Kilgreana
Townland in the civil parish of Mayo, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cill Ghréine
- Area
- 99.4 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 17,805 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgreana, from 44 m² to 133,337 m² (13.33 ha, 32.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilgreana 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
17 Dec 2021N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO BE USED AS AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ADJACENT, CARRY OUT RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING AND REVISE THE ELEVATIONS OF TEH EXISTING BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211328
28 Apr 2020Conditional
a) Planning permission to retain existing dwelling house and septic tank system on revised site boundaries to that granted permission under previous planning reference P79/817, b) Retain as constructed domestic storage sheds within the revised boundary, c) retain site entrances as constructed and, d) construct upgrade works to the on-site septic tank system.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 20284
27 Mar 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK, PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER TO REPLACE EXISTING MOBILE HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17216
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mountpleasant School Turlough 001472
Recorded monuments
- MA100-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on steep S-facing slope. Heavily overgrown circular area (diam. 33m N-S), enclosed by substantial earthen bank (H 1.2m), with external fosse (D 0.4m). Portion of NW sector is accessible. 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. 172. Date of upload: 23 January 2013
- MA100-026001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
In cleared pasture. Circular enclosure (diam. 90m), shown on both eds. of OS map (1838, 1931). Townland name suggests eccleastical site. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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. 591. Date of upload: 24 January 2013
- MA100-026002 Church
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.
- MA100-026003 Children's burial ground
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.
- MA100-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
In grassland, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular raised area (36m N-S; 40m E-W), enclosed by the poor remains of an earthen bank (H 0.3m). 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. 173. Date of upload: 24 January 2013
- MA100-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 34m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m) E to W. N portion of site levelled and delimited by stone field boundary. 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. 174. Date of upload: 24 January 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilgreana.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilgreana.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilgreana with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Kilgreana · Cill Ghréine
- Area
- 994,082 m² (99.41 ha, 245.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mayo, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Roslee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Roslee electoral division: 443 people in 154 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyglass, Carrowbrack, Carrowhall, Carrowlisdooaun, Drishaghaun, Rathnacreeva, Summerhill North
- Placenames
- Kilgreana 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.