# Killunagher, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cill Luineachair.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,258,744 m² (225.87 ha, 558.15 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 46,691 m² (4.67 ha, 11.54 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Annagh, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/annagh.md
- Barony: Costello
- Electoral division: Loughanboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 323 people lived in 131 households in the Loughanboy electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36362
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152065
- Centre: latitude 53.775617, longitude -8.68407 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killunagher, from 1,038 m² to 331,843 m² (33.18 ha, 82 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 911086: 331,843 m² (33.18 ha, 82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911086.md
- Parcel 893142: 170,429 m² (17.04 ha, 42.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893142.md
- Parcel 963609: 156,993 m² (15.7 ha, 38.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963609.md
- Parcel 944057: 142,451 m² (14.25 ha, 35.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944057.md
- Parcel 906793: 123,486 m² (12.35 ha, 30.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906793.md
- Parcel 900464: 111,423 m² (11.14 ha, 27.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900464.md
- Parcel 969860: 84,202 m² (8.42 ha, 20.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969860.md
- Parcel 1003112: 83,155 m² (8.32 ha, 20.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003112.md
- Parcel 995882: 79,176 m² (7.92 ha, 19.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995882.md
- Parcel 904575: 76,320 m² (7.63 ha, 18.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904575.md
- Parcel 975693: 74,464 m² (7.45 ha, 18.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975693.md
- Parcel 880466: 73,783 m² (7.38 ha, 18.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/880466.md
- Parcel 1007149: 66,257 m² (6.63 ha, 16.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007149.md
- Parcel 872442: 62,668 m² (6.27 ha, 15.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872442.md
- Parcel 885965: 55,474 m² (5.55 ha, 13.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/885965.md
- Parcel 881943: 55,223 m² (5.52 ha, 13.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/881943.md
- Parcel 938555: 54,764 m² (5.48 ha, 13.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938555.md
- Parcel 5616454: 52,320 m² (5.23 ha, 12.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5616454.md
- Parcel 1008579: 46,883 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008579.md
- Parcel 895451: 46,498 m² (4.65 ha, 11.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895451.md
- Parcel 908109: 46,372 m² (4.64 ha, 11.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908109.md
- Parcel 906178: 41,890 m² (4.19 ha, 10.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906178.md
- Parcel 994001: 37,661 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994001.md
- Parcel 3840734: 31,508 m² (3.15 ha, 7.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840734.md
- Parcel 5691487: 29,809 m² (2.98 ha, 7.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5691487.md
- Parcel 998045: 23,767 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998045.md
- Parcel 871140: 23,462 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871140.md
- Parcel 997264: 20,275 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/997264.md
- Parcel 1006418: 10,443 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006418.md
- Parcel 941616: 5,718 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941616.md
- Parcel 965771: 3,909 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965771.md
- Parcel 6114052: 3,317 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6114052.md
- Parcel 2750254: 2,752 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2750254.md
- Parcel 3840735: 2,599 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840735.md
- Parcel 911330: 1,594 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/911330.md
- Parcel 906794: 1,483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/906794.md
- Parcel 973592: 1,125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/973592.md
- Parcel 3840744: 1,038 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840744.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 4 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21588: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21588/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killunagher.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA093-047: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-047----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-048----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-083001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-083002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-083003-. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Killunagher, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land 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, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killunagher.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killunagher.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killunagher.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Killunagher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Brackloon South: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brackloon-south.md
- Clooncan (Co. Roscommon): https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clooncan.md
- Clooncrim (Co. Roscommon): https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clooncrim.md
- Derrylahan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/derrylahan-151448.md
- Derrynacong: https://everytownland.com/mayo/derrynacong.md
- Lurgan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lurgan-152486.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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