Killedan

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killedan, from 98 m² to 105,159 m² (10.52 ha, 25.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killedan 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.

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to retain extension to dwelling house and retain 2 No. sheds all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560632

• 4 Sept 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of: • Installation of approx. 7km interconnecting main, and associated valves & fittings, from the source at Callow Lake to the Attymass GWS to amalgamate both schemes. This involves the installation of a 160mm OD PE pipe along the N26 for 2km and along Church Rd. for a further 5km. The main will be installed in the south verge of the N26(1.8km) and will be laid in a combination of field (2.7km), road(1.8km), road verge(0.3km), and setback(0.12km) along Church Rd. • Replacement of 12,765m of existing mains and installation of associated valves & fittings. Of which 2,971m is located in Attymass GWS and 9793m is located in Callow Lake GWS. Mains to be installed vary in size from 63mm OD to 110mm OD and will be installed in field (8622m), road(2082m), road verge(1201m), setback(390m) and footpath(469m). • All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging, • Other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed works, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings. The proposed Attymass GWS watermain upgrade works are located in the townlands of Carrowkeribly, Bunnafinglas, and Drumscoba. The proposed interconnector pipelines works are located in the townlands of Corradrishy, Boherhallagh, Coolagagh, Cuillonaghtan, and Callow. The proposed Callow GWS watermain upgrade works are located in the townlands of Barleyhill, Bohola, Toocananagh, Ballinlag, Gortnasillagh, Coolagh, Carrowmore, Ballinvoher, Lislackagh, Lissanumera, Tullanacorra, Carrowbaun, Rathslevin, Tooromin, Carrowcanada, Lismiraun, Treanfohanaun, and Shanaghy in County Mayo.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360353

