Killunagher

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killunagher, from 1,038 m² to 331,843 m² (33.18 ha, 82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Killunagher 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.

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING COTTAGE AND FARM BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCT NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK/FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 21588

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 Killunagher.

Recorded monuments

• MA093-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on elevated ground in gently undulating terrain. There is a fall of ground to N–NE to an expanse of lowlying pasture and bog. A back road borders the N edge of the field c. 15m to N. A cluster of vernacular buildings, with associated subrectangular field plots, is shown here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; the 1916 edition simply shows a shallow hachured arc, curving S–NW, incorporated at S into a field boundary. The outline of a slightly raised, roughly circular area (24.8m E–W; 28m N–S) can be traced at ground level. It is defined on the W half by a low, sod-covered stony bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m at SW), with a flattened top (Wth c. 2m) and a fairly substantial external slope incorporating stones; it was possibly modified to serve as a field boundary. The E half of the enclosure has been levelled and is defined by a slight surface undulation merging with natural contours. There is a possible enclosure (MA093-048----) c. 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• MA093-048 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located in undulating terrain. Not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown on the 1916 edition as a shallow hachured arc (cord L c. 35m), curving S–NW, intersecting with an E−W field boundary at its NW end. An earthen scarp (Wth slope 3.5m; H 1.5m), incorporating stones in parts, especially along the top, survives in a shallow arc (L 20-25m) curving SW–NW. The scarp appears to coincide with a natural undulation or contour. There is no evidence at ground level that the arc continued to E and S to describe a full circle. There is an oblong mound (c. 12m E–W; 3-4m N–S; H 0.8-1m) of uncertain significance c. 5m to E of the scarp. An enclosure (MA093-047) is located c. 100m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• MA093-083001 Church
  Description

  According to local tradition, this is the site of a church which gave Killunagher townland its name. Gwynn & Hadcock (1970, 395) identify Killunagher as the early medieval foundation of ‘Kill-Lunechair -under the patronage of St. Lunecharia.’ The remains consist of a roughly square platform (12.6m NE–SW; 12m NW–SE) defined by a sod-covered stone bank/scarp with a low internal rim (Wth 2.4 at SE, 1.5m at NW; int. H 0.2m). The SE side has a well-defined external scarp (H 0.6m) from which much stone protrudes, probably the remnants of stone facing or a wall. At NW and NE the scarp is low and less clearly defined. A linear sod-covered bank (H 0.4-0.7m) projecting from the E corner of the square platform, extending 15.6m to ESE. It forms an elongated triangular shape in plan, widest (4.2m) at its junction with the square platform, and narrowing and sloping gently downwards towards its E end (Wth 2m). The N side is defined by vertical stone-facing consisting of a single course of large contiguous boulders (H 0.5-0.7m). The entire earthwork therefore forms an irregular L-shape. These enigmatic remains are difficult to interpret; they incorporate the remains of a church. According to local information, it contains a souterrain (MA093-083002-) and was used as a children’s burial ground (MA093-083003-). In the NE corner of the same field, c. 50m from the earthwork, an earthen field bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) extends from the E boundary of the field for 19m to WSW, parallel to and a few meters S of the existing N boundary of the field. A number of hawthorn trees grow on its WSW end, and according to local tradition, a priest was hung at this spot. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 June 2022

• MA093-083002 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information, there is a souterrain at this location. There is no visible trace of it at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 June 2022

• MA093-083003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  According to local information, a roughly square earth and stone platform, traditionally said to be the remains of a church (MA093-083001), was used as a children’s burial ground. No above ground evidence of graves can be seen. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 June 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Killunagher · Cill Luineachair

Area

2,258,744 m² (225.87 ha, 558.15 acres)

Civil parish

Annagh, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Loughanboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughanboy electoral division: 323 people in 131 households; 93% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloon South, Clooncan (Co. Roscommon), Clooncrim (Co. Roscommon), Derrylahan, Derrynacong, Lurgan

Placenames

Killunagher 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.