Grallagh

105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grallagh, from 32 m² to 277,757 m² (27.78 ha, 68.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Grallagh 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.

• 16 Oct 2020Conditional

  RETENTION FOR REMOVAL OF TWO MASS CONCRETE CHIMNEYS AND THE MASS CONCRETE FRONT ENTRANCE PORCH AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW WINDOW.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 20762

• 28 Jul 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION, CONSTRUCT NEW STORAGE SHED AND CAR PORT AND UPGRADE SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA. PERMISSION TO RETAIN SITE ENTRANCE AND DWELLING HOUSE LOCATION TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17606

• 4 Jan 2017N/a

  ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING COTTAGE. THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PORCH AND CHIMNEYS, PROVISION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT ROOF AND REVISED FENESTRATION

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 174

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Grallagh.

Recorded monuments

• MA103-008001 Church
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low rise. Ground dips gently to E towards a roughly N−S stream/drain. A rectangular E−W building is shown at a ‘Burial Ground’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but is not named as a church; the building is not shown on the 1916 edition where a ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ (MA102-008002) is indicated. It is known locally as Kilmullin church (SMR file: pers. comm. Gerry Cribbin). The remains consist of a ruined rectangular stone building (c. 12m E–W; c. 6m N–S). The W wall (L c. 5.8m N−S; T 0.8m) is the best preserved, surviving to a height of 2.4m. It is constructed of roughly coursed, mortared sandstone blocks, with large blocks forming the basal courses, alternating with courses of thinner, horizontally laid slabs. However much of the internal and external wall facing has collapsed. A dilapidated central break (Wth c. 0.9m) in the wall appears to be the remains of a doorway. Short returns of the S and N walls survive at the NW and SW angles of the W wall. The remainder of the N wall is reduced to grass-covered wall footings/stone-faced scarp (ext. H 0.8m). The S wall is incorporated into the line of an E–W property wall. The E wall is evident as a broadly slumped, sod-covered stony scarp. The children’s burial ground (MA102-008002-) abuts the S wall of the church, extending the full E-W length of the church. Partly obscured by overgrowth/clumps of brambles. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-008002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low rise. Ground dips gently to E towards a roughly N−S stream/drain. A rectangular earthen platform (12m E–W; 6m N–S; H 0.6m) abuts the S wall of a ruined rectangular church (MA103-008001-). The N side of the platform is crossed by an E-W field wall, which incorporates the S wall of the church. The platform is defined on the other three sides by a slumped, sod-covered stony scarp (H 0.6m), with a dilapidated break/low area in the centre of the S side. Many low, uninscribed upright stone gravemarkers, some arranged in N−S rows, protrude from the surface of the platform, interspersed with occasional small recumbent slabs. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-012 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.

• MA103-043 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  NMI Topographical Files note that an unclassified megalithic tomb was destroyed at roughly this location during land reclamation late 1980's. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 November 2022

• MA103-063 Megalithic structure
  Description

  In a field of reclaimed pasture. According to local information, there was a megalithic structure at this location, which was removed in the 1980’s during land reclamation (SMR file 1991). There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 November 2022

• MA103-066 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, on the edge of a naturally sheltered depression of wet, boggy ground at the base of a NW-facing slope, adjacent to a spring which flows from the base of the slope; an outflow stream extends to NW and is now channelled into a field drain. This possible fulacht fia appears to have been partly levelled in the past. It is evident as a low, subcircular rise (diam. c. 12m), with indistinct edges which merge to S with gently rising ground. The exact limits of the mound are difficult to determine. When inspected in 1998, a portion the N edge of the mound was denuded of sod, revealing characteristic heat-shattered stone in black charcoal-rich soil. A burnt mound (MA103-066001-) is located 8m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-066001 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, in a small stand of conifers, adjacent to a spring. The remains consist of a low, roughly circular mound (diam. c. 10-2m). Two heaps (diam. 2-3.5m; H 0.5-0.6m) of shattered stone and black soil, set 2m apart, sit on top of the mound, possibly the result of disturbance during the planting of conifer trees which are growing on the mound. The mound is clipped at WNW by a field drain, in the section face of which heat-shattered stone in charcoal-rich soil is visible. A tumbled field wall overlies the SE edge of the mound. The mound is covered in brambles and pine needle litter. Another burnt mound (MA103-066----) located 8m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-071 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, adjacent to a field drain in a natural depression of wet ground. Ground rises gently to the NW. Prominent roughly D-shaped, sod-covered rise (10.6m N–S; 14.4m E–W; H 0.5-0.6m) with broadly sloping sides. The SE side is marked by a slumped almost linear scarp (H 0.7m), possibly result of disturbance during construction of the field drain, which lies 2m to SE and is now largely silted up. A slight dip in the mound on the S-SW side, facing an area of wettish ground, may indicate the location of a trough. Angular stone fragments, charcoal fragments and dark soil were visible at the S and W sides of the mound when it was inspected in 1998. There is a church (MA103-008001-) and a children’s burial ground (MA103-008002-) c. 10m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_829 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

No address of the register names Grallagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Grallagh · An Ghreallach

Area

2,481,458 m² (248.15 ha, 613.18 acres)

Civil parish

Annagh, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Ballyhaunis, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyquarter, Aderg, Agloragh, Corraun, Derrylea, Drumbaun, Gortnageeragh, Lecarrow

Placenames

Grallagh 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.