Killour

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killour, from 416 m² to 185,270 m² (18.53 ha, 45.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Killour 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.

• 2 Jul 2024Conditional

  Change of house type to that granted under planning reference 20/208 and all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460414

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, SEWAGE TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY SITE ANCILLARY WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20208

• 21 Jan 2019Conditional

  (A)Retention planning permission is being sought to retain an existing machinery and dry storage shed and (B) Full planning permission is being sought to construct an agricultural slatted shed for the purposes of housing bovine livestock to include cattle crush and holding pen along with all associated site services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 1928

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 Killour.

Recorded monuments

• MA117-030 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.

• MA117-031001 Church
  Description

  On high ground, in dense vegetation. Enclosed by possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (MA117-031005-). Short section of walling is all that survives of church. 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. 624. Date of upload: 23 January 2013

• MA117-031002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in a large field of rich pasture, N of wells (MA117-031003-) and (MA117-031004-). An active spring at the base of a plateau of karst. 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. 657. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-031003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In wettish pasture, NNE of well (MA117-031004-). An active spring emerging in marsh. 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. 658. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-031004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In rough pasture, overgrown with briars, SSW of well (MA117-031003-). Stone-built, semi-circular well from which an active spring emerges. 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. 659. Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• MA117-031005 Enclosure
  Description

  Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a large irregular-shaped area defined by field boundaries, and on the 1929 edition as a D-shaped area (c. 30m E–W; c. 65m N–S), with the straight side at W, from which field boundaries radiate at NW, NE, E and SW. Recorded by Lavelle (1994, 81, no. 593) as a possible ecclesiastical enclosure and described as follows: ‘On high ground, in dense vegetation, which hinders interpretation. Remains of stone wall to E of church site (MA117-031001-). Also visible on aerial photograph (GSI).’ It was removed during land reclamation. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 January 2015

• MA117-040 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture, with souterrain (MA117-041----) and high ground, to E. Oval-shaped area (46m N-S; 32m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m); overlain on W and NE by stone field fence. Gap on W marked by gate. Interior bisected by stone fence E to W. Silage pìt takes up interior. 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. 462. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-041 Souterrain
  Description

  Isolated, at the base of a low hill 150m E of enclosure (MA117-040----). Souterrain (L 8.2m E-W; H 1.4m) constructed of dry-stone walling and covered with six large lintels. Entrance erected above field level. E end meets with a low cave, either natural or artificial, extending E-W into bedrock for 9m and then N-S for 5m. 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. 519. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-053 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, with rock outcrop, SW of henge (MA117-042002-) and cairn (MA117-042001-). Megalithic tomb (L 6.8m N-S; Wth 2.8m); in poor condition. Two large stones have collapsed towards the interior, at S end. A slab (L 1.4m; H 0.84m), aligned E-W, stands to N. Just N of this is an area enclosed by two uprights, one on the E, and one on the W. 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. 3. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Killour.

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

Name

Killour · Cill Odhar

Area

965,871 m² (96.59 ha, 238.67 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinchalla, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Neale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Neale electoral division: 879 people in 298 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghafadda, Ballinchalla, Caherloughlin, Cahernagollum, Caherrobert, Carn, Knocknamucklagh

Placenames

Killour 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.