Kilgarriff

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgarriff, from 39 m² to 219,927 m² (21.99 ha, 54.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Kilgarriff 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.

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct dwelling house, garage and septic tank with percolation area all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360552

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission to demolish existing stone ruins and construct new dwelling house, garage and septic tank with percolation area all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360396

• 5 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE BEDROOM PRIVATE DWELLING AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22758

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 Kilgarriff.

Recorded monuments

• MA092-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a NW–SE ridge with extensive views to S–NW over a broad sweep of pasture, bog and lakes, to NE over undulating grassland and to N over a valley. A raised, sub-circular area (25.5m N–S; 31.8m E–W) defined by a bank (Wth 2.6m at W, 3.1m at E; int. H 0.2m at W, 0.4m at E; ext. H 1.1m at W, 1.7m at E), with clear remains at E–SE of a fosse (Wth 2.7m) and an external bank (Wth 2.2m). The fosse can be traced as a slight surface depression in parts around the circuit; the outer bank is evident as a low rise on either side of the entrance gap. The entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) in the inner bank at ESE is matched with a causeway (Wth c. 2m) across the fosse and a corresponding gap in the outer bank. The rath interior is level and grassy. A semi-circular area (max. dim. c. 10m) has been quarried out of the bank and the NW quadrant of the interior. There is another rath (MA092-004----) 150m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 February 2022

• MA092-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a low ridge, at the break of slope on the SE side. Good views, particularly extensive to S–SW and N. Another rath (MA092-003----) is located c. 150m to W along the spine of the same ridge. A slightly raised circular area (29.6m N–S; 29.5m E–W) defined NE–S by a scarp (H 1.8m; Wth slope 2m), and at SSW–NNE by a low bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.9m) which is adapted to serve as a field fence and is topped by a post and wire fence. The interior is level and grassy. The entrance may have been to NNE where there is a gap (Wth 2m) in the scarp. The perimeter is somewhat degraded by farm stock, and has a moderate covering of thorn bushes and gorse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 February 2022

• MA092-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on rising ground overlooking expanses of wet, boggy ground to S–SE, and with views of higher ground to N. Slightly raised oval area (34.5m N–S; 40.8m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.5m at N, 4m at S) with remnants at SE–NE of an external bank (Wth 2.9m at N, 3.5m at S; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.5m). The enclosing scarp has a relatively vertical face which may be the result of relatively recent modification. The external bank has been adapted to serve as a field fence at SE–NW, and traces of stone facing are evident in parts. The original entrance may have been at ESE where there is a low gap (Wth 2.2m) in the scarp and a hint of a causeway across the fosse. The rath interior is grassy, flat and featureless; the perimeter is ringed with hazel and hawthorn trees. Cultivation ridges on a N–S axis are visible to N of the rath in the same field. Knox (1908, 110; 1911, 230) recorded that name of this rath as ‘Lisnacartha (Lis of the Artisans)’. Two raths (MA092-029----; MA092-030----) are located c. 250m to S and c. 260m to SE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

• MA092-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on In pasture, located on a rise in undulating terrain, with an expanse of bog to E. Good views generally, with a rath (MA092-030----) visible c. 100m to E, and another rath (MA092-028----) c. 250m to N. Roughly oval platform (56.4m N–S; 39.4m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 2.2m), outside which it is enclosed SE–NW by a fosse (Wth 2.6m) and outer bank (Wth 5.3m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.5m, at S). The E side of the platform has been truncated to a linear, almost vertical scarp and modified to serve as a field boundary. The fosse and outer bank are not evident at N–E except for two discrete mounds of earth (L c. 5-5.5m; H 0.8-1m) at NE which may be remnants of the outer bank. At SE–SW the outer bank is reduced to a low terrace, and at NW–N it has been cut to the vertical and modified to serve as a field fence. The rath appears to encompass a natural rise as there is pronounced elongated spine of raised ground extends through the centre/SW of the interior, with a marked slope down to N−NE and a gentler slope to SE. The original entrance is unclear, but there are low, slumped sections of scarp to N (H 1.4m) and to E (H 1.6m). The rath interior is grassy; the scarp and the outer bank are thickly ringed with blackthorn. Knox (1908, 110; 1911, 230) recorded that name of this rath as ‘Lisnadhine (Lis of the Daingen)’. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

• MA092-030001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a low rise of firm ground in a low-lying expanse of damp, rush-grown pasture. Views rather restricted, most open to W where a rath (MA92-029----) is visible c.100m away on rising ground. Another rath (MA092-028----) is visible c. 260m to NE. There is a stream/drain immediately to W–NW, and another larger drain to E. The adjacent fields to E have been converted to forestry plantation. A slightly raised, roughly circular area (35.5m N–S; 39.7m E–W) defined W–S by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.3m) with external bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 2.4m; ext. H 0.7m). The two banks have been levelled on the SW arc. The enclosing banks have a rounded compact profile and the intervening fosse is relatively narrow. To N–NE a very shallow depression (Wth 1.8m) is evident outside the external bank, possibly indicating a second fosse. There is a break (Wth c. 2m) in the banks at NNE but it is not clear if this marks an original entrance. The interior slopes down markedly from centre toward the S−SW. Two linear trenches bracket the levelled SW quadrant, one (Wth 1.8m, 0.7m at base; D 0.5m) extending from the scarp at S for 13.5m to N, and the other (Wth 1.7m; D 0.5m) extending from the scarp at WSW into the interior to ENE for 11.4m. They appear to be the result of relatively recent disturbance rather that evidence of a souterrain. At NW a rectangular stone-built structure (2m NE–SW; 2.4m NW–SE), of unknown function and now in ruins, is built into the scarp and partly overlies the fosse. The rath interior is grassy with an uneven, hummocky surface; the banks are distinguished by a covering of heather, with a few trees growing around the perimeter. Knox (1908, 110; 1911, 230) recorded that name of this rath as ‘Lisanaffrin’, and suggested that there may have been a mill (MA092-030002-) adjacent. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

• MA092-030002 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Possibly in proximity to a rath (MA092-030001-), in a low-lying expanse of damp, rush-grown pasture. The adjacent fields to E have been converted to forestry plantation. Knox (1908, 110) theorised that 'We may suppose ….Lisanaffrin [rath MA092-030001-] to have been occupied by millers and others whose work required an abundance of water, as a mill-stream runs by it and an ancient millstone lies near.’ And in a later paper he added that the rath was ‘an ordinary fort with an ancient millstream passing by its ditch. An ancient small millstone lies in the river near it.’(Knox 1911, 230). A stagnant stream/field ditch, which lies immediately to W–NW of the rath, may be the watercourse interpreted by Knox as a millsteam. Another, larger drain, which coincides with the townland boundary, is a few meters to E of the rath. The millstone was not located during a field inspection in 1998, nor was there any evidence at ground level of a mill. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilgarriff.

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 Kilgarriff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Kilgarriff · An Choill Gharbh

Area

1,643,002 m² (164.3 ha, 405.99 acres)

Civil parish

Aghamore, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Knock South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knock South electoral division: 799 people in 322 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coogue Middle, Coogue South, Cullentragh, Larganboy West, Liscat, Reask

Placenames

Kilgarriff 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.