Knockroosky
Townland in the civil parish of Aghagower, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cnoc Rúscaí
Parcel 2717099
- Area
- 4,487 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 138 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Knockroosky
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Nov 2025Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560847
6 Oct 2025N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560700
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 174.4 ha
- 431 acres
- Land parcels
- 138
- registered freehold, median 3,724 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
138 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroosky, from 20 m² to 215,143 m² (21.51 ha, 53.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockroosky 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 Feb 2026Conditional
retain, complete and extend partially constructed dwelling house for use ancillary to Westport Country Lodge Hotel, install effluent treatment system and percolation area together with associated site works . Previous planning reference P16/875 refers.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2640
22 Dec 2025Conditional
Full Planning Permission for the installation of 3 no. modular, portable Padel tennis courts, complete with artificial grass surface, 4m high fencing around sections of the Padel courts perimeter and 6m high integrated LED lighting and all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660019
21 Nov 2025Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560847
6 Oct 2025N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560700
21 Oct 2024Conditional
The development consists of the retention of minor alterations to elevations and revisions to site layout as constructed on revised site boundaries together with all ancillary site works.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460652
6 Nov 2023N/a
construct dwelling house with connection to effluent treatment sytem together with associated site services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23603
10 Aug 2023Conditional
construct a dwelling house, garage, effluent treatment unit, connection to public services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23453
19 Nov 2021Conditional
ERECT A 30M MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAE, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ALL ENCLOSED IN SECURITY FENCING AND EXTEND THE EXISTING ACCESS TRACK
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211217
23 Sept 2021Conditional
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, 211014
5 Aug 2021N/a
ERECT A 27M MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAE, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, ALL ENCLOSED IN SECURITY FENCING AND EXTEND THE EXISTING ACCESS TRACK
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21842
26 Jul 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, 21799
5 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. PREVIOUS PLANNING REFERENCE P19/832
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21716
8 Jun 2021Conditional
RETAIN THE EXISTING 20 M HIGH MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SECURITY FENCING
Retention · Mayo County Council, 21603
21 Jan 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER, THE PROPOSED ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS TOGETHER WITH RETAINING THE EXISTING GROUNDWORKS/ACCESS ROAD
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2137
30 Nov 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20922
30 Oct 2020Conditional
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20811
28 Sept 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20703
21 Oct 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19832
19 Nov 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18922
14 Mar 2018Conditional
REVISE THE DESIGN OF THE EXTENSION TO THE SCHOOL GRANTED UNDER P16/553 TO ADD ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION FLOOR AREA TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER PHASE 2, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS AND SERVICES.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18172
13 Mar 2018Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18168
9 Mar 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, INCORPORATING MODIFICATION TO EXISTING LAYOUT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P02/1577 AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EFFLUENT TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND FILTER BED
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18149
16 Nov 2017Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17911
5 Jul 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT FRONT PORCH TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARIES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17531
17 Feb 2017Conditional
RETAIN AND COMPLETE ACCESS ROAD CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE HOUSES PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSIONS P05/2205 AND P06/1064
Retention · Mayo County Council, 1791
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 Knockroosky.
Recorded monuments
- MA088-088 Boulder-burial
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 Knockroosky.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockroosky.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockroosky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Knockroosky · Cnoc Rúscaí
- Area
- 1,744,456 m² (174.45 ha, 431.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghagower, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Aghagower North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghagower North electoral division: 1,070 people in 354 households; 88% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvoy, Cloondacon, Cushinkeel, Cushinsheeaun, Deerpark, Dooncastle, Mace North, Mace South, Meneen
- Placenames
- Knockroosky 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.