Kilcommon or Pollatomish
Kilcommon or Pollatomish is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Cill Chomáin nó Poll an tSómais.
- Area
- 277.1 ha
- 685 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 7,910 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Village Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcommon or Pollatomish, from 188 m² to 120,459 m² (12.05 ha, 29.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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
- M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Dec 2025Conditional
alterations and extension to existing dwelling, installation of new sewage treatment system, improvement works to existing shed structures together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25507
1 Jul 2025Conditional
We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council on behalf of Carol Tighe for the retention of the following: (1) As Built Alterations to Existing Extension to the rear of the dwelling previously granted under reference No. 09/290, (2) Existing Garage to the rear of the dwelling, (3) 2 No. Existing Roof Lights to the Front of the Dwelling, together with all associated site works at Pullathomas, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 P0E8.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560435
14 May 2025N/a
Retention permission for the following: (1) As Built Alterations to the Existing Extension to the rear of the dwelling previously granted under reference No. 09/290, (2) Existing Garage to the rear of the dwelling, (3) 2 No. Existing Roof Lights to the Front of the Dwelling, together with all associated site works at Pullathomas, Ballina, Co. Mayo. F26 P0E8.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560294
29 Feb 2024Conditional
Planning permission for alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house with integrated garage, upgrade existing wastewater treatment system and to carry out all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460089
2 May 2023Conditional
full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, (3) Construct domestic garage, (4) Revised site entrance, together with all associated site works at Cill Chomáin nó Poll an tSomáis (Pulathomas), Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360140
18 Apr 2023Conditional
full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, together with all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360110
8 Apr 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL CATTLE SHED TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PERMISSION AND THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21321
6 Apr 2021Conditional
1 no. four bedroomed house and garage
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21304
20 Jan 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 19/72
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2125
18 Nov 2020Conditional
INSTALLATION OF AN ATM MACHINE TO THE EXISTING FRONT (WEST) ELEVATION OF MCGUIRES VALLEY INN BAR
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20892
8 Feb 2019Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSE AND TO CONSTRUCT A DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1972
5 Oct 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PRECOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH NEW SITE ACCESS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18762
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
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex 000500
Recorded monuments
- MA011-005001 Church
Description
This church is situated at the E end of a graveyard (MA011-005002-), adjacent to a NW-SE roadway beyond which is Sruwaddacon Bay. The E, S and W walls of the church have been removed. The N wall (L 9.35m: Wall T 0.56m; H 2.4m) constructed of roughly coarsed masonry survives to almost its original height except at the E end where it has been incorporated into a modern wall and a modern gate pillar erected beside it. There is a holy well (MA011-006----) 500m to S. Compiled by: Paddy O'Donovan and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 November 2017
- MA011-005002 Graveyard
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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilcommon or Pollatomish.
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 Kilcommon or Pollatomish, 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 Kilcommon or Pollatomish.
- 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 Kilcommon or Pollatomish with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Kilcommon or Pollatomish · Cill Chomáin nó Poll an tSómais
- Area
- 2,771,481 m² (277.15 ha, 684.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Knocknalower, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 768 people lived in 296 households in the Knocknalower electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghoos, Bellanaboy, Carnhill, Knocknalower, Muingerroon North
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Kilcommon or Pollatomish 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.