• 28 Aug 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19671

• 25 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18566

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• MA071-155 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise on top of a ridge, with a pronounced fall of ground to S−SW and very good views. Roughly circular platform (31m NNE−SSW) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m, 1.6m at SSW). The scarp retains a slightly raised internal rim which incorporates occasional large stones. The external face is quite vertical on the W arc and quite dilapidated at N. A slight depression, with a hint of a rise on its outer edge, immediately outside the scarp on the SE arc may indicate a fosse and levelled outer bank. There is a low area (Wth 2m) in the scarp at NE, which might be an original entrance but is not clearly defined. The interior is fairly level; it is grassy, with a large heap of overgrowth-covered field clearance debris in the SE quadrant. A field fence/townland boundary on a NNE−SSW axis crosses the rath to W of centre and a perpendicular field fence extends from it across the NW quadrant. There are raths (MA071-156----; MA071-157----; MA071-158----) 80m to E, 155m to E and 170m to SE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-156 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a ridge, close to the break of slope on the NE side. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The bank forms a substantial embankment (Wth 3.4-5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) at NE−SE, enhanced by the natural fall of ground. On the W arc the bank is narrower and more compact (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.35m) and on the N arc it narrows further (Wth 1.4m) and the external face is quite vertical with traces of stones facing –this appears to be due to the incorporation of the rath into later field banks. The rath appears to be built up slightly on the NE side to compensate for the natural fall of ground. There is a break (Wth 3.4m) in the bank at NW. The interior is fairly level; the NE quadrant is engulfed in brambles and blackthorn scrub, and blackthorn scrub is encroaching in parts on the rest of the interior. Field clearance stones are piled against the rath on the E side. A field fence on a NNE−SSW axis crosses the rath slightly to SE of centre. There are raths (MA071-155----; MA071-157----; MA071-158----) 80m to W, 50m to NE and 92m to SE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-157 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a thicket of overgrowth, on top of a rise or undulation, with a fall of ground to NE. It is overlooked by higher ground where two raths (MA071-156---- and MA071-158----) are located 50m to SW and 80m to S, respectively. Another rath (MA071-155----) is 150m to W. Roughly circular platform (diam. c. 30m) defined by a substantial bank/scarp (Wth c. 3.5-4m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 1.7m a SW, 2m at NE, 3m at SE) with a very low internal rim. At N−SE the scarp has a steep external slope, enhanced by the natural fall of ground. A field fence on a NE−SW axis crosses the rath to W of centre. The NW quadrant of the interior is relatively clear of overgrowth, but the remainder of the rath is engulfed in blackthorn scrub, and the bank is ringed with ash and beech trees. There are several animal burrows, and area of disturbance/possible quarrying can be glimpsed beneath the overgrowth on the scape slope on the E half. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-158 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough, fern-grown pasture, prominently sited, crowning a rise or hillock at the SE end of a NW−SE ridge, with excellent views in all directions. The fall of ground is particularly steep at NE−SE. The location formed part of the estate of Killedan House, a late 18th-/19th- century farmhouse, located c. 250m to SE, and the hillock and rath are planted with a stand of beech trees. Broadly oval platform (24.7m N−S; 20m E−W) defined by a substantial scarp (H 2m at N, 1.8m at S, 2.8m at WSW; Wth slope 6.5m at S), enhanced at NE−SW by the natural fall of ground. A slight undulation is evident 3-4m outside the scarp on the N arc –it might be remnant of an outer enclosing element but this is very uncertain. The base of the hillock, at a distance of 10-20m outside and downslope of the rath, is enclosed by a ditch (Wth 2m; D 0.9m) with an external bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m, at W) which follow the contour of the hillock from N−NW, but do not continue at NW−N where the gap is closed by a straight field fence on a NE−SW axis. The outer ditch and bank seems likely to be late features, related to the planting of the hill and the conversion of the rath into an estate feature. The rath interior is very gently domed, with a slope down to SW−W. There is a shallow oblong hollow (4.8m NNW−SSE; 2m ENE−WSW; D 0.4m) to NE of centre, a smaller hollow 3m to S, and another hollow containing a fallen tree trunk in the SW quadrant. There is no clearly defined entrance –it may have been at SE−S where the slope appears slightly more gradual. Beech trees grow on the rath perimeter. Low remnants of a field fence extend downslope from the rath to W. A quarry pit (diam. 10-12m) is dug into the hill slope immediately to SE of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-159 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a prominent NE−SW rise, utilising the fall of ground to N−NE and S. There are excellent views to N−E. It is overlooked by a ridge at SW. Ground falls into a lowlying hollow of damp ground to N. The Pollagh River is 360m to SE. Raised subcircular area (29.8m NE−SW; 27.8m NW−SE) defined by a scarp (H 1.6m at S, 1.1m at NE, 1.8m at W). A low slump (Wth c. 4m) in the scarp at E, which faces gently sloping ground, may be the site of an original entrance. The interior has a slightly raised, NE−SW spine in the NW half, with a slight slope down to SSW and a more pronounced slope down to NNE. Grass cover, with a thicket of gorse on the SW edge. A field fence, shown on the 1931 OS 6-inch map, which clipped the SE side of the rath has been removed. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-160 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge, with good view, most extensive to NE where the ground falls away into a valley of flat, lowlying wettish land, with the junction of the Gweestion River with its tributary, the Pollagh located 350m to NE. This rath is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is depicted as a roughly circular enclosure outlined by a solid line on the 1931 edition. Circular platform (26.8m E−W; 26.7m N−S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.55m at N, 0.35m at S; ext. H 1.6m at N & S) which has a low, rather narrow stony internal rim. There is no clearly defined entrance –it may have been along the NE arc where the scarp is lowest (H 0.95m), but only a narrow, eroded cattle gap is evident here now Interior is level, grassy; a single large stone protrudes from the surface in the S half. The bank is ringed with hawthorn trees. Several depressions/areas of disturbance to W and S of the rath appear to be the result of small scale quarrying in the past. Killedan Church (MA071-169----) is located 400m to E on the banks of the Pollagh River. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-161 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a natural rise, with good views. The Pollagh River is 200m to E. Indicated as an embanked oval enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; outlined by a single ring of hachuring on the 1931 edition. This rath has been levelled, but a slightly raised, roughly circular area (25m N–S; 22.5m E−W) can still be traced defined at SW−NE by a stony undulation at SW–NE, coinciding with the natural slope of the rise (H c. 0.8m). There is a gently raised area in the centre of the interior. A road, oriented roughly N−S, truncates E edge of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-162 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, close to a break in slope where ground falls away to ESE for 100m to the Pollagh River. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 25m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 September 2021

• MA071-163 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  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.

