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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmainebeg, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Gort Mhic Shiurdáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 483,845 m² (48.38 ha, 119.56 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,857 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmainebeg, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilmainebeg.md
- Barony: Kilmaine
- Electoral division: Houndswood, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 659 people lived in 256 households in the Houndswood electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34985
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151879
- Centre: latitude 53.543759, longitude -9.153964 (WGS 84)

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

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortjordan, from 344 m² to 88,667 m² (8.87 ha, 21.91 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 903601: 88,667 m² (8.87 ha, 21.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903601.md
- Parcel 889673: 58,667 m² (5.87 ha, 14.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/889673.md
- Parcel 940561: 31,106 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940561.md
- Parcel 933787: 25,453 m² (2.55 ha, 6.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933787.md
- Parcel 975993: 23,902 m² (2.39 ha, 5.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975993.md
- Parcel 937629: 21,731 m² (2.17 ha, 5.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937629.md
- Parcel 933525: 21,080 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933525.md
- Parcel 945730: 15,988 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945730.md
- Parcel 930562: 13,193 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930562.md
- Parcel 1002822: 11,813 m² (1.18 ha, 2.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002822.md
- Parcel 875376: 11,455 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875376.md
- Parcel 932416: 11,170 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932416.md
- Parcel 945692: 9,926 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945692.md
- Parcel 894303: 9,028 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894303.md
- Parcel 929576: 8,892 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929576.md
- Parcel 930504: 8,600 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930504.md
- Parcel 878313: 7,594 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878313.md
- Parcel 893930: 7,381 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893930.md
- Parcel 890576: 6,999 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890576.md
- Parcel 930590: 6,464 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930590.md
- Parcel 899330: 6,322 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899330.md
- Parcel 965926: 5,869 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965926.md
- Parcel 900766: 5,845 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900766.md
- Parcel 895773: 5,653 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895773.md
- Parcel 940412: 5,111 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940412.md
- Parcel 903640: 4,779 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903640.md
- Parcel 945666: 4,742 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945666.md
- Parcel 977120: 4,603 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977120.md
- Parcel 894442: 4,034 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894442.md
- Parcel 937668: 3,456 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937668.md
- Parcel 930528: 3,309 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930528.md
- Parcel 2527315: 2,683 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2527315.md
- Parcel 894466: 2,644 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894466.md
- Parcel 945465: 2,537 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945465.md
- Parcel 930621: 2,505 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930621.md
- Parcel 986052: 2,381 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986052.md
- Parcel 944321: 2,337 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944321.md
- Parcel 5769753: 2,098 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5769753.md
- Parcel 928162: 1,832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/928162.md
- Parcel 943092: 1,751 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/943092.md
- Parcel 907403: 1,655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/907403.md
- Parcel 986164: 1,566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/986164.md
- Parcel 981449: 1,300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/981449.md
- Parcel 925842: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/925842.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gortjordan 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)

9 applications, newest first.

- 20 May 2026, Mayo County Council 2660395: Conditional. Permission. Permission for Extension to Existing dwelling and upgrade effluent treatment system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660395/0
- 11 May 2026, Mayo County Council 2660363: N/a. Permission. Permission for Extension to Existing dwelling and upgrade effluent treatment system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660363/0
- 9 Jun 2025, Mayo County Council 25229: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25229/0
- 9 Dec 2024, Mayo County Council 24511: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24511/0
- 12 Jul 2024, Mayo County Council 2460435: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, onsite wastewater treatment system, and connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460435/0
- 3 Feb 2023, Mayo County Council 2360025: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The construction of a new dwelling house, garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, and connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement was prepared as part of this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360025/0
- 11 Aug 2021, Mayo County Council 21865: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21865/0
- 6 Jun 2019, Mayo County Council 19434: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING COVERED CHANNEL, MILKING PARLOUR AND DAIRY. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 4 BAY SLATTED SHED, MILKING PARLOUR AND DAIRY. MINOR INTERNAL CHANGES TO EXISTING SHEDS TO FACILITATE THE NEW MILKING PARLOUR AND DIARY AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19434/0
- 17 Dec 2018, Mayo County Council 181012: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, NEW GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/181012/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Mocorha Lough SAC, site code 001536, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001536
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mocorha Lough, site code 001536

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

- MA121-115: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-115----. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Road runs through position occupied by the site. No visible surface traces. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Possibly a ringfort. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 363. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

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)

- Catholic Church of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1950–1960, Regional interest, registry number 31312139, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31312139. Detached six-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, dated 1955. Reroofed. Replacement pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, iron-covered concrete "Cavetto" coping to gables with Cross finials to apexes, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves on dentil consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Round-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on square leaded glazing bars. Round-headed "Trinity Window" to chancel (west) with concrete sill, and rendered surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed door opening to entrance (east) front approached by flight of three concrete steps, doorcase with three quarter-engaged Romanesque colonettes on plinths supporting archivolt framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. "Rose Window" to gable with rendered surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenge". Interior including vestibule (east); full-height interior with stained glass "Rose Window" (east), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, frosted glass windows centred on timber confessionals, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (west) retaining timber communion railings centred on stepped "predella" supporting inlaid timber altar below stained glass "Trinity Window" (undated), and vaulted ceiling with moulded plasterwork roundels. Set in own grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron double gates.
- Post box, 1939–1962, Regional interest, registry number 31312140, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31312140. Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-62, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Now disused. Set in rendered boundary wall.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gortjordan 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)

- Bellanabriscaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/bellanabriscaun.md
- Kilmacduagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilmacduagh.md
- Knocknageeha: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knocknageeha-152230.md
- Knockroe: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockroe-152257.md
- Pollnabunny: https://everytownland.com/mayo/pollnabunny.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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