Glenulra
Glenulra is a townland in the civil parish of Doonfeeny, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Gleann Iolra.
- Area
- 877.4 ha
- 2,168 acres
- Land parcels
- 99
- registered freehold, median 6,879 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenulra, from 76 m² to 1,636,147 m² (163.61 ha, 404.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glenulra 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Jul 2026Conditional
We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Jacqueline Duffy for full planning permission for the Retention of an extension (54.35m2) to an existing dwelling, together with all associated site works at Glenurla, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, F26 N275.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660569
5 Mar 2026Conditional
We, Kevin & Maura Healy are applying to Mayo County Council for Retention permission for the following: (1) Alterations to Elevations of the existing dwelling, (2) First Floor of existing dwelling, along with all associated site works at Glenurla, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, F26 T925.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660173
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC 000500
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex 000500
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Benaderreen Cliffs 000467
Recorded monuments
- MA006-014 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Description
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: 30 December 2011
- MA006-015 Cross-inscribed stone
Description
In pasture, located at the edge of a small terrace, on the steeply sloping E side of a steep-sided N–S glen, through which a stream flows to N. A subrectangular stone slab or flat sheet of bedrock (L 1.33m E–W; 0.74m N–S) embedded in the ground surface, with a carefully executed Latin cross (L 0.21m; Wth across arms 0.14m) incised to a depth of 0.002-0.003m in the exposed surface, close to its S edge. The long axis of the cross is aligned with the E-W axis of the stone. The shaft (L 0.21m; Wth 0.03m) has simple bar terminals (Wth 0.06-0.8m). The breadth of the shaft contrasts with the relative narrowness of the arms, each of which consists of a thin incised line, projecting 0.05-0.06m from the shaft, and ending in a short bar terminal. Attached images: MA006-015----_01.JPG Location viewed from N MA006-015----_01.JPG Incised cross Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 January 2020
- MA006-016001 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
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: 30 December 2011
- MA006-016002 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
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: 30 December 2011
- MA006-017 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
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.
- MA006-021 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Description
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: 30 December 2011
- MA006-031 Habitation site
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.
- MA006-032001 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.
- MA006-032002 Field system
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.
- MA006-034 Cist
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.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1822–1829 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, "finished" 1829; extant 1838. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with lichen-covered cut- or hammered limestone coping to parapets. Single round arch with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Glenulra River with overgrown banks to river.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Glenulra, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glenulra.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glenulra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Glenulra · Gleann Iolra
- Area
- 8,774,066 m² (877.41 ha, 2,168.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Doonfeeny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Electoral division
- Ballycastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 585 people lived in 256 households in the Ballycastle electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyknock, Behy, Doonfeeny Lower, Doonfeeny Upper, Muingelly, Sralagagh West
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Glenulra 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.