Kilsallagh Upper
Kilsallagh Upper is a townland in the civil parish of Oughaval, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Coill Salach Uachtair.
- Area
- 140.8 ha
- 348 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 3,833 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilsallagh Upper, from 33 m² to 114,405 m² (11.44 ha, 28.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilsallagh Upper 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Dec 2025Conditional
The development will consist of 1.) the extension and renovation of the existing cottage 2.) the demolition of existing sheds and 3.) upgrading the septic tank and percolation area together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660028
11 Dec 2023Conditional
Development will consist of the construction of a dwelling and ancillary storage shed, with proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360529
23 Jun 2023Conditional
Permission for amendments to previously granted planning permission, MCC REF: P20484 and MCC REF: P18/1050, to demolish an existing outbuilding and the construction of a dwelling, with proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works at this site in Kilsallagh Upper, Westport, Co. Mayo. The proposed amendments include minor changes to the house type and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360240
30 Mar 2023Conditional
construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary effluent treatment system
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23175
23 Jan 2023Conditional
The installation of approximately 15Km of 250mm OD water Trunk Main, which will extend from a position approximately 1Km from Westport at the junction of Pound Road and the R355 in the townland of Carrownalurgan to Kilsallagh Lower at the road junction between the R355 and the L1826 road to Drummin and the installation of approximately 29.3Km of a mains distribution network to supply water to 473 No Consumers along the route of the Trunk Main and in the area to the Townlands to the West of Croagh Patrick. All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging; and any other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed watermain, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings. The watermain pipeline is located within the townlands of Cloghan, Clooneen, Knockfin, Ardoley, Churchfield, Knockaraha East, Knockaraha West, Streamstown, Belclare, Killadangan, Deerpark West, Murrisknaboll, Carrowkeeran, Bellataleen, Carrowkeel, Murrisk Demesne, Meermihil, Glaspatrick, Thornhill, Carrowmacloughlin, Leckanvy, Killsallagh Lower, Killsallagh Upper, Kinknock, Kilgeever, Cuilleen, Mullagh, Cartoor, Glenbaun, Glencally, Furgill, Cregganroe and Boheh in County Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360016
11 Nov 2022Conditional
conversion of existing attic space to first floor living accommodation to existing dwelling house together with all associated site works and connection into existing services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 221002
12 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22773
6 Sept 2021N/a
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE DOMESTIC GARAGE PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21950
23 Jul 2020Conditional
RETAIN FIRST FLOOR, GABLE WINDOW TO AN EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 20494
21 Jul 2020Conditional
AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED P18/1050. DEMOLISH EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20484
21 Dec 2018Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, WITH PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 181050
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilsallagh Upper.
Recorded monuments
- MA086-007 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- MA086-008 Field boundary
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.
- MA086-008001 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilsallagh Upper.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Kilsallagh Upper, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilsallagh Upper.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilsallagh Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Kilsallagh Upper · Coill Salach Uachtair
- Area
- 1,408,071 m² (140.81 ha, 347.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oughaval, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Kilsallagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 575 people lived in 217 households in the Kilsallagh electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cuilleen, Kilsallagh Lower, Kinknock, Mullagh
- Placenames
- Kilsallagh Upper 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.