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 2002. Now disused. Pitched (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered concrete coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed thumbnail beaded kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" consoles on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast wall to entrance (west) front on rendered plinth with bellcote-topped rendered "turret" piers to corners; roughcast surface finish (remainder) on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Pointed-arch window openings (north) with dragged cut-limestone mullions, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds with hood mouldings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window openings (south) with concrete sills, Y-mullions, and block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (north-east) with dragged cut-limestone mullions, and dragged cut-limestone surround with hood moulding framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" (south-east) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. "Rose Windows" to entrance (west) front, concrete surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Full-height interior with pointed-arch central arcade on rebated pillars; (north): Gothic-style timber panelled choir gallery (west) on a bowed plan below stained glass memorial "Rose Window" (1908), timber boarded wainscoting with timber dado rail, Classical-style timber memorial stations between stained glass memorial windows (1913), mosaic tiled cut-veined white marble stepped dais to sanctuary (east) with arcaded railing centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1878) in mosaic tiled surround, and timber boarded coved ceiling centred on oil paintings (1912) in decorative plasterwork frames; (south): "Rose Window" (----), timber boarded wainscoting with timber dado rail, Classical-style timber memorial stations between stained glass memorial windows (----), mosaic tiled cut-veined white marble stepped dais to lady altar (east) with arcaded railing centred on quatrefoil-detailed cut-veined white marble Gothic-style altar below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1947) in mosaic tiled surround, and coved ceiling centred ventilation roses in decorative plasterwork frames. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site with bull nose-detailed rendered panelled piers to perimeter having roll moulded gabled capping supporting quatrefoil-detailed cast-iron double gates.

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

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_828, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_828.zip (ZIP).
- 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/friarsground.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/friarsground.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/friarsground.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Friarsground 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)

- Abbeyquarter: https://everytownland.com/mayo/abbeyquarter.md
- Cherryfield: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cherryfield.md
- Devlis: https://everytownland.com/mayo/devlis.md
- Hazelhill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/hazelhill.md
- Pollnacroaghy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/pollnacroaghy.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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