# Lackafinna, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Na Leaca Fionna. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,649,471 m² (164.95 ha, 407.59 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,892 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cong, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/cong.md - Barony: Kilmaine - Electoral division: Cong, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 994 people lived in 325 households in the Cong electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34873 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152271 - Centre: latitude 53.538349, longitude -9.257985 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackafinna, from 81 m² to 166,616 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 875377: 166,616 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875377.md - Parcel 1010487: 119,179 m² (11.92 ha, 29.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010487.md - Parcel 975991: 104,476 m² (10.45 ha, 25.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975991.md - Parcel 979941: 104,044 m² (10.4 ha, 25.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/979941.md - Parcel 877240: 97,803 m² (9.78 ha, 24.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877240.md - Parcel 891675: 81,756 m² (8.18 ha, 20.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891675.md - Parcel 876173: 74,647 m² (7.46 ha, 18.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876173.md - Parcel 5251248: 72,674 m² (7.27 ha, 17.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251248.md - Parcel 997142: 69,760 m² (6.98 ha, 17.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/997142.md - Parcel 1010664: 68,837 m² (6.88 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010664.md - Parcel 1004687: 64,300 m² (6.43 ha, 15.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004687.md - Parcel 966010: 62,315 m² (6.23 ha, 15.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/966010.md - Parcel 991111: 59,431 m² (5.94 ha, 14.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991111.md - Parcel 938830: 53,574 m² (5.36 ha, 13.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938830.md - Parcel 1005137: 51,389 m² (5.14 ha, 12.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005137.md - Parcel 5019113: 47,164 m² (4.72 ha, 11.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5019113.md - Parcel 897897: 46,469 m² (4.65 ha, 11.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/897897.md - Parcel 881870: 46,312 m² (4.63 ha, 11.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/881870.md - Parcel 995758: 42,625 m² (4.26 ha, 10.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995758.md - Parcel 921138: 31,624 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921138.md - Parcel 992571: 31,337 m² (3.13 ha, 7.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992571.md - Parcel 927164: 28,568 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927164.md - Parcel 982205: 23,461 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/982205.md - Parcel 909046: 22,745 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/909046.md - Parcel 969981: 21,664 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969981.md - Parcel 996440: 21,651 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996440.md - Parcel 987959: 10,349 m² (1.03 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/987959.md - Parcel 912777: 9,636 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912777.md - Parcel 967967: 9,578 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967967.md - Parcel 988389: 8,271 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/988389.md - Parcel 975801: 7,357 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975801.md - Parcel 2719706: 7,147 m² (0.71 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2719706.md - Parcel 4731303: 6,993 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4731303.md - Parcel 955122: 5,856 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/955122.md - Parcel 5380704: 4,874 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5380704.md - Parcel 922353: 4,343 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/922353.md - Parcel 3983775: 4,234 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3983775.md - Parcel 3699583: 4,026 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3699583.md - Parcel 5916364: 3,949 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916364.md - Parcel 924224: 3,936 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924224.md - Parcel 2694688: 3,892 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694688.md - Parcel 6134514: 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6134514.md - Parcel 2719709: 3,617 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2719709.md - Parcel 1006994: 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006994.md - Parcel 962969: 3,436 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962969.md - Parcel 879794: 3,332 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879794.md - Parcel 2719710: 3,304 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2719710.md - Parcel 4628860: 3,303 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4628860.md - Parcel 2479464: 3,205 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2479464.md - Parcel 5052118: 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052118.md - Parcel 922880: 3,034 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/922880.md - Parcel 954897: 2,766 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/954897.md - Parcel 1000371: 2,762 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000371.md - Parcel 897119: 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/897119.md - Parcel 4710810: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4710810.md - Parcel 5065896: 2,336 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5065896.md - Parcel 989626: 2,225 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989626.md - Parcel 955887: 2,210 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/955887.md - Parcel 4710804: 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4710804.md - Parcel 924654: 2,004 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924654.md - Parcel 4726639: 1,974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4726639.md - Parcel 896781: 1,960 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896781.md - Parcel 911199: 1,924 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/911199.md - Parcel 982916: 1,658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/982916.md - Parcel 893368: 1,558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/893368.md - Parcel 990666: 1,489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/990666.md - Parcel 5303250: 1,473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5303250.md - Parcel 1001860: 1,459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001860.md - Parcel 5775208: 1,126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5775208.md - Parcel 875954: 1,029 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/875954.md - Parcel 922094: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/922094.md - Parcel 957862: 840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/957862.md - Parcel 5534034: 706 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5534034.md - Parcel 5980017: 687 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5980017.md - Parcel 982324: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/982324.md - Parcel 914442: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914442.md - Parcel 2719705: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2719705.md - Parcel 5566251: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5566251.md - Parcel 5534031: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5534031.md - Parcel 998738: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/998738.md - Parcel 5916492: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916492.