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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Gort na Rátha.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,852,034 m² (185.2 ha, 457.65 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,535 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcolman-claremorris-ra.md
- Barony: Clanmorris
- Electoral division: Kilcolman, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 455 people lived in 159 households in the Kilcolman electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36287
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151896
- Centre: latitude 53.774775, longitude -9.025573 (WGS 84)

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

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnaraha, from 63 m² to 220,871 m² (22.09 ha, 54.58 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1003188: 220,871 m² (22.09 ha, 54.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003188.md
- Parcel 887928: 148,085 m² (14.81 ha, 36.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/887928.md
- Parcel 970975: 136,617 m² (13.66 ha, 33.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/970975.md
- Parcel 890829: 115,356 m² (11.54 ha, 28.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890829.md
- Parcel 904640: 95,488 m² (9.55 ha, 23.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904640.md
- Parcel 941500: 87,688 m² (8.77 ha, 21.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941500.md
- Parcel 985014: 83,747 m² (8.37 ha, 20.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985014.md
- Parcel 872765: 77,064 m² (7.71 ha, 19.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872765.md
- Parcel 876367: 63,557 m² (6.36 ha, 15.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876367.md
- Parcel 945391: 59,290 m² (5.93 ha, 14.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945391.md
- Parcel 878483: 57,294 m² (5.73 ha, 14.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878483.md
- Parcel 967696: 54,990 m² (5.5 ha, 13.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967696.md
- Parcel 973979: 54,262 m² (5.43 ha, 13.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973979.md
- Parcel 908189: 53,907 m² (5.39 ha, 13.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908189.md
- Parcel 882961: 53,387 m² (5.34 ha, 13.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882961.md
- Parcel 4918311: 52,443 m² (5.24 ha, 12.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918311.md
- Parcel 877324: 48,539 m² (4.85 ha, 11.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877324.md
- Parcel 940233: 44,995 m² (4.5 ha, 11.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940233.md
- Parcel 882032: 44,072 m² (4.41 ha, 10.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882032.md
- Parcel 932593: 42,683 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932593.md
- Parcel 1004787: 38,225 m² (3.82 ha, 9.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004787.md
- Parcel 911757: 38,075 m² (3.81 ha, 9.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911757.md
- Parcel 882963: 31,189 m² (3.12 ha, 7.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882963.md
- Parcel 912674: 26,638 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912674.md
- Parcel 942931: 24,478 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942931.md
- Parcel 2671081: 7,535 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2671081.md
- Parcel 951097: 5,328 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/951097.md
- Parcel 4707609: 3,896 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4707609.md
- Parcel 6146380: 3,810 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6146380.md
- Parcel 970973: 3,802 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/970973.md
- Parcel 1002473: 3,654 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002473.md
- Parcel 950821: 3,621 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/950821.md
- Parcel 2718600: 3,500 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2718600.md
- Parcel 917354: 3,257 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/917354.md
- Parcel 916842: 3,146 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/916842.md
- Parcel 5951097: 3,047 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5951097.md
- Parcel 949079: 2,950 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949079.md
- Parcel 1005331: 2,511 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005331.md
- Parcel 920233: 2,340 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920233.md
- Parcel 4770416: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4770416.md
- Parcel 995869: 2,221 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995869.md
- Parcel 947395: 2,118 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947395.md
- Parcel 927380: 1,835 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/927380.md
- Parcel 1006527: 1,695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006527.md
- Parcel 920532: 1,689 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/920532.md
- Parcel 919855: 1,500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/919855.md
- Parcel 918127: 975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/918127.md
- Parcel 991450: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/991450.md
- Parcel 1004329: 459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004329.md
- Parcel 992621: 76 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/992621.md
- Parcel 933906: 63 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/933906.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gortnaraha 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 19 Jan 2026, Mayo County Council 2660055: Conditional. Permission. Planning Permission to 1.) to demolish rear extensions of dwelling house, 2.) construct a new extension to existing dwelling house, 3.) construct a packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, all as per drawing documents submitted, together with all ancillary site works and services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660055/0
- 10 Sept 2025, Mayo County Council 2560621: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning Permission to demolish old house and permission to construct a dwelling house, garage and septic tank/foul effluent treatment system all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560621/0
- 7 Feb 2024, Mayo County Council 2421: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: replace garage roller door with block wall and window. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2421/0
- 7 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 23601: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house and septic tank/proprietary effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23601/0
- 12 Oct 2023, Mayo County Council 23569: N/a. Permission. construct a dwelling house and septic tank/proprietary effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23569/0
- 18 Dec 2020, Mayo County Council 201004: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK/FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ALL AS PER DRAWING DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/201004/0

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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 Gortnaraha.

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

- MA091-013: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA091-013----. In pasture, on a low rise in an area of wettish, rolling pasture. A road lies a few meters to NE, bordering the NE side of the field. A circular enclosure is shown on an 1811 estate map (NLI Ms. 2713) and on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on the 1920 OS 6-inch map. This rath has been partly leveled. The remains are evident as a slightly raised oval area (40.8m E–W; 35.2m N–S) defined by a scarp (H 1m at N, 0.7m at S), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth c. 2m) with an external bank (Wth 2-2.5m at N, 2.8m at S; int. H 0.25m at N, 0.4m at S; ext. H 0.2m at N, 0.4m at S). The enclosing elements are most clearly defined at S–W where the enclosure has been built up to compensate for a natural fall of ground. Elsewhere the fosse is evident as a very shallow depression and the external bank as a slight rise. The scarp is lowest, and the fosse and external bank are not evident at E–SE, suggesting that the entrance may have been in this area. The level interior exhibits traces of cultivation ridges on a NW–SE axis. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022
- MA091-015: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA091-015----. In pasture, on a gentle WSW-facing slope on the E side of a broad stream valley of poorly drained ground. A small circular enclosure is marked on an estate map drawn up in 1811 for Sir Robert Lynch-Blosse (NLI Ms. 2713). It is not recorded on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. The extant remains consist of a subrectangular earthen platform (16.6m NW–SE; 9m NE–SW) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 1.4m at NE, 1.4m at SW; H 0.65m at NE, 1.2m at SW). The scarp is rather slumped, particularly on the SW side and the W end of the NW side. When inspected in 1998, the SE side was incorporated into the line of a straight field fence that has since been removed. The top of the platform slopes down slightly to W. At the E corner there is a shallow depression (diam. c. 3m) abutting the field fence. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022
- MA091-032: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA091-032----. 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)

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

## 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 Gortnaraha, 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 high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortnaraha.
- 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/gortnaraha.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortnaraha.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortnaraha.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gortnaraha 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)

- Aghareville Lower: https://everytownland.com/mayo/aghareville-lower.md
- Ballynacarrick: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballynacarrick.md
- Facefield: https://everytownland.com/mayo/facefield.md
- Gorteenmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gorteenmore-151869.md
- Kilcolman: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilcolman.md
- Tawnagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tawnagh-153013.md
- Tawnylough: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tawnylough.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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