Knockboha

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockboha, from 1,368 m² to 206,961 m² (20.7 ha, 51.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockboha 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.

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of a 3 metres high extension on top of the existing 30 metres lattice telecommunications support structure previously granted permission (Pl. Ref. 14422) to give an overall height of 33 metres, together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU’s), dishes, supporting fixtures and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360440

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, (3) Demolish existing agricultural shed, (4) Construct replacement agricultural shed (to include garage, workshop & storage areas), together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360060

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 Knockboha.

Recorded monuments

• MA007-031 Cairn - unclassified
  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 Knockboha.

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 Knockboha, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Knockboha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Knockboha · Cnoc Botha

Area

929,772 m² (92.98 ha, 229.75 acres)

Civil parish

Lackan, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Lackan North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

306 people lived in 139 households in the Lackan North electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beltra, Carrowmore, Castlelackan Demesne, Castletown, Conaghra, Doonadoba, Lackanhill, Rathlackan

Placenames

Knockboha 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.