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lackafinna in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 14 applications, newest first. - 29 Aug 2026, Mayo County Council 2660690: N/a. Permission. For permission to construct an extension to the rear of our dormer house and also to add a full first floor across the entire house all to have a two story flat roof structure also a single story porch to the front of the house with a flat roof and to refurbish and upgrade the remaining existing area of the house.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660690/0 - 17 Aug 2026, Mayo County Council 2660655: N/a. Permission. For permission to construct an extension to the rear of our dormer house and also to add a full first floor across the entire house to have a flat roof structure and to refurbish and upgrade the remaining existing area of the house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660655/0 - 29 Aug 2024, Mayo County Council 2460540: Conditional. Permission. Alterations to elevations and Construction of front, rear & side extensions to a dwelling house and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460540/0 - 19 Dec 2023, Mayo County Council 2360546: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360546/0 - 22 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 2360485: Conditional. Permission. Full Planning Permission is sought for the construction of a domestic garage in the townland of Lackafinna, Cong, Co. Mayo.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360485/0 - 6 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 23602: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to effluent treatment system together with associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23602/0 - 18 Nov 2022, Mayo County Council 221014: Conditional. Retention. retain alterations to dwelling house including a revised site layout and boundary. A new porch and additional window to the side. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/221014/0 - 4 Jul 2022, Mayo County Council 22541: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22541/0 - 25 Nov 2021, Mayo County Council 211240: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS INCLUSIVE OF ANCILLARY DEMOLITION WORK TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF ORIGINAL HOUSE PART SINGLE STOREY AND PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY, TO PROVIDE A DINING ROOM AND SITTING ROOM AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND A BEDROOM OVER THE SITTING ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL COACH HOUSE INCLUDING RAISING OF THE EXISTING ROOF AND CONNECTING IT TO THE NORTH END OF THE HOUSE AS EXTENDED, TO PROVIDE A STAIRS AND SHOWER ROOM ACCESSIBLE FROM THE HOUSE, A DOUBLE HEIGHT GARAGE SPACE, AND FIRST FLOOR STORAGE SPACE OVER THE EXISTING MACHINERY STORE AND FUEL STORE. PROVISION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION ARES WASTEWATER SYSTEM, ALL ANCILLARY WORKS SITEWORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211240/0 - 25 Nov 2021, Mayo County Council 211241: Conditional. Permission. RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE VEHICULAR ACCESS ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD TO SERVE LACKAFINNA HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211241/0 - 24 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21667: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21667/0 - 29 Apr 2019, Mayo County Council 19302: Conditional. Retention. Retain a domestic garage constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19302/0 - 9 Feb 2018, Mayo County Council 1872: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/1872/0 - 13 Mar 2017, Mayo County Council 17174: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT GRANTED ON FOOT OF PREVIOUS PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO P07/2926 TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17174/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC, site code 000297, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000297 - Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA, site code 004042, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004042 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib, site code 000297 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA120-052: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA120-052----. In undulating pasture. O'Donovan (1838, 762) makes reference to a cairn, marked on OS map (1929) as 'Calliaghdoo'. No visible surface trace. 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. 35. Date of upload: 12 December 2014 - MA120-054001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA120-054001-. In pasture. Shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), with a souterrain (SL120-054002-) marked as 'Cave' in the W half of the interior. It is shown on the 1929 edition of the map only as an arc of hachuring curving W-N. It was levelled during reclamation in 1990 (Lavelle 1994). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 December 2014 - MA120-054002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA120-054002-. Situated in levelled ringfort (MA120-054001-). A stone-built chamber was re-opened by chance during clearing in December 1990. Accessed through the collapsed roof; the site (L 13.4m; Wth 1.7m; H 1.6m) was orientated NW-SE. Constructed of random uncoursed dry-stone, with large boulders also present in the N wall. Site has been refilled and is now inaccessible. 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. 526. Date of upload: 12 December 2014 - MA121-087: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-087----. In level pasture. Aerial photograph (GSI M 192 -3; Roll 195, print 36) shows cropmark of circular enclosure. No visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort. 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. 474. Date of upload: 7 January 2015 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Lackafinna House, hunting/fishing lodge, 1841–1867, Regional interest, registry number 31312121, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31312121. Detached three-bay two-storey fishing lodge, extant 1867, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower off-central return (north). Occupied, 1901. In occasional use, 1911. For sale, 2001. "Restored", 2004, to accommodate occasional use. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront) with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases having "Cavetto"-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on limewashed eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Limewashed repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone shield panel. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged cut-limestone sills, carved timber mullions, and limewashed red or yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with hood mouldings framing one-over-one timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; drawing room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds with lichen-covered cut-limestone monolithic piers to perimeter supporting flat iron double gates. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Lackafinna, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lackafinna. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackafinna.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackafinna.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackafinna.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lackafinna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cooslughoga: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cooslughoga.md - Gortacurra: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortacurra.md - Knock North: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knock-north.md - Knock South: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knock-south.md - Lislaughera: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lislaughera.md - Tonaleeaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tonaleeaun.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackafinna - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/lackafinna