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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Gleann Chaisil.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 9,482,351 m² (948.24 ha, 2,343.14 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,097 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-belmullet-ra.md
- Barony: Erris
- Electoral division: Glencastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 499 people lived in 194 households in the Glencastle electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35375
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151800
- Centre: latitude 54.178425, longitude -9.87508 (WGS 84)

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

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencastle, from 58 m² to 2,373,559 m² (237.36 ha, 586.52 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1008849: 2,373,559 m² (237.36 ha, 586.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008849.md
- Parcel 872387: 1,149,061 m² (114.91 ha, 283.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872387.md
- Parcel 998379: 868,011 m² (86.8 ha, 214.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998379.md
- Parcel 1009695: 801,372 m² (80.14 ha, 198.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009695.md
- Parcel 871463: 733,086 m² (73.31 ha, 181.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871463.md
- Parcel 969393: 451,591 m² (45.16 ha, 111.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969393.md
- Parcel 886541: 351,144 m² (35.11 ha, 86.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/886541.md
- Parcel 984232: 314,396 m² (31.44 ha, 77.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984232.md
- Parcel 2949476: 203,516 m² (20.35 ha, 50.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2949476.md
- Parcel 937959: 197,402 m² (19.74 ha, 48.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937959.md
- Parcel 905751: 169,772 m² (16.98 ha, 41.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905751.md
- Parcel 899722: 154,657 m² (15.47 ha, 38.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899722.md
- Parcel 1002769: 148,523 m² (14.85 ha, 36.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002769.md
- Parcel 927949: 128,331 m² (12.83 ha, 31.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927949.md
- Parcel 903955: 122,650 m² (12.27 ha, 30.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903955.md
- Parcel 2949604: 116,887 m² (11.69 ha, 28.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2949604.md
- Parcel 878850: 97,586 m² (9.76 ha, 24.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878850.md
- Parcel 907754: 88,038 m² (8.8 ha, 21.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/907754.md
- Parcel 894697: 74,631 m² (7.46 ha, 18.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894697.md
- Parcel 962003: 69,346 m² (6.93 ha, 17.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962003.md
- Parcel 896871: 64,241 m² (6.42 ha, 15.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/896871.md
- Parcel 946213: 59,930 m² (5.99 ha, 14.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946213.md
- Parcel 4769778: 59,833 m² (5.98 ha, 14.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4769778.md
- Parcel 1001624: 59,234 m² (5.92 ha, 14.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001624.md
- Parcel 6220157: 45,643 m² (4.56 ha, 11.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6220157.md
- Parcel 906825: 44,102 m² (4.41 ha, 10.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906825.md
- Parcel 4769821: 42,949 m² (4.29 ha, 10.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4769821.md
- Parcel 946205: 41,219 m² (4.12 ha, 10.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946205.md
- Parcel 1003880: 34,492 m² (3.45 ha, 8.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003880.md
- Parcel 942769: 30,330 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942769.md
- Parcel 876071: 28,498 m² (2.85 ha, 7.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876071.md
- Parcel 926425: 26,776 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926425.md
- Parcel 954120: 26,307 m² (2.63 ha, 6.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/954120.md
- Parcel 882392: 25,887 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882392.md
- Parcel 946506: 25,689 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946506.md
- Parcel 893593: 23,555 m² (2.36 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893593.md
- Parcel 910312: 22,469 m² (2.25 ha, 5.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910312.md
- Parcel 890461: 21,044 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890461.md
- Parcel 4769815: 20,517 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4769815.md
- Parcel 4959220: 20,282 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4959220.md
- Parcel 1005078: 20,187 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005078.md
- Parcel 5067279: 19,816 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5067279.md
- Parcel 4980347: 15,080 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980347.md
- Parcel 966708: 14,429 m² (1.44 ha, 3.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/966708.md
- Parcel 995499: 9,638 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995499.md
- Parcel 3627026: 8,484 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3627026.md
- Parcel 4704873: 6,640 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4704873.md
- Parcel 4769770: 5,507 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4769770.md
- Parcel 973640: 5,298 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973640.md
- Parcel 4168306: 3,905 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4168306.md
- Parcel 4685710: 3,770 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4685710.md
- Parcel 922209: 3,391 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/922209.md
- Parcel 920263: 3,329 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920263.md
- Parcel 994209: 3,076 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994209.md
- Parcel 914446: 2,971 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914446.md
- Parcel 916233: 2,860 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/916233.md
- Parcel 999766: 2,104 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/999766.md
- Parcel 1001091: 1,558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001091.md
- Parcel 3627029: 1,260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3627029.md
- Parcel 930433: 1,217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/930433.md
- Parcel 888445: 1,138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/888445.md
- Parcel 5259457: 667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5259457.md
- Parcel 5259486: 482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5259486.md
- Parcel 966514: 427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/966514.md
- Parcel 6220183: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6220183.md
- Parcel 6220186: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6220186.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Glencastle 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 26 Nov 2024, Mayo County Council 2460727: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development consists of the continued use of the following facilities and infrastructure, all within the previously permitted processing area (Plan File Ref. No. P04/1684: ABP PL 16.210431 and P22/766) and an application area of 7.7 hectares: administration building (110 m²); workshop (460 m²); filter press building (288 m²); electricity substation (14 m²); wheelwash; weighbridge; fixed processing plant, access ramps and stockpile storage area; existing site access arrangements; run-off treatment system; quarry haul road. Planning permission is sought to continue the use of these facilities and infrastructure for a further 30-year period i.e. until 2055.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460727/0
- 20 Sept 2024, Mayo County Council 24395: Conditional. Permission. demolition of existing shed and to erect a new shed/1 bedroom holiday dwelling, this will also include all other ancillary site services and development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24395/0
- 5 Apr 2024, Mayo County Council 2494: Refused. Permission. demolition of existing shed and to erect a new shed/1 bedroom holiday dwelling, this will also include all other ancillary site services and development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2494/0
- 27 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 2360491: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of a minor lateral extension (c. 2.2 Ha.) to the existing permitted quarry development (Plan File Ref. No. P11/256) within an application area of 2.3 Ha.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360491/0
- 8 Sept 2022, Mayo County Council 22766: Conditional. Retention. RETENTION OF REVISED WHEELWASH LOCATION (41M2), RECONFIGURATION OF FIXED PROCESSING PLANT, ACCESS RAMPS AND STOCKPILE STORAGE AREA; EXISTING SITE ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS; REVISED WORKSHOP LOCATION (460M2) ALL WITHIN THE PERMITTED PROCESSING AREA (REF. NO. P04/1685; ABP PL16.210431). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22766/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Natural Heritage Area: Tristia Bog NHA, site code 001566, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/001566

