Kilquire Lower

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilquire Lower, from 687 m² to 129,547 m² (12.95 ha, 32.01 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 Kilquire Lower 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.

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of demolishing the existing hayshed and constructing a 5 bay dry store general purpose shed and associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22610

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: Skealoghan Turlough SAC 000541
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Skealoghan Turlough 000541

Recorded monuments

• MA118-052 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a slight rise in pasture. Circular mound (6.4m N-S; 5.7m E-W), enclosed by fosse (D 0.45m), with external earthen bank (H 0.5m). 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. 47. Date of upload: 22 November 2013

• MA118-077 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, W of archaeological complex (MA118-078----). Shown on OS map (1929) as circular area, enclosed by bank (est. max. diam. c. 32m). Levelled; no visible surface traces. 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. 463. Date of upload: 12 December 2013

• MA118-078001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture, incorporated into a field system (MA118-078006-). Circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W), enclosed by sod-covered foundation of stone wall (H 0.3m; Wth 1.8m). Subrectangular structure (diam. 36m), containing hut site (MA118-078002-), adjoins E side. 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. 290. Date of upload: 13 December 2013

• MA118-078002 Hut site
  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.

• MA118-078003 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, incorporated into a field system (MA118-078006-). This enclosure is recorded in aerial photographs (CUCAP BDN 97 & 98, 1970; SMR file) as a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), possibly a cashel, with a roughly E-W central internal division, and a small roughly square structure or enclosure (dims. 5-8m) abutting the enclosing wall at SE. It was levelled during land reclamation. An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District (1994; p. 78, no. 373) recorded a 'circular mound (14.2m N-S; 13.2m E-W; H 2.44m) of earth and stone' in this area, which is likely to be a field clearance heap. Current aerial views suggest that the small structure, which abutted the SE of the enclsoure, is extant. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 December 2013

• MA118-078004 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, incorporated into a field system (MA118-078006-). This enclosure is recorded in aerial photographs (CUCAP BDN 97 & 98, 1970; SMR file) where it is visible as a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m), possibly a ringfort, with a rectangular house (MA118-078005-) in the NW quadrant, and abutted at N and NE by subrectangular field plots. It was levelled during land reclamation (Lavelle 1994, 38, no. 235). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 December 2013

• MA118-078005 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of an enclosure (MA118-078004-). It is recorded in aerial photograghs (CUCAP BDN 97 & 98, 1970) as a rectangular structure (c. 4m N-S; c. 6-8m E-W). It was levelled during land reclamation. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 December 2013

• MA118-078006 Field system
  Description

  In pasture. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BDN 97 & 98, 1970) show series of low earthen banks enclosing subrectangular fields extending over an area of c. 10, 000 sq. m. Partly levelled during land reclamation. Incorporated into the field system were two enclosures (MA118-078003-; MA118-078004-), also levelled. Isolated portions of the field system at N, and at E where it incorporates a cashel (MA118-078001-), are extant. 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. 575. Date of upload: 13 December 2013

• MA118-082 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pastureland, church (MA118-007----) 100m ESE. Mound of earth and stone, quarried in parts, with bawn wall (H 0.8m) enclosing subrectangular area (48.6m N-S; 43.1m E-W) (MA118-082001-). Two chamfered stones, probably part of a Romanesque arch, lie 15m to SE. Castle of MacJonyn More, at time of Division of Connaught, 1574 (Knox, 1908, 348). 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. 696. Date of upload: 18 December 2013

• MA118-082001 Bawn
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District records a bawn wall (H 0.8m) enclosing sub-rectangular area (48.6 N-S; 43.1m E-W) (Lavelle 1994, 102, no. 696). In the SW quadrant of the bawn are the remains of an unclassified castle (MA118-082----). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 December 2013

• MA118-172 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight elevation in an area of lowlying grassland. There are good views, with the Partry Mountains visible on the far horizon to W. This monument is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Circular, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. 15m E−W; 14.5m N−S; H 0.85m at E, 0.6m at W) enclosed at its base by a fosse (Wth c. 2m), which is evident now as a barely discernible depression. The top (diam. 5-6m) of the mound retains a hint of a raised rim or bank (Wth c. 2m) on the S arc, which gives it a slightly saucer-shaped profile. A ringbarrow (MA118-052----) is located 250m to NE and there is an embanked barrow (MA118-079----) 300m to SE. Attached images: MA118-172----_01.JPG Viewed from NW MA118-172----_02.JPG Viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 March 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_400 (ZIP).

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

Name

Kilquire Lower · Cill Chuair Íochtair

Area

1,344,187 m² (134.42 ha, 332.16 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainemore, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilmaine, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmaine electoral division: 1,014 people in 375 households; 82% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardkill, Caheravoostia, Cregmore (Browne), Ellistronbeg, Kilquire Upper, Lisheenmanus, Skealoghan, Tullyduff

Placenames

Kilquire Lower 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.