Kilrush

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilrush, from 3 m² to 110,352 m² (11.04 ha, 27.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 98 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  Construction of an extension to 2 No. terraced townhouses as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660675

• 27 Apr 2026Conditional

  Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public services including all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660331

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  relocating the fuel forecourt area, construction of delivery area and installation of fuel tanks, including forecourt canopy, dispensing pumps islands and interceptor together with all associated works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24297

• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  retain a single storey extension constructed to the rear of the existing public house along with all associated services

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 24288

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 201007

• 21 Dec 2017Conditional

  RENOVATIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING NURSING HOME, CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING NURSING HOME, CLOSING UP OF EXISTING NURSING HOME SITE ENTRANCE, DEMOLITION OF 3 NO. EXISTING STRUCTURES, CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING FOR USE AS A WORKSHOP AND COVERED STAFF FACILITY, CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL AND STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS, SIGNAGE, CAR-PARKING, SET DOWN AREA, LANDSCAPING TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 171035

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER P01/1930. RELOCATION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER P01/1930 AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENTS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17787

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 Kilrush.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilrush.

Architectural heritage

• Unknown, 1800–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay two-storey building, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan. Disused, 1986. "Restored" to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Repointed snecked limestone walls originally rendered[?] with dragged cut-limestone "bas-relief" strips to corners. Paired elliptical-headed central openings (ground floor) with benchmark-inscribed dragged cut-limestone "bas-relief" surrounds. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and cut- or hammered limestone lintels framing replacement two-over-two timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Hollymount Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Presbyterian church, built 1856; dated 1856; extant 1886, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1922. Disused, 1945. For sale, 2002. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on roll moulded kneelers, and no rainwater goods surviving on chevron- or saw tooth-detailed rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined battered walls with drag edged tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered flush sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on cast-iron diamond glazing bars. "Rose Window" to gable to chancel (east) with concealed red brick header bond voussoirs having chamfered reveals framing rubble stone infill. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front below cut-limestone shield date stone ("1856") with cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Lancet flanking window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered flush sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on cast-iron diamond glazing bars. Set in unkempt grounds with rock faced hammered limestone cylindrical piers to perimeter having cut-limestone shallow conical capping supporting flat-iron double gates.

• Hollymount Presbyterian Church, manse, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Presbyterian manse, built 1856; extant 1886, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lean-to central return (east). Vacant, 1901. Occupied, 1911. "Improved", post-1918, producing present composition. For sale, 2002. Vacated, 2003. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on lean-to slate roof (east) with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening into manse with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings including square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation centred on segmental-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows with six-over-six timber sash windows to rear (east) elevation having horizontal glazing bars centred on five-over-five timber sash window behind wrought iron bars. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting timber banister, carved timber "Torus" surround to window opening to half-landing, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to windows. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Hollymount Presbyterian Church.

• Kilrush House, school, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey model agricultural school, built 1835-6; extant 1837, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront with single-bay two-storey recessed lower end bays; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return-cum-water tower (east). Vacant, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan on collared timber construction centred on hipped slate roof with rolled lead ridges, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gables with limestone ashlar chimney stacks to apexes centred on limestone ashlar chimney stack having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Lime rendered walls over snecked limestone construction with benchmark-inscribed dragged cut-limestone "bas-relief" strips to corners. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone "bas-relief" surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone "bas-relief" surrounds framing remains of six-over-eight (ground floor) or four-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to some door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to some window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in unkempt grounds with rendered octagonal piers to perimeter having lichen-covered polygonal capping supporting replacement tubular steel "farm gate".

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilrush, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_425 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Kilrush, Hollymount8 sales

Name

Kilrush · Cill Rois

Area

669,085 m² (66.91 ha, 165.33 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Hollymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

867 people lived in 303 households in the Hollymount electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clooncormick, Coolaghbaun, Gortnashammer, Hollymount Demesne, Robeenard

Placenames

Kilrush 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.