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

- MA017-007: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-007----. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 3 January 2012
- MA017-008: Cross-inscribed stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-008----. 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.
- MA017-009: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-009----. 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.
- MA017-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-011----. 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.
- MA017-011001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-011001-. 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.
- MA017-012001: Promontory fort - inland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-012001-. 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.
- MA017-012002: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-012002-. 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.
- MA017-012003: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-012003-. 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.
- MA017-013: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-013----. 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.
- MA017-014001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-014001-. 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.
- MA017-014002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-014002-. 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.
- MA017-017: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-017----. 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.
- MA017-019: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA017-019----. 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.

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)

- Glencastle Bridge, bridge, 1825–1830, Regional interest, registry number 31301704, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31301704. Single-arch road bridge over river, built 1827-8. Bypassed, 2003. Now disused. Part repointed tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble stone walls between drag edged rock faced rubble stone piers with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having lichen-covered drag edged rock faced cut-limestone coping. Single segmental arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning river with unkempt banks to river.

## 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 Glencastle, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glencastle.
- 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/glencastle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/glencastle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/glencastle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Glencastle 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)

- Alt: https://everytownland.com/mayo/alt.md
- Carrowkeel: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowkeel-150662.md
- Crinnish: https://everytownland.com/mayo/crinnish.md
- Ederglen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ederglen.md
- Fauleens: https://everytownland.com/mayo/fauleens-151711.md
- Loughnahelly: https://everytownland.com/mayo/loughnahelly.md
- Muingmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/muingmore.md
- Muings: https://everytownland.com/mayo/muings.md
- Tristia: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tristia-153154.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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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