# Laghtmurragha, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Leacht Mhurchaidh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,327,705 m² (532.77 ha, 1,316.5 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,206,344 m² (120.63 ha, 298.09 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-belmullet-ra.md - Barony: Erris - Electoral division: Muingnabo, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 249 people lived in 111 households in the Muingnabo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35423 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152290 - Centre: latitude 54.312763, longitude -9.640582 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtmurragha, from 1,603 m² to 2,914,890 m² (291.49 ha, 720.28 acres); 3 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 910218: 2,914,890 m² (291.49 ha, 720.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910218.md - Parcel 891591: 1,261,592 m² (126.16 ha, 311.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891591.md - Parcel 920697: 1,151,097 m² (115.11 ha, 284.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920697.md - Parcel 992217: 1,603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/992217.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Laghtmurragha 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) No planning application touches the townland of Laghtmurragha in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC, site code 000500, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000500 - Special Protection Area: Illanmaster SPA, site code 004074, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004074 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex, site code 000500 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA005-002001: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA005-002001-. Situated in a remote area of mountainous bog. It is overlooked by higher ground to the S and is flanked by sheer cliffs on either side. A rectangular NW-facing headland measuring 250m long and 45m in width shows traces of having been defended by an earthen bank and ditch running across the neck. Several circular hutsites (MA005-002002-) can be seen along the eastern cliff edge in the interior. This site was seen from the air and was not visited on the ground. It is not marked on the OS maps. These descriptions are derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 December 2018 - MA005-002002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA005-002002-. 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. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laghtmurragha. ## 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 Laghtmurragha, about 1 in 20 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 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 Laghtmurragha. - 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/laghtmurragha.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/laghtmurragha.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/laghtmurragha.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Laghtmurragha 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) - Glinsk: https://everytownland.com/mayo/glinsk-151834.md - Owenanirragh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/owenanirragh.md - Srahataggle: https://everytownland.com/mayo/srahataggle.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/laghtmurragha - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/laghtmurragha