• MA071-169001 Church
  Description

  On a slight rise or platform in the W half of a graveyard (MA071-169002), located on the W bank of the Pollagh River, 240m S of its confluence with the Glore and Gwestion Rivers. Ruined, roofless rectangular building (16.85m ESE−WNW; 8.5m NNW−SSE) with walls (T c. 1.1m) constructed of mortared random rubble still standing to a height of c. 3m. The 1838 OS Letters recorded that at the church was in a very bad state of preservation: ‘The doorway on the south side wall near the west gable has now become a breach...There was a window in this wall near the east gable which is now broken at top and battered on each side outwardly.’ (O’Flanagan 1927, 389-390 (160)). A Fás scheme undertook extensive works here in the late 20th-century, including repointing of the walls and reconstruction of doors and windows. These features appear now as follows: Round arched doorway with drawbar sockets on either side, located towards W end of S wall; narrow pointed arched doorway (Wth 0.61m; H 1.73) in the N wall; window (Wth 0.26m; H 0.89m) with cut-stone surround and ogee-head in an inwardly-splayed embrasure, at E end of S wall; window (Wth 0.29m; H 1.25m) in E gable with cut-stone surround in a broad inwardly-splayed embrasure. There are 18th and 19th-century graves in the church interior, including one table tomb and several graves slabs. The ground surface is overspread with gravel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 September 2021

• MA071-169002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in lowlying damp pasture on the W bank of the Pollagh River, 240m S of its confluence with the Glore and Gwestion Rivers. A trapezoidal area (40.6m E−W; 31.75m N−S at W, 41.3m N−S at E) enclosed by a mortared stone wall. The entrance is in the centre of the S wall, with a short avenue linking the graveyard to a minor road at S. There is a ruined church (MA071-169001-) in the centre of the W half, with one table tomb and several graves slabs dating to the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the interior. There is a preponderance of recumbant slabs, with inscriptions dating to the 18th-and 19th-centuries, in the S half of the graveyard, and a concentration of low, informal uninscribed stone gravemarkers in the N half. In the E half of the graveyard, there are two adjacent rectangular burial vaults. The northern chamber (4.1m N−S; 5.25m E−W; H 2.5m) is the best preserved, with a cut-stone door surround that may reuse stones taken from the church. The southern chamber is ruined; an inscribed stone indicates that it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in 1779 by Thady Flaherty, parish priest. The ground surface of the graveyard was gravelled-over during a Fás scheme in the second half of the late 20th-century. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 September 2021

• MA071-169003 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  Located on the W bank of the Pollagh River, 240m S of its confluence with the Glore and Gwestion Rivers. Samuel Lewis (1837, 135) recorded that ‘Here was a friary of conventual Franciscans which existed till the Reformation. There are some remains of the old church.’ An inquisition of 1608 found that it had property to the value of six shillings, suggesting that the friary was still in existence in the post-reformation period (Gwynne and Hadcock 1970, 279). The remains now consist of a ruined medieval church (MA071-169001-) enclosed within a graveyard (MA071-169002-). There are no other visible remains of the religious foundation. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 September 2021

Architectural heritage

• Killedan House, farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1838, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (west) or four-bay (east) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), terracotta ridge tiles with "swan neck" finial to apex, decorative timber bargeboards on timber purlins, and no rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Lime rendered or roughcast coursed rubble limestone battered walls with concealed hammered lime stone flush quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening with overgrown threshold, and concealed red brick voussoirs framing timber panelled door having overpanel. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds.

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 high, 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 Killedan.

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

Name

Killedan · Cill Liadáin

Area

1,852,149 m² (185.21 ha, 457.68 acres)

Civil parish

Killedan, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Killedan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killedan electoral division: 687 people in 270 households; 90% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh Hill, Brownespark, Lismiraun, Pollronahan Beg, Pollronahan More, Rathslevin, Shanaghy, Treanfohanaun

Placenames

Killedan 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.